How do I find funders for a social science nonprofit in Maine?

Start with the funders already giving to social science in Maine, currently Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Chestnut Fund. Then look at who funds the social science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Maine from out of state.

Who is the largest social science funder in Maine?

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities gives the most to social science organizations in Maine, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to social science in Maine?

$6M reached 11 social science organizations in Maine, from 39 funders. 22% came from funders also based in Maine.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Maine · Social science

Who funds social science in Maine

Funding is concentrated: Maine Center for Economic Policy alone draws 90% of every social science grant dollar in Maine. Most of it comes from outside Maine: only 22% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$6M

granted

organizations

22%

from in-state

The short version

39 funders gave $6M to 11 social science organizations in Maine across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
22% of that came from funders also based in Maine; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of social science in Maine is Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, at $2M.
The social science organization drawing the most is Maine Center for Economic Policy, at $6M.

Largest funders of social science in Maine

The funders giving the most to social science organizations in Maine, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Center on Budget and Policy Priorities$2M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$527k 3Chestnut Fund$460k 4Maine People's Alliance$400k 5Economic Policy Institute$359k 6Maine Health Access Foundation Inc$252k 7The Ford Foundation$250k 8Elmina B Sewall Foundation$210k 9The Andrew W Mellon Foundation$200k 10Sam L Cohen Foundation$135k

Social science organizations in Maine that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

Maine Center for Economic Policy$6M

How to find social science funders in Maine

1
Start with the funders already active in Maine
The funders giving the most to social science in Maine are Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Chestnut Fund. A funder already writing social science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the social science organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
78% of social science money in Maine comes from funders elsewhere, so national social science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Maine.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a social science nonprofit in Maine?: Start with the funders already giving to social science in Maine, currently Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Chestnut Fund. Then look at who funds the social science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Maine from out of state.
Who is the largest social science funder in Maine?: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities gives the most to social science organizations in Maine, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to social science in Maine?: $6M reached 11 social science organizations in Maine, from 39 funders. 22% came from funders also based in Maine.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.