How do I find funders for a youth development nonprofit in Maine?

Start with the funders already giving to youth development in Maine, currently Harold Alfond Foundation, Peter Alfond Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the youth development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Maine from out of state.

How much grant money goes to youth development in Maine?

$125M reached 173 youth development organizations in Maine, from 661 funders. 46% 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 · Youth development

Who funds youth development in Maine

$125M reached 173 youth development organizations in Maine, from 661 funders, with no single one dominating.

$125M

granted

173

organizations

46%

from in-state

The short version

661 funders gave $125M to 173 youth development organizations in Maine across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
46% of that came from funders also based in Maine; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of youth development in Maine is Harold Alfond Foundation, at $16M.
The youth development organization drawing the most is Alfond Youth & Community Center, at $25M.

Largest funders of youth development in Maine

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

1Harold Alfond Foundation$16M 2Peter Alfond Foundation$10M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$10M 4Maine Community Foundation Inc$7M 5United Way Inc$5M 6Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$4M 7Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Group Return)$4M 8The Opportunity Alliance$4M 9Boys & Girls Clubs of America$4M 10Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc$3M

Youth development organizations in Maine that draw the most

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

163 other youth development organizations$51M

Alfond Youth & Community Center$25M Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine$14M

How to find youth development funders in Maine

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Start with the funders already active in Maine
The funders giving the most to youth development in Maine are Harold Alfond Foundation, Peter Alfond Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing youth development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the youth development 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
54% of youth development money in Maine comes from funders elsewhere, so national youth development funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Maine.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a youth development nonprofit in Maine?: Start with the funders already giving to youth development in Maine, currently Harold Alfond Foundation, Peter Alfond Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the youth development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Maine from out of state.
Who is the largest youth development funder in Maine?: Harold Alfond Foundation gives the most to youth development organizations in Maine, $16M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to youth development in Maine?: $125M reached 173 youth development organizations in Maine, from 661 funders. 46% 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.