Maine · Nonprofit
Galen Cole Family Foundation
Galen Cole Family Foundation (Maine) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,500 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.4M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $18k
- Net assets
- $53M
What Galen Cole Family Foundation does
Programs
Transportation Museum: The Foundation continued to operate a land transportation museum, inclusive of a substantial display of military items, for the preservation of antique vehicles and the education of the general public concerning transportation and military history. In 2025, a total of 22,151 patrons visited the museum and a total of 4,137 students participated in various educational programs hosted at the facility.
$1,026,529 spentVeterans Programs: In 2025, the Foundation provided $203,600 in assistance to veterans of the United States' armed services, their families, widows and orphans. Specific programs in including the distribution of walking sticks, heating assistance to 114 Veterans residing in Aroostook County, Memorial and Veteran Day ceremonies to honor all past and current Veterans, and sponsorship of an American Flag program to celebrate patriotism and our Veterans throughout 115 communities in Maine. The Foundation may also from time-to-time provide funding to other 501(c)(3) community partners who advance Veteran services and programs.
$203,600 spentChildren and Family Services: The Foundation invested $141,400 in programs designed to lift the aspirations of children and youth by supporting them to become responsible, contributing members of society and by assisting family units to remain intact and viable. A total of 23 programs were delivered in collaboration with other community partners who support the mission and vision of the Foundation. The Foundation may also from time-to-time provide funding to other 501(c)(3) community partners who advance child and family services.
$141,400 spentLiteracy and Scholarships: The Foundation remains committed to combating illiteracy among individuals of all ages. In furtherance of this purpose, the Foundation invested $85,500 in the training of teacher leaders who, in turn, train first grade teachers advanced teaching skills. In addition, the Foundation invested $35,000 in training and coaching for 16 teachers to advance the reading skills of children in grades kindergarten through 3rd grade. Lastly, the Foundation also paid $36,500 in scholarships for students to pursue higher education. The Foundation may also from time-to-time provide funding to other 501(c)(3) community partners who provide educational programs.
$157,000 spent
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $35M to $53M (+51%).
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Kristin Vogell
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-PF.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 86% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Galen Cole Family Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Galen Cole Family Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
86% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Galen Cole Family Foundation.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
86% of Galen Cole Family Foundation's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $3k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Maine funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like Galen Cole Family Foundation
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In Maine
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Galen Cole Family Foundation: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Galen Cole Family Foundation?
- Galen Cole Family Foundation (Maine) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,500 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Galen Cole Family Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $17,500 in grants to Galen Cole Family Foundation.
- Who is the largest funder of Galen Cole Family Foundation?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Galen Cole Family Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maine. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing