How many funders does RISING TIDE MEDIA have?

IRS filings report 1 organization giving $15,000 in grants to RISING TIDE MEDIA.

Who is the largest funder of RISING TIDE MEDIA?

LAURENCE B FLOOD FOUNDATION INC 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 RISING TIDE MEDIA 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.

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RISING TIDE MEDIA

RISING TIDE MEDIA (Maine) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being LAURENCE B FLOOD FOUNDATION INC ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025: $112k
Funders on record: 1
Grants received: $15k
Net assets: $50k

0/1 repeat funders

01What it does

What Rising Tide Media does

Mission

To educate the residents of the blue hill peninsula area of maine, and surrounding region, through in-depth journalism regarding issues of public interest affecting the region.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

To educate the residents of the blue hill peninsula area of maine, and surrounding region, through in-depth journalism regarding issues of public interest affecting the region.
$52,066 spent
100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $52,066.

02The organization over time

Leadership and staff

Board chair

Peter Neill

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

'25*

total

Laurence B Flood Foundation Incnew

$15k

funders

From the IRS filings of RISING TIDE MEDIA’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.

Where its funders are

100% of RISING TIDE MEDIA's grant income comes from Maine funders.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

RISING TIDE MEDIA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin45% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like RISING TIDE MEDIA

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Maine

Blue Hill Chamber of Commerce77%Blue Hill Community Development77%Maine Challenge Productions Inc77%Startup Maine Inc73%The Cundy's Harbor Library Inc73%Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting73%Blue Hill Heritage Trust73%Friends of Maine Coastal Islands Nw R73%

Nationally

Blue Hill Chamber of Commerce77%Blue Hill Community Development77%Rising Tide Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc77%Maine Challenge Productions Inc77%Rising Tide Effect75%Save the River - Save the Hills Inc74%Weston News Inc Dba (Weston Observer)74%Belmont News Foundation Inc74%

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

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Questions and answers

Who funds RISING TIDE MEDIA?: RISING TIDE MEDIA (Maine) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being LAURENCE B FLOOD FOUNDATION INC ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does RISING TIDE MEDIA have?: IRS filings report 1 organization giving $15,000 in grants to RISING TIDE MEDIA.
Who is the largest funder of RISING TIDE MEDIA?: LAURENCE B FLOOD FOUNDATION INC 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 RISING TIDE MEDIA 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 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