How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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Joann C Austin Esq
PO Box 150
South China, ME 04358
(207) 445-3333
- Form and materials
- Oak grove application and financial aid form
- Deadlines
- January 15
- Restrictions
- Scholarships are made on a non-discriminatory basis for educational expensese of financially needy maine students enrolled in secondary schools affiliated with the friends council on education and to children of former faculty and staff enrolled in said school.
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2024
$91,740
- Grants listed
- 66
- Assets, end of year
- $1,848,414
-
Tax year 2023
$103,018
- Grants listed
- 70
- Assets, end of year
- $1,818,799
-
Tax year 2022
$134,050
- Grants listed
- 85
- Assets, end of year
- $1,807,054
-
Tax year 2021
$111,711
- Grants listed
- 65
- Assets, end of year
- $1,660,701
-
Tax year 2020
$59,354
- Grants listed
- 64
- Assets, end of year
- $1,574,000
Grants paid in 2024
As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.
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Individual
Restoration/improvement projects
$7,486 -
Vassalboro Community SchoolVassalboro, ME
Book vending machine
$5,000 -
Messalonskee High SchoolOakland, ME
Percussion equipment
$4,940 -
Erksine AcademySouth China, ME
Immersive learning through
$4,934 -
Messalonskee High SchoolOakland, ME
Metals project
$4,914 -
Individual
Aquaponics
$4,084 -
Augusta Food BankAugusta, ME
Kidspak
$4,000 -
Messalonskee High SchoolOakland, ME
Gymnasium equipment
$3,200 -
Messalonskee High SchoolOakland, ME
Art tables
$2,500 -
Waterville Jr High SchoolWaterville, ME
Promethean panel
$2,500 -
Children's Discovery MuseumWaterville, ME
The stage
$1,600 -
Messalonskee High SchoolOakland, ME
Assistive hearing
$1,500 -
Individual
CNC machine
$1,006 -
Dexter Regional High SchoolDexter, ME
Ai design
$1,000 -
Dexter Regional High SchoolDexter, ME
Expanding careers
$1,000 -
Dexter Regional High SchoolDexter, ME
Snowshoes
$1,000 -
Dexter Regional High SchoolDexter, ME
Photography beyond phone (1&2)
$1,000 -
Dexter Regional High SchoolDexter, ME
Rocket day 2025
$1,000 -
Dexter Regional High SchoolDexter, ME
Sensors
$1,000 -
Dexter Regional High SchoolDexter, ME
Weight room upgrades (1-4)
$1,000 -
Foxcroft AcademyDoverfoxcroft, ME
Boots for students
$1,000 -
Foxcroft AcademyDoverfoxcroft, ME
Food cupboard
$1,000 -
Foxcroft AcademyDoverfoxcroft, ME
Kitchen equipment
$1,000 -
Foxcroft AcademyDoverfoxcroft, ME
Watercolor exploration
$1,000 -
Messalonskee High SchoolOakland, ME
Chem lab pump
$1,000 -
Messalonskee High SchoolOakland, ME
Tech trade tools
$1,000 -
Messalonskee High SchoolOakland, ME
Classroom office
$1,000 -
Messalonskee High SchoolOakland, ME
Digital media
$1,000 -
Messalonskee High SchoolOakland, ME
Ceramics
$1,000 -
Nokomis High SchoolNewport, ME
Percussion
$1,000 -
Piscataquis Community High SchoolGuilford, ME
Outdoor education
$1,000 -
Winthrop High SchoolWinthrop, ME
Literary magazine
$1,000 -
Waterville High SchoolWaterville, ME
Greenhouse project
$1,000 -
Waterville High SchoolWaterville, ME
Teens for planet earth
$1,000 -
Erskine AcademyChina, ME
Humanitarian work
$1,000 -
Dexter Regional High SchoolDexter, ME
Cromwell kits
$998 -
Messalonskee High SchoolOakland, ME
Asl
$984 -
Nokomis High SchoolNewport, ME
Video equipment
$984 -
Foxcroft AcademyDoverfoxcroft, ME
Lifetime fitness
$981 -
Messalonskee High SchoolOakland, ME
Hand chimes
$980 -
Dexter Regional High SchoolDexter, ME
Graphing calculators
$975 -
Piscataquis Community High SchoolGuilford, ME
Science based literacy
$957 -
Piscataquis Community High SchoolGuilford, ME
Classroom furniture
$950 -
Piscataquis Community High SchoolGuilford, ME
STEM games
$947 -
Hall-Dale High SchoolFarmingdale, ME
Real life tech
$940 -
Waterville High SchoolWaterville, ME
Kids playing keys
$908 -
Hall-Dale High SchoolFarmingdale, ME
Sphero indi robots
$900 -
Piscataquis Community High SchoolGuilford, ME
Kinesthetic l. AIDS
$890 -
Dexter Regional High SchoolDexter, ME
Adhd sensory tools
$800 -
Messalonskee High SchoolOakland, ME
Physical fitness
$800 -
Individual
Library accessibility project
$800 -
Dexter Regional High SchoolDexter, ME
Applied pe program
$756 -
Messalonskee High SchoolOakland, ME
Workforce development
$721 -
Dexter Regional High SchoolDexter, ME
Life skills kitchen update (1-8)
$700 -
Dexter Regional High SchoolDexter, ME
Maker space
$500 -
Dexter Regional High SchoolDexter, ME
Media upgrade
$500 -
Dexter Regional High SchoolDexter, ME
Student center learning
$500 -
Foxcroft AcademyDoverfoxcroft, ME
Etiquette dinner
$500 -
Foxcroft AcademyDoverfoxcroft, ME
Woodworking
$500 -
Hall-Dale High SchoolFarmingdale, ME
Film elective
$500 -
Messalonskee High SchoolOakland, ME
Community service project
$500 -
Erskine AcademyChina, ME
Hydroponic garden
$500 -
Messalonskee High SchoolOakland, ME
3d printer
$380 -
Dexter Regional High SchoolDexter, ME
Religion/sociology
$300 -
Dexter Regional High SchoolDexter, ME
Trauma informed art
$300 -
Hall-Dale High SchoolFarmingdale, ME
Legos
$125
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Food and agriculture1 grant $4,00056% of the total
- Arts and culture1 grant $1,60023% of the total
- Education2 grants $1,50021% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Maine62 grants $78,364
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Jill SpicerDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
- Loyce HayslettDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
- Mike SteinbergDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
- Jennifer DayTREASURER Hours 0Pay $0
- Greg ZimbaDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
- Johan DowdyDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
- Lore FergusonDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
- Kamela HahnDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
- Christopher HamiltonASSISTENT TR Hours 0Pay $0
- Dot CatesVICE PRESIDE Hours 0Pay $0
- Tom GuttmacherDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
- Alison JenkinsDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
- Jody Lalime WelchPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
- Susan BriggsPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
- Joyce SmithSECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0
- Chris HeidDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
- Thomas WeitkampDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
- Doree AustinDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
The return
More foundations
- Private foundations in Maine
- Private foundations in East Vassalboro
- Foundations that fund food and agriculture in Maine
- Foundations that fund arts and culture in Maine
- Foundations that fund education in Maine
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