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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 01-0388680

Margaret Chase Smith Foundation

A private foundation in Portland, ME. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $7,157 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $7,157

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $17,880,623

  • Tax year 2024

    $34,530

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $16,592,589

  • Tax year 2023

    $34,154

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $14,580,089

  • Tax year 2022

    $35,615

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $13,077,281

  • Tax year 2021

    $40,165

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $16,066,037

  • Tax year 2020

    $37,384

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $13,849,816

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Tunnel to Towers FoundationStaten Island, NY

    Donation in Memory of John Bernier.

    $3,500
  2. Individual

    Education - Provided 8 [individual] winners with amounts ranging from $50 to $1000.

    $1,950
  3. Individual

    Education [individual] - [individual] Trips to Library and [individual] Workshops

    $1,707

Approved for future payment

3 grants

Approved in 2025 and not yet paid.

  1. Individual

    Education [individual] - [individual] Trips to Library and [individual] Workshops

    $6,000
  2. Individual

    Education - [individual] E. [individual] Honorarium -[individual] Grant and speaker fees

    $3,000
  3. Individual

    Education - To provide [individual] winners with amounts ranging from $50 to $1000.

    $2,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education1 grant $3,500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Michigan1 grant $3,500

Officers, directors and trustees

8 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Charles L Cragin EsqPresident Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Douglas M HenryVice President Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Michael J QuinlanTreasurer/Secretary Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Davida D BarterDirector Hours 0.38Pay $0
  • Claude BerubeDirector Hours 0.38Pay $0
  • Joseph HanslipDirector Hours 0.38Pay $0
  • Paula D SilsbyDirector Hours 0.38Pay $0
  • John M BernierPast Director Hours 0.38Pay $0

The return

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