How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact person
- On file
- Phone
- On file
- On file
- Mailing address
- On file
- Form and materials
- On file
- Deadlines
- October 1 of each year
- Restrictions
- Discretion of Board of Directors, but generally environmental, cultural and historical organizations and activities in Maine.
Contact person, phone, email, mailing address and application materials on file. See them with a plan.
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2025
$1,300,936
- Grants listed
- 123
- Assets, end of year
- $21,561,298
-
Tax year 2024
$1,305,500
- Grants listed
- 1
- Assets, end of year
- $20,243,296
-
Tax year 2023
$1,252,057
- Grants listed
- 1
- Assets, end of year
- $17,851,579
-
Tax year 2022
$1,047,000
- Grants listed
- 1
- Assets, end of year
- $18,136,423
-
Tax year 2021
$1,203,600
- Grants listed
- 1
- Assets, end of year
- $19,003,514
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Tax year 2020
$957,500
- Grants listed
- 1
- Assets, end of year
- $15,797,482
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return.
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Preble StreetPortland, ME
Capital Campaign
$50,000 -
Bomazeen Land TrustPortland, ME
Cultural Transmission, Operating Support
$20,000 -
Friends of the Veterans' Memorial LibraryPatten, ME
Friends of the Veterans Memorial Library and Community Center
$20,000 -
Greater Portland LandmarksPortland, ME
Operating Support: Strategic Plan in Action
$20,000 -
Indigo Arts AlliancePortland, ME
Indigo Arts Alliance
$20,000 -
Maine Environmental Education AssociationBrunswick, ME
Maine Environmental Education Association Operating Support 2025
$20,000 -
Maine Historical SocietyPortland, ME
Maine Historical Society - Revolutionary Maine: America at 250
$20,000 -
Maine Humanities CouncilPortland, ME
Operating Support: Humanities in Need
$20,000 -
Maine PreservationYarmouth, ME
Operating Support Technical Assistance
$20,000 -
Wabanaki Community FoundationPembroke, ME
Start-up Operations
$20,000 -
Aroostook Arts and Education Center DBA Wintergreen Arts CenterPresque Isle, ME
Operating Support for the Aroostook Arts and Education Center DBA Wintergreen Arts Center
$15,000 -
Children's Museum & Theatre of MainePortland, ME
Operating Support for the Childrens Museum & Theatre of Maine
$15,000 -
Coastal Rivers Conservation TrustDamariscotta, ME
Operating Support
$15,000 -
Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research and EducationBeals, ME
Let's Find Out What Is Out There - Then Manage, Restore, and Protect It
$15,000 -
Downeast Salmon FederationColumbia FLS, ME
Downeast Salmon Federation Operating Support
$15,000 -
Eastern Trail AllianceSaco, ME
Eastern Trail Alliance - Operating Support
$15,000 -
First Light New Learning JourneyFayston, VT
First Light Operating Support 2025-2026
$15,000 -
Johnson Hall IncGardiner, ME
Operating
$15,000 -
Maine Appalachian Trail Club IncPortland, ME
Maine Appalachian Trail Club Operating Support
$15,000 -
Maine Coast Heritage TrustTopsham, ME
Gebung Woods Parcel Acquisition
$15,000 -
Maine Farmland TrustBelfast, ME
Maine Farmland Trust Operating Support
$15,000 -
Maine Mathematics and Science AllianceAugusta, ME
Teach ME Outside
$15,000 -
Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA)Unity, ME
Operating Support for Building a Healthy and Fair Food System in a Time of Uncertainty
$15,000 -
Maine Seacoast MissionNortheast Harbor, ME
Maine Seacoast Mission Operating: Services for Downeast and Islands, including Nature Access
$15,000 -
Maine Trails CoalitionBath, ME
2025 Operating Support Request for the Maine Trails Coalition
$15,000 -
Mechanics' Hall (Maine Charitable Mechanic Association)Portland, ME
Operating Support for Mechanics' Hall
$15,000 -
Midcoast ConservancyWaldoboro, ME
Operating Support for Midcoast Conservancy
$15,000 -
Pejepscot Historical Society (dba Pejepscot History Center)Brunswick, ME
Building Connections: Opening Doors to Our Community
$15,000 -
Portland Museum of ArtPortland, ME
Art for All
$15,000 -
Portland Symphony OrchestraPortland, ME
Dawnland to the Planets: The Music of The Wabanaki and Holst
$15,000 -
Preble StreetPortland, ME
Preble Street Operating Support
$15,000 -
Scarborough Land TrustScarborough, ME
Fuller Farm Bridge and Trail Improvements
$15,000 -
Schoodic Arts for AllWinter Harbor, ME
2025 Operating Support
$15,000 -
Waterfall ArtsBelfast, ME
Operating Support
$15,000 -
Wild Seed ProjectN Yarmouth, ME
Experiential Education in the Classroom - Student and Community Leadership
$15,000 -
Friends of Casco BayPortland, ME
Tracking, Protecting, and Restoring Eelgrass through Technology and Community Engagement
$13,000 -
Cape Elizabeth Land TrustCape Eliz, ME
Improved Access Trail at Robinson Woods Preserve
$12,500 -
Downeast Lakes Land TrustGrand LK STRM, ME
Operational support for the Downeast Lakes Land Trust
$12,500 -
Eastport Arts CenterEastport, ME
Eastport Arts Center
$12,500 -
The Ecology SchoolSaco, ME
Operating Funds to Support Equitable Access to Immersive Ecology-Based Education For Maine Students
$12,500 -
The Trust for Public LandSan Francisco, CA
Maine Program Operating Support
$12,500 -
Abbe MuseumBar Harbor, ME
Uplifting Wabanaki Voices & Activating Audiences: Operating Support for the Abbe Museum
$10,000 -
Appalachian Mountain ClubCharlestown, MA
2026 Maine Woods Community Youth and Environment Program
$10,000 -
Bangor Land TrustBangor, ME
General Operating Support for Bangor Land Trust
$10,000 -
Bangor Symphony OrchestraBangor, ME
Operating Support for Bangor Symphony Orchestra's 130th Season
$10,000 -
Belfast Area Child Care Services IncWaldo, ME
The Learning Landscape: An Outdoor Classroom for Belfast Area Child Care Services
$10,000 -
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean SciencesEast Boothbay, ME
Operating Support
$10,000 -
Center for Maine Contemporary ArtRockland, ME
Adult Makerspace - Center for Maine Contemporary Art
$10,000 -
Chocolate Church Arts CenterBath, ME
Collective Imagination @ the Chocolate Church
$10,000 -
Cobscook Community Learning CenterTrescott TWP, ME
Operating Support: Indigenous Teaching and Learning at Cobscook Institute
$10,000 -
Community Organizing AllianceLewiston, ME
2026 Youth in Climate Advocacy Program
$10,000 -
Downeast Coastal ConservancyMachias, ME
General Operating Support
$10,000 -
Ellsworth Historical SocietyEllsworth, ME
Ellsworth Historical Society's Chamberlain House Stabilization Project
$10,000 -
Friends of Baxter State ParkBelfast, ME
Friends of Baxter State Park Operating Support
$10,000 -
Friends of the Strand TheatreRockland, ME
Strand Theatre Education Program 2025-2026 Season
$10,000 -
Gateway MilbridgeMilbridge Theatre and Community Arts CenterMilbridge, ME
Gateway Milbridge/Milbridge Theatre and Community Arts Center Operating Support
$10,000 -
Heart of Maine Resource CenterDexter, ME
Restore the Brick Facade at the Former Bert Call Photography Studio
$10,000 -
Main Street Skowhegan Skowhegan OutdoorsSkowhegan, ME
A Continuum of Opportunity in Outdoor Education through Skowhegan Outdoors
$10,000 -
Maine AudubonFalmouth, ME
Maine Audubon 2025 Operating Support
$10,000 -
Maine Climate Action NowAugusta, ME
Maine Climate Action Now Community Engagement Operating Support
$10,000 -
Maine Inside OutRoil IncLewiston, ME
Broken Clock Tour
$10,000 -
Maine LakesYarmouth, ME
Maine Lakes Operating Support
$10,000 -
Mayo Street ArtsPortland, ME
Operating Support for Mayo Street Arts
$10,000 -
Monhegan Museum of Art & HistoryMonhegan, ME
Monhegan Museum of Art & History Operating Support
$10,000 -
Natural Resources Council of MaineAugusta, ME
Protecting the Nature of Maine - Operating Support
$10,000 -
Nature Based Education ConsortiumFalmouth, ME
Systems Level Change for Outdoor Access
$10,000 -
Northeast Historic FilmBucksport, ME
Support to Catalog, Digitize and Publish the Collections of All Maine Television Stations, 1953-2008
$10,000 -
Palaver StringsPortland, ME
Building Long-term Capacity to Improve Vulnerable Music Students Retention & Ensure Progress
$10,000 -
Portland Parks ConservancyPortland, ME
Portland Youth Corps
$10,000 -
Portland Stage Company IncPortland, ME
Portland Stage Operating Support
$10,000 -
Portland TrailsPortland, ME
Healthier Neighborhoods for All program
$10,000 -
Tate House MuseumPortland, ME
Preservation of the 1797 Means House
$10,000 -
The Telling RoomPortland, ME
Operating Support for The Telling Room - FY25-26
$10,000 -
University of Southern Maine FoundationPortland, ME
Revitalizing the OML Portland Classroom as an all-ages Maker-Space
$10,000 -
Waterville CreatesWaterville, ME
Waterville Creates Operating Support
$10,000 -
York County Soil and Water Conservation DistrictSpringvale, ME
Watershed Stewardship Program in Southern Maine
$10,000 -
Bay Chamber Concerts and Music SchoolRockport, ME
Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School
$7,500 -
Brick Store MuseumKennebunk, ME
Brick Store Museum Operating Support
$7,500 -
Caribou Historical CenterCaribou, ME
Operating Support
$7,500 -
Chebeague Island Historical SocietyChebeague Is, ME
CIHS Museum Mechanical Systems Remediation Project
$7,500 -
Downeast Fisheries Partnership fs Sunrise County Economic CouncilMachias, ME
Downeast Fisheries Partnership Operating Support
$7,500 -
First Amendment MuseumAugusta, ME
First Amendment Museum
$7,500 -
Freeport Historical SocietyFreeport, ME
Pettengill Farm Reinterpretation Signage
$7,500 -
Healthy Island ProjectStonington, ME
HIP Great Hall RenovationsProject Support to Create a Cultural Hub for Deer Isle-Stonington, Maine
$7,500 -
Heart of BiddefordBiddeford, ME
Operating Support
$7,500 -
Heart of EllsworthEllsworth, ME
Program Development at Heart of Ellsworths Makerspace
$7,500 -
Heritage Vivant - Living Heritage dba Acadian Village MaineVan Buren, ME
Enhancing the Visitor Experience through Technology
$7,500 -
Island Readers and WritersSouthwest Harbor, ME
Island Readers & Writers Operating Support
$7,500 -
Maine TREE FoundationAugusta, ME
Maine Timber Research & Environmental Education Foundation General Operating Support
$7,500 -
Opera MainePortland, ME
Support for Opera Maines Opera for All Educational Programming
$7,500 -
TrekkersRockland, ME
Trekkers Alternative Education Partnership Program Support
$7,500 -
Machias Bay Chamber Concerts IncMachias, ME
Elementary School Music Program for Washington County, Maine
$6,000 -
Brooksville Free Public LibraryBrooksville, ME
Brooksville Free Public Library, Operating Support Grant Request
$5,000 -
Classical UprisingPortland, ME
Classical Uprising General Operating Support
$5,000 -
Franklin Schoodic HallFranklin, ME
Franklin Schoodic Hall Phase 2: Building Lift
$5,000 -
Frenchman Bay ConservancyHancock, ME
Outdoor Education Support
$5,000 -
Friends of Starling HallKents Hill, ME
Historic Preservation - new roof
$5,000 -
Greater Lovell Land TrustLovell, ME
Environmental Education Operating Support
$5,000 -
Hurricane Island Center for Science and LeadershipRockland, ME
Operating Support to Expand Access to Environmental Education for Rural Maine Students
$5,000 -
Jonathan Fisher Memorial IncBlue Hill, ME
Jonathan Fisher House Window Restoration
$5,000 -
Journey ONEderlandPortland, ME
2026 Transportation Pilot Program
$5,000 -
Kennebunk Free LibraryKennebunk, ME
Kennebunk Free Library Operating Support Request 2025
$5,000 -
Kennebunkport Historical SocietyKennebunkport, ME
Preserving Our Vintage Clothing Collection
$5,000 -
Maine Early Childhood Outdoors (MaineAEYC Fiscal Sponsor)Augusta, ME
Maine Early Childhood Outdoors Operational Support
$5,000 -
Maine Maritime MuseumBath, ME
Historic Shipyard Mould Loft Roof Replacement
$5,000 -
Maine Youth for Climate JusticeDamariscotta, ME
Building Youth Leadership within the Maine Green Schools Network
$5,000 -
Midcoast Symphony OrchestraBrunswick, ME
Lewiston/Auburn School Presentations by the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra
$5,000 -
Penobscot Theatre CompanyBangor, ME
Project Support for the Penobscot Theatre Companys Dramatic Academy
$5,000 -
Portland BalletPortland, ME
Portland Ballet, Deepening Relationships with Westbrook Middle School Students and Families
$5,000 -
Portland OvationsPortland, ME
Portland Ovations 2025-26 Wabanaki Stories School-Time & Family Performances
$5,000 -
Rangeley Friends of the Performing Arts IncRangeley, ME
Operating Support-Rangeley Friends of the Arts
$5,000 -
Safe VoicesLewiston, ME
Safe Voices Survivor Storytellers Project
$5,000 -
Scarborough Public LibraryScarborough, ME
Scarborough Public Library
$5,000 -
Spaulding Memorial LibraryEast Sebago, ME
Spaulding Memorial Library Capital Campaign
$5,000 -
Tear Cap WorkshopsHiram, ME
Creativity in the Making: Operating Support 2026
$5,000 -
TEMPOartPortland, ME
TEMPOart Operating Support
$5,000 -
The Rangeley Lakes Region Historical Society DBA Historic RangeleyRangeley, ME
Rangeley Lakes Region Historical Society Operating Support
$5,000 -
The Theater ProjectBrunswick, ME
Teen Improv Troupe
$5,000 -
Victoria MansionPortland, ME
Victoria Mansion Historic Windows Assessment
$5,000 -
Winter Harbor Historical SocietyWinter Harbor, ME
Restoration of our 1877 Schoolhouse
$5,000 -
Maine Philanthopy CenterPortland, ME
For Funder Network Support
$5,000 -
The Falmouth Historical SocietyFalmouth, ME
Digital Scanning Capital Equipment Grant
$3,586 -
Maine Arts CommissionAugusta, ME
Maine Arts Learning Summit
$3,350
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Arts and culture34 grants $373,58644% of the total
- Environment19 grants $210,50025% of the total
- Human services5 grants $95,00011% of the total
- Education4 grants $45,0005% of the total
- Animals2 grants $30,0004% of the total
- Food and agriculture2 grants $25,0003% of the total
- 6 other causes8 grants $75,0009% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Maine121 grants $1,275,936
- Vermont1 grant $15,000
- Massachusetts1 grant $10,000
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Douglas M HenryPresident/Director Hours 1Pay $6,000
- Marilyn A LalumiereDirector/Past President Hours 1Pay $6,000
- Michael J QuinlanTreasurer/Secretary/Director Hours 1Pay $0
- Janet HenryDirector Hours 1Pay $6,000
- Erik C JorgensenDirector Hours 1Pay $6,000
- D Tyler KidderDirector Hours 1Pay $6,000
- Mari JonesDirector Hours 0.67Pay $4,000
- Sheila JansPast Director Hours 0Pay $0
The return
More foundations
- Private foundations in Maine
- Private foundations in Portland
- Foundations that fund arts and culture in Maine
- Foundations that fund environment in Maine
- Foundations that fund human services in Maine
Similar foundations
Same main cause (arts and culture), giving between a quarter and four times this foundation’s where possible, nearby first.
- Roxanne Quimby Foundation Inc 38 grants Preselected only $1,372,500 giving
- Albert B Glickman Family Foundation 97 grants Preselected only $2,440,220 giving
- The Richard C Paine Jr Automobile Collection Charitable Trust 3 grants Preselected only $407,830 giving
- Libra Foundation 56 grants Accepts applications $4,260,000 giving
- The Anonimo Foundation 37 grants Preselected only $675,850 giving