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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 01-0451718

Jay Ramsdell Foundation

A private foundation in Damariscotta, ME. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 6 grants and $7,450 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Linda Ramsdell
9 Egypt Lane
Franklin, ME 04634
(207) 565-2139
Form and materials
Applications are picked up at mdi high school. Award is based on personal and athletic qualities similiar to those exhibited by jay ramsdell. Two or more scholarships are awarded each year.
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $7,450

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $156,963

  • Tax year 2024

    $5,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $152,937

  • Tax year 2023

    $5,100

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $101,612

  • Tax year 2022

    $7,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $101,580

  • Tax year 2021

    $4,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $104,443

  • Tax year 2020

    $3,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $94,008

  • Tax year 2019

    $4,600

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $90,445

  • Tax year 2018

    $6,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $89,352

Grants paid in 2025

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of Southern MainePortland, ME

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  2. Eastern Maine Technical CollegeBangor, ME

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  3. Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, ME

    Scholarhship

    $1,500
  4. Maine Seacoast Mission de FoodCherryfield, ME

    Charitable

    $1,100
  5. Mdi High School Athletic BoostersBar Harbor, ME

    Education

    $1,100
  6. Ellsworth Challenger Little LeagueEllsworth, ME

    Charitable

    $750

Where the money goes

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

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

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Maine6 grants $7,450

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Linda RamsdellTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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