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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 20-0041017

Quimby Family Foundation

A private foundation in Portland, ME. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 97 grants and $1.1 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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
Quimby Family Foundation
PO Box 148
Portland, ME 041120148
(207) 963-2022
Form and materials
Go to www.quimbyfamilyfoundation.org
Deadlines
Go to www.quimbyfamilyfoundation.org
Restrictions
Go to www.quimbyfamilyfoundation.org

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,086,000

    Grants listed
    97
    Assets, end of year
    $21,533,889

  • Tax year 2023

    $960,992

    Grants listed
    87
    Assets, end of year
    $21,922,296

  • Tax year 2022

    $880,040

    Grants listed
    57
    Assets, end of year
    $22,884,864

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,043,565

    Grants listed
    60
    Assets, end of year
    $18,595,487

  • Tax year 2020

    $800,000

    Grants listed
    58
    Assets, end of year
    $18,920,533

  • Tax year 2019

    $1,069,679

    Grants listed
    64
    Assets, end of year
    $19,500,272

  • Tax year 2018

    $927,500

    Grants listed
    49
    Assets, end of year
    $20,144,164

Grants paid in 2024

97 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Maine Gear ShareBrunswick, ME

    Sponsorship

    $45,000
  2. Inland Woods & TrailsBethel, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $25,000
  3. Cobscook Community Learning CenterTrescott TWP, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $20,000
  4. Cultivating CommunityPortland, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $20,000
  5. Hearty RootsDamariscotta, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $20,000
  6. Land in Common IncGreene, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $20,000
  7. Niweskok From the Stars to SeedsMilford, ME

    Operational support

    $20,000
  8. RippleffectPortland, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $20,000
  9. Wabanaki Cultural Preservation CoalitionOld Town, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $20,000
  10. Downeast Coastal ConservancyMachias, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $18,000
  11. Maine Environmental Education AssociationBrunswick, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $18,000
  12. Maine Federation of Farmers MarketsFreeport, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $18,000
  13. Somali Bantu Community AssociationLewiston, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $18,000
  14. Teens to TrailsBrunswick, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $18,000
  15. White Pine ProgramsYork, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $18,000
  16. Cultivating CommunityPortland, ME

    Advance 2025 nourishment grant

    $16,000
  17. Brunswick-Topsham Land TrustDes Moines, IA

    Mowita'nej epijij garden

    $15,000
  18. Center for A Green FutureBrunswick, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $15,000
  19. East Coast Greenway AllianceDurham, NC

    2024 movement grant

    $15,000
  20. Ecology Education IncSaco, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $15,000
  21. Kennebec Estuary Land TrustBath, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $15,000
  22. Mahoosuc Land TrustBethel, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $15,000
  23. Maine Assoc for the Education of Young ChildrenAugusta, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $15,000
  24. Maine Food Convergence Project (third Sector New England)Boston, MA

    2024 nourishment grant

    $15,000
  25. New Learning Journey IncWaitsfield, VT

    2024 movement grant

    $15,000
  26. RetreeusSandwich, NH

    2024 nourishment grant

    $15,000
  27. St Mary's Nutrition CenterLewiston, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $15,000
  28. Western Foothills Land TrustNorway, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $15,000
  29. Women for Healthy Rural LivingMilbridge, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $15,000
  30. Center for an Ecology-Based-EconomyNorway, ME

    Maine network of community food councils

    $14,500
  31. Farms for Food EquityCape Eliz, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $13,000
  32. Outdoor Sport InstituteCaribou, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $13,000
  33. Brunswick-Topsham Land TrustDes Moines, IA

    2024 nourishment grant

    $12,500
  34. Food and MedicineBrewer, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $12,500
  35. Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners AssocUnity, ME

    Greenhorns

    $12,500
  36. The Ecology SchoolSaco, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $12,500
  37. Alan Day Community GardenNorway, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $12,000
  38. Healthy AcadiaEllsworth, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $12,000
  39. Allagash Wilderness Waterway FoundationBangor, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $10,000
  40. Appalachian Mountain ClubCharlestown, MA

    2024 movement grant

    $10,000
  41. Bicycle Coalition of MainePortland, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $10,000
  42. Birth RootsPortland, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $10,000
  43. Center for an Ecology-Based-EconomyNorway, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $10,000
  44. Frenchman Bay ConservancyHancock, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $10,000
  45. Friends of Baxter State ParkBelfast, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $10,000
  46. Healthy PeninsulaBlue Hill, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $10,000
  47. Katahdin Children and Families FoundationPatten, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $10,000
  48. Ketcha Outdoords DBA Portland Gear HubScarborough, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $10,000
  49. Main Street SkowheganSkowhegan, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $10,000
  50. Maine Island Trail AssociationPortland, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $10,000
  51. Maine Local Living SchoolTemple, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $10,000
  52. Momentum Conservation (maine Land Trust Network)Portland, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $10,000
  53. Penobscot Nation Agricultural ProgramIndian Island, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $10,000
  54. Portland TrailsPortland, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $10,000
  55. Presente MainePortland, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $10,000
  56. Sebasticook Regional Land TrustUnity, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $10,000
  57. Trekkers IncRockland, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $10,000
  58. Twin Villages Foodbank FarmDamariscotta, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $10,000
  59. University of Maine FoundationOrono, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $10,000
  60. Wabanaki Commission on Land & StewardshipDedham, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $10,000
  61. Wabanaki Public Health & WellnessOrono, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $10,000
  62. Wild Seed ProjectN Yarmouth, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $10,000
  63. Open Table MdiBar Harbor, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $8,000
  64. Ready by 21 MentoringDeer Isle, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $8,000
  65. Wolfe's Neck Farm FoundationFreeport, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $8,000
  66. Blue Hill Heritage TrustBlue Hill, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $7,500
  67. Cumberland County Food Security CouncilPortland, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $7,500
  68. Francis Malcolm Science CenterEaston, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $7,500
  69. Frenchman Bay ConservancyHancock, ME

    Ellsworth green plan

    $7,500
  70. Good MedicinePortland, ME

    More women surf

    $7,500
  71. Harpswell Heritage Land TrustHarpswell, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $7,500
  72. Kittery Land TrustKittery, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $7,500
  73. Maine Appalachian Trail Land TrustPortland, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $7,500
  74. Maine School Garden NetworkAugusta, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $7,500
  75. Sundog Outdoor Leadership InitiativeCamden, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $7,500
  76. Farm TomorrowGouldsboro, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $6,000
  77. Farms at the Y (of the Central Lincoln County YMCA)Damariscotta, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $5,000
  78. Greater Lovell Land Trust IncLovell, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $5,000
  79. Hurricane Island Outward Bound SchoolCamden, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $5,000
  80. Island Heritage TrustDeer Isle, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $5,000
  81. Kennebunkport Conservation TrustKennebunkport, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $5,000
  82. Kismet Rock FoundationNorth Conway, NH

    2024 movement grant

    $5,000
  83. Lake George CorporationSkowhegan, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $5,000
  84. Loaves & Fishes Food PantryEllsworth, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $5,000
  85. Maine Association of NonprofitsPortland, ME

    Leadership institute

    $5,000
  86. Mid Coast Hunger Prevention ProgramBrunswick, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $5,000
  87. Piscataquis Regional Food CenterDovr Foxcroft, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $5,000
  88. Portland Parks ConservancyPortland, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $5,000
  89. Rewild MainePortland, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $5,000
  90. Sea Meadow Marine FoundationYarmouth, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $5,000
  91. SeedmoneyScarborough, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $5,000
  92. Susan L Curtis Charitable FoundationPortland, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $5,000
  93. Veggies to TableNewcastle, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $5,000
  94. Youth Full MaineBiddeford, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $5,000
  95. Maine Community IntegrationLewiston, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $2,500
  96. Maine Community IntegrationLewiston, ME

    2024 movement grant

    $2,500
  97. Maine Writers and Publishers AlliancePortland, ME

    2024 nourishment grant

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment31 grants $313,00043% of the total
  2. Food and agriculture11 grants $117,50016% of the total
  3. Health5 grants $70,00010% of the total
  4. Education7 grants $65,5009% of the total
  5. Youth development3 grants $46,0006% of the total
  6. Community development5 grants $40,0006% of the total
  7. 4 other causes8 grants $73,50010% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Maine91 grants $1,011,000
  2. Massachusetts2 grants $25,000
  3. New Hampshire2 grants $20,000
  4. North Carolina1 grant $15,000
  5. Vermont1 grant $15,000

Officers, directors and trustees

9 people as filed

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

  • Roxanne QuimbyPRESIDENT & DIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Hannah QuimbyEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & DIRECTOR Hours 40Pay $100,000
  • Rachelle QuimbyDIRECTOR Hours 4Pay $0
  • Lucas St ClairDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Rebecca RoweTREASURER & DIRECTOR Hours 4Pay $0
  • Yemaya St ClairSECRETARY Hours 2Pay $0
  • Megan QuimbyDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Morgan QuimbyDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Eliana RoweDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0

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