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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 65-6154889

General E R Quesada Educational Foundation

A private foundation in Portland, ME. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 11 grants and $347,500 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $347,500

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $5,337,780

  • Tax year 2024

    $320,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $5,240,181

  • Tax year 2023

    $422,500

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $4,982,283

  • Tax year 2022

    $297,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $4,710,357

  • Tax year 2021

    $405,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $5,009,977

  • Tax year 2020

    $215,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $4,720,386

  • Tax year 2018

    $270,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $4,739,236

Grants paid in 2025

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Maine Community FoundationPortland, ME

    Unrestricted

    $227,500
  2. President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeCambridge, MA

    Unrestricted

    $20,000
  3. University of MaineOrono, ME

    Unrestricted

    $20,000
  4. College of the AtlanticBar Harbor, ME

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  5. College of the Holy CrossWorcester, MA

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  6. Island InstituteRockland, ME

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  7. Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, VT

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  8. The Smith College FundNorthampton, MA

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  9. University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  10. West Marin Scholarship ProgramInverness, CA

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  11. Wheaton CollegeNorton, MA

    Unrestricted

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education6 grants $70,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Maine4 grants $267,500
  2. Massachusetts4 grants $50,000
  3. California1 grant $10,000
  4. Pennsylvania1 grant $10,000
  5. Vermont1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Peter W QuesadaTrustee Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Thomas R QuesadaTrustee Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Strand O QuesadaTrustee Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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