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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 82-1749192

Abbagadassett Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Bowdoinham, ME. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 16 grants and $1.2 million 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

    $1,151,494

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $13,404,538

  • Tax year 2024

    $744,863

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $12,648,556

  • Tax year 2023

    $607,689

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $11,297,810

  • Tax year 2022

    $580,501

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $10,135,301

  • Tax year 2021

    $471,550

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $12,434,161

  • Tax year 2020

    $460,750

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $10,979,228

Grants paid in 2025

16 grants, largest first

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

  1. Maine College of Art DesignPortland, ME

    To Support Organization

    $100,000
  2. Blind Industries Services of MarylaBaltimore, MD

    To Support Organization

    $100,000
  3. Spurwink ServicesScarborough, ME

    To Support Organization

    $99,991
  4. University of Southern Maine FoundaPortland, ME

    To Support Organization

    $99,743
  5. Maine Public Broadcasting NetworkPortland, ME

    To Support Organization

    $99,348
  6. Maine Maritime MuseumBath, ME

    To Support Organization

    $90,820
  7. Individual

    To Support Organization

    $86,000
  8. Coastal Maine Botanical GardensBoothbay, ME

    To Support Organization

    $80,250
  9. Individual

    To Support Organization

    $80,000
  10. Restorative Justice ProjectBelfast, ME

    To Support Organization

    $78,582
  11. Maine Historical SocietyPortland, ME

    To Support Organization

    $57,145
  12. Laudholm TrustWells, ME

    To Support Organization

    $54,500
  13. Kennebec Estuary Land TrustBath, ME

    To Support Organization

    $44,554
  14. Pejepscot History CenterBrunswick, ME

    To Support Organization

    $36,553
  15. Momentum ConservationPortland, ME

    To Support Organization

    $24,000
  16. YMCA Camps of MaineWinthrop, ME

    To Support Organization

    $20,008

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment4 grants $203,30458% of the total
  2. Arts and culture2 grants $147,96542% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Maine13 grants $885,494
  2. Maryland1 grant $100,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Denham WardPresident Hours 1Pay $0
  • Hannah WardDirector Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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