A museum gallery with a large landscape painting in a gilt frame

Grant recipient EIN 81-2603612Arts and culture

Who funds 240 Strings?

13 private foundations gave 240 Strings in Portland, ME $179,463 across 31 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

31 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. The Anonimo FoundationDamariscotta, ME 2025

    Operations support

    $10,000
  2. The Bob Crewe Foundation a/k/a Crewe FoundationFalmouth, ME 2025

    Operating support

    $10,000
  3. Cornelia Bessie Memorial FoundationWest Hartford, CT 2024

    Current use for charitable purposes

    $20,000
  4. The Anonimo FoundationDamariscotta, ME 2024

    Operations support

    $10,000
  5. Onion FoundationAuburn, ME 2024

    To provide general support

    $10,000
  6. The Old Bug Light Charitable FoundationPortland, ME 2024

    For operations

    $1,000
  7. WC and EJ Thornton FoundationDenver, CO 2024

    music education for children

    $1,000
  8. The Widgeon Point Charitable FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    Operational support

    $500
  9. Cornelia Bessie Memorial FoundationWest Hartford, CT 2023

    Current use for charitable purposes

    $10,000
  10. The Anonimo FoundationDamariscotta, ME 2023

    Operations support

    $7,500
  11. Onion FoundationAuburn, ME 2023

    To support free music education for Maine youth

    $7,500
  12. WC and EJ Thornton FoundationDenver, CO 2023

    music education for children

    $1,000
  13. The Widgeon Point Charitable FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    Operational support

    $500
  14. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $36
  15. Cornelia Bessie Memorial FoundationWest Hartford, CT 2022

    Current use for charitable purposes

    $15,000
  16. The Anonimo FoundationDamariscotta, ME 2022

    Operations support

    $7,500
  17. Onion FoundationAuburn, ME 2022

    Free music education for Maine youth

    $7,500
  18. WC and EJ Thornton FoundationDenver, CO 2022

    Arts education

    $1,000
  19. The Widgeon Point Charitable FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    Operational support

    $500
  20. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $30
  21. Onion FoundationAuburn, ME 2021

    General Purpose

    $11,500
  22. Cornelia Bessie Memorial FoundationWest Hartford, CT 2021

    Current use for charitable purposes

    $10,000
  23. Horizon Foundation IncRockport, MA 2021

    General Support

    $7,500
  24. The Anonimo FoundationDamariscotta, ME 2021

    Operations support

    $6,600
  25. D'addario Foundation IncFarmingdale, NY 2021

    To support growth and appreciation of music

    $2,000
  26. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 2021

    Operational support

    $250
  27. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $19
  28. Onion FoundationAuburn, ME 2020

    General Purpose

    $15,000
  29. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $28
  30. Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation IncNew York, NY 2018

    To help activities of var public char inst which are exempt under 501 (c)(3)

    $5,000
  31. Simmons Foundation - PerkinsThompsonPortland, ME 2018

    Music EnsembleEducation for AllProject

    $1,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other arts and culture organizations in Portland, ME and are not among 240 Strings’s funders above.

  1. Sam L Cohen FoundationPortland, ME 67 grants Accepts applications $1,090,210 to similar organizations
  2. Morton-Kelly Charitable TrustPortland, ME 15 grants Accepts applications $187,500 to similar organizations
  3. Virginia Hodgkins Somers Foundation IncKennebunkport, ME 20 grants Accepts applications $165,250 to similar organizations
  4. Spectemur Agendo IncWashington, DC 37 grants Accepts applications $9,550 to similar organizations
  5. Phineas W Sprague Memorial FoundationMansfield, MA 51 grants Preselected only $171,500 to similar organizations
  6. Lunder FoundationPortland, ME 58 grants Accepts applications $1,466,094 to similar organizations
  7. Libra FoundationPortland, ME 55 grants Accepts applications $617,750 to similar organizations
  8. Charles Stewart Mott FoundationFlint, MI 23 grants Preselected only $6,765 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 81-2603612 by name and ZIP code, or by name, city and State against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.