Foundations that fund organizations in Bar Harbor, Maine
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Bar Harbor nonprofits
181 private foundations gave $15M to Bar Harbor organizations in their latest filings; 37 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
312 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Bar Harbor around $25K. 15 of these funders are based in Maine; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 181
- Accept applications
- 37
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to Bar Harbor
- $15M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 312
- Typical median grant
- $25K
- Based in ME
- 15%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Bar Harbor organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Alfond Foundation | Portland, ME | 1 | $2.5M | $2.5M | Yes | Maine cancer genomics initiative 2.0 |
| Manton Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $1.5M | $1.5M | Preselected only | For the central utility plant |
| Gates Foundation | Seattle, WA | 1 | $1.4M | $1.4M | Yes | Empower women and girls |
| Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Inc | Bethesda, MD | 8 | $985K | $50K | Preselected only | General operating support; Housing opportunities support; Sunbeam gala |
| Cornelia Cogswell Rossi Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 10 | $622K | $5,000 | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted; to provide funds for the Seasonal Workforce Housing Initiat…; Charitable Event |
| Riley & Barbara G Sunderland Charitable Trust | Concord, NH | 1 | $505K | $505K | Yes | Charitable purposes |
| Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc | Wilmington, DE | 5 | $505K | $55K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted; President's Discretionary Fund; Davis UWC Scholars program |
| The Martha & Alexis Stewart Charitable Foundation | Katonah, NY | 2 | $488K | $244K | Preselected only | For donee's exempt purpose |
| Scott R Mackenzie Foundation Inc | Jacksonville, FL | 1 | $450K | $450K | Yes | This project seeks to continue the project awarded in 2022… |
| The Blossom Fund Charles R Platt Et Al Trustees | Boston, MA | 1 | $300K | $300K | Yes | The campaign for student success |
| Robert and Clara Patterson Trust | Dallas, TX | 1 | $300K | $300K | Yes | Unrestricted general |
| Pathways Foundation | Farmington Hills, MI | 1 | $250K | $250K | Preselected only | General fund |
| The Simons Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $250K | $250K | Preselected only | Integration of electrophysiological and transcriptomic sign… |
| The Brendan & Helen Bechtel Foundation | Washington, DC | 1 | $250K | $250K | Preselected only | Support for the "raise the roof" campaign |
| Colket Family Foundation | Newtown Square, PA | 18 | $239K | $5,000 | Yes | General gift - unrestricted; Restricted use - la rochelle; Restricted use-new location |
| Butler Family Foundation | Lake Forest, IL | 1 | $158K | $158K | Yes | General charitable, religious, educational or scientific pu… |
| Leducq Foundation for Cardiovascular Research | Houston, TX | 1 | $151K | $151K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Maximilian E and Marion O Hoffman Foundation Inc | West Hartford, CT | 1 | $150K | $150K | Yes | Research |
| Yaverland Foundation Inc | Montchanin, DE | 2 | $150K | $75K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Elmina B Sewall Foundation | Freeport, ME | 2 | $140K | $70K | Yes | General Operating Support |
| Gladys F O'Neil Charitable Trust | Concord, NH | 4 | $139K | $35K | Preselected only | General support |
| Margaret Dorrance Strawbridge Fdn Pa I Inc | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | $125K | $125K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| Builders Vision Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $117K | $117K | Preselected only | to support the design, prototyping and piloting of viable a… |
| Fore River Foundation | Portland, ME | 5 | $111K | $26K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 4 | $100K | $18K | Preselected only | To help activities of var public char inst which are exempt… |
| The Bawd Foundation C/O Perelson Weiner | New York, NY | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General |
| Balance for Freedom Inc | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | Support for sorolla exhibition |
| The Ivm Foundation | Rhinebeck, NY | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General |
| Mears Edward B-Tr | Pittsburgh, PA | 3 | $93K | $31K | Preselected only | General operating |
| O'Neill Family Charitable Trust | New York, NY | 5 | $90K | $10K | Preselected only | General support |
| Maine Health Access Foundation Inc | Augusta, ME | 1 | $90K | $90K | Yes | Health for Rural Maines Older Adults; Community Care Partne… |
| E Newbold & Margaret Dupont Smith F Foundation (dba Thornedge Fdn) | Wayne, PA | 4 | $90K | $27K | Yes | Further charitable purposes; Further conservational purposes |
| Arthur K Watson Trust Xxxxx5001 | Chicago, IL | 2 | $88K | $44K | Yes | General; The wabanaki curatorial |
| Newtmont Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 3 | $85K | $25K | Yes | 2023 and 2024 donation; Fund for mdi hospital; General fund |
| Barr Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $80K | $80K | Preselected only | To support a gulf of maine offshore wind educational campai… |
| Chilton Trust Foundation | Stamford, CT | 1 | $79K | $79K | Preselected only | General support |
| Turnbull Family Foundation Inc | Greenwich, CT | 1 | $77K | $77K | Preselected only | General Support |
| The Henry Luce Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $75K | $75K | Yes | Support for a conference |
| Terra Foundation for American Art | Chicago, IL | 1 | $75K | $75K | Yes | Arts education |
| Leon Levy Foundation | New York, NY | 2 | $67K | $33K | Preselected only | Project support.; General support |
| Thomas & Carolyn Witt Foundation Inc | Darien, CT | 1 | $65K | $65K | Preselected only | Unrestricted charitable contribution |
| Wyman H & Della Whitney Tr Fd B | Dallas, TX | 1 | $59K | $59K | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Onion Foundation | Auburn, ME | 4 | $58K | $15K | Yes | To provide general support; To support arts education programs that intersect with the… |
| Gerrish H Milliken Foundation 009209-009 | Wilmington, DE | 8 | $55K | $2,500 | Preselected only | General support |
| Lunder Foundation C/O Kenilworth Inc | Portland, ME | 1 | $50K | $50K | Yes | Project support |
| Five Stones Fund Inc Fka Albert Shapiro Fund | St Petersburg, FL | 1 | $50K | $50K | Yes | Charitable |
| The Elm Grove Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Operating support |
| The Louise H & David S Ingalls Fdn | Shaker Heights, OH | 1 | $50K | $50K | Yes | Education |
| Marion Boulton Kippy Stroud Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | $48K | $48K | Preselected only | General purpose |
| The Moosemoss Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $40K | $40K | Yes | For the edge program in support of the after school program… |
| Rosalie J Coe Weir Foundation | Allendale, NJ | 1 | $40K | $40K | Preselected only | Support of college education |
| Owen Cheatham Foundation | Tequesta, FL | 1 | $35K | $35K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Beech Street Foundation | Washington, DC | 1 | $35K | $35K | Yes | Voluntary contribution |
| The Mitchell P Rales Family Foundation | Potomac, MD | 4 | $31K | $10K | Preselected only | General support |
| Janet Stone Jones Foundation | Stamford, CT | 2 | $31K | $15K | Preselected only | General support |
| John G & Jean R Gosnell Foundation | Chevy Chase, MD | 1 | $30K | $30K | Preselected only | Cadillac mountain summit accessibility improvement project:… |
| Bangor Savings Bank Foundation | Bangor, ME | 3 | $30K | $6,500 | Yes | General Operating Support |
| Rk Mellon Family Foundation | Ligonier, PA | 2 | $28K | $14K | Yes | Operations |
| Barbara Joy Trust Co Christine J Soverel | Mercer Island, WA | 2 | $27K | $14K | Preselected only | Public charity unrestricted gift; Charityrestricted gift to benefit the marion j morse schola… |
| W F Whitman Family Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 3 | $27K | $10K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| Park Loop Charitable Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | Capital commitment |
| The David Rockefeller Fund Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $25K | $25K | Yes | To plan for the sustainability and reach of the dawnland fe… |
| The Ausolus Trust C/O Boston Family Office George P Beal | Boston, MA | 3 | $25K | $10K | Yes | Exempt purpose |
| Atwater Kent Foundation | Palm Beach, FL | 4 | $25K | $2,500 | Yes | To further the purpose of the donee org. |
| Whitney W & D Tr A-Me Sea Coast | Dallas, TX | 1 | $24K | $24K | Preselected only | Unrestriced general support |
| The Edward Marthann Samek Foundation | Newtown Square, PA | 4 | $23K | $6,250 | Preselected only | General purpose |
| Paul Bechtner Foundation C/O Paul C Weaver | Winnetka, IL | 2 | $23K | $11K | Preselected only | Support higher education; Support cultural resources of park |
| Devonwood Foundation 009606-007 | Wilmington, DE | 2 | $22K | $11K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Eacho Family Foundation C/O Walker Management | Bethesda, MD | 3 | $21K | $2,500 | Preselected only | Educational; Community; Health |
| Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research | Phillips, ME | 1 | $21K | $21K | Yes | General operating support |
| The Marisla Foundation | Laguna Beach, CA | 1 | $20K | $20K | Yes | General support |
| Newman's Own Foundation | Westport, CT | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | College of the atlantic annual fund |
| Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation | Richmond, VA | 1 | $20K | $20K | Yes | General purposes |
| Susan Klingenstein Family Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | General purpose |
| Juniper Foundation | Seattle, WA | 3 | $20K | $5,000 | Preselected only | General support |
| The South Waite Foundation | Brooklyn, OH | 1 | $20K | $20K | Yes | General operating |
| Florence V Burden Foundation | New York, NY | 4 | $17K | $2,500 | Preselected only | Park conservation; Education; Healthcare |
| The Chandler B and Oliver a Evans Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | 2 | $15K | $7,500 | Preselected only | Education; General |
| Yawkey Foundation II | Westwood, MA | 1 | $15K | $15K | Yes | Essential program equipment to deliver on mission |
| Cascade Foundation | Rockport, ME | 1 | $15K | $15K | Preselected only | Medical research |
| The Montgomery Family Foundation | East Lyme, CT | 1 | $15K | $15K | Yes | To support biomedical research |
| The Cove Charitable Trust | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $14K | $14K | Preselected only | General operating |
| James & Betty Jacobs Family Charitable Trust C/O Jeff Jacobs | West Bath, ME | 3 | $13K | $5,000 | Yes | Donation to 501(c)(3) programs |
| Tuckerman Foundation | Great Neck, NY | 2 | $11K | $5,500 | Preselected only | Environmental; Medical |
| Dorothy Suzi Osher Fdn Co Bruzgo & Company LLC | Cape Elizabeth, ME | 1 | $11K | $11K | Preselected only | Donation |
| Howard S Bunn Foundation | Gulfstream, FL | 1 | $11K | $11K | Preselected only | General support |
| Tonamora Foundation Inc | Arlington, VT | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| General E R Quesada Educational Foundation | Portland, ME | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| Good Hope Family Foundation | Sewickley, PA | 5 | $10K | $1,500 | Preselected only | General support |
| Edward & Mary Ellen Darling Family Foundation | Brewer, ME | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | Public support |
| Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust | Portland, ME | 1 | $10K | $10K | Yes | Uplifting Wabanaki Voices & Activating Audiences: Operating… |
| Northern Lights Foundation 009502-005 | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | General support |
| Ud Dorothy J Chadwick 061157 | Dallas, TX | 1 | $10K | $10K | Yes | Unrestricted general |
| Lawrie Family Foundation | Palm Beach, FL | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| Gunn Tr UW Catherine a | Dallas, TX | 1 | $9,853 | $9,853 | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Ketterlinus Elizabeth B Tpar 7 Will | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $9,600 | $9,600 | Preselected only | General operating |
| Louis and Leona Cleaves Trust | Dallas, TX | 1 | $8,928 | $8,928 | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Grace E & Grenville B Lloyd Foundation | Edisto Island, SC | 1 | $8,783 | $8,783 | Preselected only | To further their charitable goals |
| Susanna Porter & James Clark Giving Fund | New York, NY | 3 | $8,500 | $2,500 | Preselected only | Nature; To support health care research; To educate |
| Quimby Family Foundation | Portland, ME | 1 | $8,000 | $8,000 | Yes | 2024 nourishment grant |
Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV, latest electronic return per foundation (2026-10-28). "Accepts applications" reflects the foundation's own checkbox on Part XV line 2. Grants to individuals excluded.
Common questions
Which foundations give to nonprofits in Bar Harbor, Maine?
Harold Alfond Foundation, Manton Foundation, Gates Foundation, Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Inc, Cornelia Cogswell Rossi Foundation Inc and 95 others reported grants to Bar Harbor organizations on their latest Form 990-PF.
How do I approach a foundation that doesn't accept applications?
A foundation that checks "contributes only to preselected organizations" on its 990-PF won't review a cold proposal. Look at who it funds, find a shared board member, grantee or advisor, and ask for an introduction. Foundations that accept applications usually list a contact and deadlines in Part XV; we show that text on each foundation's page.
Is this list complete?
No. It covers private foundations (Form 990-PF filers) whose latest electronic return lists at least one grant to an organization in Bar Harbor. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.