Foundations that fund organizations in Blue Hill, Maine
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Blue Hill nonprofits
80 private foundations gave $2.1M to Blue Hill organizations in their latest filings; 26 of the 80 that say either way accept applications.
207 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Blue Hill around $5,000. 18 of these funders are based in Maine; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 80
- Accept applications
- 26
- of 80 that state a policy
- Dollars to Blue Hill
- $2.1M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 207
- Typical median grant
- $5,000
- Based in ME
- 23%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Blue Hill organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prior Family Foundation | St Thomas, VI | 4 | $264K | $6,250 | Yes | General Fund |
| Francis T & Louis T Nichols Foundation | Bangor, ME | 8 | $234K | $22K | Yes | Donation |
| Becton Family Foundation Sheila Heatter Trustee | Homosassa, FL | 33 | $188K | $2,500 | Preselected only | General support; $10,000 for season concert videographer. $5,000 for donor a…; To be allocated to programs supporting beginning young sail… |
| Laurence B Flood Foundation Inc | Blue Hill, ME | 6 | $172K | $18K | Preselected only | General Use; ExercisedExpenditureResponsibility |
| Fidelity Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $150K | $150K | Yes | Acquisition for preservation |
| Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 2 | $75K | $38K | Preselected only | To help activities of var public char inst which are exempt… |
| Elmina B Sewall Foundation | Freeport, ME | 1 | $65K | $65K | Yes | General Operating Support |
| Anahata Foundation Xxxxx5004 | Chicago, IL | 1 | $60K | $60K | Preselected only | General |
| The Clements Family Charitable Trust C/O Thomas Clements III | Key West, FL | 18 | $60K | $1,750 | Preselected only | General funding |
| Lawrence Family Foundation | Holden, ME | 7 | $60K | $2,000 | Preselected only | General; Bridges project |
| Maine Health Access Foundation Inc | Augusta, ME | 1 | $50K | $50K | Yes | Bridging Neighbors |
| Page & Otto Marx Jr Foundation | Riverdale, NY | 1 | $46K | $46K | Preselected only | Educational |
| Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation | Houston, TX | 1 | $40K | $40K | Yes | Advancement of violin studies |
| Onion Foundation | Auburn, ME | 5 | $36K | $7,500 | Yes | To provide general support; To support a participatory community art project |
| Charlotte's Web C/O Cbiz Advisors LLC | Boston, MA | 5 | $35K | $5,000 | Preselected only | General |
| The Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation C/O Gma Foundations | Boston, MA | 1 | $30K | $30K | Yes | Exempt purpose |
| Fore River Foundation | Portland, ME | 2 | $30K | $15K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| Maine Timberlands Charitable Trust Co Linda S Dalby Et Al Trustees | Woburn, MA | 1 | $30K | $30K | Yes | Conservation |
| Richard S Petty Char Fdn | Concord, NH | 1 | $30K | $30K | Preselected only | Program support |
| The Martin Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 5 | $29K | $3,000 | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted; Capital Campaign; Annual Gift and Lucas Device Fund |
| Bafflin Foundation | Providence, RI | 1 | $25K | $25K | Yes | Land conservation |
| W F Whitman Family Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | Funds FOR construction of new CT room |
| The Gb Knecht Foundation C/O Donna Madonna | Blue Hill, ME | 5 | $21K | $5,000 | Yes | General fund |
| Comeau Family Foundation | Needham Heights, MA | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | General charitable donation |
| Quimby Family Foundation | Portland, ME | 2 | $18K | $8,750 | Yes | 2024 movement grant; 2024 nourishment grant |
| Brown Family Foundation Inc | Butler, MD | 2 | $16K | $8,000 | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| The Ahmanson Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | 2 | $15K | $7,500 | Yes | Toward general support |
| Maurice Amado Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 3 | $15K | $5,000 | Preselected only | General operating |
| The Thomas B Stanley Jr and Ruth B Stanley Family Foundation Inc | Orlando, FL | 9 | $12K | $1,000 | Preselected only | General support; Magic food bus |
| Taber Foundation-Tr | Pittsburgh, PA | 4 | $11K | $2,600 | Preselected only | General operating |
| Fields Pond Foundation Inc | Auburndale, MA | 1 | $10K | $10K | Yes | Toward acquisition of 58 acres of woodland that abuts and p… |
| Hickory Foundation | Lambertville, NJ | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Eduard and Rayanne Kleiner Foundation | Pound Ridge, NY | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | Unrestricted contribution |
| The Hartfield Fdn Inc 0739-80-42 | Philadelphia, PA | 3 | $10K | $2,500 | Preselected only | General charitable purposes; General support; Anywhere it is needed |
| Spencer L Murfey Family Fdn Mag 10 | Windermere, FL | 1 | $10K | $10K | Yes | Education |
| James & Betty Jacobs Family Charitable Trust C/O Jeff Jacobs | West Bath, ME | 1 | $10K | $10K | Yes | Donation to 501(c)(3) programs |
| Raymond F and Judith K McCaskey 2003 Charitable Trust | Chicago, IL | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | General support |
| Lojo Foundation | Blue Hill, ME | 3 | $10K | $2,500 | Preselected only | Annual fund |
| Hamilton Char Trust Marion B | Dallas, TX | 2 | $9,813 | $4,906 | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Louis and Leona Cleaves Trust | Dallas, TX | 1 | $8,928 | $8,928 | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| The Lanie and Ethel Foundation | White Plains, NY | 1 | $8,000 | $8,000 | Preselected only | Kneisel hall program for maine students |
| Nelson B Delavan Found Part a Xxxxx9000 | Chicago, IL | 1 | $7,500 | $7,500 | Yes | General |
| Bangor Savings Bank Foundation | Bangor, ME | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 | Yes | General Operating Support |
| Linda P & Edward P Williams Family Foundation | McLean, VA | 4 | $7,000 | $2,000 | Preselected only | General |
| Harry T Wilks Family Foundation | Covington, KY | 2 | $6,500 | $3,250 | Preselected only | Program support |
| Christopher D & Susan G Pappas Family Foundation Inc | Palm Beach, FL | 1 | $6,100 | $6,100 | Preselected only | To support purpose of organization. |
| The Craig Snider Foundation | Collegeville, PA | 2 | $6,000 | $3,000 | Preselected only | Purchase of the lucas device; Magic food bus pantry |
| Dietrich American Foundation C/O Saul Ewing Llp | Baltimore, MD | 2 | $6,000 | $3,000 | Preselected only | Charitable purpose |
| The John & Katherine Morris Foundation | Stockbridge, MA | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | To lead in conserving land, water, and wildlife habitat on… |
| The Stare Fund | Boston, MA | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | General Purpose |
| John M Hopwood Irr | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | General support |
| Eric & Simone Lang Foundation | Pennington, NJ | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Stichman Family Foundation | Washington, DC | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | Support of programs |
| The Echo Charitable Foundation | Ipswich, MA | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | Environmental |
| Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust | Portland, ME | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | Jonathan Fisher House Window Restoration |
| Tynan Family Charitable Trust Cate O'Dwyer Trustee | Litchfield, CT | 2 | $4,500 | $2,250 | Preselected only | Unrestricted contribution |
| The Benedict-Miller Foundation | Boulder, CO | 2 | $4,000 | $2,000 | Preselected only | General/Unrestricted |
| Melvin S Cutler Charitable Foundation C/O Greenbergrosenblatt Kull & Bitsoli | Worcester, MA | 1 | $3,600 | $3,600 | Preselected only | General |
| Agnes M Lindsay Trust | Chelmsford, MA | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 | Yes | Food pantry/food bank |
| Charles Wentz Carter Memorial Foundation | Oro Valley, AZ | 1 | $2,900 | $2,900 | Yes | Instructor salaries |
| The Windover Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Yes | General |
| Franklin Savings Bank Community Development Foundation | Farmington, ME | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Yes | Food Pantry Donation |
| The Andover Companies Charitable Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| Melmac Education Foundation | Augusta, ME | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Preselected only | Tgms scholarship |
| Harry R & Mary I Maxon Family Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Preselected only | General |
| Florence V Burden Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 | Preselected only | Education |
| Hal F & Desire G Reynolds Family Charitable Trust | Delray Beach, FL | 2 | $1,500 | $750 | Preselected only | Education |
| W Paul Starkey Foundation | Galena, MD | 6 | $1,300 | $225 | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Caroline D Bloomer Char Tw Aphb | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Yes | General operating |
| De LA Cour Family Foundation | Glen Cove, NY | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Preselected only | To Help Fund the Recipients Operating Budget |
| The Martha & Alexis Stewart Charitable Foundation | Katonah, NY | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Preselected only | For donee's exempt purpose |
| The Joel Frantzman Family Foundation | Hancock, ME | 1 | $750 | $750 | Preselected only | General support |
| Tua Eugene B Hamilton | Dallas, TX | 3 | $620 | $225 | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Seed Corn Foundation 009156-000 | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $500 | $500 | Preselected only | General purpose |
| The Kneisel Foundation Inc | Beverly, MA | 1 | $500 | $500 | Preselected only | General purpose |
| Cleveland H Dodge Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $250 | $250 | Yes | General support |
| Sam K Hindy Foundation Inc | Brooklin, ME | 1 | $250 | $250 | Preselected only | Support of organization's program |
| The Rodricks Foundation Inc | Deer Isle, ME | 2 | $100 | $50 | Preselected only | General purposes |
| Verizon Foundation | Basking Ridge, NJ | 1 | $50 | $50 | Preselected only | Other civic / community |
| Harris Mathews Charitable Foundation Inc | Forest Hills, NY | 2 | — | Preselected only | elder care; land conservation |
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 Blue Hill, Maine?
Prior Family Foundation, Francis T & Louis T Nichols Foundation, Becton Family Foundation Sheila Heatter Trustee, Laurence B Flood Foundation Inc, Fidelity Foundation and 75 others reported grants to Blue Hill 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 Blue Hill. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.