Foundations that fund organizations in Northeast Harbor, Maine
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Northeast Harbor nonprofits
70 private foundations gave $2.3M to Northeast Harbor organizations in their latest filings; 18 of the 70 that say either way accept applications.
161 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Northeast Harbor around $3,000. 8 of these funders are based in Maine; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 70
- Accept applications
- 18
- of 70 that state a policy
- Dollars to Northeast Harbor
- $2.3M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 161
- Typical median grant
- $3,000
- Based in ME
- 11%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Northeast Harbor organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $1.1M | $1.1M | Preselected only | Davis Maine Scholarship Fund |
| Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Inc | Bethesda, MD | 4 | $230K | $60K | Preselected only | Music director support; Capital campaign; General operating support |
| E Newbold & Margaret Dupont Smith F Foundation (dba Thornedge Fdn) | Wayne, PA | 9 | $126K | $5,000 | Yes | Further charitable purposes; Further educational purposes; Further conservational purposes |
| Colket Family Foundation | Newtown Square, PA | 5 | $72K | $10K | Yes | General gift - unrestricted; Restricted use-ready about campaign; Restricted use-ne harbor skating rink |
| Gerrish H Milliken Foundation 009209-009 | Wilmington, DE | 10 | $70K | $5,000 | Preselected only | General support |
| Juniper Foundation | Seattle, WA | 8 | $56K | $3,000 | Preselected only | General support |
| The Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W Farris Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Maine seacoast mission island healthcare: building our capa… |
| Maine Health Access Foundation Inc | Augusta, ME | 1 | $40K | $40K | Yes | Satey Net access to care |
| Elmina B Sewall Foundation | Freeport, ME | 1 | $40K | $40K | Yes | General Operating Support |
| Mears Edward B-Tr | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $31K | $31K | Preselected only | General operating |
| John T Gorman Foundation | Portland, ME | 1 | $30K | $30K | Yes | To support the Housing Improvement Program |
| Nautilus Foundation Inc | Palm Beach, FL | 10 | $29K | $1,500 | Yes | To further the purpose of the donee organization |
| Sam and Mary Lawrence Foundation | Kirkland, WA | 1 | $26K | $26K | Preselected only | To promote stewardship of baker island's natural and cultur… |
| Indian Paintbrush Foundation | Washington, DC | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | General support |
| Marston Ray Fbo Seacoast Tw | Brooklyn, OH | 1 | $24K | $24K | Preselected only | Servicing crippled children |
| The Sumner Scholarship Endowment Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 2 | $23K | $12K | Preselected only | Scholarship program and book fund; Educational support |
| W F Whitman Family Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 2 | $22K | $11K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted; The Sailing School Preservation Initiative |
| The Medway Charitable Trust | Baltimore, MD | 2 | $22K | $11K | Preselected only | Program support |
| Devonwood Foundation 009606-007 | Wilmington, DE | 5 | $21K | $1,000 | Preselected only | General support |
| O'Neill Family Charitable Trust | New York, NY | 2 | $20K | $10K | Preselected only | General support |
| Florence V Burden Foundation | New York, NY | 8 | $18K | $1,000 | Preselected only | Recreation; General support; Culture and the arts |
| The Diomedes Foundation C/O John W Boynton IV Firehouse Capital | Concord, MA | 2 | $17K | $8,500 | Preselected only | To fund the recipient's operating budget |
| The Fb Heron Foundation | New Haven, CT | 4 | $15K | $2,250 | Yes | General Support |
| Cornelia Cogswell Rossi Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $15K | $15K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust | Portland, ME | 1 | $15K | $15K | Yes | Maine Seacoast Mission Operating: Services for Downeast and… |
| Good Hope Family Foundation | Sewickley, PA | 3 | $13K | $100 | Preselected only | General support |
| The Uplands Family Foundation | Belvedere, CA | 4 | $12K | $2,500 | Preselected only | Community center for residents of mount desert, me, providi…; Provide education as community library for resident and vis…; To serve health care needs of the island of mount desert's… |
| Rk Mellon Family Foundation | Ligonier, PA | 1 | $10K | $10K | Yes | Operations |
| Ernst & Elfriede Frank Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | General charitable |
| The Eacho Family Foundation C/O Walker Management | Bethesda, MD | 5 | $9,250 | $1,000 | Preselected only | Community; Health |
| Janet Stone Jones Foundation | Stamford, CT | 6 | $8,500 | $1,250 | Preselected only | General support |
| The Joseph and Felicia Weber Family Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | 1 | $8,000 | $8,000 | Preselected only | General |
| The Mitchell P Rales Family Foundation | Potomac, MD | 2 | $7,500 | $3,750 | Preselected only | General support |
| Valley Charitable Trust | Hockessin, DE | 2 | $7,000 | $3,500 | Preselected only | Annual Fund; General & Unrestricted |
| The Brendan & Helen Bechtel Foundation | Washington, DC | 1 | $6,667 | $6,667 | Preselected only | Capital campaign |
| The Howard Johnson Foundation | Dallas, TX | 3 | $6,500 | $1,500 | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Ehrhart Family Foundation | Venice, FL | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | General |
| Rosengarten-Van Der Grift Family Fo | Palm Beach, FL | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | Donation |
| Tuckerman Foundation | Great Neck, NY | 5 | $5,000 | $1,000 | Preselected only | Education; Social program; Cultural |
| Fisher Charitable Foundation | Portland, ME | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | General operating support |
| Cape Elizabeth Home Dba Jonah and Elizabeth Dyer Char Corp | South Portland, ME | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | To provide in-home nursing, physical, and occupational ther… |
| John C Enk Char Residual Trust | Brooklyn, OH | 1 | $4,550 | $4,550 | Yes | General operating |
| Simmons Foundation - Perkinsthompson | Portland, ME | 1 | $4,000 | $4,000 | Yes | Medical Supplies |
| Hamilton Char Trust Marion B | Dallas, TX | 1 | $3,271 | $3,271 | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Tua Benson P Blake Char Trust | Dallas, TX | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| The Lagemann Foundation Co Carter S Bacon Jr | Cambridge, MA | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 | Preselected only | Charity |
| Sibley-Saltonstall Charitable Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 | Preselected only | Operating fund |
| Machias Savings Bank Community Development Foundation | Machias, ME | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Yes | Program Support Grant |
| Phineas W Sprague Memorial Foundation | Mansfield, MA | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Preselected only | Primary purpose of the foundation to meet irs minimum distr… |
| The Heather Foundation 009246-000 | Wilmington, DE | 2 | $2,000 | $1,000 | Preselected only | General purpose |
| The Chandler B and Oliver a Evans Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | 2 | $2,000 | $1,000 | Preselected only | Community fund; General |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Yes | Matching gift of staff and board members |
| The Gilbert and Ildiko Butler Family Foundation Inc | Great Neck, NY | 4 | $2,000 | $375 | Preselected only | Social welfare; Social program; Medical |
| The Ptarmigan Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Preselected only | Philanthropic purposes |
| Paul Bechtner Foundation C/O Paul C Weaver | Winnetka, IL | 2 | $2,000 | $1,000 | Preselected only | Support for remote island residents; Support cultural activities |
| The Baird Foundation | Buffalo, NY | 1 | $1,600 | $1,600 | Yes | Unrestricted |
| Susanna Porter & James Clark Giving Fund | New York, NY | 2 | $1,500 | $750 | Preselected only | To provide a safe playing environment for children; To provide homecare services for the town of mount desert |
| Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| The Adam F and Judith H Ambielli Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| The Tom and Susan Scholl Family Foundation | Bethesda, MD | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Preselected only | Further organizations objectives |
| Astor Street Foundation Inc | Milwaukee, WI | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Preselected only | General operating |
| Dean Foundation Inc | Colorado Springs, CO | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Preselected only | General |
| The Edward Marthann Samek Foundation | Newtown Square, PA | 1 | $700 | $700 | Preselected only | General purpose |
| The Gilbane Family Foundation | Providence, RI | 1 | $500 | $500 | Preselected only | Social support |
| Ernest Christian Klipstein Foundation | Oldwick, NJ | 1 | $500 | $500 | Yes | Childrens Art Programs |
| Mary S Enk Trust | Brooklyn, OH | 1 | $500 | $500 | Yes | General operating |
| Growald Climate Fund Inc | Brookline, MA | 3 | $400 | $100 | Preselected only | General support |
| The Block Grausman Fund C/O Richard Grausman | New York, NY | 2 | $400 | $200 | Preselected only | General Charitable Purpose |
| Shell USA Company Foundation | Houston, TX | 1 | $100 | $100 | Preselected only | 100 |
| The Pfizer Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $40 | $40 | Preselected only | Volunteer program |
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 Northeast Harbor, Maine?
Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc, Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Inc, E Newbold & Margaret Dupont Smith F Foundation (dba Thornedge Fdn), Colket Family Foundation, Gerrish H Milliken Foundation 009209-009 and 65 others reported grants to Northeast 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 Northeast Harbor. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.