Foundations that fund organizations in Scarborough, Maine
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Scarborough nonprofits
114 private foundations gave $1.7M to Scarborough organizations in their latest filings; 32 of the 99 that say either way accept applications.
172 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Scarborough around $5,000. 39 of these funders are based in Maine; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 114
- Accept applications
- 32
- of 99 that state a policy
- Dollars to Scarborough
- $1.7M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 172
- Typical median grant
- $5,000
- Based in ME
- 39%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Scarborough organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addie Kaler Vaill Trust | Brooklyn, OH | 1 | $245K | $245K | Preselected only | General operating purposes |
| Pricesmart Foundation | LA Jolla, CA | 1 | $126K | $126K | Preselected only | General support |
| Randi & Joel Cutler Family Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| Luis von Ahn Foundation | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General operating funds |
| Sam L Cohen Foundation | Portland, ME | 3 | $60K | $25K | Yes | Operating support |
| Elmina B Sewall Foundation | Freeport, ME | 2 | $55K | $28K | Yes | General Operating Support |
| Foundation for a Better World Inc | Marietta, GA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Program expenses |
| Ruggles Family Foundation C/O Bessemer Trust | Garden City, NY | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | General purpose |
| The Cabin Foundation | Cape Elizabeth, ME | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | General fund |
| The Jct Foundation C/O Jeff Tarr | Miami, FL | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | General support |
| Westwind Foundation | Norwalk, CT | 5 | $44K | $3,000 | Preselected only | To fund operating needs |
| Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation | Saco, ME | 12 | $36K | $1,250 | Yes | General Operating Support |
| Andrew P Barowsky Foundation Inc C/O Bessemer Trust Company Na | Garden City, NY | 1 | $31K | $31K | Preselected only | General exempt purpose |
| Peter Alfond Foundation | Bethesda, MD | 1 | $30K | $30K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| The Ward Foundation Inc | Gretna, LA | 1 | $30K | $30K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| The Willowmere Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| Onion Foundation | Auburn, ME | 2 | $23K | $11K | Yes | To support the "Bikes for all Mainers" program; To support the spring opera season |
| Fisher Charitable Foundation | Portland, ME | 2 | $23K | $11K | Yes | Medical equipment, supplies, and medications; General operating support |
| Fields Pond Foundation Inc | Auburndale, MA | 1 | $20K | $20K | Yes | Toward protection of priority habit with the expansion of s… |
| Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | To help activities of var public char inst which are exempt… |
| Herbert E Tyler and Grace M Tyler Foundation | Newington, NH | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | General Operating Support |
| Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust | Portland, ME | 2 | $20K | $10K | Yes | Fuller Farm Bridge and Trail Improvements; Scarborough Public Library |
| The Larch Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $18K | $18K | Preselected only | General |
| Marr-Anderson Family Foundation | Falmouth, ME | 1 | $17K | $17K | Yes | Grant Two Wishes |
| Joseph H Thompson Fund C/O Whittier Trust Company | Pasadena, CA | 1 | $15K | $15K | Preselected only | General fund |
| Weyerhaeuser Family Foundationinc | St Paul, MN | 1 | $15K | $15K | Yes | Wff 2024 all-star award |
| Quimby Family Foundation | Portland, ME | 2 | $15K | $7,500 | Yes | 2024 movement grant; 2024 nourishment grant |
| William P Wharton Trust UW Art 2(d) | Boston, MA | 1 | $15K | $15K | Yes | General Operating Support |
| John M Hopwood Irr | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $15K | $15K | Yes | General support |
| Cape Elizabeth Home Dba Jonah and Elizabeth Dyer Char Corp | South Portland, ME | 1 | $15K | $15K | Yes | To provide hospice care, grief support, and volunteer servi… |
| Phineas W Sprague Memorial Foundation | Mansfield, MA | 4 | $13K | $3,000 | Preselected only | Primary purpose of the foundation to meet irs minimum distr… |
| Agnes M Lindsay Trust | Chelmsford, MA | 3 | $13K | $5,000 | Yes | Health & welfare; Campership |
| Jerolamon Charitable Trust (c/O John H Edmondson Trustee) | Arlington, MA | 3 | $13K | $1,230 | Preselected only | Unrestricted general support |
| Pond Family Foundation C/O Ann E Pond President | Scarborough, ME | 3 | $11K | $5,000 | Yes | General Support; d/b/a Piper Shore; Endowment Fund |
| Dorothy Suzi Osher Fdn Co Bruzgo & Company LLC | Cape Elizabeth, ME | 1 | $11K | $11K | Preselected only | Donation |
| Kenneth D Benson Family Trust | Brooklyn, OH | 1 | $11K | $11K | Preselected only | General operating |
| The Eunice Frye Home Foundation Co Thomas M Pierce Hm Payson | Portland, ME | 2 | $10K | $5,000 | Yes | Grant to benefit people of greater Portland area. |
| Morse Hill Trust | Ocean Ridge, FL | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | General charitable |
| The Semper Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | General unrestricted |
| Brickbottom Foundation C/O Corient Attn Katy Stangle | Boston, MA | 2 | $10K | $5,000 | Preselected only | To improve the lives of our scarborough neighbors by identi…; To provide equitable access to outdoor experiences and gear… |
| Tyler Foundation | Plano, TX | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Margaret W Soule Charitable Trust | Portland, ME | 1 | $9,600 | $9,600 | Preselected only | General purpose |
| Sibley-Saltonstall Charitable Foundation | Boston, MA | 3 | $9,000 | $3,000 | Preselected only | Unrestricted for general; Summer camp scholarship |
| Lawrence Family Foundation | Holden, ME | 1 | $8,500 | $8,500 | Preselected only | General |
| Ja Sprague Family Foundation | Houston, TX | 3 | $6,500 | $2,000 | Preselected only | General Purpose |
| Kimley-Horn Foundation | Raleigh, NC | 1 | $6,500 | $6,500 | Preselected only | Volunteer grants |
| Simmons Foundation - Perkinsthompson | Portland, ME | 2 | $6,000 | $3,000 | Yes | Hospice Training; Adaptive Equipment |
| Grayson Family Foundation | Boston, MA | 5 | $6,000 | $1,000 | Preselected only | General |
| Portland Provident Association | Portland, ME | 3 | $6,000 | $2,000 | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Aldus H Chapin Fam Char Fund | Boston, MA | 1 | $6,000 | $6,000 | Preselected only | General purpose |
| Cecil B Day Foundation Inc | Norcross, GA | 1 | $5,900 | $5,900 | Yes | Evangelism, Ministry |
| Brian & Carolyn Clement Family Foundation | Cumberland Foreside, ME | 1 | $5,200 | $5,200 | Preselected only | Charitable support |
| Moser Family Foundation Inc | Portland, ME | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | General purposes |
| W P Carey Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 2 | $5,000 | $2,500 | Preselected only | Charitable |
| John T Gorman Foundation | Portland, ME | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | To provide general operating support |
| Brook Family Foundation | Norway, ME | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | Sponsor trailblazer challenge |
| The William J J Gordon Family Foundation | New York, NY | 2 | $5,000 | $2,500 | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| The Miley Foundation | Ocala, FL | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | General Support |
| George W Mergens Foundation | Milton, VT | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | Accelerated education & career training program |
| Ctc Foundation Inc | Hamilton, NJ | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | For Charitable Purpose |
| Franklin Savings Bank Community Development Foundation | Farmington, ME | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | Walk for Wishes and Trailblaze Challenge |
| Wing-Benjamin Trust Fund UW | Brooklyn, OH | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | General operating |
| James Starr Moore Memorial Foundation | Atlanta, GA | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | General operations |
| The Robert and Dorothy Goldberg Charitable Foundation | Portland, ME | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | Programming support |
| The Bank of Maine Charitable Foundation | Camden, ME | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | 2025 Leaders & Luminaries Award |
| The Borman Family Foundation | Oakland, ME | 1 | $4,000 | $4,000 | Preselected only | Support training |
| Cole Foundation Robert H & Monica M | Knoxville, TN | 3 | $4,000 | $1,500 | Yes | Operational support; Religious operations |
| The Old Bug Light Charitable Foundation C/O Spinnaker Trust | Portland, ME | 1 | $4,000 | $4,000 | Preselected only | For operations |
| Melmac Education Foundation | Augusta, ME | 2 | $4,000 | $2,000 | Preselected only | Tgms scholarship |
| Two Lights Foundation Inc | Denver, CO | 2 | $3,200 | $1,600 | Preselected only | General use |
| Gwendolen Elwell Flanagan Foundation | Portland, ME | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 | Preselected only | Educational programs & opera related |
| Jack and Deborah Daw Heffernan Foundation | Bridgton, ME | 1 | $2,750 | $2,750 | Preselected only | Health carehealth carehealth care |
| Florence Petrlik Family Foundation | Dallas, TX | 1 | $2,675 | $2,675 | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Eastern Bank Foundation | Wakefield, MA | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Yes | Exempt purpose |
| Todd Judson Trust | Salem, OR | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Preselected only | Oncology care |
| Biddeford and Mechanics Savings Charitable Foundation | Westbrook, ME | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Yes | General Purpose |
| R T Vanderbilt Trust Agy Main | Norwalk, CT | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Preselected only | Comfort and care |
| Dbp Foundation | Old Orchard Beach, ME | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Preselected only | To further exempt purpose of donee |
| Maine Health Access Foundation Inc | Augusta, ME | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Yes | Thresholds Conference |
| The Oldenburg Family Foundation | Bangor, ME | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Preselected only | Charitable donation |
| Joel Dean Foundation | Bethesda, MD | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Preselected only | Program support |
| Robert E Dillon Foundation C/O James M Dillon | Bridgton, ME | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| The Verrill Foundation | Falmouth, ME | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Preselected only | 501(c)(3)-serve families who share a child or children but… |
| The Risor Foundation | Weston, MA | 5 | $1,750 | $250 | Preselected only | Community; Environment |
| The Widgeon Point Charitable Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 | Preselected only | Operational support |
| Bradley Family Foundation | Freeport, ME | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 | Preselected only | Program support |
| Arthur J Gallagher Foundation | Rolling Meadows, IL | 2 | $1,100 | $550 | Preselected only | General exempt purpose |
| American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | 1 | $1,100 | $1,100 | Preselected only | General purpose |
| The Pfizer Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Preselected only | Matching gifts |
| The Judy Glickman Lauder Foundation | Portland, ME | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Preselected only | Behavioral health |
| Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation | Augusta, ME | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Preselected only | Event Support |
| The Apple Lane Foundation Inc 14101830 | New York, NY | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Preselected only | For organization's exempt purposes |
| Review Foundation | Albany, NY | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Preselected only | Charitable purpose |
| The Roland Family Foundation | Franklin Lakes, NJ | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Preselected only | Charitable purpose grant |
| Edward Jones Foundation | St Louis, MO | 1 | $825 | $825 | Preselected only | Diseases, disorders, medical disciplines |
| Atlantic Federal Credit Union Foundation | South Portland, ME | 2 | $750 | $375 | Yes | General support |
| Lubrano Family Charitable Foundation Emmett Lyne Trustee C/O Rich May Pc | Boston, MA | 1 | $500 | $500 | Preselected only | General support |
| Helen and George Ladd Charitable 0720995 Charitable Corporation #0720995 | Boston, MA | 1 | $500 | $500 | Preselected only | General fund |
| Sola Fide Fellowship | Lynchburg, VA | 1 | $500 | $500 | Not stated | Maria's safe house missions |
| Tractor Supply Company Foundation | Brentwood, TN | 2 | $500 | $250 | Yes | Hometown heroes donation |
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 Scarborough, Maine?
Addie Kaler Vaill Trust, Pricesmart Foundation, Randi & Joel Cutler Family Foundation, Luis von Ahn Foundation, Sam L Cohen Foundation and 95 others reported grants to Scarborough 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 Scarborough. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.