Foundations that fund organizations in Topsham, Maine
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Topsham nonprofits
128 private foundations gave $5.7M to Topsham organizations in their latest filings; 32 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
141 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Topsham around $10K. 25 of these funders are based in Maine; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 128
- Accept applications
- 32
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to Topsham
- $5.7M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 141
- Typical median grant
- $10K
- Based in ME
- 25%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Topsham organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fidelity Foundation | Boston, MA | 4 | $1.7M | $460K | Yes | Personnel |
| Woodcock Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $750K | $750K | Preselected only | General support |
| Edward C Johnson Fund | Boston, MA | 1 | $575K | $575K | Preselected only | Program development / evaluation |
| Richard King Mellon Foundation | Ligonier, PA | 2 | $500K | $250K | Yes | To assess workflow for efficiency and impact and build new…; To develop branding and content to increase public engageme… |
| The Aldermere Foundation | Portland, ME | 1 | $304K | $304K | Preselected only | Aldermere farm operating support |
| Elmina B Sewall Foundation | Freeport, ME | 3 | $173K | $20K | Yes | General Operating Support |
| Sherman Family Foundation | Baltimore, MD | 1 | $150K | $150K | Preselected only | General operations |
| Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research | Phillips, ME | 1 | $125K | $125K | Yes | General operating support |
| Laura and John Arnold Foundation | Houston, TX | 1 | $125K | $125K | Preselected only | To leverage hospital price and financial data and other pri… |
| The Creighton Narada Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $90K | $90K | Preselected only | General Charitable Purpose |
| Sally Mead Hands Foundation | Madison, WI | 1 | $78K | $78K | Preselected only | Operating funds |
| Beagle Charitable Foundation C/O Kuehnis & Associates Cpas Llp | Redwood City, CA | 1 | $75K | $75K | Preselected only | General charitable purposes |
| Edward S & Winifred G Moseley Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $75K | $75K | Preselected only | General purpose |
| Fore River Foundation | Portland, ME | 1 | $61K | $61K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| The Ausolus Trust C/O Boston Family Office George P Beal | Boston, MA | 1 | $57K | $57K | Yes | Exempt purpose |
| The 7th Power | Casco, ME | 1 | $50K | $50K | Yes | Wabaniki picture rocks/land preserve |
| Gatinais Foundation 2601-21-44 | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Marshes of tomorrow |
| W P Carey Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $40K | $40K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Miner-Nagy Family Foundation | Cambridge, MA | 1 | $33K | $33K | Preselected only | Support |
| Onion Foundation | Auburn, ME | 1 | $30K | $30K | Yes | To support Maine Land Trust Network's Land Trust Census |
| Barnstone Foundation Inc | Southeastern, PA | 1 | $30K | $30K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Break New Ground Charitable Fund | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $30K | $30K | Preselected only | To advance MCHT's project on Old Point, Lamoine and ancilla… |
| Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| The Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation C/O Gma Foundations | Boston, MA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Yes | Exempt purpose |
| Anne T and Robert M Bass Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | General |
| Becton Family Foundation Sheila Heatter Trustee | Homosassa, FL | 2 | $23K | $11K | Preselected only | For summer intern, preferably a student or graduate of geor…; To be allocated to transaction costs for the holbrook islan… |
| A R and Marylouise Tandy Foundation | Tulsa, OK | 1 | $21K | $21K | Yes | General fund |
| John T Gorman Foundation | Portland, ME | 1 | $20K | $20K | Yes | To support English language classes and to increase enrollm… |
| Ploughshares Foundation | Highland Park, IL | 1 | $20K | $20K | Yes | General |
| Anne R Henry Charitable Foundation | Portland, ME | 1 | $19K | $19K | Preselected only | General purpose |
| Messler Family Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | $16K | $16K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust | Portland, ME | 1 | $15K | $15K | Yes | Gebung Woods Parcel Acquisition |
| The Brewer Family Foundation Inc | Rowayton, CT | 1 | $15K | $15K | Preselected only | Habitat conservation |
| Ctc Foundation Inc | Hamilton, NJ | 1 | $13K | $13K | Yes | For Charitable Purpose |
| Weld Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $11K | $11K | Preselected only | General |
| Dorothy Suzi Osher Fdn Co Bruzgo & Company LLC | Cape Elizabeth, ME | 1 | $11K | $11K | Preselected only | Donation |
| Margaret W Soule Charitable Trust | Portland, ME | 1 | $11K | $11K | Preselected only | General purpose |
| Laudate Dominum Foundation | Harborside, ME | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | Island acquisition |
| Growald Climate Fund Inc | Brookline, MA | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | General support |
| Parker Poe Charitable Trust | Thomasville, GA | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | General operating |
| Butler Parklands Inc | Great Neck, NY | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | Environmental |
| Linda J Leith Family Foundation | Raleigh, NC | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | Ecological protection |
| Charlotte's Web C/O Cbiz Advisors LLC | Boston, MA | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | General |
| Westwind Foundation | Norwalk, CT | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | To fund operating needs |
| Mildred H McEvoy Foundation | Worcester, MA | 1 | $10K | $10K | Yes | Charitable |
| Cotton Family Foundation Inc | Johns Island, SC | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | General Operating purpose |
| James & Betty Jacobs Family Charitable Trust C/O Jeff Jacobs | West Bath, ME | 1 | $10K | $10K | Yes | Donation to 501(c)(3) programs |
| Edward L & Ruth J Jones Charitable Foundation | Damariscotta, ME | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| The Newman Family Foundation Inc | Garden City, NY | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | General purpose |
| Beard Family Charitable Trust John E Beard Trustee | Wayland, MA | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | General purpose |
| Newton & Rochelle Becker Charitable Trus | Larkspur, CA | 1 | $7,500 | $7,500 | Preselected only | General support |
| The Jane and William Curran Foundation Inc C/O Margaret Andreassi | Palm Coast, FL | 1 | $7,500 | $7,500 | Preselected only | Conservation |
| Middlecott Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 | Preselected only | General support |
| The Alfred M Senter Fund Trust | Bath, ME | 2 | $7,000 | $3,500 | Yes | Support of programs |
| The Stare Fund | Boston, MA | 1 | $6,000 | $6,000 | Preselected only | General Purpose |
| The Brzezinski Family Foundation C/O Ian Brzezinski | Great Falls, VA | 1 | $6,000 | $6,000 | Yes | Support designated purpose |
| Reny Charitable Foundation | Newcastle, ME | 3 | $5,500 | $1,500 | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| Lucia P Fulton Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $5,500 | $5,500 | Yes | For general operations of the charity |
| Tuckerman Foundation | Great Neck, NY | 1 | $5,160 | $5,160 | Preselected only | Environmental |
| Bangor Savings Bank Foundation | Bangor, ME | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | General Operating Support |
| Granite Point Foundation | South Portland, ME | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | General use |
| Martha L Symington Charitable Fdn | Dallas, TX | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | Unrestricted general |
| Kestrel Foundation of Maine | Portland, ME | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | Unrestricted gift |
| Ehrhart Family Foundation | Venice, FL | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | General |
| Fagus Foundation | Middleburg, VA | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | Charitable support |
| Ciccolo Family Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | General purpose |
| Rk Mellon Family Foundation | Ligonier, PA | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | Operations |
| Little-Kittinger Foundation Inc | Buffalo, NY | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Tr Ua the Camden Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | Project/program support |
| The Eunice Frye Home Foundation Co Thomas M Pierce Hm Payson | Portland, ME | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | General Purpose Grant to Aid Affordable Housing Programming. |
| Tua Benson P Blake Char Trust | Dallas, TX | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Devonwood Foundation 009606-007 | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | General support |
| R & M Clark Family Foundation C/O Carole Lee Randall | Edina, MN | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | General fund |
| Nautilus Foundation Inc | Palm Beach, FL | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | To further the purpose of the donee organization |
| Clarence & Anne Dillon Dunwalke Trust | New York, NY | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | General support |
| The Mitchell P Rales Family Foundation | Potomac, MD | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | General support |
| Atwater Kent Foundation | Palm Beach, FL | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 | Yes | To further the purpose of the donee org. |
| Laurence B Flood Foundation Inc | Blue Hill, ME | 1 | $3,333 | $3,333 | Preselected only | General Use |
| Tynan Family Charitable Trust Cate O'Dwyer Trustee | Litchfield, CT | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 | Preselected only | Unrestricted contribution |
| Melmac Education Foundation | Augusta, ME | 2 | $2,661 | $1,330 | Preselected only | Brcc continued support; Tgms scholarship |
| Nelson Talbott Foundation | Washington, DC | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Preselected only | General needs or purpose |
| Cleveland H Dodge Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Yes | General support |
| The Bertuzzi Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| Androscoggin Bank's Mainstreet Fdn Portland Trust Company LLC | Portland, ME | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Yes | General financial support |
| Cornelia Cogswell Rossi Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| Fisher Charitable Foundation | Portland, ME | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Yes | Construction of a service dog training facility |
| Nadon Trust Tw | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $2,356 | $2,356 | Yes | General support |
| Eaton Peabody Foundation | Bangor, ME | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Yes | Youth athletics |
| The Baird Foundation | Buffalo, NY | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Yes | Unrestricted |
| The Whippoorwill Family Foundation | Prospect, KY | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Preselected only | For general charitable purposes |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Yes | Matching gift of staff and board members |
| Argonaut Charitable Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Preselected only | Qualified charitable exempt purpose |
| The Simsmaes Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Preselected only | General purposes |
| Good Hope Family Foundation | Sewickley, PA | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Preselected only | General support |
| Winfield Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Preselected only | General |
| Three Desert Winds Foundation | Phoenix, AZ | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Preselected only | Unrestricted general support |
| The Km Shimano Family Foundation | Washington, DC | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Preselected only | To further the organization's efforts to protect the ocean… |
| Aldus H Chapin Fam Char Fund | Boston, MA | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Preselected only | General purpose |
| The Crawford Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| The Howard Johnson Foundation | Dallas, TX | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
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 Topsham, Maine?
Fidelity Foundation, Woodcock Foundation, Edward C Johnson Fund, Richard King Mellon Foundation, The Aldermere Foundation and 95 others reported grants to Topsham 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 Topsham. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.