Funding search · EIN 010388680 · Portland, ME

Margaret Chase Smith Foundation

Name: Margaret Chase Smith Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

25
grants reported: $111,456
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,950
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

4 grants matching “contest” · $7,900

$1,950
Essay Contest · Skowhegan, ME · 2025
Education - Provided 8 essay contest winners with amounts ranging from $50 to $1000.
$2,000
Essay Contest · Skowhegan, ME · 2024
Education - Provided 8 essay contest winners with amounts ranging from $50 to $1000.
$2,000
Essay Contest · Skowhegan, ME · 2023
Education - Provided 8 essay contest winners with amounts ranging from $50 to $1000.
$1,950
Essay Contest · Skowhegan, ME · 2022
Education - Provided 8 essay contest winners with amounts ranging from $50 to $1000.

Grant history

All 25 reported grants, largest first.

$10,000
University of Maine -- Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center · Orono, ME · 2024
Education - Maine Policy Review
$10,000
US Naval Academy Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2024
Education - Leadership and ethics for women in military service
$10,000
West Point Association of Graduates · West Point, NY · 2024
Education - Leadership and ethics for women in military service
$10,000
University of Maine -- Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center · Orono, ME · 2023
Education - Maine Policy Review
$10,000
US Naval Academy Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2023
Education - Leadership and ethics for women in military service
$10,000
West Point Association of Graduates · West Point, NY · 2023
Education - Leadership and ethics for women in military service
$10,000
University of Maine -- Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center · Orono, ME · 2022
Education - Maine Policy Review
$10,000
US Naval Academy Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2022
Education - Leadership and ethics for women in military service
$10,000
West Point Association of Graduates · West Point, NY · 2022
Education - Leadership and ethics for women in military service
$3,500
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, MI · 2025
Donation in Memory of John Bernier.
$2,000
Essay Contest · Skowhegan, ME · 2024
Education - Provided 8 essay contest winners with amounts ranging from $50 to $1000.
$2,000
Essay Contest · Skowhegan, ME · 2023
Education - Provided 8 essay contest winners with amounts ranging from $50 to $1000.
$1,950
Essay Contest · Skowhegan, ME · 2025
Education - Provided 8 essay contest winners with amounts ranging from $50 to $1000.
$1,950
Essay Contest · Skowhegan, ME · 2022
Education - Provided 8 essay contest winners with amounts ranging from $50 to $1000.
$1,900
Ada E Leeke Research Fellowship · Skowhegan, ME · 2022
Education - Ada E. Leeke Research Grants
$1,707
School Trip Fund and Teacher Worksh · Skowhegan, ME · 2025
Education Fund - School Trips to Library and Teacher Workshops
$1,530
School Trip Fund and Teacher Worksh · Skowhegan, ME · 2024
Education Fund - School Trips to Library and Teacher Workshops
$1,154
School Trip Fund and Teacher Worksh · Skowhegan, ME · 2023
Education Fund - School Trips to Library and Teacher Workshops
$765
School Trip Fund and Teacher Worksh · Skowhegan, ME · 2022
Education Fund - School Trips to Library and Teacher Workshops
$500
Jessica Kelly · Skowhegan, ME · 2024
Natural History Day Teacher of the Year Award
$500
Kathryn Cassesse · Skowhegan, ME · 2024
Natural History Day Teacher of the Year Award
$500
Ada E Leeke Research Fellowship · Skowhegan, ME · 2023
Education - Ada E. Leeke -Shaw Lecture Speakers
$500
Christa Bui · Skowhegan, ME · 2023
National History Day Teacher of the Year Award
$500
Crystal Polk · Skowhegan, ME · 2022
National History Day Teacher of the Year Award
$500
Wendy Morrill · Skowhegan, ME · 2022
National History Day Teacher of the Year Award

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.