Funding search · EIN 010425071 · Bar Harbor, ME

Friends of Acadia

Name: Friends of Acadia grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

32
grants reported: $14.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $15,042
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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.

3 grants matching “buses” · $792,000

$297,000
Downeast Transportation · Ellsworth, ME · 2024
Provide support for the Island Explorer propane buses serving Acadia National Park.
$297,000
Downeast Transportation · Ellsworth, ME · 2023
Provide support for the Island Explorer propane buses serving Acadia National Park.
$198,000
Downeast Transportation · Ellsworth, ME · 2022
Provide support for the Island Explorer propane buses serving Acadia National Park.

Grant history

All 32 reported grants, largest first.

$9.1M
Acadia National Park · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
Provide assistance to ensure the protection of the Acadia National Park region.
$1.1M
Acadia National Park · Bar Harbor, ME · 2022
Provide assistance to ensure the protection of the Acadia National Park region.
$1.0M
Maine Department of Transportation · Augusta, ME · 2023
Provide support for Acadia Gateway Center.
$994,699
Acadia National Park · Bar Harbor, ME · 2023
Provide assistance to ensure the protection of the Acadia National Park region.
$364,721
Schoodic Institute at Acadia · Winter Harbor, ME · 2024
Education and Conservation
$297,000
Downeast Transportation · Ellsworth, ME · 2024
Provide support for the Island Explorer propane buses serving Acadia National Park.
$297,000
Downeast Transportation · Ellsworth, ME · 2023
Provide support for the Island Explorer propane buses serving Acadia National Park.
$225,000
Maine Department of Transportation · Augusta, ME · 2024
Provide support for Acadia Gateway Center
$201,585
Schoodic Institute at Acadia · Winter Harbor, ME · 2023
Schoodic Education Adventure Grant.
$198,000
Downeast Transportation · Ellsworth, ME · 2022
Provide support for the Island Explorer propane buses serving Acadia National Park.
$146,441
Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park · Winter Harbor, ME · 2022
Schoodic Education Adventure Grant
$86,301
Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2024
Conservation
$28,480
College of the Atlantic · Bar Harbor, ME · 2023
Research
$27,699
American Conservation Experience · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Conservation
$19,075
Student Conservation Association · Arlington, VA · 2024
Education
$15,058
University of Maine · Bangor, ME · 2024
Research
$15,026
University of Maine · Bangor, ME · 2023
Research
$14,983
University of Maine Controllers Office · Bangor, ME · 2022
Research
$13,920
Student Conservation Association · Arlington, VA · 2023
Education
$13,000
College of the Atlantic · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
Research
$10,760
American Conservation Experience · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
Conservation
$10,000
Orono Middle School · Orono, ME · 2023
Education
$9,817
Maine Natural History Observatory · Gouldsboro, ME · 2023
Conservation
$9,494
Student Conservation Association · Arlington, VA · 2022
Education
$7,500
Day Mountain Regional Middle School · Phillips, ME · 2024
Education
$7,500
Easton School Department · Easton, ME · 2024
Education
$7,500
Ellsworth School Department · Ellsworth, ME · 2024
Education
$7,500
Holden Elementary School · Holden, ME · 2024
Education
$7,500
Sheepscot Valley Rsu 12 · Somerville, ME · 2024
Education
$7,500
Teens Take On Climate · Chicago, IL · 2024
Education
$7,180
Maine Natural History Observatory · Gouldsboro, ME · 2024
Conservation
$6,500
Black People Who Hike · Edwardsville, IL · 2022
Diversity Grant

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.