Funding search · EIN 010437556 · Portland, ME

Lunder Foundation

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

628
grants reported
$84.7M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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

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8 grants matching “holder · $18,000

  • $3,500

    Holderness School · Plymouth, NH · 2025

    Scholarship fund

  • $1,000

    Holderness School · Plymouth, NH · 2025

    Scholarship fund

  • $3,500

    Holderness School · Plymouth, NH · 2024

    Scholarship fund

  • $1,000

    Holderness School · Plymouth, NH · 2024

    Scholarship fund

  • $3,500

    Holderness School · Plymouth, NH · 2023

    Scholarship fund

  • $1,000

    Holderness School · Plymouth, NH · 2023

    Scholarship fund

  • $3,500

    Holderness School · Plymouth, NH · 2022

    Scholarship fund

  • $1,000

    Holderness School · Plymouth, NH · 2022

    Scholarship fund

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Massachusetts General Hospital12 grants · $17.4M
  • Colby College41 grants · $16.3M
  • Colby College Museum10 grants · $8.3M
  • Hebrew Seniorlife9 grants · $5.9M
  • Mass General Hospital2 grants · $5.3M
  • Colby College Museum of Art16 grants · $4.7M
  • Northeastern Universityroux Institute1 grant · $3.1M
  • Thomas College9 grants · $2.6M
  • Maine Public Broadcasting7 grants · $2.2M
  • Lesley University4 grants · $2.0M

Giving over time

$20.5M
2022
$18.3M
2023
$21.6M
2024
$24.4M
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 628 grants.

  • $4.8M

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    Learning initiative

  • $4.8M

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025

    Learning initiative

  • $4.8M

    Mass General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023

    Lunder learning initiative (2 chairs)

  • $3.1M

    Northeastern Universityroux Institute · Boston, MA · 2025

    Annual fund

  • $2.7M

    Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2023

    Liaa endowment fund

  • $2.6M

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022

    Pledge payment

  • $2.4M

    Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2025

    Endowment fund

  • $2.4M

    Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2024

    Endowment fund

  • $2.2M

    Hebrew Seniorlife · Boston, MA · 2024

    Project support

  • $2.2M

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022

    Pledge payment

  • $2.0M

    Colby College Museum · Waterville, ME · 2023

    Lunder art purchase fund

  • $2.0M

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022

    Pledge payment

  • $1.3M

    Hebrew Seniorlife · Boston, MA · 2025

    Project support

  • $1.3M

    Colby College Museum · Waterville, ME · 2022

    Lunder art purchase fund

  • $1.2M

    Colby College Museum of Art · Waterville, ME · 2024

    Art purchase fund

  • $1.2M

    Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2022

    Liaa endowment fund

  • $1.2M

    Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2022

    Liaa endowment fund

  • $1.1M

    Colby College Museum of Art · Waterville, ME · 2024

    Art purchase fund

  • $1.1M

    Dana Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2023

    Farber endowed chair/ll research

  • $1.0M

    Colby College Museum · Waterville, ME · 2023

    Lunder art purchase fund

  • $1.0M

    Maine Public Broadcasting · Lewiston, ME · 2025

    Programming fund

  • $1.0M

    Lesley University · Cambridge, MA · 2025

    Annual fund

  • $1.0M

    Maine Public Broadcasting · Lewiston, ME · 2024

    Programming fund

  • $1.0M

    Lesley University · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Annual fund

  • $975,734

    Colby College Museum · Waterville, ME · 2022

    Lunder art purchase fund

  • $939,010

    Colby College Museum · Waterville, ME · 2023

    Lunder art purchase fund

  • $855,319

    Colby College Museum · Waterville, ME · 2022

    Lunder art purchase fund

  • $800,313

    Colby College Museum of Art · Waterville, ME · 2025

    Art purchase fund

  • $754,244

    Dana-Farber · Boston, MA · 2025

    Chair/ll research

  • $727,500

    Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2025

    Alumni fund lunder scholars

  • $717,291

    Maine College of Art & Design · Portland, ME · 2024

    Lunder scholarship fund

  • $714,285

    Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2025

    Ccma lunder collection fund

  • $714,285

    Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2024

    Ccma lunder collection fund

  • $707,414

    Dana Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2022

    2022 pledge obligation

  • $702,000

    Hebrew Seniorlife · Boston, MA · 2025

    Project support

  • $701,080

    Dana-Farber · Boston, MA · 2024

    Chair/ll research

  • $650,000

    Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2022

    Ccma liaa annual funding support

  • $607,135

    Maine College of Art & Design · Portland, ME · 2025

    Lunder scholarship fund 2024

  • $601,809

    Norton Museum of Art · West Palm Beach, FL · 2025

    Pledge

  • $600,000

    Maine College of Art & Design · Portland, ME · 2025

    Lunder scholarship fund 2025

  • $577,187

    Thomas College · Waterville, ME · 2025

    Scholarship fund

  • $550,449

    Colby College Museum of Art · Waterville, ME · 2025

    Art purchase fund

  • $533,528

    Hebrew Seniorlife · Roslindale, MA · 2023

    A. Leland nursing endowment & cna training

  • $503,059

    Thomas College · Waterville, ME · 2022

    Lunder scholars fund

  • $502,357

    Harvard University Art Museum · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Project support

  • $501,104

    Thomas College · Waterville, ME · 2023

    Lunders scholars

  • $500,000

    Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2023

    Ccma liaa annual funding support

  • $500,000

    Mass General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023

    Lunder learning initiative - dineen

  • $500,000

    Maine College of Art · Portland, ME · 2022

    Lunder scholarship fund

  • $500,000

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022

    Pledge payment

  • $485,451

    Colby College Museum · Waterville, ME · 2022

    Lunder art purchase fund

  • $484,989

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    Annual fund

  • $452,316

    Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2025

    Colby arts building

  • $407,660

    Thomas College · Waterville, ME · 2024

    Scholarship fund

  • $402,478

    Hebrew Seniorlife · Roslindale, MA · 2022

    Anne lunder leland fund

  • $402,454

    Hebrew Seniorlife · Boston, MA · 2024

    Leland nursing endowment

  • $400,000

    Hebrew Seniorlife · Boston, MA · 2025

    Leland nursing endowment

  • $400,000

    Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2024

    Ccma liaa annual funding support

  • $362,395

    Maine College of Art · Portland, ME · 2023

    Lunder scholarship fund

  • $357,143

    Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2022

    Ccma lunder collection fund

  • $357,142

    Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2023

    Ccma lunder collection fund

  • $357,142

    Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2022

    Ccma lunder collection fund

  • $351,583

    Colby College Museum · Waterville, ME · 2023

    Lunder art purchase fund

  • $336,666

    Cox Science Center · West Palm Beach, FL · 2025

    Annual fund

  • $336,566

    University of New England · Portland, ME · 2025

    Financial aid

  • $335,344

    Beth Israel Congregation · Waterville, ME · 2024

    Rabbi endowment fund

  • $335,049

    Beth Israel Congregation · Waterville, ME · 2023

    Rabbi endowment fund

  • $334,152

    Cox Science Center · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024

    Annual fund

  • $333,857

    University of New England · Portland, ME · 2024

    Financial aid

  • $332,602

    Beth Israel Congregation · Waterville, ME · 2025

    Rabbi endowment fund

  • $325,669

    Babson College · Babson Park, MA · 2022

    Babson recreation and athletic complex

  • $292,860

    Colby College Museum · Waterville, ME · 2022

    Lunder art purchase fund

  • $276,806

    Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2024

    Conservation fund

  • $251,562

    Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2022

    Lunder conservation fund

  • $251,508

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2022

    Lunder nursing education fund

  • $251,394

    Beth Israel Deaconess · Boston, MA · 2023

    Lunder nursing education fund

  • $251,277

    Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2023

    Lunder conservation fund

  • $250,848

    Beth Israel Congregation · Waterville, ME · 2022

    Family community room renovation

  • $250,626

    Kennebec Valley Community College · Fairfield, ME · 2022

    Scholarship fund

  • $250,000

    Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2024

    Colby arts building

  • $250,000

    Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2023

    Colby arts building

  • $250,000

    Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2022

    Colby arts building

  • $247,012

    Beth Israel Deaconess · Boston, MA · 2024

    Nursing education fund

  • $246,935

    University of Southern Maine · Portland, ME · 2022

    Lunder scholarship fund

  • $245,854

    Kennebec Valley Community College · Fairfield, ME · 2023

    Annual fund

  • $236,306

    Colby College Museum of Art · Waterville, ME · 2024

    Art purchase fund

  • $230,846

    Colby College Museum of Art · Waterville, ME · 2024

    Art purchase fund

  • $227,399

    Maine Public Broadcasting · Lewiston, ME · 2022

    Charting a bold future

  • $224,066

    Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2025

    Ccma liaa annual funding support

  • $220,533

    Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2025

    Conservation fund

  • $174,468

    Thomas College · Waterville, ME · 2025

    Golf tournament match

  • $160,831

    Cedars Nursing Care Center · Portland, ME · 2022

    Memory support program

  • $156,205

    Colby College Museum of Art · Waterville, ME · 2025

    Tate britain "whistler's finish"

  • $153,355

    Thomas College · Waterville, ME · 2022

    Thomas college golf

  • $141,208

    Portland Symphony Orchestra · Portland, ME · 2025

    2025 pledge

  • $131,873

    Children'S Museum & Theatre of Maine · Portland, ME · 2025

    Annual fund

  • $130,329

    Children'S Museum & Theatre of Maine · Portland, ME · 2024

    Annual fund

  • $128,251

    Thomas College · Waterville, ME · 2023

    Golf tournament match

  • $125,213

    Children'S Museum of Maine · Portland, ME · 2022

    Annual fund

  • $122,827

    Children'S Museum & Theatre of Maine · Portland, ME · 2023

    Pledge

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