Funding search · EIN 010442078 · Portland, ME

Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust

Name: Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust grants, 2025–2025
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.

123
grants reported: $1.3M
total given: 2025–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

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

What they fund

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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 “environmental education” · $37,500

$20,000
Maine Environmental Education Association · Brunswick, ME · 2025
Maine Environmental Education Association Operating Support 2025
$7,500
Maine Tree Foundation · Augusta, ME · 2025
Maine Timber Research & Environmental Education Foundation General Operating Support
$5,000
Greater Lovell Land Trust · Lovell, ME · 2025
Environmental Education Operating Support
$5,000
Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership · Rockland, ME · 2025
Operating Support to Expand Access to Environmental Education for Rural Maine Students

Top recipients

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

Preble Street2 grants · $65,000
Wabanaki Community Foundation1 grant · $20,000
Maine Environmental Education Association1 grant · $20,000
Maine Preservation1 grant · $20,000
Maine Humanities Council1 grant · $20,000
Maine Historical Society1 grant · $20,000
Greater Portland Landmarks1 grant · $20,000
Friends of the Veterans' Memorial Library1 grant · $20,000
Indigo Arts Alliance1 grant · $20,000
Bomazeen Land Trust1 grant · $20,000

Grant history

The 100 largest of 123 grants.

$50,000
Preble Street · Portland, ME · 2025
Capital Campaign
$20,000
Bomazeen Land Trust · Portland, ME · 2025
Cultural Transmission, Operating Support
$20,000
Friends of the Veterans' Memorial Library · Patten, ME · 2025
Friends of the Veterans Memorial Library and Community Center
$20,000
Greater Portland Landmarks · Portland, ME · 2025
Operating Support: Strategic Plan in Action
$20,000
Indigo Arts Alliance · Portland, ME · 2025
Indigo Arts Alliance
$20,000
Maine Environmental Education Association · Brunswick, ME · 2025
Maine Environmental Education Association Operating Support 2025
$20,000
Maine Historical Society · Portland, ME · 2025
Maine Historical Society - Revolutionary Maine: America at 250
$20,000
Maine Humanities Council · Portland, ME · 2025
Operating Support: Humanities in Need
$20,000
Maine Preservation · Yarmouth, ME · 2025
Operating Support Technical Assistance
$20,000
Wabanaki Community Foundation · Pembroke, ME · 2025
Start-up Operations
$15,000
Aroostook Arts and Education Center Dba Wintergreen Arts Center · Presque Isle, ME · 2025
Operating Support for the Aroostook Arts and Education Center DBA Wintergreen Arts Center
$15,000
Children'S Museum & Theatre of Maine · Portland, ME · 2025
Operating Support for the Childrens Museum & Theatre of Maine
$15,000
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust · Damariscotta, ME · 2025
Operating Support
$15,000
Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research and Education · Beals, ME · 2025
Let's Find Out What Is Out There - Then Manage, Restore, and Protect It
$15,000
Downeast Salmon Federation · Columbia Falls, ME · 2025
Downeast Salmon Federation Operating Support
$15,000
Eastern Trail Alliance · Saco, ME · 2025
Eastern Trail Alliance - Operating Support
$15,000
First Light New Learning Journey · Fayston, VT · 2025
First Light Operating Support 2025-2026
$15,000
Johnson Hall · Gardiner, ME · 2025
Operating
$15,000
Maine Appalachian Trail Club · Portland, ME · 2025
Maine Appalachian Trail Club Operating Support
$15,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2025
Gebung Woods Parcel Acquisition
$15,000
Maine Farmland Trust · Belfast, ME · 2025
Maine Farmland Trust Operating Support
$15,000
Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance · Augusta, ME · 2025
Teach ME Outside
$15,000
Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (Mofga) · Unity, ME · 2025
Operating Support for Building a Healthy and Fair Food System in a Time of Uncertainty
$15,000
Maine Seacoast Mission · Northeast Harbor, ME · 2025
Maine Seacoast Mission Operating: Services for Downeast and Islands, including Nature Access
$15,000
Maine Trails Coalition · Bath, ME · 2025
2025 Operating Support Request for the Maine Trails Coalition
$15,000
Mechanics' Hall (Maine Charitable Mechanic Association) · Portland, ME · 2025
Operating Support for Mechanics' Hall
$15,000
Midcoast Conservancy · Edgecomb, ME · 2025
Operating Support for Midcoast Conservancy
$15,000
Pejepscot Historical Society (Dba Pejepscot History Center) · Brunswick, ME · 2025
Building Connections: Opening Doors to Our Community
$15,000
Portland Museum of Art · Portland, ME · 2025
Art for All
$15,000
Portland Symphony Orchestra · Portland, ME · 2025
Dawnland to the Planets: The Music of The Wabanaki and Holst
$15,000
Preble Street · Portland, ME · 2025
Preble Street Operating Support
$15,000
Scarborough Land Trust · Scarborough, ME · 2025
Fuller Farm Bridge and Trail Improvements
$15,000
Schoodic Arts for All · Winter Harbor, ME · 2025
2025 Operating Support
$15,000
Waterfall Arts · Belfast, ME · 2025
Operating Support
$15,000
Wild Seed Project · North Yarmouth, ME · 2025
Experiential Education in the Classroom - Student and Community Leadership
$13,000
Friends of Casco Bay · South Portland, ME · 2025
Tracking, Protecting, and Restoring Eelgrass through Technology and Community Engagement
$12,500
Cape Elizabeth Land Trust · Cape Elizabeth, ME · 2025
Improved Access Trail at Robinson Woods Preserve
$12,500
Downeast Lakes Land Trust · Grand Lake Stream, ME · 2025
Operational support for the Downeast Lakes Land Trust
$12,500
Eastport Arts Center · Eastport, ME · 2025
Eastport Arts Center
$12,500
The Ecology School · Saco, ME · 2025
Operating Funds to Support Equitable Access to Immersive Ecology-Based Education For Maine Students
$12,500
The Trust for Public Land · Portland, ME · 2025
Maine Program Operating Support
$10,000
Abbe Museum · Bar Harbor, ME · 2025
Uplifting Wabanaki Voices & Activating Audiences: Operating Support for the Abbe Museum
$10,000
Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2025
2026 Maine Woods Community Youth and Environment Program
$10,000
Bangor Land Trust · Bangor, ME · 2025
General Operating Support for Bangor Land Trust
$10,000
Bangor Symphony Orchestra · Bangor, ME · 2025
Operating Support for Bangor Symphony Orchestra's 130th Season
$10,000
Belfast Area Child Care Services · Waldo, ME · 2025
The Learning Landscape: An Outdoor Classroom for Belfast Area Child Care Services
$10,000
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences · East Boothbay, ME · 2025
Operating Support
$10,000
Center for Maine Contemporary Art · Rockland, ME · 2025
Adult Makerspace - Center for Maine Contemporary Art
$10,000
Chocolate Church Arts Center · Bath, ME · 2025
Collective Imagination @ the Chocolate Church
$10,000
Cobscook Community Learning Center · Trescott, ME · 2025
Operating Support: Indigenous Teaching and Learning at Cobscook Institute
$10,000
Community Organizing Alliance · Lewiston, ME · 2025
2026 Youth in Climate Advocacy Program
$10,000
Downeast Coastal Conservancy · Machias, ME · 2025
General Operating Support
$10,000
Ellsworth Historical Society · Ellsworth, ME · 2025
Ellsworth Historical Society's Chamberlain House Stabilization Project
$10,000
Friends of Baxter State Park · Belfast, ME · 2025
Friends of Baxter State Park Operating Support
$10,000
Friends of the Strand Theatre · Rockland, ME · 2025
Strand Theatre Education Program 2025-2026 Season
$10,000
Gateway Milbridgemilbridge Theatre and Community Arts Center · Milbridge, ME · 2025
Gateway Milbridge/Milbridge Theatre and Community Arts Center Operating Support
$10,000
Heart of Maine Resource Center · Dexter, ME · 2025
Restore the Brick Facade at the Former Bert Call Photography Studio
$10,000
Main Street Skowhegan Skowhegan Outdoors · Skowhegan, ME · 2025
A Continuum of Opportunity in Outdoor Education through Skowhegan Outdoors
$10,000
Maine Audubon · Falmouth, ME · 2025
Maine Audubon 2025 Operating Support
$10,000
Maine Climate Action Now · Augusta, ME · 2025
Maine Climate Action Now Community Engagement Operating Support
$10,000
Maine Inside Outroil · Lewiston, ME · 2025
Broken Clock Tour
$10,000
Maine Lakes · Yarmouth, ME · 2025
Maine Lakes Operating Support
$10,000
Mayo Street Arts · Portland, ME · 2025
Operating Support for Mayo Street Arts
$10,000
Monhegan Museum of Art & History · Monhegan, ME · 2025
Monhegan Museum of Art & History Operating Support
$10,000
Natural Resources Council of Maine · Augusta, ME · 2025
Protecting the Nature of Maine - Operating Support
$10,000
Nature Based Education Consortium · Falmouth, ME · 2025
Systems Level Change for Outdoor Access
$10,000
Northeast Historic Film · Bucksport, ME · 2025
Support to Catalog, Digitize and Publish the Collections of All Maine Television Stations, 1953-2008
$10,000
Palaver Strings · Portland, ME · 2025
Building Long-term Capacity to Improve Vulnerable Music Students Retention & Ensure Progress
$10,000
Portland Parks Conservancy · Portland, ME · 2025
Portland Youth Corps
$10,000
Portland Stage Company · Portland, ME · 2025
Portland Stage Operating Support
$10,000
Portland Trails · Portland, ME · 2025
Healthier Neighborhoods for All program
$10,000
Tate House Museum · Portland, ME · 2025
Preservation of the 1797 Means House
$10,000
The Telling Room · Portland, ME · 2025
Operating Support for The Telling Room - FY25-26
$10,000
University of Southern Maine Foundation · Portland, ME · 2025
Revitalizing the OML Portland Classroom as an all-ages Maker-Space
$10,000
Waterville Creates · Waterville, ME · 2025
Waterville Creates Operating Support
$10,000
York County Soil and Water Conservation District · Springvale, ME · 2025
Watershed Stewardship Program in Southern Maine
$7,500
Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School · Rockport, ME · 2025
Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School
$7,500
Brick Store Museum · Kennebunk, ME · 2025
Brick Store Museum Operating Support
$7,500
Caribou Historical Center · Caribou, ME · 2025
Operating Support
$7,500
Chebeague Island Historical Society · Chebeague Island, ME · 2025
CIHS Museum Mechanical Systems Remediation Project
$7,500
Downeast Fisheries Partnership Fs Sunrise County Economic Council · Machias, ME · 2025
Downeast Fisheries Partnership Operating Support
$7,500
First Amendment Museum · Augusta, ME · 2025
First Amendment Museum
$7,500
Freeport Historical Society · Freeport, ME · 2025
Pettengill Farm Reinterpretation Signage
$7,500
Healthy Island Project · Stonington, ME · 2025
HIP Great Hall RenovationsProject Support to Create a Cultural Hub for Deer Isle-Stonington, Maine
$7,500
Heart of Biddeford · Biddeford, ME · 2025
Operating Support
$7,500
Heart of Ellsworth · Ellsworth, ME · 2025
Program Development at Heart of Ellsworths Makerspace
$7,500
Heritage Vivant - Living Heritage Dba Acadian Village Maine · Van Buren, ME · 2025
Enhancing the Visitor Experience through Technology
$7,500
Island Readers and Writers · Southwest Harbor, ME · 2025
Island Readers & Writers Operating Support
$7,500
Maine Tree Foundation · Augusta, ME · 2025
Maine Timber Research & Environmental Education Foundation General Operating Support
$7,500
Opera Maine · Portland, ME · 2025
Support for Opera Maines Opera for All Educational Programming
$7,500
Trekkers · Rockland, ME · 2025
Trekkers Alternative Education Partnership Program Support
$6,000
Machias Bay Chamber Concerts · Machias, ME · 2025
Elementary School Music Program for Washington County, Maine
$5,000
Brooksville Free Public Library · Brooksville, ME · 2025
Brooksville Free Public Library, Operating Support Grant Request
$5,000
Classical Uprising · Portland, ME · 2025
Classical Uprising General Operating Support
$5,000
Franklin Schoodic Hall · Franklin, ME · 2025
Franklin Schoodic Hall Phase 2: Building Lift
$5,000
Frenchman Bay Conservancy · Hancock, ME · 2025
Outdoor Education Support
$5,000
Friends of Starling Hall · Fayette, ME · 2025
Historic Preservation - new roof
$5,000
Greater Lovell Land Trust · Lovell, ME · 2025
Environmental Education Operating Support
$5,000
Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership · Rockland, ME · 2025
Operating Support to Expand Access to Environmental Education for Rural Maine Students
$5,000
Jonathan Fisher Memorial · Blue Hill, ME · 2025
Jonathan Fisher House Window Restoration

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