Funding search · EIN 010469155 · Portland, ME

John Sage Foundation

Name: John Sage Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

82
grants reported: $452,505
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

award quality water camp monitoring acquisition banding based

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Frenchman Bay Conservancy1 grant · $21,300
Midcoast Conservancy3 grants · $20,000
Friends of Baxter State Park4 grants · $20,000
Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation3 grants · $18,500
Lake Stewards of Maine3 grants · $15,600
Cobalt2 grants · $14,000
Maine Appalachain Trail Land Trust2 grants · $13,000
Coastal Mountains Land Trust2 grants · $12,500
30 Mile River Watershed Association2 grants · $11,500
Cobscook Community Learning Center2 grants · $11,000

Giving over time

$94,560

2021

$102,245

2022

$94,200

2023

$161,500

2024

Grant history

All 82 reported grants, largest first.

$21,300
Frenchman Bay Conservancy · Hancock, ME · 2022
2023 grant award
$10,000
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences · Easy Boothbay, ME · 2024
2025 grant award
$10,000
High Peaks Alliance · Farmington, ME · 2024
2025 grant award
$10,000
Saint Joseph'S College of Maine · Standish, ME · 2024
2025 grant award
$10,000
Northeast Wilderness Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2023
2024 grant award
$10,000
Sebasticook Regional Land Trust · Thorndike, ME · 2023
2024 grant award
$10,000
Somerset Woods Trustees · Skowhegan, ME · 2023
2024 grant award
$10,000
Trust for Public Land · Portland, ME · 2022
2023 grant award
$10,000
Midcoast Conservancy · Edgecomb, ME · 2021
Bolin hill project
$9,000
Cobalt · Portland, ME · 2024
2025 grant award
$8,000
Maine Appalachain Trail Land Trust · Cape Elizabeth, ME · 2024
2025 grant award
$8,000
Merrymeeting Bay Trout Unlimited · Richmond, ME · 2024
2025 grant award
$8,000
Androscoggin Land Trust · Auburn, ME · 2021
Camp gustin project
$8,000
Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust · Brunswick, ME · 2021
Cathance river-sczymecki property
$7,500
Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation · Bangor, ME · 2024
2025 grant award
$7,500
Coastal Mountains Land Trust · Camden, ME · 2024
2025 grant award
$7,500
Falmouth Land Trust · Falmouth, ME · 2024
2025 grant award
$7,500
30 Mile River Watershed Association · Farmington, ME · 2022
2023 grant award
$7,500
Blue Hill Heritage Trust · Blue Hill, ME · 2021
Wallamatogus mountain project
$7,000
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust · Damarixcotta, ME · 2024
2025 grant award
$6,500
Lake Stewards of Maine · Auburn, ME · 2024
2025 grant award
$6,500
Lake Stewards of Maine · Auburn, ME · 2023
2024 grant award
$6,500
Kennebec Estuary Land Trust · Bath, ME · 2022
2023 grant award
$6,200
Piscataquis County Soil & Conservation District · Doverfoxcroft, ME · 2023
2024 grant award
$6,000
Maine Tree Foundation · Augusta, ME · 2023
2024 grant award
$6,000
Friends of Lake Winnecook · Unity, ME · 2022
2023 grant award
$6,000
Marine Mammals of Maine · Bath, ME · 2022
2023 grant award
$6,000
Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation · Bangor, ME · 2021
National resource inventory and monitoring
$6,000
Cobscook Community Learning Center · Lubec, ME · 2021
Launching canoe camp
$5,460
St Joseph'S College · Standish, ME · 2021
Little sebago water quality testing
$5,000
Cape Elizabeth Land Trust · Cape Elizabeth, ME · 2024
2025 grant award
$5,000
Cobalt · Portland, ME · 2024
2025 grant award
$5,000
Friends of Baxter State Park · Belfast, ME · 2024
2025 grant award
$5,000
Friends of Casco Bay · Portland, ME · 2024
2025 grant award
$5,000
Kennebec Land Trust · Winthrop, ME · 2024
2025 grant award
$5,000
Maine Community Integration Sciences · Lewiston, ME · 2024
2025 grant award
$5,000
Manomet Conservation Sciences · Plymouth, MA · 2024
2025 grant award
$5,000
Midcoast Conservancy · Edgecomb, ME · 2024
2025 grant award
$5,000
Queerly Me · Brunswick, ME · 2024
2025 grant award
$5,000
Scarborough Land Trust · Scarorough, ME · 2024
2025 grant award
$5,000
Viles Arboretum · Augusta, ME · 2024
2025 grant award
$5,000
Chebeague & Cumberland Land Trust · Cumberland, ME · 2023
2024 grant award
$5,000
Friends of Baxter State Park · Belfast, ME · 2023
2024 grant award
$5,000
Maine Appalachain Trail Land Trust · Cape Elizabeth, ME · 2023
2024 grant award
$5,000
Wild Seed Project · North Yarmouth, ME · 2023
2024 grant award
$5,000
Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation · Bangor, ME · 2022
2023 grant award
$5,000
Cobscook Community Learning Center · Lubec, ME · 2022
2023 grant award
$5,000
Friends of Baxter State Park · Belfast, ME · 2022
2023 grant award
$5,000
Loon Echo Land Trust · Bridgton, ME · 2022
2023 grant award
$5,000
Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust · Cape Elizabeth, ME · 2022
2023 grant award
$5,000
Maine Farmland Trust · Portland, ME · 2022
2023 grant award
$5,000
Midcoast Conservancy · Edgecomb, ME · 2022
2023 grant award
$5,000
Woodlawn Museum · Ellsworth, ME · 2022
2023 grant award
$5,000
Coastal Mountains Land Trust · Camden, ME · 2021
Mount tuck land acquisition
$5,000
Friends of Baxter State Park · Belfast, ME · 2021
Youth conservation corp
$5,000
Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust · Cape Elizabeth, ME · 2021
Orbeton cascades and perham str.
$5,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2021
Picture rocks
$4,000
Herring Gut Learning Center · Port Clyde, ME · 2024
2025 grant award
$4,000
Oceanswide · Newcastle, ME · 2024
2025 grant award
$4,000
30 Mile River Watershed Association · Farmington, ME · 2023
2024 grant award
$4,000
Bangor Area Stormwater Group · Orono, ME · 2023
2024 grant award
$4,000
Louds Island Conservancy · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
2024 grant award
$3,500
Kittery Land Trust · Kittery, ME · 2021
Water quality
$3,000
Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting · Augusta, ME · 2024
2025 grant award
$3,000
China Region Lakes Alliance · China Village, ME · 2023
2024 grant award
$3,000
Hancock County Soil & Water Conservation · Ellsworth, ME · 2023
2024 grant award
$3,000
Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2021
Maine woods program
$2,600
Lake Stewards of Maine · Auburn, ME · 2021
Volunteer water quality monitoring
$2,500
Women for Healthy Rural Living · Milbridge, ME · 2024
2025 grant award
$2,500
St Croix International Waterway Commission · Calais, ME · 2023
2024 grant award
$2,500
Women for Healthy Rural Living · Milbridge, ME · 2023
2024 grant award
$2,500
York Ready for Climate Action · York, ME · 2023
2024 grant award
$2,500
Women for Healthy Rural Living · Milbridge, ME · 2022
2023 grant award
$2,500
Maine Audubon · Falmouth, ME · 2021
Loon rafts
$2,500
Wells Reserve · Wells, ME · 2021
Bird banding
$2,500
White Pine Program · York, ME · 2021
Nature based community program
$2,500
Wild Seed Project · North Yarmouth, ME · 2021
Wild seed project
$2,500
Women for Healthy Rural Living · Milbridge, ME · 2021
Outdoor women lead program
$2,000
Thompson Lake Environmental Association · Oxford, ME · 2024
2025 grant award
$2,000
Thomson Lake Environmental Association · Oxford, ME · 2022
2023 grant award
$2,000
Atlantic Salmon Federation · Brunswick, ME · 2021
Jed wright fellowship
$445
Maine Philanthropy Center · Portland, ME · 2022
2023 grant 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.