Funding search · EIN 010484310 · Portland, ME

Maine Initiativesinc

Name: Maine Initiativesinc grants, 2021–2023
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.

163
grants reported: $4.5M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. 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

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Top recipients

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Maine Immigrants Rights Coalition3 grants · $389,600
Resources for Organizing &3 grants · $246,906
Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition2 grants · $172,000
The Third Place3 grants · $167,143
Presente Maine3 grants · $152,000
Maine Community Integration2 grants · $127,500
Southern Maine Workers Center2 grants · $116,133
Maine Association for New Americans3 grants · $115,000
Somali Bantu Community Association3 grants · $109,600
Maine Conservation Alliance3 grants · $107,500

Giving over time

$1.3M

2021

$1.6M

2022

$1.6M

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 163 grants.

$209,600
Maine Immigrants Rights Coalition · Portland, ME · 2021
Solidarity fund
$180,487
Resources for Organizing & · Augusta, ME · 2021
Grants for change
$140,000
Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition · Wilton, ME · 2022
General operations
$124,500
Presente Maine · Portland, ME · 2023
Asylum seeker suppor
$105,000
Maine Community Integration · Lewiston, ME · 2023
Immigrant fund
$105,000
Maine Immigrants Rights Coalition · Portland, ME · 2022
Asylum seeker suppor
$105,000
The Third Place · Portland, ME · 2022
General operations
$97,500
Southern Maine Workers Center · Portland, ME · 2022
General operations
$85,000
Khmer Maine · Portland, ME · 2023
General support
$75,000
Maine Immigrants Rights Coalition · Portland, ME · 2023
Asylum seeker suppor
$75,000
Bomazeen Land Trust · Portland, ME · 2022
General operations
$75,000
Maine Inside Out · Portland, ME · 2022
General operations
$75,000
Wabanaki Youth in Science · Indian Island, ME · 2022
General support
$58,360
Furniture Friends · Westbrook, ME · 2022
Immigrant fund
$55,000
Capital Area New Mainers Project · Augusta, ME · 2023
Immigrant lead org.
$55,000
In Her Presence · Westbrook, ME · 2023
Ilo asylum seeker su
$55,000
Maine Conservation Alliance · Augusta, ME · 2023
General support
$55,000
Somali Bantu Community Association · Lewiston, ME · 2023
General operations
$55,000
Maine Association for New Americans · Portland, ME · 2022
Multiple purposes
$55,000
Wabanaki Alliance · Stillwater, ME · 2021
Grants for change
$51,419
Resources for Organizing & · Augusta, ME · 2023
General operations
$50,378
Mano En Mano · Milbridge, ME · 2021
Immigrant lead org.
$50,000
Niweskok · Milford, ME · 2023
General support
$47,500
The Third Place · Portland, ME · 2021
Grants for change
$45,000
Food for All Services · Portland, ME · 2023
General support
$45,000
Healthy Acadia · Ellsworth, ME · 2023
General operations
$45,000
Indigo Arts Alliance · Portland, ME · 2023
Grants for change
$45,000
Maine Association for New Americans · Portland, ME · 2023
Multiple purposes
$45,000
Maine Center for Public Interest Re · Augusta, ME · 2023
General support
$45,000
New England Arab American · Falmouth, ME · 2023
Immigrant fund
$45,000
Youth Led Justice · Lewiston, ME · 2023
General support
$45,000
Maine Conservation Alliance · Augusta, ME · 2022
General support
$45,000
Maine-Wabanaki Reach · Indian Island, ME · 2022
General operations
$45,000
Nibezun · Old Town, ME · 2022
General operations
$45,000
Prosperityme · Portland, ME · 2022
Asylum seeker suppor
$45,000
Wabanaki Alliance · Stillwater, ME · 2022
General support
$37,500
New Mainers Public Health · Lewiston, ME · 2021
Grants for change
$37,000
Somali Bantu Community Association · Lewiston, ME · 2022
General operations
$36,000
Indigo Arts Alliance · Portland, ME · 2021
Grants for change
$35,000
Cumberland County Food Security · Portland, ME · 2021
Grants for change
$32,000
Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition · Wilton, ME · 2023
General operations
$30,817
Maine Equal Justice Partners · Augusta, ME · 2022
General support
$30,100
Wabanaki Women'S Coalition · Lincolnville, ME · 2021
Grants for change
$30,000
Alpha Legal · Portland, ME · 2023
General support
$30,000
Brunswick Topsham Land Trust · Brunswick, ME · 2023
General support
$30,000
Maine Soccer Development · Portland, ME · 2023
General support
$30,000
Maine-Wabanaki Reach · Indian Island, ME · 2023
General operations
$30,000
Nibezun · Old Town, ME · 2023
General operations
$30,000
Wabanaki Commission On Land and Ste · Orono, ME · 2023
General support
$30,000
Wounded Healers International · South Portland, ME · 2023
General support
$30,000
Good Medicine Collective · Portland, ME · 2022
General operations
$30,000
Healthy Acadia · Ellsworth, ME · 2022
General operations
$30,000
Intercultural Community Center · Westbrook, ME · 2022
General operations
$30,000
Land in Common · Greene, ME · 2022
General operations
$30,000
Space Gallery · Portland, ME · 2022
General operations
$30,000
Hope Acts · Portland, ME · 2021
$29,022
Prosperityme · Portland, ME · 2021
$27,500
Capital Area New Mainers Project · Augusta, ME · 2021
Immigrant lead org.
$27,500
Maine-Wabanaki Reach · Indian Island, ME · 2021
Grants for change
$25,000
Whyhunger · New York, NY · 2023
Grants for change
$25,000
Action for Life · Portland, ME · 2022
Asylum seeker suppor
$25,000
Greater Portland Family Promise · Portland, ME · 2022
Asylum seeker suppor
$25,000
Hope Acts · Portland, ME · 2022
Ilo asylum seeker su
$25,000
In Her Presence · Westbrook, ME · 2022
Ilo asylum seeker su
$25,000
Maine Center for Economic Policy · Augusta, ME · 2022
General support
$24,827
Maine Access Immigrant Network · Portland, ME · 2021
Grants for change
$22,500
Maine Community Integration · Lewiston, ME · 2021
Immigrant fund
$22,500
Maine Immigrant and Refugee Service · Lewiston, ME · 2021
Immigrant lead org.
$22,500
Sustainable Livlihoods Relief Org · Lewiston, ME · 2021
Immigrant fund
$20,000
Rwanda Community Association of · Westbrook, ME · 2023
Asylum seeker suppor
$20,000
Institute for Policy Studies · Washington, DC · 2022
General operations
$20,000
American Friends Service Committee · Perry, ME · 2021
$20,000
In Her Presence · Westbrook, ME · 2021
Immigrant lead org.
$18,633
Southern Maine Workers Center · Portland, ME · 2023
General operations
$17,600
Somali Bantu Community Association · Lewiston, ME · 2021
Grants for change
$15,000
Sunrise County Economic Council · Machias, ME · 2023
General support
$15,000
Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness · Bangor, ME · 2023
General support
$15,000
Gateway Community Services · Portland, ME · 2022
Immigrant lead org.
$15,000
Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome · Portland, ME · 2022
Immigrant lead org.
$15,000
Immigrant Resource Center · Lewiston, ME · 2022
Ilo asylum seeker su
$15,000
Maine Access Immigrant Network · Portland, ME · 2022
Asylum seeker suppor
$15,000
Preble Street Resource Center · Portland, ME · 2022
General support
$15,000
Presente Maine · Portland, ME · 2022
Asylum seeker suppor
$15,000
Resources for Organizing & · Augusta, ME · 2022
General operations
$15,000
Rwanda Community Association of · Westbrook, ME · 2022
Asylum seeker suppor
$15,000
University of Southern Maine · Portland, ME · 2022
General operations
$15,000
York County Community Action · Sanford, ME · 2022
Asylum seeker suppor
$15,000
Catholic Charities of Maine · Portland, ME · 2021
Immigrant fund
$15,000
Ladder To the Moon Network · Portland, ME · 2021
Grants for change
$15,000
Maine Association for New Americans · Portland, ME · 2021
Immigrant lead org.
$15,000
State of Maine · Augusta, ME · 2021
$15,000
Wabanaki Cultural Preservation · Passadumkeag, ME · 2021
$14,643
The Third Place · Portland, ME · 2023
General operations
$14,500
Maine Council On Aging · Brunswick, ME · 2023
Discretionary
$14,000
Maine Immigrant and Refugee Service · Lewiston, ME · 2023
Immigrant lead org.
$12,500
Ak Health and Social Services · Lewiston, ME · 2021
Immigrant lead org.
$12,500
Cross Cultural Community Services · Portland, ME · 2021
Immigrant lead org.
$12,500
Maine Inside Out · Portland, ME · 2021
Youth advocacy
$12,500
New England Arab American · Falmouth, ME · 2021
Immigrant fund
$12,500
Presente Maine · Portland, ME · 2021
Immigrant fund

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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.