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Funding search · EIN 132989468 · Chicago, IL

Arthur K Watson Trust Xxxxx5001

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

109
grants reported: $3.6M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $20,000
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

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1 grant matching “machias” · $50,000

$50,000
Machias Bay Chamber Concerts · Machias, ME · 2023
General operating

Top recipients

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

Honorhealth Foundation3 grants · $515,000
The Jackson Laboratory3 grants · $338,500
Piney Wood School3 grants · $337,000
Mainehealth2 grants · $180,000
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health3 grants · $160,000
Ethel Walker School3 grants · $155,000
Olympia Snowe Womens Leadership3 grants · $150,000
Mid-Coast Health Net Inc (Knox Clinic)2 grants · $126,000
Portland Museum of Art3 grants · $125,000
Maine Medical Center3 grants · $125,000

Giving over time

$1.0M

2022

$1.2M

2023

$1.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 109 grants.

$200,000
Honorhealth Foundation · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022
General
$184,000
Piney Wood School · Piney Woods, MS · 2024
General
$160,000
Honorhealth Foundation · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
General
$155,000
Honorhealth Foundation · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023
General
$140,000
The Jackson Laboratory · Bar Harbor, ME · 2022
General
$125,000
Mid-Coast Health Net Inc (Knox Clinic) · Rockland, ME · 2024
General operating
$125,000
Mainehealth · Rockport, ME · 2022
Support of campaign for
$116,000
The Jackson Laboratory · Bar Harbor, ME · 2023
General
$100,000
National Kidney Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
To support research
$100,000
Lifeflight Foundation · Camden, ME · 2023
General operating
$82,500
The Jackson Laboratory · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
General
$77,000
Piney Wood School · Piney Woods, MS · 2022
General
$76,000
Piney Wood School · Piney Woods, MS · 2023
General
$60,000
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health · Lebanon, NH · 2023
General
$60,000
Maine Medical Center · Portland, ME · 2023
General
$55,000
Mainehealth · Rockport, ME · 2024
Pen bay waldo healthcare
$55,000
Ethel Walker School · Simsbury, CT · 2023
General
$55,000
Pen Bay Waldo Healthcare · Belfast, ME · 2023
General
$50,000
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health · Lebanon, NH · 2024
General
$50,000
Ethel Walker School · Simsbury, CT · 2024
General
$50,000
Olympia Snowe Womens Leadership · Portland, ME · 2024
General
$50,000
Portland Museum of Art · Portland, ME · 2024
General
$50,000
Sail Maine · Portland, ME · 2024
General
$50,000
United States Sailing Association · Bristol, RI · 2024
General
$50,000
William a Farnsworth Library and Art · Rockland, ME · 2024
General support
$50,000
Machias Bay Chamber Concerts · Machias, ME · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Olympia Snowe Womens Leadership · Portland, ME · 2023
General
$50,000
Portland Museum of Art · Portland, ME · 2023
General
$50,000
United States Sailing Association · Bristol, RI · 2023
General
$50,000
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health · Lebanon, NH · 2022
General
$50,000
Ethel Walker School · Simsbury, CT · 2022
General
$50,000
Olympia Snowe Womens Leadership · Portland, ME · 2022
General
$40,000
Maine Medical Center · Portland, ME · 2022
General
$35,000
Apple Blossom School and Family Center · Wilton, CT · 2024
General
$30,000
Wild Landscapes · Naples, AZ · 2024
General
$30,000
Maine Maritime Academy · Castine, ME · 2022
General
$25,000
Childrens Museum and Theatre of Maine · Portland, ME · 2024
General operating
$25,000
Finding Our Voices · Camden, ME · 2024
General support
$25,000
Maine Medical Center · Portland, ME · 2024
General
$25,000
Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General
$25,000
Penobscot Marine Museum · Searsport, ME · 2024
El faro salute
$25,000
Childrens Museum and Theatre of Maine · Portland, ME · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General
$25,000
Penobscot Bay Ymca · Rockport, ME · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Wild Landscapes · Naples, AZ · 2023
General
$25,000
Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General
$25,000
Portland Childrens Museum · Portland, ME · 2022
General
$25,000
Portland Museum of Art · Portland, ME · 2022
General
$25,000
Wild Landscapes · Naples, AZ · 2022
General
$20,000
Coastal Mountains Land Trust · Camden, ME · 2024
General
$20,000
Staniel Cay St Luke'S Foundation · Lighthouse Point, FL · 2024
To support the staniel cay
$20,000
Coastal Mountains Land Trust · Camden, ME · 2023
General
$20,000
Hands Across the Sea · Boston, MA · 2023
General
$20,000
Real Organic Project · East Thetford, VT · 2023
General operating
$20,000
Sail Maine · Portland, ME · 2023
General
$20,000
Coastal Mountains Land Trust · Camden, ME · 2022
General
$20,000
Hands Across the Sea · Boston, MA · 2022
General
$20,000
Penobscot Marine Museum · Searsport, ME · 2022
El faro salute
$20,000
Sail Maine · Portland, ME · 2022
General
$15,000
Apple Blossom School and Family Center · Wilton, CT · 2023
General
$15,000
Clinic for the Rehabilitation · Sanibel, FL · 2023
General
$15,000
The Hotchkiss School · Lakeville, CT · 2022
Watson civic engagement
$12,000
Rockland Main Street · Rockland, ME · 2023
General operating
$10,000
Anns Place · Danbury, CT · 2024
General
$10,000
Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation · Reston, VA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Ding Darling Wildlife Society · Sanibel, FL · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Hands Across the Sea · Boston, MA · 2024
General
$10,000
Harvard Th Chan School of Public Health · Boston, MA · 2024
Dept. Of nutrition
$10,000
Maine Behavioral Healthcare · Westbrook, ME · 2024
General support
$10,000
Maine Organic Farmer & Gardeners · Unity, ME · 2024
Education programs
$10,000
Piston Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2024
General support
$10,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities Maine · Portland, ME · 2024
General support
$10,000
The Hotchkiss School · Lakeville, CT · 2024
Watson civic engagement
$10,000
Westover School · Middlebury, CT · 2024
General
$10,000
Anns Place · Danbury, CT · 2023
General
$10,000
Ding Darling Wildlife Society · Sanibel, FL · 2023
General operating
$10,000
Fractured Atlas · Hartsdale, NY · 2023
To support the studio jbone
$10,000
Maine Organic Farmer & Gardeners · Unity, ME · 2023
Education programs
$10,000
Penobscot Marine Museum · Searsport, ME · 2023
El faro salute
$10,000
Westover School · Middlebury, CT · 2023
General
$10,000
Anns Place · Danbury, CT · 2022
General
$10,000
Clinic To the Rehabilitation · Sanibel, FL · 2022
General
$10,000
Dana- Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2022
General
$10,000
Maine Organic Farmer Association · Unity, ME · 2022
Education programs
$10,000
Peopleplace Cooperative Preschool · Camden, ME · 2022
General
$8,000
The Center for Cartoon Studies · White Riv Jct, VT · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Abbe Museum · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
The wabanaki curatorial
$5,000
Lifeflight Foundation · Camden, ME · 2024
General operating
$5,000
New Canaan Country School · New Canaan, CT · 2024
General
$5,000
President and Fellows of Harvard · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General
$5,000
Shelburne Farms · Shelburne, VT · 2024
General support
$5,000
New Canaan Country School · New Canaan, CT · 2023
General
$5,000
New Canaan Country School · New Canaan, CT · 2022
General
$5,000
Westover School · Middlebury, CT · 2022
General
$2,000
Maine Family Planning · Augusta, ME · 2024
General support
$2,000
Sundog Outdoor Expeditions · Camden, ME · 2024
General support
$1,000
Camp Sunshine · Casco, ME · 2024
General operating
$1,000
Riley School · Rockport, ME · 2024
General
$1,000
Camp Sunshine · Casco, ME · 2023
General operating
$1,000
Maine Cancer Foundation · Falmouth, ME · 2023
General operating

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