Funding search · EIN 203996824 · Wilmington, DE

Cara Charitable Foundation

Name: Cara Charitable Foundation grants, 2021–2023
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.

26
grants reported: $1.0M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $5,000
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.

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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.

3 grants matching “katahdin” · $863,000

$334,000
Our Katahdin · Millinocket, ME · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$275,500
Our Katahdin · Millinocket, ME · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$253,500
Our Katahdin · Millinocket, ME · 2021
General & Unrestricted

Grant history

All 26 reported grants, largest first.

$334,000
Our Katahdin · Millinocket, ME · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$275,500
Our Katahdin · Millinocket, ME · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$253,500
Our Katahdin · Millinocket, ME · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2021
Ukrainian Refugee Crisis
$16,000
Town of Millinocket · Millinocket, ME · 2022
Town of Millinocket financial hardship fund
$15,000
Camden Public Library · Camden, ME · 2021
Capital
$10,000
Good Shepherd Food Bank · Auburn, ME · 2021
Focus on needs in North Central Maine
$10,000
Knox County Homeless Coalition · Rockport, ME · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Lifeflight Foundation · Camden, ME · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
World Central Kitchen Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$8,000
International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Millinocket Memorial Library · Millinocket, ME · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Camden Public Library · Camden, ME · 2022
Millay Society Fund & Bonnie's Learning Legacy Fund
$5,000
Good Shepherd Food Bank · Auburn, ME · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Outdoor Sports Institute · Caribou, ME · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Good Shepherd Food Bank · Auburn, ME · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Millinocket Regional Hospital · Millinocket, ME · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
Millinocket Memorial Library · Millinocket, ME · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Millinocket Memorial Library · Millinocket, ME · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Camden Public Library · Camden, ME · 2023
funds for maintenance/improvement of the Bonnie White reading Corner and general needs of the library
$2,000
Lifeflight Foundation · Augusta, ME · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,800
Penobscot Bay Ymca · Rockport, ME · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,500
Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation · Lewiston, ME · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,500
Penobscot Bay Ymca · Rockport, ME · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Finding Our Voices · Camden, ME · 2023
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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.