Funding search · EIN 208797462 · Yarmouth, ME

Rural Futures Fund

Name: Rural Futures Fund grants, 2022–2025
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.

18
grants reported: $1.4M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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.

14 grants matching “aspire” · $991,793

$10,000
University of Maine · Orono, ME · 2025
Funding support for the Bryant Pond 4-H Camp and Learning Center; Aspirations Incubator Program
$30,750
Maine Seacoast Mission · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
Aspirations Incubator Program
$25,000
University of Maine · Orono, ME · 2024
Funding support for the Bryant Pond 4-H Camp and Learning Center; Aspirations Incubator Program
$25,000
Maine Youth Alliance · Belfast, ME · 2024
Aspirations Incubator Program
$12,975
Old-Town Orono Ymca · Old Town, ME · 2024
Aspirations Incubator Program
$85,000
Midcoast Youth Alliance · Bath, ME · 2023
Aspirations Incubator Program
$50,000
University of Maine · Orono, ME · 2023
Funding support for the Bryant Pond 4-H Camp and Learning Center; Aspirations Incubator Program
$50,000
Maine Youth Alliance · Belfast, ME · 2023
Aspirations Incubator Program
$20,000
Old-Town Orono Ymca · Old Town, ME · 2023
Aspirations Incubator Program
$207,560
Old-Town Orono Ymca · Old Town, ME · 2022
Aspirations Incubator Program
$159,050
Maine Seacoast Mission · Bar Harbor, ME · 2022
Funding support for the EdGE Program; Aspirations Incubator Program
$116,101
Chewonki Foundation · Wiscasset, ME · 2022
Aspirations Incubator Program
$102,977
University of Maine · Orono, ME · 2022
Funding support for the Bryant Pond 4-H Camp and Learning Center; Aspirations Incubator Program
$97,380
Maine Youth Alliance · Belfast, ME · 2022
Aspirations Incubator Program

Grant history

All 18 reported grants, largest first.

$310,666
Rural Youth Institute · Portland, ME · 2025
General Operating Support
$207,560
Old-Town Orono Ymca · Old Town, ME · 2022
Aspirations Incubator Program
$159,050
Maine Seacoast Mission · Bar Harbor, ME · 2022
Funding support for the EdGE Program; Aspirations Incubator Program
$116,101
Chewonki Foundation · Wiscasset, ME · 2022
Aspirations Incubator Program
$102,977
University of Maine · Orono, ME · 2022
Funding support for the Bryant Pond 4-H Camp and Learning Center; Aspirations Incubator Program
$100,000
Rural Youth Institute · Portland, ME · 2024
General Operating Support
$97,380
Maine Youth Alliance · Belfast, ME · 2022
Aspirations Incubator Program
$85,000
Midcoast Youth Alliance · Bath, ME · 2023
Aspirations Incubator Program
$50,000
Maine Youth Alliance · Belfast, ME · 2023
Aspirations Incubator Program
$50,000
University of Maine · Orono, ME · 2023
Funding support for the Bryant Pond 4-H Camp and Learning Center; Aspirations Incubator Program
$30,750
Maine Seacoast Mission · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
Aspirations Incubator Program
$25,000
Maine Youth Alliance · Belfast, ME · 2024
Aspirations Incubator Program
$25,000
University of Maine · Orono, ME · 2024
Funding support for the Bryant Pond 4-H Camp and Learning Center; Aspirations Incubator Program
$20,000
Old-Town Orono Ymca · Old Town, ME · 2023
Aspirations Incubator Program
$12,975
Old-Town Orono Ymca · Old Town, ME · 2024
Aspirations Incubator Program
$10,000
University of Maine · Orono, ME · 2025
Funding support for the Bryant Pond 4-H Camp and Learning Center; Aspirations Incubator Program
$7,704
Center for Rural Youth Development · Portland, ME · 2023
Startup costs
$328
Maine Philanthropy Center · Portland, ME · 2025
General Operating Support

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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.