Funding search · EIN 384008387 · Falmouth, ME

The Bob Crewe Foundation

Name: The Bob Crewe Foundation 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.

84
grants reported: $4.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
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.

What they fund

honor cooper craig crewe cyrus haage memorabilia

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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.

Top recipients

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

University of Southern Maine Foundation12 grants · $1.9M
Maine College of Art & Design3 grants · $748,563
Maine College of Art and Design1 grant · $232,563
Mitchell Institute9 grants · $221,000
317 Main Community Music Center9 grants · $200,527
Maine Public1 grant · $100,000
Palaver Strings7 grants · $95,600
Full Plates Full Potential3 grants · $75,000
Portland Museum of Art3 grants · $75,000
Family Ice Center2 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$746,943

2022

$729,360

2023

$796,900

2024

$1.7M

2025

Grant history

All 84 reported grants, largest first.

$500,000
University of Southern Maine Foundation · Portland, ME · 2025
Operating support
$358,000
University of Southern Maine Foundation · Portland, ME · 2025
Operating support
$300,400
University of Southern Maine Foundation · Portland, ME · 2024
Operating support
$300,000
Maine College of Art & Design · Portland, ME · 2025
Operating support
$300,000
University of Southern Maine Foundation · Portland, ME · 2023
Operating support
$300,000
University of Southern Maine Foundation · Portland, ME · 2022
Operating support
$232,563
Maine College of Art & Design · Portland, ME · 2023
Operating support
$232,563
Maine College of Art and Design · Portland, ME · 2022
Operating support
$216,000
Maine College of Art & Design · Portland, ME · 2024
Operating support
$100,000
Maine Public · Bangor, ME · 2025
Operating support
$57,545
University of Southern Maine Foundation · Portland, ME · 2025
Bob crewe memorabilia
$50,000
317 Main Community Music Center · Yarmouth, ME · 2025
Operating support
$50,000
Mitchell Institute · Portland, ME · 2025
Operating support
$50,000
Palaver Strings · Portland, ME · 2025
Operating support
$50,000
317 Main Community Music Center · Yarmouth, ME · 2024
Operating support
$50,000
Mitchell Institute · Portland, ME · 2024
Operating support
$50,000
Mitchell Institute · Portland, ME · 2023
Operating support
$50,000
Mitchell Institute · Portland, ME · 2022
Operating support
$25,000
Breakwater Learning · Portland, ME · 2025
Operating support
$25,000
Equality Maine · Portland, ME · 2025
Operating support
$25,000
Full Plates Full Potential · Brunswick, ME · 2025
Operating support
$25,000
Out Maine · Rockland, ME · 2025
Operating support
$25,000
Portland Museum of Art · Portland, ME · 2025
Operating support
$25,000
Portland Symphony Orchestra · Portland, ME · 2025
Operating support
$25,000
317 Main Community Music Center · Yarmouth, ME · 2024
Operating support
$25,000
Family Ice Center · Falmouth, ME · 2024
Operating support
$25,000
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England · Portland, ME · 2024
Operating support
$25,000
Portland Museum of Art · Portland, ME · 2024
Operating support
$25,000
317 Main Community Music Center · Yarmouth, ME · 2023
Operating support
$25,000
Family Ice Center · Falmouth, ME · 2023
Operating support
$25,000
Full Plates Full Potential · Portland, ME · 2023
Operating support
$25,000
Maine Behavioral Healthcare · Portland, ME · 2023
Operating support
$25,000
Full Plates Full Potential · Portland, ME · 2022
Operating support
$25,000
Portland Museum of Art · Portland, ME · 2022
Operating support
$25,000
Portland Symphony Orchestra · Portland, ME · 2022
Operating support
$20,000
317 Main Community Music Center · Yarmouth, ME · 2025
Operating support
$20,000
University of Southern Maine Foundation · Portland, ME · 2022
Operating support
$18,000
Palaver Strings · Portland, ME · 2024
Operating support
$15,000
317 Main Community Music Center · Yarmouth, ME · 2024
Operating support
$15,000
317 Main Community Music Center · Yarmouth, ME · 2022
Operating support
$15,000
University of Southern Maine Foundation · Portland, ME · 2022
Operating support
$10,000
240 Strings · Portland, ME · 2025
Operating support
$10,000
Aclu of Maine · Portland, ME · 2025
Operating support
$10,000
Opera Maine · Portland, ME · 2025
Operating support
$10,000
Aclu of Maine Foundation · Portland, ME · 2024
Operating support
$10,000
Equality Maine · Portland, ME · 2024
Operating support
$10,000
Jessie D Bullends-Crewe Foundation · Cumberland Foreside, ME · 2023
Operating support
$10,000
Palaver Strings · Portland, ME · 2023
Operating support
$10,000
University of Southern Maine Foundation · Portland, ME · 2023
Operating support
$10,000
Palaver Strings · Portland, ME · 2022
Operating support
$10,000
Speak About It · Portland, ME · 2022
Operating support
$5,000
A Company of Girls · Portland, ME · 2025
Operating support
$5,000
Mitchell Institute · Portland, ME · 2025
Operating support
$5,000
Portland Chamber Music Festival · Portland, ME · 2025
Operating support
$5,000
The G&Lr · Boston, MA · 2025
Operating support
$5,000
Mitchell Institute · Portland, ME · 2024
Operating support
$5,000
Opera Maine · Portland, ME · 2024
Operating support
$5,000
Out Maine · Rockland, ME · 2024
Operating support
$5,000
Mitchell Institute · Portland, ME · 2023
Operating support
$5,000
Out Maine · Rockland, ME · 2023
Operating support
$5,000
Maine Center for Economic Policy · Augusta, ME · 2022
Operating support
$5,000
Mitchell Institute · Portland, ME · 2022
Operating support
$5,000
Palaver Strings · Portland, ME · 2022
Operating support
$2,500
Equality Maine · Portland, ME · 2025
Operating support
$2,500
Opera Maine · Portland, ME · 2024
Operating support
$2,500
Palaver Strings · Portland, ME · 2024
Operating support
$2,000
Ripple Effect · Portland, ME · 2025
Operating support
$2,000
University of Southern Maine Foundation · Portland, ME · 2025
Operating support
$2,000
Equality Maine · Portland, ME · 2024
Operating support
$2,000
Mayo Street Arts · Portland, ME · 2024
Operating support
$2,000
University of Southern Maine Foundation · Portland, ME · 2024
Operating support
$2,000
Equality Maine · Portland, ME · 2023
Operating support
$2,000
Rippleffect · Portland, ME · 2023
In honor of cyrus haage
$2,000
University of Southern Maine Foundation · Portland, ME · 2023
In honor of craig cooper
$2,000
Mayo Street Arts · Portland, ME · 2022
Operating support
$1,000
C&C Land Trust · Cumberland, ME · 2025
Operating support
$1,000
Maine Conservation Alliance · Augusta, ME · 2024
Operating support
$1,000
Mitchell Institute · Portland, ME · 2022
Operating support
$1,000
Out Maine · Rockland, ME · 2022
Operating support
$550
Opera Maine · Portland, ME · 2023
Operating support
$500
Portland Ovations · Portland, ME · 2024
Operating support
$280
317 Main Community Music Center · Yarmouth, ME · 2022
Operating support
$247
317 Main Community Music Center · Yarmouth, ME · 2023
Operating support
$100
Palaver Strings · Portland, ME · 2022
Operating support

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