Funding search · EIN 454869369 · Portland, ME

The Casco Foundation

Name: The Casco 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.

32
grants reported: $154,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

8 grants matching “tops” · $44,000

$9,000
Maine Center for Entrepreneurs · Portland, ME · 2025
Top gun program
$5,500
Thomas College · Waterville, ME · 2025
Central me top gun program & sustainable business program
$5,000
Maine Center for Entrepreneurs · Portland, ME · 2024
Top gun program
$5,000
Thomas College · Waterville, ME · 2024
Central me top gun program & sustainable business program
$5,000
Maine Center for Entrepreneurs · Portland, ME · 2023
Top gun program
$5,000
Thomas College · Waterville, ME · 2023
Central me top gun program & sustainable business program
$5,000
Maine Center for Entrepreneurs · Portland, ME · 2022
Top gun program
$4,500
Thomas College · Waterville, ME · 2022
Central me top gun program & sustainable business program

Grant history

All 32 reported grants, largest first.

$10,000
Play for Peace · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$9,000
Maine Center for Entrepreneurs · Portland, ME · 2025
Top gun program
$7,500
Upstart Maine · Orono, ME · 2025
Mastermind: 8-12 women founders technical resources & expenses
$7,000
Coastal Enterprises · Brunswick, ME · 2025
Inroads to wholesaling & i.d.e.a. Sponsorship
$6,000
Coastal Enterprises · Brunswick, ME · 2024
Inroads to wholesaling & i.d.e.a. Sponsorship
$5,500
Thomas College · Waterville, ME · 2025
Central me top gun program & sustainable business program
$5,500
Coastal Enterprises · Brunswick, ME · 2023
Inroads to wholesaling & i.d.e.a. Sponsorship
$5,500
Coastal Enterprises · Brunswick, ME · 2022
Inroads to wholesaling & i.d.e.a. Sponsorship
$5,000
Maine Center for Entrepreneurs · Portland, ME · 2024
Top gun program
$5,000
Thomas College · Waterville, ME · 2024
Central me top gun program & sustainable business program
$5,000
Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center · Portland, ME · 2023
Ienglish project & entrepreneurship programming
$5,000
Maine Center for Entrepreneurs · Portland, ME · 2023
Top gun program
$5,000
Maine Health Innovation Center · Portland, ME · 2023
General support
$5,000
Thomas College · Waterville, ME · 2023
Central me top gun program & sustainable business program
$5,000
Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center · Portland, ME · 2022
Ienglish project & entrepreneurship programming
$5,000
Maine Center for Entrepreneurs · Portland, ME · 2022
Top gun program
$5,000
Startup Maine · Portland, ME · 2022
Networking events & speaker series
$4,500
Central Maine Community Betterment Collaborative · Waterville, ME · 2025
General support
$4,500
Thomas College · Waterville, ME · 2022
Central me top gun program & sustainable business program
$4,000
University of Maine Foundation · Orono, ME · 2025
Female inaugural innovate me aspiring entrepreneur fellowship program
$4,000
Central Maine Community Betterment Collaborative · Waterville, ME · 2024
General support
$4,000
Upstart Maine · Orono, ME · 2024
Mastermind: 8-12 women founders technical resources & expenses
$4,000
Upstart Maine · Orono, ME · 2023
Mastermind: 8-12 women founders technical resources & expenses
$4,000
Upstart Maine · Orono, ME · 2022
Mastermind: 8-12 women founders technical resources & expenses
$3,500
College of the Atlantic · Bar Harbor, ME · 2025
Sustainable business program
$3,000
College of the Atlantic · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
Sustainable business program
$3,000
University of Maine Foundation · Orono, ME · 2024
Female inaugural innovate me aspiring entrepreneur fellowship program
$3,000
Central Maine Community Betterment Collaboration · Waterville, ME · 2023
General support
$3,000
College of the Atlantic · Bar Harbor, ME · 2023
Sustainable business program
$3,000
University of Maine Foundation · Orono, ME · 2023
Female inaugural innovate me aspiring entrepreneur fellowship program
$3,000
College of the Atlantic · Bar Harbor, ME · 2022
Sustainable business program
$2,500
University of Maine Foundation · Orono, ME · 2022
Female inaugural innovate me aspiring entrepreneur fellowship program

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