Funding search · EIN 473870227 · Portland, ME

Kestrel Foundation of Maine

Name: Kestrel Foundation of Maine grants, 2022–2024
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.

59
grants reported: $552,257
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $1,000
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.

What they fund

gift unresctricted

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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.

The Girls Foundation of Tanzania3 grants · $360,500
Eastern Maine Conservation Initiative3 grants · $49,257
Bay Chamber Concerts & Music School3 grants · $30,000
Portland Museum of Art1 grant · $25,000
Roque Island Community Initiative1 grant · $15,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust3 grants · $15,000
The Chapin School3 grants · $10,900
The Landing School3 grants · $7,000
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England2 grants · $6,000
One Plympton Preservation Foundation1 grant · $6,000

Giving over time

$88,950

2022

$215,466

2023

$247,841

2024

Grant history

All 59 reported grants, largest first.

$180,500
The Girls Foundation of Tanzania · Portland, ME · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$157,500
The Girls Foundation of Tanzania · Portland, ME · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$25,000
Portland Museum of Art · Portland, ME · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$22,500
The Girls Foundation of Tanzania · Portland, ME · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$20,541
Eastern Maine Conservation Initiative · Portland, ME · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$16,716
Eastern Maine Conservation Initiative · Portland, ME · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$15,000
Roque Island Community Initiative · Portland, ME · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$12,000
Eastern Maine Conservation Initiative · Portland, ME · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$10,300
The Chapin School · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$10,000
Bay Chamber Concerts & Music School · Rockport, ME · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$10,000
Bay Chamber Concerts & Music School · Rockport, ME · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$10,000
Bay Chamber Concerts & Music School · Rockport, ME · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$6,000
One Plympton Preservation Foundation · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
The Landing School · Arundel, ME · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England · Colchester, VT · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$2,500
Miss Porter'S School · Farmington, CT · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$2,000
Africa Schoolhouse · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
Africa Schoolhouse · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
African People & Wildlife · Bernardsville, NJ · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
Foundation for African Medicine & Education · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
Palaver Strings · Portland, ME · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England · Colchester, VT · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
St Paul'S School · Concord, NH · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
African People & Wildlife · Bernardsville, NJ · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
Foundation for African Medicine & Education · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
Miss Porter'S School · Farmington, CT · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
Palaver Strings · Portland, ME · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
St Paul'S School · Concord, NH · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
The Landing School · Arundel, ME · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
Africa Schoolhouse · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
Foundation for African Medicine & Education · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
Palaver Strings · Portland, ME · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
St Paul'S School · Concord, NH · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
The Landing School · Arundel, ME · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
Women4women International · Washington, DC · 2022
Unresctricted gift
$500
Milestone Recovery · Portland, ME · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$300
The Apprenticeshop · Rockland, ME · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$300
The Apprenticeshop · Rockland, ME · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$300
The Chapin School · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$300
The Apprenticeshop · Rockland, ME · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$300
The Chapin School · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$250
Great Mountain Forest · Falls Village, CT · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$250
Great Mountain Forest · Falls Village, CT · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$200
Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$200
Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$200
Scholarships for Maine Immigrants · Portland, ME · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$200
Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$100
Friends of Scarborough Marsh · Scarborough, ME · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$100
Miss Porter'S School · Farmington, CT · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$100
North Yarmouth Academy · Yarmouth, ME · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$100
Scholarships for Maine Immigrants · Portland, ME · 2022
Unrestricted gift

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