Funding search · EIN 816164645 · Portland, ME

Thomas D Shaffner Charitable Foundation

Name: Thomas D Shaffner Charitable 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.

27
grants reported: $1.8M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $55,000
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.

4 grants matching “airport” · $75,000

$25,000
Eastern Slope Airport Academy · Fryeburg, ME · 2025
Operational support
$20,000
Eastern Slope Airport Academy · Fryeburg, ME · 2024
Operational support
$15,000
Eastern Slope Airport Academy · Fryeburg, ME · 2023
Operational support
$15,000
Eastern Slope Airport Academy · Fryeburg, ME · 2022
Operational support

Grant history

All 27 reported grants, largest first.

$236,000
Partnership To End Addiction · New York, NY · 2022
Operational support
$175,000
Maine Recovery Fund · Portland, ME · 2025
Operational support
$166,000
Maine Recovery Fund · Portland, ME · 2024
Operational support
$145,000
The National Center On Addiction and Substance Abuse · New York, NY · 2023
Operational support
$110,000
Fryeburg Academy · Fryeburg, ME · 2025
Operational support
$100,000
Fryeburg Academy · Fryeburg, ME · 2024
Operational support
$100,000
Maine Recovery Fund · Portland, ME · 2023
Operational support
$100,000
Maine Recovery Fund · Portland, ME · 2022
Operational support
$75,000
Pequawket Valley Health Initiatives · Fryeburg, ME · 2025
Operational support
$70,000
Pequawket Valley Health Initiatives · Fryeburg, ME · 2024
Operational support
$67,000
Pequawket Valley Health Initiatives · Fryeburg, ME · 2023
Operational support
$65,000
Pequawket Valley Health Initiatives · Fryeburg, ME · 2022
Operational support
$60,000
University of Maine · Orono, ME · 2025
Operational support
$55,000
University of Maine · Orono, ME · 2024
Operational support
$52,000
University of Maine · Orono, ME · 2023
Operational support
$48,000
University of Maine · Orono, ME · 2022
Operational support
$25,000
Eastern Slope Airport Academy · Fryeburg, ME · 2025
Operational support
$20,000
Eastern Slope Airport Academy · Fryeburg, ME · 2024
Operational support
$20,000
Eckerd College · St Petersburg, FL · 2022
Operational support
$20,000
Elon University · Elon, NC · 2022
Operational support
$20,000
Fryeburg Academy · Fryeburg, ME · 2022
Operational support - fa scores
$20,000
North Conway Memorial Hospital · North Conway, NH · 2022
Operational support
$15,000
Eastern Slope Airport Academy · Fryeburg, ME · 2023
Operational support
$15,000
Eastern Slope Airport Academy · Fryeburg, ME · 2022
Operational support
$10,000
Fryeburg Academy · Fryeburg, ME · 2025
Operational support
$7,100
Fryeburg Academy · Fryeburg, ME · 2024
Operational support
$6,000
Fryeburg Academy · Fryeburg, ME · 2023
Operational 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.