Funding search · EIN 016059906 · Portland, ME

The Aldermere Foundation

Name: The Aldermere 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.

71
grants reported: $1.5M
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.

What they fund

aldermere farm

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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.

Maine Coast Heritage Trust4 grants · $1.1M
Natural Resources Council of Maine4 grants · $67,000
Coastal Mountains Land Trust4 grants · $60,000
Hurricaine Island Center for Science and Leadership4 grants · $40,000
Maine Conservation Alliance4 grants · $35,000
Midcoast Conservancy3 grants · $29,000
Maine Farmland Trust3 grants · $27,000
Maine Conservation Law Foundation4 grants · $21,000
Wayfinder Schools4 grants · $21,000
Palaver Strings4 grants · $21,000

Giving over time

$358,455

2022

$361,644

2023

$387,600

2024

$434,448

2025

Grant history

All 71 reported grants, largest first.

$304,448
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2025
Aldermere farm operating support
$271,600
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2024
Aldermere farm operating support
$255,644
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2023
Aldermere farm operating support
$251,455
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2022
Aldermere farm operating support
$22,000
Natural Resources Council of Maine · Augusta, ME · 2022
General support
$20,000
Natural Resources Council of Maine · Augusta, ME · 2023
General support
$16,000
Midcoast Conservancy · Edgecomb, ME · 2022
General support
$15,000
Coastal Mountains Land Trust · Camden, ME · 2025
General support
$15,000
Coastal Mountains Land Trust · Camden, ME · 2024
General support
$15,000
Natural Resources Council of Maine · Augusta, ME · 2024
General support
$15,000
Coastal Mountains Land Trust · Camden, ME · 2023
General support
$15,000
Coastal Mountains Land Trust · Camden, ME · 2022
General support
$12,000
Maine Conservation Alliance · Belfast, ME · 2025
General support
$10,000
Center for Ecological Teaching and Learning · Dennysville, ME · 2025
General support
$10,000
Hurricaine Island Center for Science and Leadership · Rockland, ME · 2025
General support
$10,000
Maine Farmland Trust · Belfast, ME · 2025
General support
$10,000
Natural Resources Council of Maine · Augusta, ME · 2025
General support
$10,000
Center for Ecological Teaching and Learning · Dennysville, ME · 2024
General support
$10,000
Hurricaine Island Center for Science and Leadership · Rockland, ME · 2024
General support
$10,000
Maine Farmland Trust · Belfast, ME · 2024
General support
$10,000
Hurricaine Island Center for Science and Leadership · Rockland, ME · 2023
General support
$10,000
Hurricaine Island Center for Science and Leadership · Rockland, ME · 2022
General support
$9,000
Maine Conservation Alliance · Belfast, ME · 2024
General support
$8,000
Maine Conservation Law Foundation · Portland, ME · 2025
General support
$8,000
Midcoast Conservancy · Edgecomb, ME · 2025
General support
$8,000
Maine Conservation Alliance · Belfast, ME · 2023
General support
$7,000
Palaver Strings · Portland, ME · 2025
General support
$7,000
Maine Farmland Trust · Belfast, ME · 2023
General support
$6,000
Wayfinder Schools · Camden, ME · 2025
General support
$6,000
Palaver Strings · Portland, ME · 2024
General support
$6,000
Maine Conservation Alliance · Belfast, ME · 2022
General support
$5,000
Art Van Program · Brunswick, ME · 2025
General support
$5,000
Chewonki Foundation · Wiscasset, ME · 2025
General support
$5,000
Friends of Casco Bay · South Portland, ME · 2025
General support
$5,000
Georges River Land Trust · Rockland, ME · 2025
General support
$5,000
Merryspring Nature Center · Camden, ME · 2025
General support
$5,000
Penobscot Bay Ymca and Teen Center · Rockport, ME · 2025
General support
$5,000
Art Van Program · Brunswick, ME · 2024
General support
$5,000
Chewonki Foundation · Wiscasset, ME · 2024
General support
$5,000
Friends of Casco Bay · South Portland, ME · 2024
General support
$5,000
Maine Conservation Law Foundation · Portland, ME · 2024
General support
$5,000
Merryspring Nature Center · Camden, ME · 2024
General support
$5,000
Midcoast Conservancy · Edgecomb, ME · 2024
General support
$5,000
Penobscot Bay Ymca and Teen Center · Rockport, ME · 2024
General support
$5,000
Wayfinder Schools · Camden, ME · 2024
General support
$5,000
Chewonki Foundation · Wiscasset, ME · 2023
General support
$5,000
Friends of Casco Bay · South Portland, ME · 2023
General support
$5,000
Maine Conservation Law Foundation · Portland, ME · 2023
General support
$5,000
Maine Youth Alliance Dba the Game Loft · Belfast, ME · 2023
General support
$5,000
Palaver Strings · Portland, ME · 2023
General support
$5,000
Penobscot Bay Ymca and Teen Center · Rockport, ME · 2023
General support
$5,000
Wayfinder Schools · Camden, ME · 2023
General support
$5,000
Chewonki Foundation · Wiscasset, ME · 2022
General support
$5,000
Maine Youth Alliance Dba the Game Loft · Belfast, ME · 2022
General support
$5,000
Penobscot Bay Ymca and Teen Center · Rockport, ME · 2022
General support
$5,000
Wayfinder Schools · Camden, ME · 2022
General support
$4,000
The Lobster Conservancy · Friendship, ME · 2023
General support
$4,000
Friends of Casco Bay · South Portland, ME · 2022
General support
$3,000
Homeworthy · Rockport, ME · 2025
General support
$3,000
Art Van Program · Brunswick, ME · 2023
General support
$3,000
Merryspring Nature Center · Camden, ME · 2023
General support
$3,000
Maine Conservation Law Foundation · Portland, ME · 2022
General support
$3,000
Palaver Strings · Portland, ME · 2022
General support
$3,000
The Lobster Conservancy · Friendship, ME · 2022
General support
$2,000
Art Van Program · Brunswick, ME · 2022
General support
$1,000
Bay Chamber Concerts and Community Music · Rockport, ME · 2025
General support
$1,000
Bay Chamber Concerts and Community Music · Rockport, ME · 2024
General support
$1,000
Bay Chamber Concerts and Community Music · Rockport, ME · 2023
General support
$1,000
Bay Chamber Concerts and Community Music · Rockport, ME · 2022
General support
$1,000
Maine Boys To Men · Falmouth, ME · 2022
General support
$1,000
Merryspring Nature Center · Camden, ME · 2022
General 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.