Funding search · EIN 990654454 · Portland, ME
Begin Family Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 11
- grants reported
- $18,000
- total given
- 2024–2025
- filing years
- $1,500
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2024–2025. 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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Grant history
All 11 reported grants, largest first.
- $3,000
Downeast Salmon Federation · Columbia Falls, ME · 2024
General operating support
- $2,500
Downeast Institute · Beals, ME · 2025
General operating support
- $1,500
American Camping Association · New York City, NY · 2025
Wohelo camps campership fund
- $1,500
Americans for Oxford · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support
- $1,500
Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland · Westbrook, ME · 2025
General operating support
- $1,500
Downeast Salmon Federation · Columbia Falls, ME · 2025
General operating support
- $1,500
Strive · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support
- $1,500
Agawam Council · Falmouth, ME · 2024
General operating support
- $1,500
Americans for Oxford · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
- $1,000
Mount Dora Community Trust · Mt Dora, FL · 2024
General operating support
- $1,000
Strive · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
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