Funding search · EIN 204956488 · Rockport, ME

Cascade Foundation

Name: Cascade Foundation 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.

103
grants reported: $2.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $15,000
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

arts culture healthcare environmental medical research education services

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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.

National Fragile X Foundation3 grants · $230,000
Atlantic Salmon Federation3 grants · $195,000
Fraxa Research Institution2 grants · $170,000
Knox County Health Clinic3 grants · $170,000
Mercer Museum3 grants · $150,000
Fraxa Research Foundation1 grant · $80,000
Maine Family Planning3 grants · $80,000
Friends of the Strand Theater1 grant · $76,813
Victoria Mansion3 grants · $75,000
Uconn Foundation2 grants · $68,162

Giving over time

$695,300

2022

$677,662

2023

$734,813

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 103 grants.

$90,000
Fraxa Research Institution · Newburyport, MA · 2022
Medical research
$80,000
Fraxa Research Foundation · Newburyport, MA · 2024
Medical research
$80,000
National Fragile X Foundation · Washington Dc, DC · 2024
Medical research
$80,000
Fraxa Research Institution · Newburyport, MA · 2023
Medical research
$80,000
National Fragile X Foundation · McLean, VA · 2023
Medical research
$76,813
Friends of the Strand Theater · Rockland, ME · 2024
Arts and culture
$75,000
Atlantic Salmon Federation · Brunswick, ME · 2024
Environmental
$75,000
Mercer Museum · Doylestown, PA · 2023
Arts and culture
$70,000
Knox County Health Clinic · Rockland, ME · 2024
Healthcare
$70,000
National Fragile X Foundation · McLean, VA · 2022
Medical research
$60,000
Atlantic Salmon Federation · Brunswick, ME · 2023
Environmental
$60,000
Atlantic Salmon Federation · Brunswick, ME · 2022
Environmental
$50,000
Knox County Health Clinic · Rockland, ME · 2023
Healthcare
$50,000
Knox County Health Clinic · Rockland, ME · 2022
Healthcare
$50,000
Mercer Museum · Doylestown, PA · 2022
Arts and culture
$45,000
Uconn Foundation · Storrs, CT · 2022
Education
$30,000
Maine Family Planning · Augusta, ME · 2022
Healthcare
$25,000
Maine Family Planning · Augusta, ME · 2024
Healthcare
$25,000
Mercer Museum · Doylestown, PA · 2024
Arts and culture
$25,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2024
Healthcare
$25,000
Pleasant River Fish & Game · Columbia, ME · 2024
Enviromental
$25,000
Smithsonian Libraries · Boston, MA · 2024
Arts and culture
$25,000
Victoria Mansion · Portland, ME · 2024
Arts and culture
$25,000
Maine Family Planning · Augusta, ME · 2023
Healthcare
$25,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2023
Healthcare
$25,000
Victoria Mansion · Portland, ME · 2023
Arts and culture
$25,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2022
Healthcare
$25,000
Victoria Mansion · Portland, ME · 2022
Arts and culture
$23,162
Uconn Foundation · Storrs, CT · 2023
Education
$20,500
Wayfinder Schools · Camden, ME · 2023
Education
$20,000
Medshare International · Decatur, GA · 2024
Healthcare
$20,000
Wayfinder Schools · Camden, ME · 2024
Education
$20,000
Medshare International · Decatur, GA · 2023
Healthcare
$20,000
Medshare International · Decatur, GA · 2022
Healthcare
$20,000
Reef Relief · Key West, FL · 2022
Environmental
$20,000
Wayfinder Schools · Camden, ME · 2022
Education
$16,800
Megunticook Rowing · Camden, ME · 2022
Recreation
$15,000
Farnsworth Art Museum · Rockland, ME · 2024
Arts and culture
$15,000
Jackson Laboratory · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
Medical research
$15,000
Maine Maritime Museum · Bath, ME · 2024
Arts and culture
$15,000
New Hope Midcoast · Rockland, ME · 2024
Social services
$15,000
Partners for World Health · Portland, ME · 2024
Healthcare
$15,000
Reef Relief · Key West, FL · 2024
Environmental
$15,000
Farnsworth Art Museum · Rockland, ME · 2023
Arts and culture
$15,000
Jackson Laboratory · Bar Harbor, ME · 2023
Medical research
$15,000
Maine Maritime Museum · Bath, ME · 2023
Arts and culture
$15,000
New Hope for Women · Rockland, ME · 2023
Social services
$15,000
Partners for World Health · Portland, ME · 2023
Healthcare
$15,000
Reef Relief · Key West, FL · 2023
Environmental
$15,000
Smithsonian Libraries · Washington, DC · 2023
Arts and culture
$15,000
Farnsworth Art Museum · Rockland, ME · 2022
Arts and culture
$15,000
Jackson Laboratory · Bar Harbor, ME · 2022
Medical research
$15,000
Maine Maritime Museum · Bath, ME · 2022
Arts and culture
$15,000
New Hope for Women · Rockland, ME · 2022
Social services
$15,000
Partners for World Health · Portland, ME · 2022
Healthcare
$15,000
Smithsonian Libraries · Washington, DC · 2022
Arts and culture
$15,000
Smithsonian Libraries & Archives · Boston, MA · 2022
Arts and culture
$11,000
Megunticook Rowing · Camden, ME · 2023
Recreation
$10,500
Megunticook Rowing · Camden, ME · 2024
Recreation
$10,000
Meals On Wheels · Rockland, ME · 2024
Social services
$10,000
Owlshead Transportation Museum · Owls Head, ME · 2024
Arts and culture
$10,000
Portland Museum of Art · Portland, ME · 2024
Arts and culture
$10,000
Abbe Museum · Bar Harbor, ME · 2023
Arts and culture
$10,000
Friends of the Strand · Rockland, ME · 2023
Arts and culture
$10,000
Meals On Wheels · Rockland, ME · 2023
Social services
$10,000
Owlshead Transportation Museum · Owls Head, ME · 2023
Arts and culture
$10,000
Sarah Foundation · Guilford, CT · 2023
Social services
$10,000
Friends of the Strand · Rockland, ME · 2022
Arts and culture
$10,000
Meals On Wheels · Rockland, ME · 2022
Social services
$10,000
Owlshead Transportation Museum · Owls Head, ME · 2022
Arts and culture
$10,000
Penobscot Maine Museum · Searsport, ME · 2022
Arts and culture
$7,000
Montessori Discovery School · Norwich, CT · 2024
Education
$7,000
Montessori Discovery School · Norwich, CT · 2023
Education
$5,000
Merryspring Nature Center · Camden, ME · 2024
Environmental
$5,000
Station Maine · Rockland, ME · 2024
Recreation
$5,000
The Clark Institute of Art · Williamstown, MA · 2024
Arts and culture
$5,000
Merryspring Nature Center · Camden, ME · 2023
Environmental
$5,000
Station Maine · Rockland, ME · 2023
Recreation
$5,000
Abbe Museum · Bar Harbor, ME · 2022
Arts and culture
$5,000
Avian Haven · Freedom, ME · 2022
Environmental
$5,000
Ct Foundation for Dental Outreach · Southington, CT · 2022
Healthcare
$5,000
Merryspring Nature Center · Camden, ME · 2022
Environmental
$5,000
Station Maine · Rockland, ME · 2022
Recreation
$2,500
Chesterwood Museum · Stockbridge, MA · 2024
Arts and culture
$2,500
Norman Rockwell Museum · Stockbridge, MA · 2024
Arts and culture
$2,000
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2024
Social services
$2,000
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2023
Social services
$2,000
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2022
Social services
$1,000
Audubon Society Seabird Institute · New York, NY · 2024
Environmental
$1,000
Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association · Unity, ME · 2024
Agriculture
$1,000
St Judes Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
Medical research
$1,000
American Transplant Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
Healthcare
$1,000
Hamlin Memorial Library · Paris, ME · 2023
Education
$1,000
Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance · Jackson Hole, WY · 2023
Environmemtal
$1,000
Jekyll Island Foundation · Jekyll Island, GA · 2023
Enviromental
$1,000
Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association · Unity, ME · 2023
Agriculture
$1,000
Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson'S Research · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
Medical research
$1,000
Tucson Botanical Gardens · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Environmental and education
$1,000
Tucson Desert Art Museum · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Arts and culture
$1,000
Wyoming Star Gazing · Jackson Hole, WY · 2023
Education

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