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Funding search · EIN 472337934 · Portland, ME

Dorothy Suzi Osher Fdn

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

155
grants reported: $1.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $11,000
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.

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Top recipients

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Hospice of S Maine3 grants · $103,000
Center for Grieving Children4 grants · $44,000
Childrens Museum Theater Maine4 grants · $44,000
Apex Youth Conection4 grants · $44,000
Iris Network4 grants · $44,000
Jackson Labratory4 grants · $44,000
Laudholm Trust4 grants · $44,000
Maine Audubon Soc4 grants · $44,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust4 grants · $44,000
Maine Initiatives4 grants · $44,000

Giving over time

$249,500

2022

$364,500

2023

$521,000

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 155 grants.

$101,000
Hospice of S Maine · Scarborough, ME · 2023
Donation
$11,000
Apex Youth Conection · Biddeford, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Apex Youth Conection · Biddeford, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Center for Grieving Children · Portland, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Center for Grieving Children · Portland, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Childrens Museum Theater Maine · Porltand, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Childrens Museum Theater Maine · Porltand, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Iris Network · Portland, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Iris Network · Portland, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Jackson Labratory · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Jackson Labratory · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Laudholm Trust · Wells, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Laudholm Trust · Wells, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Maine Audubon Soc · Falmouth, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Maine Audubon Soc · Falmouth, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Maine Initiatives · Portland, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Maine Initiatives · Portland, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Maine Island Trail Assoc · Portland, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Maine Island Trail Assoc · Portland, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
McArthur Public Library · Biddeford, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
McArthur Public Library · Biddeford, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Opportunity Alliance · So Portland, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Opportunity Alliance · So Portland, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Pine Tree Society · Bath, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Pine Tree Society · Bath, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Portland Museum of Art · Portland, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Portland Museum of Art · Portland, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Portland Public Library · Portland, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Portland Public Library · Portland, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
So Maine Agency On Aging · Scarborough, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
So Maine Agency On Aging · Scarborough, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Sweetser Agency · Saco, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Sweetser Agency · Saco, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
The Ecology School · Saco, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
The Ecology School · Saco, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Univ of So Maine - Music School · Gorham, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Univ of So Maine - Music School · Gorham, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Wayfinder Schools · New Glouster, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Wayfinder Schools · New Glouster, ME · 2024
Donation
$11,000
Apex Youth Conection · Biddeford, ME · 2023
Donation
$11,000
Center for Grieving Children · Portland, ME · 2023
Donation
$11,000
Childrens Museum Theater Maine · Porltand, ME · 2023
Donation
$11,000
Iris Network · Portland, ME · 2023
Donation
$11,000
Jackson Labratory · Bar Harbor, ME · 2023
Donation
$11,000
Laudholm Trust · Wells, ME · 2023
Donation
$11,000
Maine Audubon Soc · Falmouth, ME · 2023
Donation
$11,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2023
Donation
$11,000
Maine Initiatives · Portland, ME · 2023
Donation
$11,000
Maine Island Trail Assoc · Portland, ME · 2023
Donation
$11,000
McArthur Public Library · Biddeford, ME · 2023
Donation
$11,000
Opportunity Alliance · So Portland, ME · 2023
Donation
$11,000
Pine Tree Society · Bath, ME · 2023
Donation
$11,000
Portland Museum of Art · Portland, ME · 2023
Donation
$11,000
Portland Public Library · Portland, ME · 2023
Donation
$11,000
So Maine Agency On Aging · Scarborough, ME · 2023
Donation
$11,000
Sweetser Agency · Saco, ME · 2023
Donation
$11,000
The Ecology School · Saco, ME · 2023
Donation
$11,000
Univ of So Maine - Music School · Gorham, ME · 2023
Donation
$11,000
Wayfinder Schools · New Glouster, ME · 2023
Donation
$11,000
Apex Youth Conection · Biddeford, ME · 2022
Donation
$11,000
Center for Grieving Children · Portland, ME · 2022
Donation
$11,000
Childrens Museum Theater Maine · Porltand, ME · 2022
Donation
$11,000
Iris Network · Portland, ME · 2022
Donation
$11,000
Jackson Labratory · Bar Harbor, ME · 2022
Donation
$11,000
Laudholm Trust · Wells, ME · 2022
Donation
$11,000
Maine Audubon Soc · Falmouth, ME · 2022
Donation
$11,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2022
Donation
$11,000
Maine Initiatives · Portland, ME · 2022
Donation
$11,000
Maine Island Trail Assoc · Portland, ME · 2022
Donation
$11,000
McArthur Public Library · Biddeford, ME · 2022
Donation
$11,000
Opportunity Alliance · So Portland, ME · 2022
Donation
$11,000
Pine Tree Society · Bath, ME · 2022
Donation
$11,000
Portland Museum of Art · Portland, ME · 2022
Donation
$11,000
Portland Public Library · Portland, ME · 2022
Donation
$11,000
So Maine Agency On Aging · Scarborough, ME · 2022
Donation
$11,000
Sweetser Agency · Saco, ME · 2022
Donation
$11,000
The Ecology School · Saco, ME · 2022
Donation
$11,000
Univ of So Maine - Music School · Gorham, ME · 2022
Donation
$11,000
Wayfinder Schools · New Glouster, ME · 2022
Donation
$10,000
Mhmmc Portland · Portland, ME · 2024
Donation
$10,000
Mhmmc Portland · Portland, ME · 2024
Donation
$5,000
Cong Etz Chaim · Portland, ME · 2024
Donation
$5,000
Cong Etz Chaim · Portland, ME · 2024
Donation
$5,000
Good Shepard Food Bank · Hampden, ME · 2024
Donation
$5,000
Good Shepard Food Bank · Hampden, ME · 2024
Donation
$5,000
Good Shepard Good Bank · Auburn, ME · 2024
Donation
$5,000
Good Shepard Good Bank · Auburn, ME · 2024
Donation
$5,000
Cong Etz Chaim · Portland, ME · 2023
Donation
$5,000
Good Shepard Food Bank · Hampden, ME · 2023
Donation
$5,000
Maine Med Center Fdn · Portland, ME · 2023
Donation
$5,000
Robbie Foundation · Portland, ME · 2023
Donation
$5,000
Smhc Annual Fund · Biddeford, ME · 2023
Donation
$5,000
Good Shepard Food Bank · Hampden, ME · 2022
Donation
$5,000
Maine Med Center Fdn · Portland, ME · 2022
Donation
$5,000
Robbie Foundation · Portland, ME · 2022
Donation
$5,000
Southern Maine Med Center · Biddeford, ME · 2022
Donation
$2,000
Maine College of Art · Portland, ME · 2024
Donation
$2,000
Maine College of Art · Portland, ME · 2024
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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.