Funding search · EIN 866532039 · Damariscotta, ME

The Esta Kramer Foundation

Name: The Esta Kramer 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.

60
grants reported: $602,294
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

education advancement higher scholarship summer afterschool arts housing

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Friends of Kisimani School2 grants · $118,000
Capital Area New Mainers Project2 grants · $75,000
Henry Uihlein Ii and Mildred a1 grant · $50,000
Cda Collaborative Learning3 grants · $42,500
Chip2 grants · $40,000
Skidompha Library2 grants · $36,300
Lincoln Academy2 grants · $24,000
Hearty Roots3 grants · $23,500
Yestermorrow2 grants · $19,000
Phantom Theater2 grants · $15,500

Giving over time

$30,079

2022

$50,665

2023

$301,550

2024

$220,000

2025

Grant history

All 60 reported grants, largest first.

$75,000
Friends of Kisimani School · Bethesda, MD · 2025
Teacher training and education
$50,000
Henry Uihlein Ii and Mildred a · Lake Placid, NY · 2024
Development grant
$43,000
Friends of Kisimani School · Bethesda, MD · 2024
Library construction in tanzania
$40,000
Capital Area New Mainers Project · Augusta, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$35,000
Capital Area New Mainers Project · Augusta, ME · 2025
Unrestricted
$30,000
Chip · Newcastle, ME · 2024
Housing aid
$25,000
Skidompha Library · Damariscotta, ME · 2025
Unrestricted
$18,500
Hearty Roots · Bristol, ME · 2024
Youth mental health
$17,500
Cda Collaborative Learning · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Education program
$15,000
Ecumenical Food Pantry · Newcastle, ME · 2025
Unrestricted
$15,000
Cda Collaborative Learning · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Hague summit & peru efforts
$15,000
Central Lincoln County Ymca · Damariscotta, ME · 2024
Summer programming & scholarships
$15,000
Yestermorrow · Waitsfield, VT · 2024
Washer/dryer and bipoc scholarships
$14,000
Lincoln Academy · Newcastle, ME · 2025
Scholarship for julia nelson
$14,000
Blue Dragon Children'S Foundation · Littleton, CO · 2024
Victims of human trafficking
$11,300
Skidompha Library · Damariscotta, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Cda Collaborative Learning · Cambridge, MA · 2025
Assistance for merger
$10,000
Chip · Newcastle, ME · 2025
Heating assistance program
$10,000
Healthy Kids · Damariscotta, ME · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Healthy Lincoln County · Damariscotta, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Lincoln Academy · Newcastle, ME · 2024
Scholarship for julia nelson
$10,000
Preble Street · Portland, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
$8,000
Phantom Theater · Warren, VT · 2024
Tech support and artists fund
$7,500
Phantom Theater · Warren, VT · 2025
Matching grant
$7,500
Stepping Stone Housing · Damariscotta, ME · 2024
Low income housing initiative
$7,000
Stepping Stones Housing · Damariscotta, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Quillart Centro Cultural De Arte · 2025
Afterschool/summer music & arts
$5,000
Peace Gallery · Damariscotta, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Quillart Centro Cultural De Arte · 2024
Afterschool/summer music & arts
$5,000
Unisef USA · New York, NY · 2024
Aid to ukraine
$5,000
Preble Street · Portland, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
$4,000
Yestermorrow · Waitsfield, VT · 2025
Scholarship fund
$3,900
Quillart Cultural Art Center · 2023
Education program
$3,000
Aio Food Pantry · Rockland, ME · 2025
Unrestricted
$3,000
Small Town Center for Jewish Life · Waterville, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,700
Rosebell Mwakyusa · 2023
Advancement of higher education
$2,500
Hearty Roots · Bristol, ME · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,500
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2024
Victims of military action in gaza
$2,500
Healthy Kids · Damariscotta, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Hearty Roots · Bristol, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Maine Huts & Trails · Kingfield, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Healthy Lincoln County · Damariscotta, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,000
Peace Gallery · Damariscotta, ME · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,000
Stepping Stone Housing · Damariscotta, ME · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,000
Midcoast Humane · Brunswick, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,800
Jewish National Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Israelies affected by violence
$1,545
Hasson Foundation · Roseville, MI · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,508
Rosebell Mwakyusa · 2022
Advancement of higher education
$1,500
Inn Along the Way · Damariscotta, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,500
Peace Gallery · Damariscotta, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,408
Rosebill Mwakyusa · 2022
Advancement of higher education
$1,265
Rotary Foundation of Damariscotta · Damariscotta, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,250
Rosebell Mwakyusa · Damariscotta, ME · 2024
Advancement of higher education
$1,000
Center for Small Town Jewish Life · Waterville, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Peace Gallery · Damariscotta, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
$618
Project Hope · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Second Congregational Church of · Warren, ME · 2024
Food pantry
$500
Peace Gallery · Damariscotta, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Violins of Hope Springs · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
Unrestricted

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