Funding search · EIN 010421912 · Portland, ME
Fore River 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.
- 350
- grants reported
- $6.5M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $9,125
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Trust for Public Lands4 grants · $515,500
- Earthjustice4 grants · $410,000
- Center for Science in the Public Inter4 grants · $300,000
- Center for Reproductive Rights4 grants · $282,000
- News Literacy Project4 grants · $240,000
- Maine Coast Heritage Trust4 grants · $237,000
- Maine Family Planning3 grants · $225,000
- Brennan Center for Justice2 grants · $225,000
- Land and Garden Preserve4 grants · $205,000
- Brennan Center2 grants · $175,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 350 grants.
- $150,000
Trust for Public Lands · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Unrestricted
- $128,000
Trust for Public Lands · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $125,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $125,000
Trust for Public Lands · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $120,000
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $112,500
Trust for Public Lands · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $110,000
Land and Garden Preserve · Seal Harbor, ME · 2021
Unrestricted
- $103,000
Friends of Acadia · Bar Harbor, ME · 2021
Unrestricted
- $103,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2021
Unrestricted
- $100,000
Center for Science in the Public Inter · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
- $100,000
Maine Family Planning · Augusta, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
- $100,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $100,000
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $100,000
Deerfield Academy · Deerfield, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $100,000
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $100,000
Brennan Center · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
- $100,000
College of the Atlantic · Bar Harbor, ME · 2021
Unrestricted
- $100,000
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Unrestricted
- $90,000
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $80,000
News Literacy Project · Washington, DC · 2021
Unrestricted
- $77,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $75,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $75,000
Center for Science in the Public Inter · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted
- $75,000
Brennan Center · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $65,000
Land and Garden Preserve · Seal Harbor, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
- $65,000
Maine Family Planning · Augusta, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
- $65,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $65,000
Pulitzer Center On Crisis Reporting · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
- $65,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
- $65,000
Center for Science in the Public Inter · Washington, DC · 2021
Unrestricted
- $61,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
- $60,000
Helping Hands of Round Pond · Round Pond, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
- $60,000
Center for Science in the Public Inter · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
- $60,000
Maine Family Planning · Augusta, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
- $60,000
News Literacy Project · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
- $60,000
Aclu of Maine Foundatiom · Portland, ME · 2021
Unrestricted
- $60,000
East Raymond Chapel · Raymond, ME · 2021
Unrestricted
- $55,000
University of Maine · Orono, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
- $50,000
News Literacy Project · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
- $50,000
News Literacy Project · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted
- $50,000
University of Maine · Orono, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
- $45,450
Milbridge Independent Union Meeting House · Milbridge, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
- $43,580
Friends of Old Headtide Church · Alna, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
- $43,000
Guttmacher Institute · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $42,000
Guttmacher Institute · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $40,000
Constitutional Accountability Center · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
- $37,813
New Sweden Covenant Church · New Sweden, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
- $37,500
Walpole Union Chapel Museum · South Bristol, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
- $37,100
Friends of the First Baptist Church of Paris · Paris, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
- $37,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
- $36,000
Friends of Acadia · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
- $36,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
- $35,500
First Congregational Church of East Machias · East Machias, ME · 2021
Unrestricted
- $35,000
St Timothy'S School · Stevenson, MD · 2024
Unrestricted
- $35,000
St Timothy'S School · Stevenson, MD · 2023
Unrestricted
- $35,000
Guttmacher Institute · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $35,000
St Mark'S School · Southborough, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $35,000
Guttmacher Institute · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
- $32,750
United Church of Monmouth · Monmouth, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
- $30,000
Aclu of Maine Foundatiom · Portland, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
- $30,000
Benton Falls Church · Benton, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
- $30,000
The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Unrestricted
- $30,000
Constitutional Accountability Center · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted
- $30,000
Readfield Union Meeting House Company · Readfield, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
- $30,000
Sedgwick Brooklin Historical Society · Sedgwick, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
- $30,000
The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Unrestricted
- $30,000
Sedgwick Brooklin Historical Society · Sedgwick, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
- $30,000
St Timothy'S School · Stevenson, MD · 2022
Unrestricted
- $30,000
The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Unrestricted
- $30,000
Friends of 1st Cong Church of E Machias · East Machias, ME · 2021
Unrestricted
- $30,000
St Timothy'S School · Stevenson, MD · 2021
Unrestricted
- $28,000
Bar Harbor Historical Society · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
- $28,000
Mount Desert Island Hospital · Bar Harbor, ME · 2021
Unrestricted
- $26,000
Mount Desert Island Hospital · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
- $26,000
Mount Desert Island Ymca · Mount Desert, ME · 2021
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Gulf of Maine Research Institute · Portland, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
- $25,000
She Should Run · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
- $25,000
St Mark'S School · Southborough, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Gulf of Maine Research Center · Portland, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Nature Bridge · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $25,000
St Mark'S School · Southborough, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Gulf of Maine Research Center · Portland, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Bar Harbor Historical Society · Bar Harbor, ME · 2021
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Center for Popular Democracy · Richmond Hill, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Constitutional Accountability Center · Washington, DC · 2021
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Island Institute · Rockland, ME · 2021
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Jesup Memorial Library · Bar Harbor, ME · 2021
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Maine Audubon · Falmouth, ME · 2021
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Mount Desert Festival of Chamber Music · Mount Desert, ME · 2021
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Sewall Memorial Congregational Church · Robbinston, ME · 2021
Unrestricted
- $25,000
State Innovation Exchange · Madison, WI · 2021
Unrestricted
- $25,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
Unrestricted
- $21,375
First Congregational Church of Farmintgton · Farmington, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
- $20,000
College of the Atlantic · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
- $20,000
Holton-Arms School · Bethesda, MD · 2024
Unrestricted
- $20,000
Reversing Falls Sanctuary · Blue Hill, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
- $20,000
Aclu of Maine Foundatiom · Portland, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
- $20,000
The Banner Lake Club · Hobe Sound, FL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $20,000
Constitutional Accountability Center · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
- $20,000
Jackson Hole Children'S Museum · Jackson, WY · 2022
Unrestricted
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Similar purposes
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