Funding search · EIN 656154889 · Portland, ME

General E R Quesada Educational

Name: General E R Quesada Educational grants, 2021–2025
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.

50
grants reported: $1.8M
total given: 2021–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2025. 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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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.

Maine Community Foundation4 grants · $839,500
University of Virginia2 grants · $240,000
University of Virginia Fund1 grant · $100,000
University of Maine4 grants · $90,000
University of Pennsylvania4 grants · $70,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College4 grants · $70,000
College of the Atlantic4 grants · $50,000
Middlebury College4 grants · $50,000
The Smith College Fund4 grants · $50,000
West Marin Scholarship Program4 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$405,000

2021

$297,000

2022

$422,500

2023

$320,000

2024

$347,500

2025

Grant history

All 50 reported grants, largest first.

$405,000
Maine Community Foundation · Portland, ME · 2021
Unrestricted
$227,500
Maine Community Foundation · Portland, ME · 2025
Unrestricted
$160,000
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
Unrestricted
$107,000
Maine Community Foundation · Portland, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
$100,000
Maine Community Foundation · Portland, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$100,000
University of Virginia Fund · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Unrestricted
$80,000
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Unrestricted
$50,000
University of Maine · Orono, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
$40,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
University of Maine · Orono, ME · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
College of the Atlantic · Bar Harbor, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
College of the Holy Cross · Worcester, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
The Smith College Fund · Northampton, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
University of Maine Climate Research · Orono, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
West Marin Scholarship Program · Inverness, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Wheaton College · Norton, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$12,500
Island Institute · Rockland, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
College of the Atlantic · Bar Harbor, ME · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
College of the Holy Cross · Worcester, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Island Institute · Rockland, ME · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
The Smith College Fund · Northampton, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
West Marin Scholarship Program · Inverness, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Wheaton College · Norton, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
College of the Atlantic · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
College of the Holy Cross · Worcester, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Island Institute · Rockland, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
The Smith College Fund · Northampton, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
University of Maine · Orono, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
University of Maine Climate Research · Orono, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
West Marin Scholarship Program · Inverness, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Wheaton College · Norton, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
College of the Atlantic · Bar Harbor, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
College of the Holy Cross · Worcester, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Island Institute · Rockland, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
The Smith College Fund · Northampton, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
University of Maine · Orono, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
University of Maine Foundation · Orono, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
West Marin Scholarship Program · Inverness, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Wheaton College · Norton, MA · 2022
Unrestricted

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