Funding search · EIN 010482817 · Portland, ME
The Hudson 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.
- 60
- grants reported
- $619,000
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $7,500
- 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.
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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.
- Waynflete School4 grants · $85,000
- Mano En Mano Hand in Hand3 grants · $50,000
- Good Shepherd Food Bank2 grants · $40,000
- Learningworks1 grant · $35,000
- Maine Equal Justice1 grant · $35,000
- Cedars Nursing Care Center2 grants · $32,500
- Avesta Housing2 grants · $22,500
- Intercultural Community Center2 grants · $20,000
- Lewiston Public Schools1 grant · $15,000
- Northeastern University1 grant · $15,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 60 reported grants, largest first.
- $35,000
Learningworks · Portland, ME · 2025
General Support
- $35,000
Maine Equal Justice · Augusta, ME · 2025
General Support
- $35,000
Mano En Mano Hand in Hand · Milbridge, ME · 2025
General Support
- $25,000
Waynflete School · Portland, ME · 2025
General Support
- $25,000
Waynflete School · Portland, ME · 2024
Funding for the Third Thought Initiative for Civic Engagement and to increase diversity of the Lower School
- $25,000
Waynflete School · Portland, ME · 2023
Funding for the Third Thought Initiative for Civic Engagement and to increase diversity of the Lower School
- $25,000
Cedars Nursing Care Center · Portland, ME · 2022
To support the CNA Plus Training & Career Advancement Program
- $20,000
Good Shepherd Food Bank · Auburn, ME · 2023
To provide funding to support the Campaign to End Hunger in Maine
- $20,000
Good Shepherd Food Bank · Auburn, ME · 2022
To provide funding to support the Campaign to End Hunger in Maine
- $15,000
Avesta Housing · Portland, ME · 2024
To support services needed by asylum seekers
- $15,000
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2024
General Support
- $15,000
Lewiston Public Schools · Lewiston, ME · 2022
Provides funding for computer science training & development to teachers and program directors
- $10,000
Augusta Food Bank · Augusta, ME · 2025
General Support
- $10,000
Cobscook Community Learning Center · Trescott, ME · 2025
General Support
- $10,000
Maine Family Planning · Augusta, ME · 2025
General Support
- $10,000
Maine Medical Center · Portland, ME · 2024
General Support
- $10,000
Youth and Family Outreach · Portland, ME · 2024
General Support
- $10,000
Healthy Homeworks · Lewiston, ME · 2023
Funding to create pathways to attainable homeownership in Lewiston, ME
- $10,000
Intercultural Community Center · Westbrook, ME · 2023
To provide funding for the Power School Program and Family CARES Program
- $10,000
Mano En Mano Hand in Hand · Milbridge, ME · 2023
Food pantry programs; Welcome & Resource centers; anti-bias education; cultural celebrations
- $10,000
The Ecology School · Saco, ME · 2023
Funding to expand the AgroEcology for Resilient Communities (ARC) Project
- $10,000
Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (Ilap) · Portland, ME · 2022
To provide funding for the Immigrant Children's Project
- $10,000
Intercultural Community Center · Westbrook, ME · 2022
To provide funding for the Power School Program
- $10,000
Knox County Homeless Coalition · Rockland, ME · 2022
General Support to help provide trauma-informed care with a whole family approach
- $10,000
Waynflete School · Portland, ME · 2022
Funding for two Lower School students which helps to increase diversity
- $9,000
Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry · Ayer, MA · 2024
General Support
- $9,000
Healthy Acadia · Ellsworth, ME · 2022
To help support Healthy Acadia's Down-East Gleaning Initiative
- $8,500
Maine Math and Science Alliance · Augusta, ME · 2024
General Support
- $7,500
Aroostook County Action Program · Presque Isle, ME · 2025
General Support
- $7,500
Penquis Cap · Bangor, ME · 2025
General Support
- $7,500
Western Maine Community Action · East Wilton, ME · 2025
General Support
- $7,500
Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries · Stonington, ME · 2024
General Support
- $7,500
Avesta Housing · Portland, ME · 2023
To support services needed by asylum seekers
- $7,500
Cedars Nursing Care Center · Portland, ME · 2023
Funding for the Direct Healthcare Training & Career Advancement with a Focus on Immigrant Populations
- $7,500
Greater Portland Family Promise · Portland, ME · 2023
Provides funding to help ensure that families have access to critical needs program
- $7,500
Women for Healthy Rural Living · Milbridge, ME · 2022
To support the Incredible Edible Greenhouse Operation
- $7,000
Heart of Maine Resource Center · Dexter, ME · 2025
General Support
- $6,250
Preble Street · Portland, ME · 2022
To support Preble Street Food Programs
- $6,250
Somali Bantu Community Lewiston of Maine · Lewiston, ME · 2022
To support programs that use Liberation Farms to to teach farming skills to youths
- $5,000
Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2025
f/b/o The Center for Small Town Jewish Life
- $5,000
Maine Initiatives · Portland, ME · 2025
General Support
- $5,000
Family Planning Association of Maine Inc (Aka Maine Family Planning) · Augusta, ME · 2024
General Support
- $5,000
Maine Jewish Museum · Portland, ME · 2024
General Support
- $5,000
Mano En Mano Hand in Hand · Milbridge, ME · 2024
Food pantry programs; Welcome & Resource centers; anti-bias education; cultural celebrations
- $5,000
Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program · Brunswick, ME · 2024
General Support
- $5,000
Somali Bantu Community Lewiston of Maine · Lewiston, ME · 2024
To support programs that use Liberation Farms to teach farming skills to youths
- $5,000
Spurwink Services · Portland, ME · 2024
General Support
- $5,000
St Mary'S Nutrition Center · Lewiston, ME · 2024
General Support
- $5,000
The Northern Lighthouse · Presque Isle, ME · 2024
General Support
- $5,000
Wayside Food Programs · Portland, ME · 2024
General Support
- $5,000
Chip · Newcastle, ME · 2023
Funding for fuel assistance to marginalized households in Lincoln County
- $5,000
Maine Conservation Alliance · Augusta, ME · 2023
Support for the Community Organizing Alliance
- $5,000
Mainegeneral Medical Center · Augusta, ME · 2023
Funding for the Community Health and Hunger Emergency Food Bags
- $5,000
Women for Healthy Rural Living · Milbridge, ME · 2023
To support the Incredible Edible Milbridge program
- $5,000
Aroostook County Action Program · Presque Isle, ME · 2022
To provide funding for the Emergency Heating Assistance Fund
- $4,000
Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine · Portland, ME · 2023
Funding for anti-bias education with a focus on interfaith dialogue and Israel awareness
- $3,000
Southwest Oxford County Nutrition · Brownfield, ME · 2023
Funding for Food Pantry Program
- $2,500
Oxford Hills Community Garden · Norway, ME · 2023
To support Foothills Foodworks connecting local farmers with food insecure community members
- $2,500
Portland Maine Symphony Orchestra · Portland, ME · 2022
To support the Holocaust Remembrance and genocide recognition event, Violins of Hope Maine
- $1,000
Maine Initiatives · Portland, ME · 2024
General Support
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