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 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

foodschoolantibiascommunitydiversityeducationhunger

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Top recipients

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  • 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

$136,500
2022
$137,000
2023
$146,000
2024
$199,500
2025

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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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.