Funding search · EIN 222786731 · Rockland, ME

Island Institute

Name: Island Institute grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

56
grants reported: $2.4M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $10,000
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.

What they fund

planning shoreup level rise broadband resiliency pass through

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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.

Luke'S Lobster Holding Llc4 grants · $1.3M
Luke'S Lobster Llc1 grant · $389,035
Town of Isle Au Haut3 grants · $67,500
Monhegan Plantation3 grants · $46,500
Eastport Energy Committee1 grant · $43,729
Hancock County Planning Commission5 grants · $43,000
Pendleton Yacht Yard1 grant · $40,000
Maine Ocean Farms Llc1 grant · $30,000
Town of Islesboro3 grants · $30,000
National Lead for America1 grant · $26,667

Giving over time

$509,724

2021

$1.2M

2022

$197,100

2023

$442,040

2024

Grant history

All 56 reported grants, largest first.

$1.0M
Luke'S Lobster Holding Llc · Saco, ME · 2022
Sustainable Seafood
$389,035
Luke'S Lobster Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
Sustainable Seafood Partnership
$180,811
Luke'S Lobster Holding Llc · Saco, ME · 2024
Lift all Boats pass-through
$54,255
Luke'S Lobster Holding Llc · Saco, ME · 2023
Lift all Boats
$54,070
Luke'S Lobster Holding Llc · Saco, ME · 2022
Lift all Boats
$43,729
Eastport Energy Committee · Eastport, ME · 2024
Climate Planning
$40,000
Pendleton Yacht Yard · Islesboro, ME · 2024
Electric boat forgivable loan
$37,500
Town of Isle Au Haut · Isle Au Haut, ME · 2024
Broadband pass-through
$30,000
Maine Ocean Farms Llc · Brunswick, ME · 2024
Electric boat support
$26,667
National Lead for America · Wichita, KS · 2023
Broadband Planning
$26,248
Frenchboro Congregational Church · 2023
Historical Building Preservation
$21,500
Monhegan Plantation · Monhegan, ME · 2021
Broadband Planning & ShoreUp Sea Level Rise Planning
$20,000
Matinicus Isle Plantation · Matinicus, ME · 2024
ShoreUp planning grant
$15,000
Foundation for Strong Maine Economy · Augusta, ME · 2024
Aquaculture support
$15,000
Town of Isle Au Haut · Isle Au Haut, ME · 2024
ShoreUp planning grant
$15,000
Town of Tremont · Bass Harbor, ME · 2024
ShoreUp planning grant
$15,000
Monhegan Plantation · Monhegan, ME · 2022
Broadband Planning
$15,000
Town of Isle Au Haut · Isle Au Haut, ME · 2022
Broadband Planning
$14,000
Town of Frenchboro · Frenchboro, ME · 2022
ShoreUp Sea Level Rise Resiliency
$13,000
Vinalhaven Fish Co-Op · Vinalhaven, ME · 2021
Blue Econonmy
$12,500
Hancock County Planning Commission · Ellsworth, ME · 2024
Broadband pass-through
$12,500
Midcoast Council of Governments · Damariscotta, ME · 2024
Broadband pass-through
$12,500
Town of Swan'S Island · Swans Island, ME · 2021
Broadband Planning
$11,000
Town of Vinalhaven · Vinalhaven, ME · 2021
ShoreUp Sea Level Rise Planning
$10,000
Peaks Environmental Action Team · Peaks Island, ME · 2024
ShoreUp planning grant
$10,000
Town of Islesboro · Islesboro, ME · 2024
ShoreUp planning grant
$10,000
Community Shellfish Co Llc · Bremen, ME · 2023
Responsive Fund - Storm Response
$10,000
Greenhead Lobster · Stonington, ME · 2023
Responsive Fund - Storm Response
$10,000
Hylan and Brown Boat Builders · Brooklin, ME · 2023
Business Resilience Grant
$10,000
Monhegan Plantation · Monhegan, ME · 2023
ShoreUp Sea Level Rise Grant
$10,000
Town of Islesboro · Islesboro, ME · 2023
ShoreUp Sea Level Rise Grant
$10,000
Town of Southport · Southport, ME · 2023
ShoreUp Sea Level Rise Grant
$10,000
Town of Swans Island · Swans Island, ME · 2023
ShoreUp Sea Level Rise Grant
$10,000
Long Island Civic Association · Long Island, ME · 2022
ShoreUp Sea Level Rise Resiliency
$10,000
Town of Brooksville · Brooksville, ME · 2022
ShoreUp Sea Level Rise Resiliency
$10,000
Town of North Haven · North Haven, ME · 2022
ShoreUp Sea Level Rise Resiliency
$10,000
Town of Phippsburg · Phippsburg, ME · 2022
ShoreUp Sea Level Rise Resiliency
$10,000
Town of Roque Bluffs · Roque Bluffs, ME · 2022
Broadband Planning
$10,000
Hancock County Planning Commission · Ellsworth, ME · 2021
ShoreUp Sea Level Rise Planning
$10,000
Town of Islesboro · Islesboro, ME · 2021
ShoreUp Sea Level Rise Planning
$10,000
Town of Southport · Southport, ME · 2021
Broadband Planning
$9,995
Town of Damariscotta · Damariscotta, ME · 2022
ShoreUp Sea Level Rise Resiliency
$9,617
Town of Cumberland · Cumberland, ME · 2021
ShoreUp Sea Level Rise Planning
$9,322
Kennebec Estuary Land Trust · Bath, ME · 2021
ShoreUp Sea Level Rise Planning
$8,957
Town of Gouldsboro · Prospect Harbor, ME · 2022
ShoreUp Sea Level Rise Resiliency
$8,000
Hancock County Planning Commission · Ellsworth, ME · 2022
Broadband Partner Stipend
$8,000
National Audubon Society · Bremen, ME · 2022
Spark! Energy Efficiency
$7,930
Town of Brunswick · Brunswick, ME · 2023
ShoreUp Sea Level Rise Grant
$7,700
Town of Chebeague Island · Chebeague Island, ME · 2022
ShoreUp Sea Level Rise Resiliency
$7,500
Town of Wiscasset · Wiscasset, ME · 2021
Broadband Planning
$6,500
Hancock County Planning Commission · Ellsworth, ME · 2022
Broadband Planning
$6,250
Town of Lincolnville · Lincolnville, ME · 2021
Broadband Planning
$6,000
Hancock County Planning Commission · Ellsworth, ME · 2023
Broadband Planning
$6,000
Midcoast Council of Governments · Damariscotta, ME · 2023
Broadband Planning
$6,000
Midcoast Council of Governments · Damariscotta, ME · 2022
Broadband Partner Stipend
$5,500
City of Eastport · Eastport, ME · 2022
Broadband Planning

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