Funding search · EIN 010437556 · Portland, ME
Lunder 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.
- 628
- grants reported
- $84.7M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $1,000
- 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.
- Massachusetts General Hospital12 grants · $17.4M
- Colby College41 grants · $16.3M
- Colby College Museum10 grants · $8.3M
- Hebrew Seniorlife9 grants · $5.9M
- Mass General Hospital2 grants · $5.3M
- Colby College Museum of Art16 grants · $4.7M
- Northeastern Universityroux Institute1 grant · $3.1M
- Thomas College9 grants · $2.6M
- Maine Public Broadcasting7 grants · $2.2M
- Lesley University4 grants · $2.0M
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 628 grants.
- $4.8M
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
Learning initiative
- $4.8M
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025
Learning initiative
- $4.8M
Mass General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
Lunder learning initiative (2 chairs)
- $3.1M
Northeastern Universityroux Institute · Boston, MA · 2025
Annual fund
- $2.7M
Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2023
Liaa endowment fund
- $2.6M
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
Pledge payment
- $2.4M
Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2025
Endowment fund
- $2.4M
Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2024
Endowment fund
- $2.2M
Hebrew Seniorlife · Boston, MA · 2024
Project support
- $2.2M
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
Pledge payment
- $2.0M
Colby College Museum · Waterville, ME · 2023
Lunder art purchase fund
- $2.0M
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
Pledge payment
- $1.3M
Hebrew Seniorlife · Boston, MA · 2025
Project support
- $1.3M
Colby College Museum · Waterville, ME · 2022
Lunder art purchase fund
- $1.2M
Colby College Museum of Art · Waterville, ME · 2024
Art purchase fund
- $1.2M
Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2022
Liaa endowment fund
- $1.2M
Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2022
Liaa endowment fund
- $1.1M
Colby College Museum of Art · Waterville, ME · 2024
Art purchase fund
- $1.1M
Dana Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2023
Farber endowed chair/ll research
- $1.0M
Colby College Museum · Waterville, ME · 2023
Lunder art purchase fund
- $1.0M
Maine Public Broadcasting · Lewiston, ME · 2025
Programming fund
- $1.0M
Lesley University · Cambridge, MA · 2025
Annual fund
- $1.0M
Maine Public Broadcasting · Lewiston, ME · 2024
Programming fund
- $1.0M
Lesley University · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Annual fund
- $975,734
Colby College Museum · Waterville, ME · 2022
Lunder art purchase fund
- $939,010
Colby College Museum · Waterville, ME · 2023
Lunder art purchase fund
- $855,319
Colby College Museum · Waterville, ME · 2022
Lunder art purchase fund
- $800,313
Colby College Museum of Art · Waterville, ME · 2025
Art purchase fund
- $754,244
Dana-Farber · Boston, MA · 2025
Chair/ll research
- $727,500
Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2025
Alumni fund lunder scholars
- $717,291
Maine College of Art & Design · Portland, ME · 2024
Lunder scholarship fund
- $714,285
Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2025
Ccma lunder collection fund
- $714,285
Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2024
Ccma lunder collection fund
- $707,414
Dana Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2022
2022 pledge obligation
- $702,000
Hebrew Seniorlife · Boston, MA · 2025
Project support
- $701,080
Dana-Farber · Boston, MA · 2024
Chair/ll research
- $650,000
Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2022
Ccma liaa annual funding support
- $607,135
Maine College of Art & Design · Portland, ME · 2025
Lunder scholarship fund 2024
- $601,809
Norton Museum of Art · West Palm Beach, FL · 2025
Pledge
- $600,000
Maine College of Art & Design · Portland, ME · 2025
Lunder scholarship fund 2025
- $577,187
Thomas College · Waterville, ME · 2025
Scholarship fund
- $550,449
Colby College Museum of Art · Waterville, ME · 2025
Art purchase fund
- $533,528
Hebrew Seniorlife · Roslindale, MA · 2023
A. Leland nursing endowment & cna training
- $503,059
Thomas College · Waterville, ME · 2022
Lunder scholars fund
- $502,357
Harvard University Art Museum · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Project support
- $501,104
Thomas College · Waterville, ME · 2023
Lunders scholars
- $500,000
Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2023
Ccma liaa annual funding support
- $500,000
Mass General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
Lunder learning initiative - dineen
- $500,000
Maine College of Art · Portland, ME · 2022
Lunder scholarship fund
- $500,000
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
Pledge payment
- $485,451
Colby College Museum · Waterville, ME · 2022
Lunder art purchase fund
- $484,989
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
Annual fund
- $452,316
Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2025
Colby arts building
- $407,660
Thomas College · Waterville, ME · 2024
Scholarship fund
- $402,478
Hebrew Seniorlife · Roslindale, MA · 2022
Anne lunder leland fund
- $402,454
Hebrew Seniorlife · Boston, MA · 2024
Leland nursing endowment
- $400,000
Hebrew Seniorlife · Boston, MA · 2025
Leland nursing endowment
- $400,000
Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2024
Ccma liaa annual funding support
- $362,395
Maine College of Art · Portland, ME · 2023
Lunder scholarship fund
- $357,143
Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2022
Ccma lunder collection fund
- $357,142
Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2023
Ccma lunder collection fund
- $357,142
Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2022
Ccma lunder collection fund
- $351,583
Colby College Museum · Waterville, ME · 2023
Lunder art purchase fund
- $336,666
Cox Science Center · West Palm Beach, FL · 2025
Annual fund
- $336,566
University of New England · Portland, ME · 2025
Financial aid
- $335,344
Beth Israel Congregation · Waterville, ME · 2024
Rabbi endowment fund
- $335,049
Beth Israel Congregation · Waterville, ME · 2023
Rabbi endowment fund
- $334,152
Cox Science Center · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Annual fund
- $333,857
University of New England · Portland, ME · 2024
Financial aid
- $332,602
Beth Israel Congregation · Waterville, ME · 2025
Rabbi endowment fund
- $325,669
Babson College · Babson Park, MA · 2022
Babson recreation and athletic complex
- $292,860
Colby College Museum · Waterville, ME · 2022
Lunder art purchase fund
- $276,806
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2024
Conservation fund
- $251,562
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2022
Lunder conservation fund
- $251,508
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2022
Lunder nursing education fund
- $251,394
Beth Israel Deaconess · Boston, MA · 2023
Lunder nursing education fund
- $251,277
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2023
Lunder conservation fund
- $250,848
Beth Israel Congregation · Waterville, ME · 2022
Family community room renovation
- $250,626
Kennebec Valley Community College · Fairfield, ME · 2022
Scholarship fund
- $250,000
Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2024
Colby arts building
- $250,000
Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2023
Colby arts building
- $250,000
Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2022
Colby arts building
- $247,012
Beth Israel Deaconess · Boston, MA · 2024
Nursing education fund
- $246,935
University of Southern Maine · Portland, ME · 2022
Lunder scholarship fund
- $245,854
Kennebec Valley Community College · Fairfield, ME · 2023
Annual fund
- $236,306
Colby College Museum of Art · Waterville, ME · 2024
Art purchase fund
- $230,846
Colby College Museum of Art · Waterville, ME · 2024
Art purchase fund
- $227,399
Maine Public Broadcasting · Lewiston, ME · 2022
Charting a bold future
- $224,066
Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2025
Ccma liaa annual funding support
- $220,533
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2025
Conservation fund
- $174,468
Thomas College · Waterville, ME · 2025
Golf tournament match
- $160,831
Cedars Nursing Care Center · Portland, ME · 2022
Memory support program
- $156,205
Colby College Museum of Art · Waterville, ME · 2025
Tate britain "whistler's finish"
- $153,355
Thomas College · Waterville, ME · 2022
Thomas college golf
- $141,208
Portland Symphony Orchestra · Portland, ME · 2025
2025 pledge
- $131,873
Children'S Museum & Theatre of Maine · Portland, ME · 2025
Annual fund
- $130,329
Children'S Museum & Theatre of Maine · Portland, ME · 2024
Annual fund
- $128,251
Thomas College · Waterville, ME · 2023
Golf tournament match
- $125,213
Children'S Museum of Maine · Portland, ME · 2022
Annual fund
- $122,827
Children'S Museum & Theatre of Maine · Portland, ME · 2023
Pledge
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