Funding search · EIN 010492479 · Augusta, ME
Maine Children'S Trust
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 60
- grants reported
- $43.9M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $716,161
- 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.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
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- Community Concepts4 grants · $6.6M
- Penquis Cap4 grants · $5.5M
- The Opportunity Alliance4 grants · $3.9M
- Kennebec Valley Community Action Program2 grants · $3.5M
- Aroostook Council for Healthy Families4 grants · $3.1M
- Kennebec Valley Cap2 grants · $3.0M
- University of Maine Cooperative Extension4 grants · $2.9M
- Franklin County Children'S Task4 grants · $2.9M
- Dechsunrise Care Facility4 grants · $2.6M
- Southern Maine Health Care3 grants · $2.6M
Giving over time
Grant history
All 60 reported grants, largest first.
- $1.9M
Community Concepts · Lewiston, ME · 2024
Education for child abuse prevention
- $1.9M
Kennebec Valley Community Action Program · Waterville, ME · 2024
Education for child abuse prevention
- $1.8M
Community Concepts · Lewiston, ME · 2023
Education for child abuse prevention
- $1.6M
Kennebec Valley Community Action Program · Waterville, ME · 2023
Education for child abuse prevention
- $1.6M
Penquis Cap · Bangor, ME · 2024
Education for child abuse prevention
- $1.6M
Community Concepts · Lewiston, ME · 2022
Education for child abuse prevention
- $1.5M
Kennebec Valley Cap · Waterville, ME · 2021
Education for child abuse prevention
- $1.5M
Kennebec Valley Cap · Waterville, ME · 2022
Education for child abuse prevention
- $1.4M
Penquis Cap · Bangor, ME · 2023
Education for child abuse prevention
- $1.3M
Community Concepts · Lewiston, ME · 2021
Education for child abuse prevention
- $1.3M
Sunrise Opportunity · Machias, ME · 2024
Education for child abuse prevention
- $1.3M
Penquis Cap · Bangor, ME · 2022
Education for child abuse prevention
- $1.2M
Penquis Cap · Bangor, ME · 2021
Education for child abuse prevention
- $1.1M
University of Maine Cooperative Extension · Orono, ME · 2023
Education for child abuse prevention
- $1.1M
University of Maine Cooperative Extension · Orono, ME · 2024
Education for child abuse prevention
- $1.1M
The Opportunity Alliance · South Portland, ME · 2021
Education for child abuse prevention
- $986,063
The Opportunity Alliance · South Portland, ME · 2024
Education for child abuse prevention
- $967,014
Southern Maine Health Care · Biddeford, ME · 2023
Education for child abuse prevention
- $937,956
The Opportunity Alliance · South Portland, ME · 2023
Education for child abuse prevention
- $914,845
The Opportunity Alliance · South Portland, ME · 2022
Education for child abuse prevention
- $886,393
Aroostook Council for Healthy Families · Houlton, ME · 2024
Education for child abuse prevention
- $862,020
Southern Maine Health Care · Biddeford, ME · 2022
Education for child abuse prevention
- $776,780
Southern Maine Health Care · Biddeford, ME · 2021
Education for child abuse prevention
- $774,570
Aroostook Council for Healthy Families · Houlton, ME · 2023
Education for child abuse prevention
- $769,621
Franklin County Children'S Task · Farmington, ME · 2022
Education for child abuse prevention
- $759,851
Aroostook Council for Healthy Families · Houlton, ME · 2021
Education for child abuse prevention
- $739,907
Franklin County Children'S Task · Farmington, ME · 2021
Education for child abuse prevention
- $739,146
Teen & Young Parent Program of Knox County · Waldoboro, ME · 2022
Education for child abuse prevention
- $722,079
Franklin County Children'S Task · Farmington, ME · 2024
Education for child abuse prevention
- $716,479
Teen & Young Parent Program of Knox County · Waldoboro, ME · 2021
Education for child abuse prevention
- $715,843
Dechsunrise Care Facility · Jonesport, ME · 2023
Education for child abuse prevention
- $688,429
Franklin County Children'S Task · Farmington, ME · 2023
Education for child abuse prevention
- $687,951
Aroostook Council for Healthy Families · Houlton, ME · 2022
Education for child abuse prevention
- $662,258
Dechsunrise Care Facility · Jonesport, ME · 2024
Education for child abuse prevention
- $630,782
Dechsunrise Care Facility · Jonesport, ME · 2022
Education for child abuse prevention
- $600,743
Dechsunrise Care Facility · Jonesport, ME · 2021
Education for child abuse prevention
- $483,402
University of Maine Cooperative Extension · Orono, ME · 2022
Education for child abuse prevention
- $459,639
Maine Family Planning Association · Augusta, ME · 2023
Education for child abuse prevention
- $444,370
Maine Family Planning Association · Augusta, ME · 2021
Education for child abuse prevention
- $441,631
Maine Family Planning Association · Augusta, ME · 2024
Education for child abuse prevention
- $427,899
Maine Family Planning Association · Augusta, ME · 2022
Education for child abuse prevention
- $319,993
Kids Free To Grow · Kennebunk, ME · 2024
Education for child abuse prevention
- $265,757
Kids Free To Grow · Kennebunk, ME · 2023
Education for child abuse prevention
- $249,129
Kids Free To Grow · Kennebunk, ME · 2021
Education for child abuse prevention
- $243,000
Kids Free To Grow · Kennebunk, ME · 2022
Education for child abuse prevention
- $235,750
Sunrise Opportunity · Machias, ME · 2023
Education for child abuse prevention
- $229,354
University of Maine Cooperative Extension · Orono, ME · 2021
Education for child abuse prevention
- $209,500
Sunrise Opportunity · Machias, ME · 2021
Education for child abuse prevention
- $202,000
Sunrise Opportunity · Machias, ME · 2022
Education for child abuse prevention
- $182,500
Midcoast Maine Community Action · Bath, ME · 2021
Education for child abuse prevention
- $166,000
Healthy Kids · Damariscotta, ME · 2024
Education for child abuse prevention
- $160,353
Midcoast Maine Community Action · Bath, ME · 2022
Education for child abuse prevention
- $130,750
Healthy Kids · Damariscotta, ME · 2023
Education for child abuse prevention
- $97,188
Midcoast Maine Community Action · Bath, ME · 2024
Education for child abuse prevention
- $92,089
Waldo Community Action Partners · Belfast, ME · 2024
Education for child abuse prevention
- $66,187
Midcoast Maine Community Action · Bath, ME · 2023
Education for child abuse prevention
- $46,500
Healthy Kids · Damariscotta, ME · 2021
Education for child abuse prevention
- $36,500
Healthy Kids · Damariscotta, ME · 2022
Education for child abuse prevention
- $18,226
Waldo Community Action Partners · Belfast, ME · 2023
Education for child abuse prevention
- $9,000
Count Me in · Augusta, ME · 2023
Education for child abuse prevention
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Same state
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Similar purposes
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Similar grant size
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