Funding search · EIN 010339295 · Portland, ME

Maine Humanities Council

Name: Maine Humanities Council grants, 2021–2022
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.

58
grants reported: $429,265
total given: 2021–2022
filing years: $7,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2022. 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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The Telling Room2 grants · $15,000
Island Readers & Writers2 grants · $14,912
Maine Adult Education Association2 grants · $14,350
Cumberland County Food Security Council1 grant · $10,000
Penobscot Nation1 grant · $8,000
Passamaquoddy Tribe at Sipayik1 grant · $8,000
Passamaquoddy Tribe of Indian Township1 grant · $8,000
Aroostook Band of Micmacs1 grant · $8,000
Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians1 grant · $8,000
Center Theatre for the Performing Arts1 grant · $7,500

Giving over time

$333,050

2021

$96,215

2022

Grant history

All 58 reported grants, largest first.

$10,000
Cumberland County Food Security Council · Portland, ME · 2022
Support operations
$8,000
Aroostook Band of Micmacs · Presque Isle, ME · 2021
Support operations
$8,000
Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians · Houlton, ME · 2021
Support operations
$8,000
Passamaquoddy Tribe at Sipayik · Perry, ME · 2021
Support operations
$8,000
Passamaquoddy Tribe of Indian Township · Princeton, ME · 2021
Support operations
$8,000
Penobscot Nation · Indian Island, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
Classical Uprising · Portland, ME · 2022
Support operations
$7,500
Cobscook Institute · Trescott Township, ME · 2022
Support operations
$7,500
Indigo Arts Alliance · Portland, ME · 2022
Support operations
$7,500
Penobscot Theatre Company · Bangor, ME · 2022
Support operations
$7,500
The Telling Room · Portland, ME · 2022
Support operations
$7,500
Union of Maine Visual Artists · Walpole, ME · 2022
Support operations
$7,500
Azerbaijan Society of Maine · Falmouth, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
Bates Dance Festival · Lewiston, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center · Biddeford, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
Biddeford Historical Society · Biddeford, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
Brick Store Museum · Kennebunk, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
Bridgton Public Library · Bridgton, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
Center for Arts and Humanities · Waterville, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
Center Theatre for the Performing Arts · Dover Foxcroft, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
Dawnland Voices 20 Advisory Council · Portland, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
Dennys River Historical Society · Dennysville, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
Foundation for Portland Public Schools · Portland, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
Freedom Community Historical Society · Freedom, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
Hardy Girls Healthy Women · Waterville, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
Hiram Cultural Center · Hiram, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
I'M Your Neighbor Books · Portland, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
Island Readers & Writers · Mount Desert, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
Maine Access Points · Brunswick, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
Maine Adult Education Association · Dover Foxcroft, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance · Portland, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
Monhegan Museum of Art & History · Monhegan, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
Museum L-a · Lewiston, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
Penobscot Bay Language School · Rockland, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
Pihcintu · Windham, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
Porter Memorial Library · Machias, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
Portland Media Center · Portland, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
Survivor Speak USA · Portland, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
Tate House Museum · Portland, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
The History Trust · Mount Desert, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
The Telling Room · Portland, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
Victoria Mansion · Portland, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
Wesserunsett Arts Council · Skowhegan, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,500
Wilton Free Public Library · Wilton, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,490
Healthy Acadia · Ellsworth, ME · 2022
Support operations
$7,412
Island Readers & Writers · Mount Desert, ME · 2022
Support operations
$7,250
Wild Blueberry Heritage Center · Columbia Falls, ME · 2022
Support operations
$7,250
Denmark Arts Center · Denmark, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,000
Henry D Moore Parish House and Library · Steuben, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,000
Maine Public · Lewiston, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,000
Mugadi (Women in Need) Foundation · Portland, ME · 2021
Support operations
$7,000
University of Southern Maine Libraries · Portland, ME · 2021
Support operations
$6,850
Maine Adult Education Association · Dover Foxcroft, ME · 2022
Support operations
$6,713
Mayo Street Arts · Portland, ME · 2022
Support operations
$6,000
Maine Forestry Museum · Rangeley, ME · 2021
Support operations
$6,000
Mount Desert Island Historical Society · Mount Desert, ME · 2021
Support operations
$5,800
Together Place Peer Run Recovery Center · Bangor, ME · 2021
Support operations
$5,500
Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2022
Support operations

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.