Funding search · EIN 222559133 · Augusta, ME

Maine Justice Foundation

Name: Maine Justice Foundation 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.

46
grants reported: $9.8M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $146,618
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

lgbtq income legal maine justice racial residents advocacy

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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.

Volunteer Lawyers Project4 grants · $2.8M
Pine Tree Legal Assistance6 grants · $2.3M
Maine Equal Justice Project4 grants · $1.5M
Legal Services for the Elderly4 grants · $1.4M
Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project5 grants · $1.2M
Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic6 grants · $463,981
Ladder To the Moon Network2 grants · $20,000
Maine Inside Out2 grants · $20,000
Me Comm On Public Defense Services2 grants · $20,000
Alfond Youth & Comm Center2 grants · $17,142

Giving over time

$1.3M

2021

$1.8M

2022

$3.0M

2023

$3.8M

2024

Grant history

All 46 reported grants, largest first.

$1.2M
Volunteer Lawyers Project · Portland, ME · 2024
See part iv
$878,241
Volunteer Lawyers Project · Portland, ME · 2023
See part iv
$679,423
Pine Tree Legal Assistance · Portland, ME · 2023
See part iv
$605,482
Pine Tree Legal Assistance · Portland, ME · 2024
See part iv
$598,602
Maine Equal Justice Project · Augusta, ME · 2024
See part iv
$503,219
Legal Services for the Elderly · Augusta, ME · 2024
See part iv
$469,812
Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project · Portland, ME · 2024
See part iv
$448,586
Maine Equal Justice Project · Augusta, ME · 2023
See part iv
$428,570
Volunteer Lawyers Project · Portland, ME · 2022
See part iv
$415,509
Legal Services for the Elderly · Augusta, ME · 2023
See part iv
$361,898
Pine Tree Legal Assistance · Portland, ME · 2022
See part iv
$350,985
Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project · Portland, ME · 2023
See part iv
$324,808
Volunteer Lawyers Project · Portland, ME · 2021
Support promotion and coordination of pro bono efforts by private maine attorneys for low-income residents of maine who have civil legal problems.
$283,918
Pine Tree Legal Assistance · Portland, ME · 2021
Support civil legal aid provided to low-income residents of maine who are experiencing serious civil legal problems, such as domestic violence, housing, employment challenges or government mistakes.
$273,754
Legal Services for the Elderly · Augusta, ME · 2022
See part iv
$230,657
Legal Services for the Elderly · Augusta, ME · 2021
Support legal representation, advocacy and training for maine residents age 60 and older who have low-income or are vulnerable.
$226,405
Maine Equal Justice Project · Augusta, ME · 2022
See part iv
$217,176
Pine Tree Legal Assistance · Portland, ME · 2022
Frank coffin fellow
$199,272
Maine Equal Justice Project · Augusta, ME · 2021
Support legal representation, advocacy, and training to help improve the lives of low-income maine residents.
$192,653
Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic · Portland, ME · 2024
See part iv
$187,983
Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project · Portland, ME · 2022
See part iv
$159,790
Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project · Portland, ME · 2021
Support civil legal services and advocacy for low-income immigrants in maine to improve their legal status.
$147,436
Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic · Portland, ME · 2023
See part iv
$145,800
Pine Tree Legal Assistance · Portland, ME · 2024
Frank coffin fellow
$57,393
Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic · Portland, ME · 2022
See part iv
$52,983
Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic · Portland, ME · 2021
Support legal services provided to low-income residents of maine by 2nd and 3rd year law students under close supervision of faculty members who are experienced practitioners and members of the maine bar.
$10,000
Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project · Portland, ME · 2024
Racial justice
$10,000
Ladder To the Moon Network · Portland, ME · 2024
Racial justice
$10,000
Maine Inside Out · Lewiston, ME · 2024
Rjf grants
$10,000
Me Comm On Public Defense Services · Augusta, ME · 2024
Racial justice
$10,000
Ladder To the Moon Network · Portland, ME · 2023
Racial justice
$10,000
Maine Inside Out · Lewiston, ME · 2023
Rjf grants
$10,000
Me Comm On Public Defense Services · Augusta, ME · 2023
Racial justice
$10,000
Alfond Youth & Comm Center · Waterville, ME · 2022
Lgbtq grants
$10,000
Equality Maine Foundation · Portland, ME · 2022
Lgbtq grants
$10,000
Maine Transnet · Portland, ME · 2022
Lgbtq grants
$10,000
Nasw Foundationmaine Chapter · Augusta, ME · 2022
Lgbtq grants
$10,000
Out Maine · Rockland, ME · 2022
Lgbtq grants
$7,142
Alfond Youth & Comm Center · Waterville, ME · 2024
Lgbtq grants
$7,142
Equality Community Center · Portland, ME · 2024
Lgbtq grants
$7,142
Equality Maine Foundation · Portland, ME · 2024
Lgbtq grants
$7,142
Kindling Collective · Portland, ME · 2024
Lgbtq grants
$7,142
Mabel Wadsworth Center · Bangor, ME · 2024
Lgbtq grants
$7,142
Out Maine · Rockland, ME · 2024
Lgbtq grants
$6,823
Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic · Portland, ME · 2024
Roux fund
$6,693
Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic · Portland, ME · 2022
Roux fund grants

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