Funding search · EIN 016168256 · Portland, ME
Margaret W Soule Charitable Trust
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 52
- grants reported
- $527,000
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $9,300
- 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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Funding pattern
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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.
- Wayfinder Schools4 grants · $59,000
- Preble Street4 grants · $59,000
- Dempsey Center4 grants · $59,000
- Animal Refuge League of Greater3 grants · $45,000
- Maine Coast Heritage Trust4 grants · $42,500
- Maine Preservation4 grants · $35,600
- Waynflete School4 grants · $35,600
- Riding To the Top4 grants · $35,600
- Hospice of Southern Maine4 grants · $32,600
- Middlebury College4 grants · $23,500
Giving over time
Grant history
All 52 reported grants, largest first.
- $16,000
Animal Refuge League of Greater · Westbrook, ME · 2025
General
- $16,000
Dempsey Center · Auburn, ME · 2025
General purpose
- $16,000
Preble Street · Portland, ME · 2025
General purpose
- $16,000
Wayfinder Schools · New Gloucester, ME · 2025
Education
- $15,000
Animal Refuge League of Greater · Westbrook, ME · 2024
General
- $15,000
Dempsey Center · Auburn, ME · 2024
General purpose
- $15,000
Preble Street · Portland, ME · 2024
General purpose
- $15,000
Wayfinder Schools · New Gloucester, ME · 2024
Education
- $14,000
Animal Refuge League of Greater · Westbrook, ME · 2023
General
- $14,000
Dempsey Center · Auburn, ME · 2023
General purpose
- $14,000
Preble Street · Portland, ME · 2023
General purpose
- $14,000
Wayfinder Schools · New Gloucester, ME · 2023
Education
- $14,000
Animal Refuge League · Westbrook, ME · 2022
General purpose
- $14,000
Dempsey Center · Auburn, ME · 2022
General purpose
- $14,000
Preble Street · Portland, ME · 2022
General purpose
- $14,000
Wayfinder Schools · New Gloucester, ME · 2022
Education
- $11,500
Maine Recovery Fund · Portland, ME · 2023
General purpose
- $11,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2023
General purpose
- $11,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2022
General purpose
- $10,500
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2025
General purpose
- $10,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2024
General purpose
- $9,600
Hospice of Southern Maine · Scarborough, ME · 2025
General purpose
- $9,600
Maine Preservation · Yarmouth, ME · 2025
General purpose
- $9,600
Riding To the Top · Windham, ME · 2025
General purpose
- $9,600
United Recovery Fund · Portland, ME · 2025
General purpose
- $9,600
Waynflete School · Portland, ME · 2025
General purpose
- $9,000
Hospice of Southern Maine · Scarborough, ME · 2024
General purpose
- $9,000
Maine Preservation · Yarmouth, ME · 2024
General purpose
- $9,000
Riding To the Top · Windham, ME · 2024
General purpose
- $9,000
United Recovery Fund · Portland, ME · 2024
General purpose
- $9,000
Waynflete School · Portland, ME · 2024
General purpose
- $8,500
Maine Preservation · Yarmouth, ME · 2023
General purpose
- $8,500
Riding To the Top · Windham, ME · 2023
General purpose
- $8,500
Waynflete School · Portland, ME · 2023
General purpose
- $8,500
Hospice of Southern Maine · Scarborough, ME · 2022
General purpose
- $8,500
Maine Preservation · Yarmouth, ME · 2022
General purpose
- $8,500
Maine Recovery Fund · Portland, ME · 2022
General purpose
- $8,500
Riding To the Top · Windham, ME · 2022
General purpose
- $8,500
Waynflete School · Portland, ME · 2022
General purpose
- $6,500
Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2025
General purpose
- $6,500
Olympia Snowe Womens Leadership · Portland, ME · 2025
Education
- $6,500
Smith College - the Smith Fund · North Hampton, MA · 2025
General
- $6,000
Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2024
General purpose
- $6,000
Olympia Snowe Womens Leadership · Portland, ME · 2024
Education
- $6,000
Smith College - the Smith Fund · North Hampton, MA · 2024
General
- $5,500
Hospice of Southern Maine · Scarborough, ME · 2023
General purpose
- $5,500
Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2023
General purpose
- $5,500
Olympia Snowe Womens Leadership · Portland, ME · 2023
Education
- $5,500
Smith College - the Smith Fund · North Hampton, MA · 2023
General
- $5,500
Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2022
General purpose
- $5,500
Olympia Snowe Womens Leadership · Portland, ME · 2022
Education
- $5,500
Smith College · Boston, MA · 2022
General purpose
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