Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust

What they fund

maineeducationartscommunitymuseumaccessbuildingcenter

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

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• Preble Street2 grants · $65,000
• Wabanaki Community Foundation1 grant · $20,000
• Maine Environmental Education Association1 grant · $20,000
• Maine Preservation1 grant · $20,000
• Maine Humanities Council1 grant · $20,000
• Maine Historical Society1 grant · $20,000
• Greater Portland Landmarks1 grant · $20,000
• Friends of the Veterans' Memorial Library1 grant · $20,000
• Indigo Arts Alliance1 grant · $20,000
• Bomazeen Land Trust1 grant · $20,000

Grant history

The 100 largest of 123 grants.

• $50,000

  Preble Street · Portland, ME · 2025

  Capital Campaign

• $20,000

  Bomazeen Land Trust · Portland, ME · 2025

  Cultural Transmission, Operating Support

• $20,000

  Friends of the Veterans' Memorial Library · Patten, ME · 2025

  Friends of the Veterans Memorial Library and Community Center

• $20,000

  Greater Portland Landmarks · Portland, ME · 2025

  Operating Support: Strategic Plan in Action

• $20,000

  Indigo Arts Alliance · Portland, ME · 2025

  Indigo Arts Alliance

• $20,000

  Maine Environmental Education Association · Brunswick, ME · 2025

  Maine Environmental Education Association Operating Support 2025

• $20,000

  Maine Historical Society · Portland, ME · 2025

  Maine Historical Society - Revolutionary Maine: America at 250

• $20,000

  Maine Humanities Council · Portland, ME · 2025

  Operating Support: Humanities in Need

• $20,000

  Maine Preservation · Yarmouth, ME · 2025

  Operating Support Technical Assistance

• $20,000

  Wabanaki Community Foundation · Pembroke, ME · 2025

  Start-up Operations

• $15,000

  Aroostook Arts and Education Center Dba Wintergreen Arts Center · Presque Isle, ME · 2025

  Operating Support for the Aroostook Arts and Education Center DBA Wintergreen Arts Center

• $15,000

  Children'S Museum & Theatre of Maine · Portland, ME · 2025

  Operating Support for the Childrens Museum & Theatre of Maine

• $15,000

  Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust · Damariscotta, ME · 2025

  Operating Support

• $15,000

  Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research and Education · Beals, ME · 2025

  Let's Find Out What Is Out There - Then Manage, Restore, and Protect It

• $15,000

  Downeast Salmon Federation · Columbia Falls, ME · 2025

  Downeast Salmon Federation Operating Support

• $15,000

  Eastern Trail Alliance · Saco, ME · 2025

  Eastern Trail Alliance - Operating Support

• $15,000

  First Light New Learning Journey · Fayston, VT · 2025

  First Light Operating Support 2025-2026

• $15,000

  Johnson Hall · Gardiner, ME · 2025

  Operating

• $15,000

  Maine Appalachian Trail Club · Portland, ME · 2025

  Maine Appalachian Trail Club Operating Support

• $15,000

  Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2025

  Gebung Woods Parcel Acquisition

• $15,000

  Maine Farmland Trust · Belfast, ME · 2025

  Maine Farmland Trust Operating Support

• $15,000

  Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance · Augusta, ME · 2025

  Teach ME Outside

• $15,000

  Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (Mofga) · Unity, ME · 2025

  Operating Support for Building a Healthy and Fair Food System in a Time of Uncertainty

• $15,000

  Maine Seacoast Mission · Northeast Harbor, ME · 2025

  Maine Seacoast Mission Operating: Services for Downeast and Islands, including Nature Access

• $15,000

  Maine Trails Coalition · Bath, ME · 2025

  2025 Operating Support Request for the Maine Trails Coalition

• $15,000

  Mechanics' Hall (Maine Charitable Mechanic Association) · Portland, ME · 2025

  Operating Support for Mechanics' Hall

• $15,000

  Midcoast Conservancy · Edgecomb, ME · 2025

  Operating Support for Midcoast Conservancy

• $15,000

  Pejepscot Historical Society (Dba Pejepscot History Center) · Brunswick, ME · 2025

  Building Connections: Opening Doors to Our Community

• $15,000

  Portland Museum of Art · Portland, ME · 2025

  Art for All

• $15,000

  Portland Symphony Orchestra · Portland, ME · 2025

  Dawnland to the Planets: The Music of The Wabanaki and Holst

• $15,000

  Preble Street · Portland, ME · 2025

  Preble Street Operating Support

• $15,000

  Scarborough Land Trust · Scarborough, ME · 2025

  Fuller Farm Bridge and Trail Improvements

• $15,000

  Schoodic Arts for All · Winter Harbor, ME · 2025

  2025 Operating Support

• $15,000

  Waterfall Arts · Belfast, ME · 2025

  Operating Support

• $15,000

  Wild Seed Project · North Yarmouth, ME · 2025

  Experiential Education in the Classroom - Student and Community Leadership

• $13,000

  Friends of Casco Bay · South Portland, ME · 2025

  Tracking, Protecting, and Restoring Eelgrass through Technology and Community Engagement

• $12,500

  Cape Elizabeth Land Trust · Cape Elizabeth, ME · 2025

  Improved Access Trail at Robinson Woods Preserve

• $12,500

  Downeast Lakes Land Trust · Grand Lake Stream, ME · 2025

  Operational support for the Downeast Lakes Land Trust

• $12,500

  Eastport Arts Center · Eastport, ME · 2025

  Eastport Arts Center

• $12,500

  The Ecology School · Saco, ME · 2025

  Operating Funds to Support Equitable Access to Immersive Ecology-Based Education For Maine Students

• $12,500

  The Trust for Public Land · Portland, ME · 2025

  Maine Program Operating Support

• $10,000

  Abbe Museum · Bar Harbor, ME · 2025

  Uplifting Wabanaki Voices & Activating Audiences: Operating Support for the Abbe Museum

• $10,000

  Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2025

  2026 Maine Woods Community Youth and Environment Program

• $10,000

  Bangor Land Trust · Bangor, ME · 2025

  General Operating Support for Bangor Land Trust

• $10,000

  Bangor Symphony Orchestra · Bangor, ME · 2025

  Operating Support for Bangor Symphony Orchestra's 130th Season

• $10,000

  Belfast Area Child Care Services · Waldo, ME · 2025

  The Learning Landscape: An Outdoor Classroom for Belfast Area Child Care Services

• $10,000

  Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences · East Boothbay, ME · 2025

  Operating Support

• $10,000

  Center for Maine Contemporary Art · Rockland, ME · 2025

  Adult Makerspace - Center for Maine Contemporary Art

• $10,000

  Chocolate Church Arts Center · Bath, ME · 2025

  Collective Imagination @ the Chocolate Church

• $10,000

  Cobscook Community Learning Center · Trescott, ME · 2025

  Operating Support: Indigenous Teaching and Learning at Cobscook Institute

• $10,000

  Community Organizing Alliance · Lewiston, ME · 2025

  2026 Youth in Climate Advocacy Program

• $10,000

  Downeast Coastal Conservancy · Machias, ME · 2025

  General Operating Support

• $10,000

  Ellsworth Historical Society · Ellsworth, ME · 2025

  Ellsworth Historical Society's Chamberlain House Stabilization Project

• $10,000

  Friends of Baxter State Park · Belfast, ME · 2025

  Friends of Baxter State Park Operating Support

• $10,000

  Friends of the Strand Theatre · Rockland, ME · 2025

  Strand Theatre Education Program 2025-2026 Season

• $10,000

  Gateway Milbridgemilbridge Theatre and Community Arts Center · Milbridge, ME · 2025

  Gateway Milbridge/Milbridge Theatre and Community Arts Center Operating Support

• $10,000

  Heart of Maine Resource Center · Dexter, ME · 2025

  Restore the Brick Facade at the Former Bert Call Photography Studio

• $10,000

  Main Street Skowhegan Skowhegan Outdoors · Skowhegan, ME · 2025

  A Continuum of Opportunity in Outdoor Education through Skowhegan Outdoors

• $10,000

  Maine Audubon · Falmouth, ME · 2025

  Maine Audubon 2025 Operating Support

• $10,000

  Maine Climate Action Now · Augusta, ME · 2025

  Maine Climate Action Now Community Engagement Operating Support

• $10,000

  Maine Inside Outroil · Lewiston, ME · 2025

  Broken Clock Tour

• $10,000

  Maine Lakes · Yarmouth, ME · 2025

  Maine Lakes Operating Support

• $10,000

  Mayo Street Arts · Portland, ME · 2025

  Operating Support for Mayo Street Arts

• $10,000

  Monhegan Museum of Art & History · Monhegan, ME · 2025

  Monhegan Museum of Art & History Operating Support

• $10,000

  Natural Resources Council of Maine · Augusta, ME · 2025

  Protecting the Nature of Maine - Operating Support

• $10,000

  Nature Based Education Consortium · Falmouth, ME · 2025

  Systems Level Change for Outdoor Access

• $10,000

  Northeast Historic Film · Bucksport, ME · 2025

  Support to Catalog, Digitize and Publish the Collections of All Maine Television Stations, 1953-2008

• $10,000

  Palaver Strings · Portland, ME · 2025

  Building Long-term Capacity to Improve Vulnerable Music Students Retention & Ensure Progress

• $10,000

  Portland Parks Conservancy · Portland, ME · 2025

  Portland Youth Corps

• $10,000

  Portland Stage Company · Portland, ME · 2025

  Portland Stage Operating Support

• $10,000

  Portland Trails · Portland, ME · 2025

  Healthier Neighborhoods for All program

• $10,000

  Tate House Museum · Portland, ME · 2025

  Preservation of the 1797 Means House

• $10,000

  The Telling Room · Portland, ME · 2025

  Operating Support for The Telling Room - FY25-26

• $10,000

  University of Southern Maine Foundation · Portland, ME · 2025

  Revitalizing the OML Portland Classroom as an all-ages Maker-Space

• $10,000

  Waterville Creates · Waterville, ME · 2025

  Waterville Creates Operating Support

• $10,000

  York County Soil and Water Conservation District · Springvale, ME · 2025

  Watershed Stewardship Program in Southern Maine

• $7,500

  Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School · Rockport, ME · 2025

  Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School

• $7,500

  Brick Store Museum · Kennebunk, ME · 2025

  Brick Store Museum Operating Support

• $7,500

  Caribou Historical Center · Caribou, ME · 2025

  Operating Support

• $7,500

  Chebeague Island Historical Society · Chebeague Island, ME · 2025

  CIHS Museum Mechanical Systems Remediation Project

• $7,500

  Downeast Fisheries Partnership Fs Sunrise County Economic Council · Machias, ME · 2025

  Downeast Fisheries Partnership Operating Support

• $7,500

  First Amendment Museum · Augusta, ME · 2025

  First Amendment Museum

• $7,500

  Freeport Historical Society · Freeport, ME · 2025

  Pettengill Farm Reinterpretation Signage

• $7,500

  Healthy Island Project · Stonington, ME · 2025

  HIP Great Hall RenovationsProject Support to Create a Cultural Hub for Deer Isle-Stonington, Maine

• $7,500

  Heart of Biddeford · Biddeford, ME · 2025

  Operating Support

• $7,500

  Heart of Ellsworth · Ellsworth, ME · 2025

  Program Development at Heart of Ellsworths Makerspace

• $7,500

  Heritage Vivant - Living Heritage Dba Acadian Village Maine · Van Buren, ME · 2025

  Enhancing the Visitor Experience through Technology

• $7,500

  Island Readers and Writers · Southwest Harbor, ME · 2025

  Island Readers & Writers Operating Support

• $7,500

  Maine Tree Foundation · Augusta, ME · 2025

  Maine Timber Research & Environmental Education Foundation General Operating Support

• $7,500

  Opera Maine · Portland, ME · 2025

  Support for Opera Maines Opera for All Educational Programming

• $7,500

  Trekkers · Rockland, ME · 2025

  Trekkers Alternative Education Partnership Program Support

• $6,000

  Machias Bay Chamber Concerts · Machias, ME · 2025

  Elementary School Music Program for Washington County, Maine

• $5,000

  Brooksville Free Public Library · Brooksville, ME · 2025

  Brooksville Free Public Library, Operating Support Grant Request

• $5,000

  Classical Uprising · Portland, ME · 2025

  Classical Uprising General Operating Support

• $5,000

  Franklin Schoodic Hall · Franklin, ME · 2025

  Franklin Schoodic Hall Phase 2: Building Lift

• $5,000

  Frenchman Bay Conservancy · Hancock, ME · 2025

  Outdoor Education Support

• $5,000

  Friends of Starling Hall · Fayette, ME · 2025

  Historic Preservation - new roof

• $5,000

  Greater Lovell Land Trust · Lovell, ME · 2025

  Environmental Education Operating Support

• $5,000

  Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership · Rockland, ME · 2025

  Operating Support to Expand Access to Environmental Education for Rural Maine Students

• $5,000

  Jonathan Fisher Memorial · Blue Hill, ME · 2025

  Jonathan Fisher House Window Restoration

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