Funding search · EIN 010514859 · Portland, ME

The Old Bug Light Charitable

Name: The Old Bug Light Charitable grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

63
grants reported: $571,000
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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.

Learningworks3 grants · $138,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of2 grants · $63,000
Friends of Congress Square Park3 grants · $47,000
Portland Musuem of Art3 grants · $34,000
Sailmaine3 grants · $33,000
Doctors Without Borders1 grant · $30,000
Surfaid International USA1 grant · $20,000
The Dempsey Center3 grants · $19,000
Aclu of Maine3 grants · $16,000
Olympia Snowe Womens Leadership3 grants · $15,500

Giving over time

$200,000

2022

$171,000

2023

$200,000

2024

Grant history

All 63 reported grants, largest first.

$50,000
Learningworks · Portland, ME · 2024
For operations
$50,000
Learningworks · Portland, ME · 2023
For operations
$50,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of · Washington, DC · 2022
Patient financial assistance fund
$38,000
Learningworks · Portland, ME · 2022
For operations
$30,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
For operations
$25,000
Friends of Congress Square Park · Portland, ME · 2022
Congress square park redesign
$22,000
Portland Musuem of Art · Portland, ME · 2023
For operations
$20,000
Surfaid International USA · Encinitas, CA · 2023
For the solomon islands dv program
$15,000
National Network of Abortion Funds · Beaverton, OR · 2024
For operations
$13,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of · Washington, DC · 2023
Patient financial assistance fund
$12,000
Sailmaine · Portland, ME · 2024
For operations
$12,000
Friends of Congress Square Park · Portland, ME · 2023
Congress square park redesign
$12,000
Sailmaine · Portland, ME · 2023
For operations
$12,000
The Telling Room · Portland, ME · 2022
Investing in wi-fi & updating tech
$10,000
Aclu of Maine · Portland, ME · 2024
For operations
$10,000
Foundation for Portland Public · Portland, ME · 2024
For operations
$10,000
Friends of Congress Square Park · Portland, ME · 2024
For operations
$10,000
Too Young To Wed · Peekskill, NY · 2024
For operations
$10,000
The Dempsey Center · Lewiston, ME · 2022
General operating expenses
$9,000
Sailmaine · Portland, ME · 2022
For operations
$7,000
American Cancer Society · Charlotte Court House, VA · 2022
For operating expenses
$7,000
Portland Musuem of Art · Portland, ME · 2022
For operations
$5,500
Olympia Snowe Womens Leadership · Portland, ME · 2024
For operations
$5,000
Bicycle Coalition of Maine · Portland, ME · 2024
For operations
$5,000
Gulf of Maine Research Institute · Portland, ME · 2024
For operations
$5,000
Portland Musuem of Art · Portland, ME · 2024
For operations
$5,000
Portland Ovations · Portland, ME · 2024
For operations
$5,000
Gulf of Maine Research Institute · Portland, ME · 2023
For operations
$5,000
Olympia Snowe Womens Leadership · Portland, ME · 2023
For operations
$5,000
The Dempsey Center · Lewiston, ME · 2023
General operating expenses
$5,000
Gulf of Maine Research Institute · Portland, ME · 2022
For operations
$5,000
Make-a-Wish Maine · Scarborough, ME · 2022
To support wishes for maine children
$5,000
Olympia Snowe Womens Leadership · Portland, ME · 2022
For operations
$5,000
Portland Ovations · Portland, ME · 2022
Cultivating curiosity book purchases
$4,000
Hospice of Southern Maine · Scarborough, ME · 2024
For operations
$4,000
Portland Community Squash · Portland, ME · 2024
For operations
$4,000
The Center for Grieving Children · Portland, ME · 2024
For operations
$4,000
The Dempsey Center · Lewiston, ME · 2024
For operations
$4,000
Bicycle Coalition of Maine · Portland, ME · 2023
For operations
$4,000
Hospice of Southern Maine · Scarborough, ME · 2023
For operations
$4,000
Make-a-Wish Maine · Scarborough, ME · 2023
To support wishes for maine children
$4,000
Portland Community Squash · Portland, ME · 2023
Rally portland scholarship
$4,000
Bicycle Coalition of Maine · Portland, ME · 2022
For operations
$4,000
Hospice of Southern Maine · Scarborough, ME · 2022
For operations
$4,000
Portland Community Squash · Portland, ME · 2022
Rally portland scholarship
$3,000
Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project · Portland, ME · 2024
For operations
$3,000
Aclu of Maine · Portland, ME · 2023
For operations
$3,000
The Center for Grieving Children · Portland, ME · 2023
For operations
$3,000
Aclu of Maine · Portland, ME · 2022
For operations
$2,500
Eastern Trail Alliance · Saco, ME · 2024
For operations
$2,000
Good Theater · Portland, ME · 2024
For operations
$2,000
Portland Trails · Portland, ME · 2024
For operations
$2,000
Portland Trails · Portland, ME · 2023
For operations
$2,000
Compassionate Care Als · West Falmouth, MA · 2022
To support programming and resources
$2,000
Portland Trails · Portland, ME · 2022
For operations
$1,000
240 Strings · Portland, ME · 2024
For operations
$1,000
Space Gallery · Portland, ME · 2024
For operations
$1,000
Eastern Trail Alliance · Saco, ME · 2023
For operations
$1,000
Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project · Portland, ME · 2023
For operations
$1,000
Space Gallery · Portland, ME · 2023
For operations
$1,000
Eastern Trail Alliance · Saco, ME · 2022
For operations
$1,000
Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project · Portland, ME · 2022
For operations
$1,000
Space Gallery · Portland, ME · 2022
For operations

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