Funding search · EIN 136201175 · New York, NY

The Widgeon Point Charitable Foundation

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

418
grants reported
$12.3M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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Top recipients

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  • Bessemer Giving Fund4 grants · $11.3M
  • Portland Museum of Art3 grants · $195,000
  • Sail Maine4 grants · $186,000
  • Portland Community Squash4 grants · $163,000
  • Portland Parks Conservancy4 grants · $42,000
  • Rippleffect4 grants · $42,000
  • University of Southern Maine Foundation4 grants · $28,000
  • Institute of Current World Affairs1 grant · $25,000
  • Maine Community Swimming1 grant · $10,000
  • Maine Community Swimming Foundation of Portland Public Schools1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$2.4M
2022
$3.9M
2023
$5.7M
2024
$251,000
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 418 grants.

  • $5.6M

    Bessemer Giving Fund · Woodbridge, NJ · 2024

    Operational support

  • $3.8M

    Bessemer Giving Fund · Woodbridge, NJ · 2023

    Operational support

  • $1.9M

    Bessemer Giving Fund · Woodbridge, NJ · 2022

    Donor advised fund

  • $150,000

    Portland Community Squash · Portland, ME · 2022

    Operational support

  • $125,000

    Portland Museum of Art · Portland, ME · 2022

    Operational support

  • $86,000

    Sail Maine · Portland, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $39,000

    Sail Maine · Portland, ME · 2023

    Operational support

  • $36,000

    Sail Maine · Portland, ME · 2024

    Operational support

  • $35,000

    Portland Museum of Art · Portland, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $35,000

    Portland Museum of Art · Portland, ME · 2023

    Operational support

  • $25,000

    Institute of Current World Affairs · Washington, DC · 2022

    Operational support

  • $25,000

    Portland Parks Conservancy · Portland, ME · 2022

    Operational support

  • $25,000

    Rippleffect · Portland, ME · 2022

    Operational support

  • $25,000

    Sail Maine · Portland, ME · 2022

    Operational support

  • $25,000

    University of Southern Maine Foundation · Portland, ME · 2022

    Operational support

  • $15,000

    Portland Parks Conservancy · Portland, ME · 2023

    Operational support

  • $10,000

    Bessemer Giving Fund · Woodbridge, NJ · 2025

    Operational support

  • $10,000

    Maine Community Swimming Foundation of Portland Public Schools · Portland, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $10,000

    Maine Community Swimming · Portland, ME · 2024

    Operational support

  • $6,500

    Community Kitchens · Oakland, CA · 2025

    Operational support

  • $6,000

    Rippleffect · Portland, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $6,000

    Rippleffect · Portland, ME · 2024

    Operational support

  • $5,000

    I'M Your Neighbor Books · Portland, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $5,000

    Portland Community Squash · Portland, ME · 2023

    Operational support

  • $5,000

    Rippleffect · Portland, ME · 2023

    Operational support

  • $5,000

    Toys for Tots · Triangle, VA · 2022

    Operational support

  • $5,000

    Yale Library Associates Beinecke Library · New Haven, CT · 2022

    Operational support

  • $4,000

    Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation · Casco, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $4,000

    Hand in Hand Mano En Mano · Millbridge, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $4,000

    Portland Community Squash · Portland, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $4,000

    Portland Community Squash · Portland, ME · 2024

    Operational support

  • $3,500

    On Belay · Newmarket, NH · 2025

    Operational support

  • $3,500

    Slow Food Tahoe · Truckee, CA · 2025

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    City Harvest · Brooklyn, NY · 2025

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Hope Acts · Portland, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Maine Access Points · Brunswick, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Out Maine · Portland, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Preble Street Resource Center · Portland, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Queerly Me · Brunswick, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Sing for Hope · New York, NY · 2025

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    University of Maine Law School · Portland, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation · Portland, ME · 2024

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Hand in Hand Mano En Mano · Millbridge, ME · 2024

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Hope Acts · Portland, ME · 2024

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    I'M Your Neighbor Books · Portland, ME · 2024

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Jazz at Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2024

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Hand in Hand Mano En Mano · Portland, ME · 2023

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Jazz at Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2023

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation · Portland, ME · 2022

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Biddeford Food Pantry · Biddeford, ME · 2022

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Center for Grieving Children · Portland, ME · 2022

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Cultivating Community · Portland, ME · 2022

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Foxcroft School · Middleburg, VA · 2022

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Friends of the Presumpscot River · Westbrook, ME · 2022

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Habitat for Humanity Greater Portland · Portland, ME · 2022

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project · Portland, ME · 2022

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Jazz at Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2022

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Kids First Center · Scarborough, ME · 2022

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Lifeflight Foundation · Camden, ME · 2022

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Maine Justice Foundation · Augusta, ME · 2022

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Maine Summer Camps · Portland, ME · 2022

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Mechanics Hall Maine Kids Code · Portland, ME · 2022

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Milestone Recovery · Portland, ME · 2022

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Olympia Snowe Womens Leadership Institute · Portland, ME · 2022

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Our Place Co Stlawrence Arts · Portland, ME · 2022

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Pine Tree Legal Assistance · Portland, ME · 2022

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Preble Street Resource Center · Portland, ME · 2022

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Seacoast Mission · Northeast Harbor, ME · 2022

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Seeds of Hope · Biddeford, ME · 2022

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    The Telling Room · Portland, ME · 2022

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Through These Doors · Portland, ME · 2022

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    University of Maine Law School · Portland, ME · 2022

    Operational support

  • $2,500

    Wmpg · Portland, ME · 2022

    Operational support

  • $2,000

    Maine Re-Entry Network · Augusta, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $2,000

    Needlepoint Sanctuary · Bangor, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $1,500

    Adaptive Outdoor Education Center · Brunswick, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $1,500

    Apex Youth Connection · Biddeford, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $1,500

    Biddeford Food Pantry · Biddeford, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $1,500

    Esther House Good Shepherd Parish · Saco, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $1,500

    Falmouth Land Trust · Falmouth, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $1,500

    Fenix Theatre Company · Portland, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $1,500

    Friends of Casco Bay · South Portland, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $1,500

    Friends of the Presumpscot River · Westbrook, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $1,500

    Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project · Portland, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $1,500

    Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine · Portland, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $1,500

    Ketcha Outdoors · Scarborough, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $1,500

    Legal Services for the Elderly · Augusta, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $1,500

    Lifeflight Foundation · Camden, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $1,500

    Maine Academy of Modern Music · Portland, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $1,500

    Maine Island Trails Association · Portland, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $1,500

    Marine Mammals of Maine · Brunswick, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $1,500

    Mechanics Hall · Portland, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $1,500

    Milestone Recovery · Portland, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $1,500

    Our Place Co St Lawrence Arts · Portland, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $1,500

    Portland Parks Conservancy · Portland, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $1,500

    Portland Wheelers · Portland, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $1,500

    Sail To Prevail · Newport, RI · 2025

    Operational support

  • $1,500

    St Anthony'S · Westbrook, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $1,500

    St Luke'S Food Pantry St Luke'S Episcopal Cathedral · Portland, ME · 2025

    Operational support

  • $1,500

    The Telling Room · Portland, ME · 2025

    Operational support

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