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12 funders with a record of paying for “katahdin”
Where the money went The Chicago Community Trust → Katahdin Valley Health Center: $4.8M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Roxanne Quimby Foundation Inc → National Park Foundation: $3.6M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Cara Charitable Foundation Inc → Our Katahdin: $863K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Elmina B Sewall Foundation → Our Katahdin: $592K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Richard King Mellon Foundation → Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters: $500K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Northlight Foundation Inc → Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters: $500K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Cornelia Cogswell Rossi Foundation Inc → Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters: $257K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Maine Community Foundation Inc → Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters: $100K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Peter Alfond Foundation → Friends of Kathadin Woods and Waters: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Northern Forest Center Inc → Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters: $45K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Davis Conservation Foundation → Friends of Baxter State Park: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Onion Foundation → Friends of Katahdin Woods & Waters: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Richard King Mellon Foundation → Northern Forest Center Inc: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → National Park Foundation: $250K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Elmina B Sewall Foundation → Katahdin Children and Families Foundation: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Roxanne Quimby Foundation Inc → Friends of Katahdin Woods & Waters: $101K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Maine Community Foundation Inc → Katahdin Area Trails: $77K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Northern Forest Center Inc → Our Katahdin: $35K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Davis Conservation Foundation → Nature Conservancy: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Peter Alfond Foundation → Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Onion Foundation → Millinocket Memorial Library: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Elmina B Sewall Foundation → Katahdin Tourism Partnership: $150K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Richard King Mellon Foundation → Outdoor Sport Institute Inc: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Onion Foundation → Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Maine Community Foundation Inc → Katahdin Middlehigh School: $19K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Northern Forest Center Inc → Katahdin Area Trails: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Davis Conservation Foundation → Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Elmina B Sewall Foundation → Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters: $150K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Maine Community Foundation Inc → Our Katahdin: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Maine Community Foundation Inc → Katahdin Tourism Partnership: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Onion Foundation → Katahdin Children and Families Foundation: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Chicago Community Trust: $5.1M on this topic. Open the funder. The Chicago Community Trust $5.1M Roxanne Quimby Foundation Inc: $3.7M on this topic. Open the funder. Roxanne Quimby Foundation Inc $3.7M Elmina B Sewall Foundation: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Elmina B Sewall Foundation $1.0M Richard King Mellon Foundation: $900K on this topic. Open the funder. Richard King Mellon Foundation $900K Cara Charitable Foundation Inc: $863K on this topic. Open the funder. Cara Charitable Foundation Inc $863K Northlight Foundation Inc: $500K on this topic. Open the funder. Northlight Foundation Inc $500K Cornelia Cogswell Rossi Foundation Inc: $257K on this topic. Open the funder. Cornelia Cogswell Rossi Found… $257K Maine Community Foundation Inc: $215K on this topic. Open the funder. Maine Community Foundation Inc $215K The Onion Foundation: $100K on this topic. Open the funder. The Onion Foundation $100K Northern Forest Center Inc: $95K on this topic. Open the funder. Northern Forest Center Inc $95K Peter Alfond Foundation: $90K on this topic. Open the funder. Peter Alfond Foundation $90K Davis Conservation Foundation: $85K on this topic. Open the funder. Davis Conservation Foundation $85K Katahdin Valley Health Center: received $4.8M on this topic Katahdin Valley Health Center $4.8M National Park Foundation: received $3.6M on this topic National Park Foundation $3.6M Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters: received $1.3M on this topic Friends of Katahdin Woods and W… $1.3M Our Katahdin: received $863K on this topic Our Katahdin $863K Our Katahdin: received $637K on this topic Our Katahdin $637K Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters: received $330K on this topic Friends of Katahdin Woods and W… $330K Northern Forest Center Inc: received $300K on this topic Northern Forest Center Inc $300K National Park Foundation: received $250K on this topic National Park Foundation $250K Katahdin Tourism Partnership: received $160K on this topic Katahdin Tourism Partnership $160K Katahdin Children and Families Foundation: received $155K on this topic Katahdin Children and Families… $155K Friends of Katahdin Woods & Waters: received $101K on this topic Friends of Katahdin Woods & Wat… $101K Outdoor Sport Institute Inc: received $100K on this topic Outdoor Sport Institute Inc $100K Katahdin Area Trails: received $92K on this topic Katahdin Area Trails $92K Friends of Kathadin Woods and Waters: received $60K on this topic Friends of Kathadin Woods and W… $60K Friends of Baxter State Park: received $40K on this topic Friends of Baxter State Park $40K Friends of Katahdin Woods & Waters: received $40K on this topic Friends of Katahdin Woods & Wat… $40K Nature Conservancy: received $35K on this topic Nature Conservancy $35K Millinocket Memorial Library: received $30K on this topic Millinocket Memorial Library $30K Katahdin Middlehigh School: received $19K on this topic Katahdin Middlehigh School $19K 12 funders, 19 recipients, grants matching “katahdin” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $242,000 to Our Katahdin — general operating support
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Largest: $55,250 to Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters — historical organizations
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Largest: $25,000 to Friends of Katahdin Woods & Waters — to support the katahdin learning project
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Largest: $2.6M to NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION — cash transfers to support katahdin woods & waters visitor contact station via epi monument projects
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Largest: $106,000 to FRIENDS OF KATAHDIN WOODS AND WATERS — general & unrestricted
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Largest: $10,000 to Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters — expanding place-based learning in the katahdin region
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Largest: $4.8M to Katahdin Valley Health Center — general support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
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Largest: $300,000 to NORTHERN FOREST CENTER INC — to accelerate outdoor recreation-based activation in maines moosehead and katahdin regions
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Largest: $45,000 to Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters — tourism applications
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Largest: $166,667 to FRIENDS OF KATAHDIN WOODS AND WATERS — support organization's programs & activities
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Largest: $334,000 to OUR KATAHDIN — general & unrestricted
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Largest: $30,000 to FRIENDS OF KATAHDIN WOODS AND WATERS — katahdin learning project
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