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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “machias”
Where the money went
Largest: $40,000 to MAINE SEA COAST MISSION — for the edge program in support of the after school program at the rose m. gaffney school in machias.
Largest: $47,968 to University of Maine at Machias — scholarships - i bouchard, g bridges, m graten, m kelley, e morton, d ortiz garcia, j prenier, a richards, n roos, k sawtelle, k scott, m sylvia, d taylor, e thomas
Largest: $2,000 to MACHIAS MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL — tgm scholarship
Largest: $25,000 to Machias Area Food Pantry — to provide general operating support
Largest: $2,000 to University of Maine at Machias — scholarship program
Maine Community FoundationEllsworth, MECharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $86,198 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to Machias Arts Council — arts & culture
Largest: $40,000 to MACHIAS MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL — to help activities of var public char inst which are exempt under 501 (c)(3)
Largest: $10,000 to Town of Machias — program support grant
Mount Desert Island BiologicalSalisbury Cove, MECharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $136,115 · through 2024Largest: $136,115 to University of Maine Machias — research and training subawards
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $15,000 · through 2023Largest: $15,000 to Home Grown Fuels LLC — home grown fuels received a phase 1 award from usda for pfas remediation of contaminated soils found on maine farmland. we are planting hemp and two native grasses in soil with kno…
Northeast Delta Dental FoundationConcord, NHCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $50,000 · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to New York University College of Dentistry — student dental outreach program in machias
Largest: $50,000 to MACHIAS BAY CHAMBER CONCERTS INC — general operating
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →