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12 funders with a record of paying for “saco”

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New Hampshire Charitable Foundation → Upper Saco Valley Land Trust: $379K across 3 grants, latest 2024Rhoads Jr Jay-Environmental Fund Tr → Upper Saco Valley Land Trust: $270K across 2 grants, latest 2024Cecil B Day Foundation Inc → Saco Bay Community Church: $148K across 3 grants, latest 2024Rotary Club of Biddeford and Saco → Saco Parks & Rec: $91K across 1 grant, latest 2024Clarence E Mulford Trust → Saco Valley Fire Association: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2025Henderson Foundation → Saco River Theatre: $39K across 3 grants, latest 2024Saco & Biddeford Savings → Saco Food Pantry Inc: $38K across 4 grants, latest 2025Maine Community Foundation Inc → Upper Saco Valley Land Trust: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Onion Foundation → Saco River Theatre: $23K across 3 grants, latest 2024Narragansett Number One Foundation → Saco River Theatre: $18K across 3 grants, latest 2024Elks National Foundation Inc → Biddeford-Saco Me Lodge No 1597: $18K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Anne R Dow Family Foundation Inc → Upper Saco Valley Land Trust: $6K across 4 grants, latest 2025Saco & Biddeford Savings → Saco Main Street: $26K across 4 grants, latest 2025Rotary Club of Biddeford and Saco → City of Saco: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023Maine Community Foundation Inc → Saco Meals Program: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023Clarence E Mulford Trust → Upper Saco Valley Land Trust: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Narragansett Number One Foundation → Saco River Community Television: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023Elks National Foundation Inc → Biddeford-Saco Me No 1597: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Onion Foundation → Upper Saco Valley Land Trust: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022Maine Community Foundation Inc → Saco River Grange Hall Inc: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2022Saco & Biddeford Savings → Saco River Theatre: $6K across 4 grants, latest 2025Maine Community Foundation Inc → Unitarian Universalist Church of Saco-Biddeford: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2022Saco & Biddeford Savings → Age Friendly Saco: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2024Saco & Biddeford Savings → Marine Toys for Tots Foundation: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2024Saco & Biddeford Savings → Saco Little League: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025Saco & Biddeford Savings → Saco River Wildlife Center: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024New Hampshire Charitable Foundation: $379K on this topic. Open the funder.New Hampshire Charitable Foun…$379KRhoads Jr Jay-Environmental Fund Tr: $270K on this topic. Open the funder.Rhoads Jr Jay-Environmental F…$270KCecil B Day Foundation Inc: $148K on this topic. Open the funder.Cecil B Day Foundation Inc$148KRotary Club of Biddeford and Saco: $106K on this topic. Open the funder.Rotary Club of Biddeford and…$106KSaco & Biddeford Savings: $77K on this topic. Open the funder.Saco & Biddeford Savings$77KClarence E Mulford Trust: $50K on this topic. Open the funder.Clarence E Mulford Trust$50KMaine Community Foundation Inc: $47K on this topic. Open the funder.Maine Community Foundation Inc$47KHenderson Foundation: $39K on this topic. Open the funder.Henderson Foundation$39KThe Onion Foundation: $30K on this topic. Open the funder.The Onion Foundation$30KNarragansett Number One Foundation: $28K on this topic. Open the funder.Narragansett Number One Found…$28KElks National Foundation Inc: $27K on this topic. Open the funder.Elks National Foundation Inc$27KThe Anne R Dow Family Foundation Inc: $6K on this topic. Open the funder.The Anne R Dow Family Foundat…$6KUpper Saco Valley Land Trust: received $411K on this topicUpper Saco Valley Land Trust$411KUpper Saco Valley Land Trust: received $286K on this topicUpper Saco Valley Land Trust$286KSaco Bay Community Church: received $148K on this topicSaco Bay Community Church$148KSaco Parks & Rec: received $91K on this topicSaco Parks & Rec$91KSaco River Theatre: received $57K on this topicSaco River Theatre$57KSaco Valley Fire Association: received $40K on this topicSaco Valley Fire Association$40KSaco Food Pantry Inc: received $38K on this topicSaco Food Pantry Inc$38KSaco River Theatre: received $29K on this topicSaco River Theatre$29KSaco Main Street: received $26K on this topicSaco Main Street$26KBiddeford-Saco Me Lodge No 1597: received $18K on this topicBiddeford-Saco Me Lodge No 1597$18KCity of Saco: received $15K on this topicCity of Saco$15KSaco Meals Program: received $10K on this topicSaco Meals Program$10KSaco River Community Television: received $10K on this topicSaco River Community Television$10KBiddeford-Saco Me No 1597: received $9K on this topicBiddeford-Saco Me No 1597$9KSaco River Grange Hall Inc: received $6K on this topicSaco River Grange Hall Inc$6KUnitarian Universalist Church of Saco-Biddeford: received $6K on this topicUnitarian Universalist Church o…$6KAge Friendly Saco: received $2K on this topicAge Friendly Saco$2KMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: received $2K on this topicMarine Toys for Tots Foundation$2KSaco Little League: received $1K on this topicSaco Little League$1KSaco River Wildlife Center: received $1K on this topicSaco River Wildlife Center$1K
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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 →