Evelyn S and K E Barrett Foundation
Historical FunderYork, Maine · EIN 26-0472006 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2025)$2.3M
Organizations funded50
Typical grant$20,000
Total assets$45.7M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $10,000 and $29,000.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2025):
| Contact | Evelyn S and K E Barrett Foundation |
|---|---|
| Address | 4 Market Place Dr 204, York ME 03909 |
| Phone | 8576360548 |
| eskebarrettfoundation.org | |
| Form and materials | Grant application request through the website eskebarrettfoundation.org |
| Deadlines | Between March 1 and March 31 annually |
| Restrictions | The Foundation awards grants based on the following Focus Areas specifically related to the support of children:Health and WellnessEducationHuman Services (Food, Water and Shelter)Additionally, the Foundations principal focus is to make grants to benefit children up to the age of 18. The Foundations preference is to support projects ranging from start-up/pilot programs to the renewal of existing programs. The Foundation will also provide grants for general operating support to organizations whose mission is in alignment with the Foundations Focus Areas.All entities applying for grants from the Foundation are required to be qualified as a 501(c)(3) organization. Annual Foundation grants are competitive and not all applications can be approved.The Foundation does not make grants to:IndividualsEndowmentsPolitical campaignsOrganizations that discriminate on the basis of religion, gender, race, ethnicity, disabilities or political beliefs |
Copied as filed. Deadlines on a tax return describe the foundation's usual process; they are not confirmation of a current open cycle.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
84% of grants went outside Maine.
Grants paid in tax year 2025
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Tree Society | Bath, ME | Providing support for a camp for the deaf or hard of hearing and for handicapped children. | $100,000 |
| The Lunchbox Fund | New York, NY | Providing for school meals to children in three South African provinces. | $100,000 |
| Episcopal Relief and Development | New York, NY | Providing a grant to support brain development of children to age 3 in Kenya. | $75,000 |
| The Childrens Museum of New Hampshi | Dover, NH | Providing for the acquisition and installation of a new exhibit and to support an inclusive free and discounted admissions program. | $75,000 |
| Maine Seacoast Mission | Northeast Harbor, ME | Providing support for two different complimentary youth development and educational programs. | $50,000 |
| Flying Kites Inc | Boston, MA | Providing for the expansion of the Flying Kites School Network in Kenya. | $50,000 |
| Gamers Outreach Foundation | Ann Arbor, MI | Providing support for the Go Kart Gaming Kiosks at three priority hospitals to provide therapeutic recreation to hospitalized children. | $50,000 |
| Project Suma Inc | Trussville, AL | Providing support for a children's program in Boliva. | $45,000 |
| Saloni Heart Foundation | San Jose, CA | Providing support related to the treatment of Congenital Heart Disease for children in India. | $40,000 |
| My Place Teen Center | Westbook, ME | Providing support for a kitchen renovation at a Westbrook, Maine location. | $30,000 |
| Be Like Brit Foundation Inc | Worcester, MA | Providing support for an orphanage in central Haiti. | $30,000 |
| Hope Walks Inc | York Springs, PA | Providing funding to treat clubfoot related to children in Nigeria. | $30,000 |
| Razia's Ray of Hope Foundation Inc | Wellesley, MA | Providing support for the education of first-grade girls in Afganistan. | $29,000 |
| EVkids Inc | Boston, MA | Providing one on one tutoring for girls in grades 3 through 8 in Dorchester, Massachusetts. | $25,000 |
| Project Sweet Peas | Warwick, RI | Providing support to a Safe Start Essentials program, a Care Package program and a Memory Box program. | $25,000 |
| Far Away Friends Inc | Lakewood, CO | Providing beds, mattresses and bedding for children at Global Leaders Primary School. | $25,000 |
| Haven Violence Prevention Services | Portsmouth, NH | Providing support for a violence prevention education program for elementary and middle school students and a trauma informed summer camp… | $25,000 |
| EduNations Inc | Allison Park, PA | Providing support for 500 nursery school students in Sierra Leone, West Africa. | $25,000 |
| Impact Network International Inc | Brooklyn, NY | Providing support for two teachers and classroom materials across eight schools serving over 600 children. | $25,000 |
| Family Services of the Merrimack Va | Lawrence, MA | Providing support to a special advocate program for children from birth to 5 years old. | $20,000 |
| Bright Beginnings Inc | Washington, DC | Providing for the expansion of experiential learning through comprehensive physical education and arts program for infants and toddlers in… | $20,000 |
| Read to a Child Inc | Wellesley, MA | Providing support for a Read to a Child Aloud Mentoring program for elementary schools in the Hartford, Connecticut area. | $20,000 |
| LEAP for Education Inc | Salem, MA | Providing support for an after school and a summer program for children in Salem and Lynn, Massachusetts. | $20,000 |
| ConfiKids Inc | Foxborough, MA | Providing support for extracurricular activites to low income children in Southeastern Massachusetts. | $20,000 |
| Friends of Kafika House | San Francisco, CA | Providing support for pre and post surgical care for children with cleft lip and/or palate. | $20,000 |
| Cooperative for Education | Cincinnati, OH | Providing for an expansion of a reading program in six schools to support 563 students. | $20,000 |
| The Center for Grieving Children | Portland, ME | Providing support for cultural ambassadors and community partnerships to increase access to multilingual peer support facilitators. | $17,500 |
| Wounded Healers International | South Portland, ME | Providing support to sustain and strenghthen a daycare program. | $17,000 |
| Global Pearls Inc | Albuquerque, NM | Providing support for programs to eliminate maternal and infant deaths in rural southern India and to curb child rape cultural attitudes in… | $15,000 |
| Best Buddies International Inc | Bedford, NH | Providing support for an Elementary School Friendship program for schools in New Hampshire. | $15,000 |
| Justice Rising International | Los Angeles, CA | Providing support to strengthen and expand high quality Early Childhood Education for children in The Democratic Republic of the Congo. | $10,000 |
| Restavek Freedom Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | Providing support to transition children out of child labor and into a classroom. | $10,000 |
| Daily Dose Foundation for Mali Risi | Salt Lake City, UT | Providing support relating to unaffordable school fees, poor menstrual health support, low literacy levels and family economic stability. | $10,000 |
| Amigos Internacionales Inc | Whitehouse, TX | Providing support for refugee children in Uganda with education, clean water and access to healthcare. | $10,000 |
| RefuSHE Inc | Chicago, IL | Providing support for a safe house in Kenya to shelter refugee girls from threats to their safety and human rights. | $10,000 |
| International Samaritan | Ann Arbor, MI | Providing safe and affordable childcare and early learning for children in extreme poverty in Ethiopia. | $10,000 |
| Heart for Africa Inc | Chatanooga, TN | Providing life sustaining nutrition and healthcare for vulnerable children in Eswatini, Africa. | $10,000 |
| Friends of Ninos de Guatemala | Brooklyn, NY | Providing for early grade school literacy and bilingual foundations for students in Guatemala. | $10,000 |
| Sunsar Maya Inc | San Francisco, CA | Providing support for a preschool program for underserved communities in Nepal. | $10,000 |
| Foundation for African Medicine | Redding, CA | Providing support for pediatric emergency care in rural Tanzania. | $10,000 |
| Global Birthing Home Foundations In | Leawood, KS | Providing for comprehensive health services in a birth facility in Haiti. | $10,000 |
| Camp Courant Inc | Farmington, CT | Providing support for a free summer day camp for low income youths ages 5 to 12 in Hartford, Connecticut. | $10,000 |
| Footprints Inc | Kittery, ME | Providing for a School Snack program for kids from low income families. | $10,000 |
| Piscataquis Regional Food Center | Dover Foxcroft, ME | Providing for take home meal packs for children during the summer months. | $10,000 |
| Our House NYC Grief Support Center | New York, NY | Providing for the expansion of two youth centered grief support programs in New York City. | $10,000 |
| Boys Girls Club of Souhegan Valley | Milford, NH | Providing for an outdoor adventure and water based wellness program to serve over 100 youth. | $10,000 |
| The Toy Foundation | New York, NY | Providing for integrative therapeutic play into clinical care to improve developmental and emotional outcomes of vulnerable children at UNC… | $10,000 |
| Maine Needs Inc | Portland, ME | Providing for a Children's Health and Wellness program meeting the needs of children's oral and overall health. | $7,500 |
| No Limits Theatre Group Inc | Culver City, CA | Providing family training and support services for deaf children in Vietnam. | $5,000 |
| North Kingstown Food Pantry Inc | North Kingstown, RI | Providing support for a Vacation Nutrition program to provide food to North Kingston, Rhode Island eligible school children. | $5,000 |
The return also lists 31 grants to individuals ($1,006,000). We do not publish the names of individual recipients.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,252,000 | 81 |
| 2024 | $2,377,500 | 73 |
| 2023 | $421,334 | 30 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2025, filed Aug 28, 2026 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202602409349100200
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 26-0472006
- Profile updated Nov 5, 2026
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