Children & Youth grants for nonprofits in Maine
303 private foundations reported 662 children & youth grants to organizations in Maine on IRS 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $13.7M in all. 76 of them are based in Maine.
Foundations that fund children & youth in Maine
20 of the 303: profiles in our foundation directory first, then by the number of children & youth grants to Maine organizations on their latest return. Each shows its largest such grants.
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Amazonsmile Foundation
Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2023- Preble Street, Portland - General support$781
- Grahamtastic Connection, Springvale - General support$287
- Childrens Odyssey, Falmouth - General support$201
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Gave $8.8M in 2025
Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc
Radnor, PA · latest return: tax year 2025- Sanford Springvale Youth Athletic Association, Sanford - Live$1,000
- Sg United Foundation, York - Matching gifts$1,000
- Peopleplace, Camden - Live$500
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Gave $14.4M in 2024
Elmina B Sewall Foundation
Freeport, ME · latest return: tax year 2024- Wabanaki Youth in Science, Indian Island - General Operating Support$65,000
- Preble Street, Portland - General Operating Support$40,000
- Hardy Girls Healthy Women Inc, Waterville - General Operating Support$20,000
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Gave $102.7M in 2024
Harold Alfond Foundation
Portland, ME · latest return: tax year 2024- Alfond Youth & Community Center, Waterville - Camp tracy improvements and expansion$2,000,000
- Alfond Youth & Community Center, Waterville - Development sustainability at the alfond youth & community center$350,000
- Alfond Youth & Community Center, Waterville - Strategic long term capital and development sustainability at the alfond youth center$318,450
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Gave $1.2M in 2025
Agnes M Lindsay Trust
Chelmsford, MA · latest return: tax year 2025- Grahamtastic Connection, Springvale - Health & welfare$5,000
- Ketcha Outdoors, Scarborough - Campership$3,000
- The Telling Room, Portland - Campership$3,000
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Gave $24.4M in 2025
Lunder Foundation
Portland, ME · latest return: tax year 2025- Alfond Youth & Community Center, Waterville - Annual fund$500
- Preble Street, Portland - Annual fund$250
- Alfond Youth & Community Center, Waterville - Annual fund in memory of john huard$100
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Gave $18M in 2024
Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation
Coraopolis, PA · latest return: tax year 2024- Lewiston Auburn Youth Soccer Association, Auburn - Grant for youth sports$10,000
- Girls on the Run Maine, Westbrook - Grant for youth sports$5,000
- Boys Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley, Gardiner - Grant for youth sports$3,000
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Gave $1.2M in 2024
The Gap Foundation
San Francisco, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Capital Kids, Augusta - For civic & community engagement$250
- Boys Girls Clubs of Southern Maine, Portland - For civic & community engagement$200
- Preble Street, Portland - For civic & community engagement$100
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Annie E Casey Foundation Inc
Baltimore, MD · latest return: tax year 2024- University of Maine System, Portland - Support the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative work in Maine$100,000
- Maine Children's Alliance, Augusta - Support various KIDS COUNT activities$60,000
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The Esther a and Joseph Klingenstein Fund Inc
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- United Way of Southern Maine, Portland - Early childhood funding models$3,000
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Alumbra Innovations Foundation
Bentonville, AR · latest return: tax year 2024- Hurricane Island Foundation, Rockland - to support ocean education$50,000
- Hurricane Island Foundation, Rockland - to support efforts for the Place Based Teaching & Learning international education network$2,100
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Flint, MI · latest return: tax year 2024- Alfond Scholarship Foundation, Portland - To evaluate the effects of the educational savings programs on children, families and communities and share…$25,000
- University of Southern Maine, Portland - To support a statewide afterschool network to ensure the availability and expansion of school-linked quality…$25,000
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Gave $24.9M in 2024
Td Charitable Foundation
Portland, ME · latest return: tax year 2024- Preble Street, Portland - Health services$25,000
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bath Brunswick, Brunswick - Big brothers big sisters of america conference$1,000
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Gave $1.8M in 2024
Round Room Gives Inc
Fishers, IN · latest return: tax year 2024- Grahamtastic Connection, Springvale - Purchase ipads, laptops, and internet service for children with life-threatening illnesses,$5,000
- Strategies for a Stronger Sanford, Sanford - Purchase school supplies, books or other relevant materials to support at risk students$5,000
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Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2025- Preble Street, Portland - Matching contribution (general operating support)$2,770
- Maine Boys to Men, Portland - Matching contribution (general operating support)$500
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Gave $15.3M in 2024
Ge Aerospace Foundation
Norwalk, CT · latest return: tax year 2024- Sg United Foundation, York - Matching gift$2,084
- Valo, Yarmouth - Matching gift$515
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Builders Vision Foundation
Chicago, IL · latest return: tax year 2024- Hurricane Island Foundation, Rockland - to support research related to aquaculture and fisheries in Penobscot Bay.$375,000
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Gave $14.5M in 2024
Dentaquest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement Inc
Boston, MA · latest return: tax year 2024- MCD Global Health, Hallowell - This grant, through the School-Based and School-Linked Initiatives to Improve Oral Health RFP, will support…$125,000
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Newman's Own Foundation
Westport, CT · latest return: tax year 2024- Charityvest - Wabanaki Health and Wellness Inc, Bangor - Connecting wabanaki youth to food as medicine$75,000
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Gave $1.6M in 2024
Gupta Family Foundation
Herndon, VA · latest return: tax year 2024- Friends of Thai Daughters, Trevett - Support to prevent child trafficking$75,000
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Organizations several of these foundations fund
Maine organizations that received children & youth grants from two or more of the foundations above, on the same returns.
| Organization | Funders | Grants total |
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| Preble Street Portland | 6 | $68,901 |
| Alfond Youth & Community Center Waterville | 3 | $2,669,353 |
| Hurricane Island Foundation Rockland | 3 | $427,143 |
| Grahamtastic Connection Springvale | 3 | $10,287 |
| Sg United Foundation York | 3 | $3,123 |
| Wabanaki Youth in Science Old Town | 2 | $65,017 |
| Sweetser Saco | 2 | $20,138 |
| Hardy Girls Healthy Women Waterville | 2 | $20,095 |
| Tree Street Youth Lewiston | 2 | $15,135 |
| Strategies for a Stronger Sanford Sanford | 2 | $5,016 |
How to use this list
A foundation is listed because its own latest tax return itemizes grants to organizations in Maine that we classify as children & youth, by the purpose the foundation wrote or by the recipient's IRS activity code. Their typical grant is the middle of the funders' own typical grants across everything they fund. Start with funders whose typical grant is close to what you need and whose past recipients look like your organization, then open the profile for all of its grants and any application instructions.
Of these 303 foundations, 99 describe how to apply on their latest return; many others give only to organizations they already know. A badge such as Gave $1.2M in 2024 repeats what the latest return reports; it does not mean the foundation is accepting proposals now.
Facts on this page come from the foundation's own IRS Form 990-PF filings as published by the IRS. Grantvello does not know whether a foundation is accepting proposals right now: a past grant is not an open opportunity. Always confirm current guidelines with the funder before applying.