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Top Maine charitable foundations
Ranked by total giving in Maine for fiscal year 2022
Foundation
Total giving in Maine
2022
Percent total giving in
Maine 2022
Assets
fiscal year 2023
1
Revenue
fiscal year 2023
Chief executive/
year founded
1
Harold Alfond Foundation
2 Monument Square, Portland 04101
828-7999, haroldalfondfoundation.org
$66,180,000 89.1% $1,528,237,797 $110,997,249
Gregory Powell
1950
2
Maine Community Foundation
245 Main St., Ellsworth 04605
667-9735, mainecf.org
$42,550,000 77.9%
$732,240,535
2
$108,670,378
Deborah Ellwood
1983
3
Elmina B. Sewall Foundation
15 Main St., Suite 230, Freeport 04032
865-3810, sewallfoundation.org
$11,180,000 87.6% $170,578,667 $5,294,917
Gabriela Alcalde
1982
4
Lunder Foundation
c/o Kenilworth Inc., 2 Monument Square, Portland
04101
775-7676
$11,020,000 53.1% $8,357,391 $38,327,642
Peter Lunder
1988
5
John T. Gorman Foundation
1 Canal Plaza, Suite 800, Portland 04101
518-6784, jtgfoundation.org
$8,510,000 98.3% $214,146,299 $13,301,002
Nicole Witherbee
1995
6
Libra Foundation
P.O. Box 17516, Portland 04112
879-6280, librafoundation.org
$6,320,000 100.0% $137,736,434 -$339,498
Craig Denekas
1989
7
Cianbro Charitable Foundation
P.O. Box 1000, Pittsfield, 04967
487-3311, cianbro.com
$6,050,000 99.7% $11,919,362 $1,254,900
Peter A. Vigue
1990
8
Alfond Scholarship Foundation
482 Congress St., Suite 303, Portland 04101
347-8638, myalfondgrant.org
$5,990,000 100.0%
$1,758,855
2
$7,242,635
Colleen Quint
2008
9
Maine Health Access Foundation
146 Capitol St., Augusta 04330
620-8266, mehaf.org
$5,280,000 99.5% $144,323,858 $14,634,624
Jake Grindle
1996
10
Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation
P.O. Box 855, Bangor 04402
990-2910, stkfoundation.org
$4,430,000 97.8% $19,865,201 $3,740,528
Stephen & Tabitha King
1987
11
Sam L. Cohen Foundation
22 Free St., Suite 401, Portland 04101
871-5600, samlcohenfoundation.org
$3,230,000 98.8% $32,332,208 $2,899,450
John Shoos
2005
12
Roxanne Quimby Foundation
3
769 Congress St., Portland 04102
963-2022
$3,150,000 97.7% $40,550,598 $804,826
Roxanne Quimby
2016
13
Onion Foundation
2 Great Falls Plaza, Box 7, Auburn 04210
221-0272, onionfoundation.org
$2,990,000 100.0% $64,768,101 -$4,207,671
Diana Morris
2014
14
Davis Family Foundation
4
30 Forest Falls Drive, Suite 5, Yarmouth 04096
846-9132, davisfoundations.org
$2,880,000 99.7%
$89,607,909
2
$3,243,299
Yvonne Mummé
1986
15
Betterment Fund
P.O. Box 979, Bethel 04217
5
888-866-3275, bettermentfund.org
$2,740,000 100.0% $43,975,741 $2,430,982
Bank of America NA
1970
Sources: Maine Philanthropy Center and GuideStar by Candid. Notes: Out-of-state giving is not included. Data specific to Maine giving is based on fiscal year 2022, the most recent available per Maine
Philanthropy Center.
1 Assets are fair market value unless otherwise noted.
2 Figure for total assets, not fair market value for all assets
3 Separate from the Quimby Family Foundation
4 Davis Educational Foundation and Davis Family Foundation are associated; however, they have separate employer identification numbers and file individual tax returns.
5 Corporate trustee address and phone is P.O. Box 653067, Dallas, TX, 888-8663275; foundation is Maine-based.
-This list was compiled by Heide Martin and published in the Sept. 29, 2025, issue of Mainebiz.
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