Augusta Board of Trade

Maine Community Foundation Inc

Ellsworth, ME

Maine Community Foundation supports Maine communities through grants for community building, arts, education, the environment, economic development, human services, and other areas. Its 2024 grants ranged from $5,030 to $2,487,900, with a median of $17,500; the Community Building Grant Program offers awards up to $10,000. Applications are submitted online, and the information does not state whether unsolicited requests are accepted.

Machias Savings Bank Community

Machias, ME

The fund supports community needs including financial health, food, housing, healthcare, workforce development, entrepreneurship, broadband, childcare, and youth programming, generally in Machias Savings Bank’s service area in Maine and New Hampshire. Its guidelines typically describe grants of $1,000–$5,000, though some 2025 awards were larger. It accepts unsolicited requests through the bank’s website.

Margaret Chase Smith Foundation

Portland, ME

Bard Robert L & Agnes Cook Bard-Tr

Pittsburgh, PA

The foundation supports Pennsylvania organizations addressing community needs, older adults, food insecurity, homelessness, and services for people with developmental disabilities, primarily through general operating grants. Its 2025 grants ranged from $5,000 to $12,000, with a median of $9,000. It gives only to preselected charities and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Maine Space Grant Consortium

Augusta, ME

The Maine Space Grant Consortium funds aerospace-related research, STEM education, and workforce development connected to NASA and Maine’s space economy, primarily through grants to Maine institutions and organizations. Its 2025 grants had a median award of $19,202; current EPSCoR seed research grants offer up to $50,000, with smaller workshop and travel grants.

Avangrid Foundation Inc

Orange, CT

The foundation funds arts and culture, environmental protection, sustainable community development, and education, training, and research, primarily in communities where Avangrid operates, while also supporting local, national, and global partners. In 2025, grants ranged from $5,000 to $574,911, with a median of $20,000. It has no open call for general proposals; funding is typically by invitation, though its filing lists a grant application with no deadline.

Reny Charitable Foundation

Newcastle, ME

The Reny Charitable Foundation supports education, community, environment, and music, along with other charitable work, primarily in Maine; nearly all of its 2024 grants went to Maine organizations. Its 105 grants ranged from $200 to $50,000, with a median of $1,000. It makes grants only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Maine Health Access Foundation Inc

Augusta, ME

Maine Health Access Foundation funds health care access, equity, and community-led or systems-focused efforts addressing priorities such as rural health, behavioral health, oral health, and maternal and child health in Maine. Its 2024 grants had a median award of about $25,000; it offers annual open competitive programs that begin with a letter of inquiry, as well as smaller discretionary and meeting grants.

FJN Charitable Foundation

Jenkintown, PA

The foundation supports a range of charitable organizations, including those working in behavioral health, housing, hunger relief, animal welfare, and the arts, with most 2025 grant dollars going to Pennsylvania and the rest to Massachusetts. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,000 to $72,000, with a median of $4,500. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

NCG Foundation Inc

Scottsdale, AZ

NCG Foundation supports a varied mix of charitable organizations, including health, arts and culture, advocacy, and humanitarian groups, with most 2025 funding going to Arizona and New York. Its 40 grants ranged from $75 to $15,000, with a median of $1,000. It funds preselected organizations only and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Saco & Biddeford Savings

Saco, ME

Saco & Biddeford Savings supports Maine nonprofits working in areas including food access, health and social services, education, youth, arts, elder care, and community development, with most giving concentrated in Southern Maine. Its 2025 grants ranged from $100 to $50,200, with a median of $1,000. It accepts applications from eligible 501(c)(3) organizations; no deadline is listed.

TD Charitable Foundation

Portland, ME

The foundation funds education, human services, housing and financial stability, nonprofit capacity-building, and community programs, with particular consideration for underserved and low- to moderate-income communities. Its stated award range is $135–$475,000, though the 2025 median grant was $10,000; it focuses primarily on Florida, New Jersey, and New York. It accepts unsolicited requests through online applications from eligible 501(c)(3) public charities in states with a TD Bank, N.A. branch.