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Bangor Savings Bank Foundation

Bangor, ME

The Bangor Savings Bank Foundation supports arts and culture, economic and workforce development, education, health and wellness, and social and community services, including affordable housing and health care. It focuses on Maine, New Hampshire, and Essex County, Massachusetts; 2025 grants ranged from $1,000 to $50,000, with a median of $4,750. It accepts applications through an online portal, with applications reviewed twice a year.

Fore River Foundation

Portland, ME

The Fore River Foundation funds environmental conservation, reproductive health and rights, legal advocacy, education, and community health, with many grants supporting Maine conservation, history, and community services. Its 2025 grants ranged from $500 to $128,000, with a median of $5,000; 39% of grant dollars went to Maine recipients. It supports only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Walking Stick Family Fund

Cambridge, MA

The fund supports preselected charitable organizations, with recent grants spanning public media, environmental advocacy, organic farming, and dance. Its 2025 grants ranged from $300 to $20,000, with a median of $2,000; funding went primarily to Massachusetts and Maine, as well as organizations in other states. It does not accept unsolicited funding requests.

Ethel D Colket Foundation

Newtown Square, PA

The Ethel D Colket Foundation funded educational institutions and organizations focused on housing and community services, with 2021 grants ranging from smaller awards to more than $100,000; its 72 grants averaged about $9,160. Recipients were in Pennsylvania, Maine, Idaho, and Florida, but the foundation reported no grants in 2022, and the profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

The Jackson Laboratory

Bar Harbor, ME

Maine Community Foundation Inc

Ellsworth, ME

Maine Community Foundation supports nonprofits and communities in Maine through grants for areas such as community building, arts, land and water, housing, and equity, as well as scholarships. Its 2024 grants had a median amount of $17,500, though awards varied widely. The profile describes online applications for competitive grants but does not state whether unsolicited requests are accepted.

Live Oak Foundation

Ocala, FL

The foundation supported organizations in health care, arts and culture, equine welfare, conservation, and youth services, with most 2025 funding going to New York and Florida. Its 37 grants ranged from $100 to $112,000, with a median of $1,000. The 2024 filing says no application form or other materials are required, there is no deadline, and there are no award restrictions.

Hillman Charitable Foundation

St Petersburg, FL

James Deering Danielson Foundation

Chicago, IL

The foundation funds arts and humanities, education, social services, and other charitable purposes, with grants across multiple states; Florida received the largest share in 2025. Its grants ranged from $2,000 to $40,000, with a median of $5,000. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Colket Family Foundation

Newtown Square, PA

The Colket Family Foundation funds educational, charitable, scientific, literary, and religious causes, including schools, healthcare, food assistance, and community organizations. Its 2024 grants ranged from $300 to $110,000, with a median of $2,300; giving was concentrated in Maine and Pennsylvania. It accepts written requests and does not limit grants to preselected organizations.

Seattle Foundation

Seattle, WA

Seattle Foundation supports community-led solutions, racial and economic equity, policy and systems change, and a broad range of community needs through donor-recommended and foundation-directed grants. Its 2024 median grant was $6,000, and its giving primarily serves Greater Seattle and Washington, with some grants made nationally and internationally.

Gates Foundation

Seattle, WA

The Gates Foundation funds work to reduce disease and poverty, improve health and gender equality in lower-income countries, and support education and economic mobility in the United States, especially Washington State; it works in more than 140 countries. Its 2024 grants had a median of $500,000, with awards ranging from $1 to $350.5 million. It generally does not accept unsolicited proposals, but periodically offers opportunities through published requests for proposals.