Elsie & William Viles Foundation

AUGUSTA, ME EIN: 22-3089641

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990-PF

Total Assets

$21.2M

+4.2% YoY

Annual Giving

$860K

+5.8% YoY

Grant Count

46

+53.3% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$19K

-31.0% YoY

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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
$0$388K$777K$1M$2M20212022202320242025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$21,150,642$20,296,370$18,931,826
Revenue$1,250,357$1,008,374$1,086,883
Expenses$1,203,737$1,131,168$1,094,814
Qualifying Distributions$1,049,802$975,343$948,559
Net Investment Income$985,832$758,314$819,992
Distributable Amount$923,035$850,315$787,099

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$215K$430K$645K$860K24 grants202126 grants202230 grants202330 grants202446 grants2025

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 10 recipients in 2025

Kennebec Valley Humane S…$160KMaineGeneral Health$160KMaine State Museum$80KSouth Parish Congregatio…$80KViles Arboretum$80KCony High School$65KAugusta Food Bank$25KFoundation for Maine's C…$24KCity of Augusta$20KKennebec Land Trust$15K

Grant Size Distribution

156 grants across all recorded years

126<$50K20$50–100K10$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

No grants recorded for .

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Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Patricia A WestExecutive Director (end 6/20…$37K

From 2025 filing

NameTitleHoursCompensation
Paul R AbbeyDirector0.25
William N LundDirector0.25
Warren E Winslow JrDirector0.25
Charles W HaysDirector0.25
Sharon MurrayExecutive Director (start 6/2025)1
Patricia A WestExecutive Director (end 6/2024)30$36,592
Daniel E WathenPresident/Director1
Mark L JohnstonTreasurer/Director1

Geographic Focus

Where this funder has awarded grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

States

Cities

AugustaBangorBathBelfastBelgrade LakesBoothbayBrooksBrunswickCamdenChardonChebeague IslandDamariscottaEast WinthropEastportFort KentGardinerHallowellManchesterMilbridgeMonmouth

Data last updated March 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

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