Peaks Island Fund Inc

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.

Sunita and Brian Pereira Family

Winchester, MA

The Sunita and Brian Pereira Family supports arts and culture, education, healthcare, international development, and community needs, with most 2025 funding going to recipients in Massachusetts and New York. Its 2025 grants ranged from $250 to $70,000, with a median of $5,000. It funds only preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Gess Foundation

Wellesley, MA

The Gess Foundation supports organizations in areas including music, arts and culture, watershed protection, Jewish community life, and cinema, with most 2024 funding going to Massachusetts, California, and Maine. Its 26 grants ranged from $30 to $60,500, with a median award of $2,500. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc

New York, NY

The foundation supports Maine community initiatives, especially in libraries, literacy, community health, and arts and culture, with particular interest in underserved people and the Greater Bangor region. Its 2024 grants ranged from $500 to $800,000, with a median of $20,000; for its limited 2026 opportunity, eligible Maine public libraries and public safety organizations may request up to $50,000. It does not accept unsolicited requests; other organizations are asked to wait until 2027.

United Way Inc

Portland, ME

United Way Inc funds community programs addressing youth opportunity, financial security, housing, health, and related needs, with recent awards ranging from $5,074 to $518,397 and a median of $19,500. Its community investment funding focuses on York and Cumberland Counties, Maine, excluding Brunswick and Harpswell. It uses application-based processes, but does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Alexander & Brianne Fisher Foundation

Cape Elizabeth, ME

Roxanne Quimby Foundation Inc

Portland, ME

The foundation supports arts and cultural organizations, preservation, public broadcasting, youth programs, and other charitable work, primarily in Maine. Its 2024 grants ranged from $500 to $375,000, with a median of $10,000; it funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Vincent B and Barbara G Welch Supporting Organization

Ellsworth, ME

The fund supports capital projects in youth, education, health care, substance-use recovery, and arts and culture that serve people in Greater Portland (Cumberland County), Maine. Recent awards commonly ranged from $5,000 to $50,000, though IRS records show some larger grants; it accepts proposals by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Horizon Foundation Inc

Rockport, MA

Horizon Foundation Inc supports nonprofits working to build sustainable, resilient communities, with interests including children’s learning and leadership, environmental conservation, service, arts and music, and historic preservation. Grants are generally $5,000–$20,000 (about $12,500 on average) for organizations based in or primarily serving specified communities in Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Maine and Massachusetts. It does not accept unsolicited requests; applications are by invitation only.

Lunder Foundation

Portland, ME

The Lunder Foundation supports higher education, the arts, health care, and other charities, primarily in Maine and Massachusetts. Its 2025 grants ranged from $100 to $4.8 million, with a median of $2,016; it accepts requests by brief letter and lists no deadline.

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.

Simple Generosity Foundation

Cape Elizabeth, ME

Simple Generosity Foundation supports nonprofits across varied missions, with an emphasis on smaller organizations, mainly in the United States. Its 2025 grants ranged from $5,002 to $271,548, with a median of $6,287. It does not describe an open unsolicited-request process: nonprofits must join its network and be matched to a client giving program to receive donations.