The Kingfisher Foundation

Private foundation · Grantmaker Lincolnville Center, ME EIN: 36-3554460
EnvironmentDomesticated animals

The Kingfisher Foundation is a private foundation focused on Environment, based in Lincolnville Center, ME. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025.

The Kingfisher Foundation at a glance

Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who The Kingfisher Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

12 grants across all recorded years

12<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 12 grants of 12 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

4states

Cities

StanardsvilleCharlottesvilleJacobusCamdenRuckersvilleChicagoKeeneRocklandWayne Boro

How The Kingfisher Foundation gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2021 to 2024 (−17%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$500$1K$1.5K$2K4 grants2019 6 grants2020 4 grants2021 3 grants2022 2 grants2023 3 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $650 (2023) to $2K (2021). In 2024 it made 3 grants totaling $2K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Costal Mountains Camden, MECharitable$1,000
Paws Animal Adoption Center Camden, MECharitable$350
Farnsworth Art Museum Rockland, MEChartiable$150
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsNet Investment Income
2024$32,813$4,842$1,500$1,5003$1,500$1,238
2023$29,471$-1,426$650$6502$650$384
2022$31,547$-14,646$1,750$1,7503$1,750$295
2021$47,943$11,394$1,800$1,8004—$875
2020$38,349$7,058$1,725$1,7256—$623
2019$33,016$6,195$1,511$1,2004—$586

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

The Kingfisher Foundation is led by Mark T. Meyer, President on every filing since 2019; none of the 3 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Mark T. Meyer

    President

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Jill Meyer

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Meyer

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

Former officers (1)
  • Former: Raymond Meyer (2019–2020) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about The Kingfisher Foundation

What is The Kingfisher Foundation?

The Kingfisher Foundation is a private foundation focused on Environment, based in Lincolnville Center, ME.

Where does The Kingfisher Foundation operate?

The Kingfisher Foundation has awarded grants in Illinois, Maine, Pennsylvania, Virginia.

What is The Kingfisher Foundation's EIN?

The Kingfisher Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 36-3554460. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

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

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS September 2, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS July 8, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS October 13, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS October 12, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS October 11, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS October 10, 2025)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025

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