Ruth M. Crosby Scholarship
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Geographic Scope: Hermon High School, Maine
Focus Areas: Support for students attending the University of Maine
Eligibility: Students from Hermon High School who will be attending the University of Maine
Background: The Ruth M. Crosby Scholarship Fund was established in 2000 by Howard A. Crosby, a member of the University of Maine class of 1943, in honor of his wife, Ruth M. Crosby. Howard served as a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Maine in Orono, retiring as a professor emeritus after 34 years in 1980. Howard and Ruth lived in Hermon for over 55 years, where they raised their family, ran a summer tourist business known as Hermon Motor Court and founded Crosby Gardens and Arboretum, now known as Ecotat.
Contact Information:
- University of Maine Foundation
- Two Alumni Place
- Orono, ME 04469-5792
- Phone: 207.581.5100 or 800.982.8503
- Email: umainefoundation@maine.edu
What University of Maine Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 6
- Total given
- $22.16M
- Median grant
- $29K
- Range
- $11K–$12.81M
- By dollars: Maine >99%, Michigan <1%. Top recipient cities: Orono, ME; Searsmont, ME; Bangor, ME.
- 50% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
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University of Maine · Orono, ME
Distributions in support of the University of Maine
$12.81M
Ahavas Achim Society of Brotherly Love · Bangor, ME
General
$37K
United Methodist Church · Searsmont, ME
General
$22K
Potato Association of America · Livonia, MI
General
$16K
Town of Searsmont · Searsmont, ME
Government
$11K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Education
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