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Maine Health Access Foundation Inc

Augusta, ME · EIN 01-0535144. Reported 500 grants totalling $20.8M to 253 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$29,891median grant
$20.8Mgranted, 2021-2024
253organizations funded
55%of grantees funded again the next year
$154.4Massets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Maine Health Access Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $29,891. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $120 and the largest $475,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
10 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
47 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
53 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
94 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
123 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
127 grants
$100,000 and Up
46 grants

Every organization it funded

All 253 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which this organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this foundation actually has a relationship with.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Maine Council on AgingBrunswick, ME$1,212,039442024
Maine Community FoundationEllsworth, ME$1,145,700442024
Maine InitiativesPortland, ME$590,000332024
New England Arab American OrganizationPortland, ME$543,790442024
In Her PresenceWestbrook, ME$420,580442024
Consumers for Affordable Health CareAugusta, ME$400,000332024
Maine Equal Justice PartnersAugusta, ME$390,000332023
Maine Transgender Network IncPortland, ME$380,600442024
Hand in Handmano En ManoMilbridge, ME$317,403442024
Southern Maine Workers' CenterPortland, ME$300,000442024
Wabanaki Public HealthBangor, ME$296,800222022
Amistad Inc (dba Commonspace)Portland, ME$290,440332024
Maine Behavioral Health FoundationAugusta, ME$289,000442024
Maine Inside OutLewiston, ME$270,000442024
Mid-Coast Health Net Inc (dba Knox County Health Clinic)Rockland, ME$270,000332024
Maine Family PlanningAugusta, ME$267,900442024
Disability Rights MaineAugusta, ME$254,700442024
Oasis Free ClinicsBrunswick, ME$250,000332024
Maine People's Resource CenterPortland, ME$241,700442024
Cross Cultural Community ServicesPortland, ME$239,500332024
Planned Parenthood of Northern New EnglandColchester, VT$225,000442024
Maine Women's Lobby Education FundAugusta, ME$211,678442024
Maine Primary Care AssociationAugusta, ME$209,500442024
Maine Children's AllianceAugusta, ME$207,098442024
Maine Center for Economic PolicyAugusta, ME$207,000442024
New Mainers Public Health InitiativeLewiston, ME$200,000442024
Somali Bantu Community AssociationLewiston, ME$198,164332024
Consumers for Affordable Health Care FoundationAugusta, ME$196,200112023
Presente MainePortland, ME$192,200332024
Partnership for Children's Oral HealthYarmouth, ME$187,900332024
Mabel Wadsworth CenterBangor, ME$184,800442024
Health Equity AllianceBangor, ME$183,000442024
Maine Chapter American Academy of PediatricsManchester, ME$180,000442024
Mainely Smiles (dba Mainely Teeth)Portland, ME$180,000222024
Maine Access PointsBrunswick, ME$170,000332023
University of New EnglandPortland, ME$169,000332024
Maine Access Immigrant NetworkPortland, ME$163,500442024
Western Maine Addiction Recovery InitiativeNorway, ME$157,600442024
ACLU of Maine FoundationPortland, ME$155,000442024
Out MaineRockland, ME$155,000332023
SafebaeCape Elizabeth, ME$150,000332023
Spurwink ServicesPortland, ME$150,000112024
Mi'kmaq NationPresque Isle, ME$144,220442024
Equalitymaine FoundationPortland, ME$142,500332024
Maine Mobile Health ProgramAugusta, ME$140,000442024
Resources for Organizing and Social ChangeAugusta, ME$134,900442024
Maine Mental Health Connections IncBangor, ME$132,500442024
Maine Public Health AssociationAugusta, ME$132,400442024
City of Bangor - Health & Community ServicesBangor, ME$131,600332024
City of Portland - Portland Public Health & Human ServicesPortland, ME$131,200222024
Healthy PeninsulaBlue Hill, ME$130,000332024
MindbridgePortland, ME$130,000332024
Survivor Speak USAPortland, ME$127,430442024
Aroostook Area Agency on Aging IncPresque Isle, ME$127,000442024
AARP FoundationWashington, DC$125,000442024
Maine Resilience Building NetworkManchester, ME$122,000332024
Medical Care DevelopmentHallowell, ME$120,000332024
Northern Light HealthBrewer, ME$115,074222022
MainehealthPortland, ME$112,800222024
Ellsworth Free Medical ClinicEllsworth, ME$111,000442024
Equality Maine FoundationPortland, ME$110,000112023
Maine Equal JusticeAugusta, ME$110,000112024
NibezunOld Town, ME$109,960332023
Mainehealth - Maine Medical CenterPortland, ME$108,924222023
Tree Street YouthLewiston, ME$108,400222023
Restorative Justice Institute of MainePortland, ME$108,000222022
Wabanaki Health and WellnessBangor, ME$107,500222024
Maine Community IntegrationLewiston, ME$106,130332024
Maine Immigrants Rights CoalitionPortland, ME$105,600332024
Mainehealth - Healthy Community CoalitionFarmington, ME$102,976222023
Maine Seacoast MissionNortheast Harbor, ME$100,000332024
NAMI MaineHallowell, ME$100,000222024
Northern Light Acadia HospitalBangor, ME$100,000222023
Penobscot Bay YMCARockport, ME$100,000222022
Quality Housing CoalitionPortland, ME$100,000222024
Woodfords Family ServiceWestbrook, ME$100,000222023
Preble StreetPortland, ME$95,000332024
Mount Desert Island HospitalBar Harbor, ME$90,000112024
Daniel Hanley Center for Hlth Leadership (me Medical Education Trust)Portland, ME$87,000112023
Maine Immigrants Rights Coalition (mirc)Portland, ME$85,000112022
Spectrum GenerationsAugusta, ME$85,000442024
Co-Occurring Collaborative Serving MainePortland, ME$83,300222024
Maine Medical Education TrustManchester, ME$83,000332024
Maine Prisoner Advocacy CoalitionLisbon, ME$81,200222024
Southern Maine Agency on AgingBiddeford, ME$80,000442024
Eastern Area Agency on AgingBrewer, ME$78,500442024
Wabanaki Public Health and WellnessBangor, ME$76,500112023
Friends of Emergency Medical Services for MaineHallowell, ME$74,343222024
Mainehealth - Access to CarecarepartnersmedaccessPortland, ME$70,000222023
SeniorsplusLewiston, ME$70,000442024
Thomas CollegeWaterville, ME$70,000222023
Maine Immigrant and Refugee ServicesLewiston, ME$67,800332024
Elder Abuse Institute of MaineBrunswick, ME$67,300222022
Kennebec Behavioral HealthWaterville, ME$65,000332023
SpurwinkPortland, ME$65,000112023
Aroostook County Action Program IncPresque Isle, ME$62,000332024
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation IncBoston, MA$61,000332024
Empowered Immigrant Women UniteLewiston, ME$60,000112024
St Joseph HospitalBangor, ME$60,000222024
Daniel Hanley Center for Health LeadershipPortland, ME$57,000222022
Tri-County Mental Health ServicesLewiston, ME$56,000222023
Home IncOrland, ME$55,500332024
Affirming Behavioral HealthPortland, ME$50,000112024
Foundation for Portland Public SchoolsPortland, ME$50,000112024
Hope ActsPortland, ME$50,000222022
Kennebec Valley Dental Coalition Inc (dba Waterville Community Dental)Oakland, ME$50,000112021
Kennebec Valley Dental Coalition Inc Dba Waterville Community Dental CeOakland, ME$50,000112022
Niweskok From Stars to SeedsMilford, ME$50,000112024
The Voices ProjectLas Vegas, NV$50,000112023
Town of Jackman Community Health Advisory Team (chat)Jackman, ME$50,000112021
Town of Mount Vernon Aging in Place CommitteeMount Vernon, ME$50,000222022
Trinity Jubilee CenterLewiston, ME$50,000332024
The Opportunity AllianceSouth Portland, ME$49,888222023
Bangor Region YMCABangor, ME$46,721222022
Milestone RecoveryPortland, ME$45,000332024
Defend Our HealthPortland, ME$40,000222024
Friends of the Portland Community Free ClinicSouth Portland, ME$40,000222022
Maine Donor Alliance FundPortland, ME$40,000112024
New England Rural Health RoundtableRichmond, VT$39,080222023
Amistad IncPortland, ME$38,000112021
Christine B Foundation IncBangor, ME$37,500112023
Hanley Center for Health Leadership and EducationYarmouth, ME$37,000112024
Midcoast Community Alliance (dba Midcoast Youth Center)Bath, ME$37,000222023
The Voices Project (dba Mobilize Recovery)Las Vegas, NV$37,000112024
State of Maine Dept of Public Safety Maine Emergency Medical ServicesAugusta, ME$36,391112021
Community ConceptsLewiston, ME$34,828332024
Opiate Free Island PartnershipDeer Isle, ME$33,500222024
Maine Long-Term Care Ombudsman ProgramAugusta, ME$33,166332023
Hospice Volunteers of Somerset CountySkowhegan, ME$32,500222024
York County Community Action CorporationSanford, ME$31,800112022
Community DentalPortland, ME$30,000332024
Mainehealth - Maine Behavioral HealthcareSouth Portland, ME$30,000112022
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical CenterBangor, ME$30,000112024
Rangeley Health and Wellness PartnershipRangeley, ME$30,000112023
Sage Maine - a Program of EqualitymainePortland, ME$30,000112021
Maine Hospice Council IncAugusta, ME$29,998112021
Penobscot Community Health CareBangor, ME$29,995442024
York HospitalYork, ME$29,785112021
Kennebec Valley Family DentistryAugusta, ME$29,468332023
Downeast Community PartnersEllsworth, ME$28,809222022
Growsmart MaineAugusta, ME$27,000222024
Good Shepherd Food BankAuburn, ME$25,000112022
Maine PublicLewiston, ME$25,000222022
Medical Care Development (aka Mcd Global Health)Hallowell, ME$25,000112023
Somali Bantu Community Association of Lewiston MaineLewiston, ME$25,000112021
SweetserSaco, ME$25,000112023
Portland Adult EducationPortland, ME$24,000112021
Portland Recovery Community CenterPortland, ME$23,000222023
Maine Coalition to End Domestic ViolenceAugusta, ME$20,000112022
The Root Cellar - Fiscal Sponsor for Maine-Ly TeethLewiston, ME$20,000112022
United Way of Androscoggin CountyLewiston, ME$20,000112023
United Way of Southern MainePortland, ME$20,000112024
Western Maine Community ActionEast Wilton, ME$20,000112023
Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter & ServicesWaterville, ME$18,000222022
Aroostook Mental Health Services Inc (dba Amhc)Presque Isle, ME$17,900222023
Community Clinical ServicesLewiston, ME$17,500222023
Healthy AcadiaEllsworth, ME$17,000222022
Grandmothers for Reproductive RightsBath, ME$15,000222024
Mid-Coast Health Net IncRockland, ME$15,000112021
Midcoast Maine Community ActionBath, ME$15,000112023
PenquisBangor, ME$15,000112023
The Root CellarLewiston, ME$15,000112021
Waldo Community Action PartnersBelfast, ME$15,000112023
Maine Development FoundationHallowell, ME$13,000332023
Mainegeneral Rehabilitation and Long Term CareAugusta, ME$13,000112021
Save a Life IncorporatedLincoln, ME$13,000222024
Maine Philanthropy CenterPortland, ME$12,500222023
Rest Center - Recovery Employment Support TrainingLewiston, ME$12,000222022
Sunrise OpportunitiesMachias, ME$12,000222024
Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian TownshipPrinceton, ME$11,320222024
Adcare Educational Institute of MaineAugusta, ME$10,000112021
Catholic Charities MainePortland, ME$10,000112024
Community DoulasPortland, ME$10,000112024
Emmanuel Lutheran Episcopal ChurchAugusta, ME$10,000222024
Frannie Peabody CenterPortland, ME$10,000112024
Ifka Community ServicesLewiston, ME$10,000112024
Knox County Homeless CoalitionRockland, ME$10,000112021
Maine AllcarePortland, ME$10,000112023
Maine Dental Health OutreachWinthrop, ME$10,000112021
Maine Sea Coast MissionBar Harbor, ME$10,000112021
New Beginnings IncLewiston, ME$10,000112022
Oasis Health Network IncBrunswick, ME$10,000112021
Pine Tree Society for Handicapped Children and Adults IncBath, ME$10,000112024
Pinetree InstituteEliot, ME$10,000112022
Rockland District Nursing AssociationRockland, ME$10,000112021
Rumford Group Homes IncRumford, ME$10,000112021
Sacopee Valley Health CenterPorter, ME$10,000112024
Saving Smiles of MaineWindsor, ME$10,000112021
The Courageous Steps ProjectMilford, ME$10,000112024
Whyhunger Inc - Fiscal Sponsor for Eastern Woodlands RematriationNew York, NY$10,000112022
York County Shelters Program IncAlfred, ME$10,000112021
University of Mainemargaret Chase Smith Center for Public PolicyOrono, ME$9,988112023
University of Maine at Augusta - Dental ProgramAugusta, ME$9,808112024
Maine Association of Recovery ResidencesPortland, ME$9,600112022
Speak About It IncPortland, ME$9,600112024
Spiritual Care Services of MaineSaco, ME$9,100112023
Maine Nursing Action CoalitionWaterville, ME$9,000112024
Bangor Area Recovery Network Inc (aka Barn)Brewer, ME$8,300222023
Djiboutian American Community Empowerment ProjectLewiston, ME$8,000112024
Larry Labonte Recovery CenterRumford, ME$8,000222022
Maine Association of NonprofitsPortland, ME$8,000112024
Maine Prisoner Re-Entry NetworkLewiston, ME$8,000112021
PIR2PEER Recovery Community CenterEast Millinocket, ME$8,000222022
United Youth Empowerment ServicesLewiston, ME$8,000112024
ValoFreeport, ME$7,970112024
Goodwill Industries of Northern New EnglandGorham, ME$7,500222023
Maine Boys to MenFalmouth, ME$7,500112021
Brunswick Area Respite ProgramBath, ME$7,000112021
Tedford HousingBrunswick, ME$7,000112022
Wellspring IncBangor, ME$7,000112023
Hospice of Southern MaineScarborough, ME$6,000332024
Central Maine Medical Center (cmmc)Lewiston, ME$5,876112021
City of Portland - Office of Elder AffairsPortland, ME$5,000112021
Homeless Services of AroostookPresque Isle, ME$5,000112021
Kennebec Valley Community Action ProgramWaterville, ME$5,000112022
Maine Association of the DeafYarmouth, ME$5,000112023
Maine Prisoner Re-Entry Network - Fiscal Sponsor for Augusta Recovery Re-EnAugusta, ME$5,000112022
Maine School Administrative District #52Turner, ME$5,000112024
Millinocket Regional HospitalMillinocket, ME$5,000112023
The Commons at Central HallDoverfoxcroft, ME$5,000112021
University of Maine Center on AgingBangor, ME$4,000222023
Coyote InstituteOrono, ME$2,500222024
Avesta HousingPortland, ME$2,000112022
Coastal Recovery Community CenterRockland, ME$2,000112022
Community Change IncBoston, MA$2,000112022
HealthinfonetNew Gloucester, ME$2,000112022
Maine Children's TrustAugusta, ME$2,000112024
Maine Fishermen's ForumRockport, ME$2,000112024
Maine Hands and VoicesBrewer, ME$2,000112024
Mainehealth - Maine Shared Community Health Needs AssessmentPortland, ME$2,000112022
Northern New England Society of Addiction MedicineNewport, ME$2,000112023
University of Maine System Inc (usm Muskie School of Public Service)Portland, ME$2,000112024
Uplift IncGardiner, ME$2,000112023
Your Place IncEllsworth, ME$2,000112022
Bangor Public LibraryBangor, ME$1,955112023
An Angel's Wing IncLewiston, ME$1,800112023
Midcoast ConservancyEdgecomb, ME$1,800112021
Sarah's House of MaineHolden, ME$1,800112022
American Lung Association of MaineAugusta, ME$1,400112024
Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (ilap)Portland, ME$1,400112021
Bucksport Bay Healthy Communities CoalitionBucksport, ME$1,200112023
Hope Brokers IncPittsfield, ME$1,200112023
Bath-Brunswick Respite CareBath, ME$1,000112024
Hearing Loss Association of AmericaRockville, MD$1,000112024
State of Maine Commission on Racial Indigenous and Tribal PopulationsAugusta, ME$1,000112022
The Family RestoredPortland, ME$1,000112024
TrekkersRockland, ME$1,000112023
Community Housing of MainePortland, ME$500112023
Jefferson Cary FoundationCaribou, ME$300112022
The Jefferson Cary Foundation (aka Cary Medical Center)Caribou, ME$300112022

132 of 253 (52%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 55%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 335 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
88 grants
Health Care
76 grants
Mental Health
35 grants
Crime & Legal
23 grants
Education
17 grants
Community Improvement
16 grants
Diseases & Disorders
13 grants
Arts & Culture
12 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
2021120$4,328,314$25,000
2022130$5,309,643$30,800
2023124$6,113,536$49,990
2024126$5,026,262$25,060

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Already committed for future years

Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Maine Health Access Foundation Inc has 201 of them, worth $16.4M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.

OrganizationLocationApproved
Maine Council on AgingBrunswick, ME$534,180
Consumers for Affordable Health Care FoundationAugusta, ME$330,000
Wabanaki Public HealthBangor, ME$275,000
Maine Council on AgingBrunswick, ME$256,420
Maine Community FoundationEllsworth, ME$250,000
Southern Maine Workers' CenterPortland, ME$245,000
Maine Transgender Network IncPortland, ME$220,000
Consumers for Affordable Health CareAugusta, ME$210,000
Maine Behavioral Health FoundationAugusta, ME$206,000
Southern Maine Workers' CenterPortland, ME$200,000
New England Arab American OrganizationPortland, ME$193,595
Maine Community FoundationEllsworth, ME$193,000
Maine Center for Economic PolicyAugusta, ME$180,000
Maine Equal Justice PartnersAugusta, ME$180,000
New England Arab American OrganizationPortland, ME$170,000

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 97% of this one's giving went to organizations in Maine. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Maine
$20.2M
Vermont
$264K
District of Columbia
$125K
Nevada
$87K
Massachusetts
$63K
New York
$10K
Maryland
$1K

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Funders that support the same organizations

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $29,891. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Maine.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Maine Health Access Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 146 Capitol Street, Augusta, ME, 04330. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 01-0535144 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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