The Alfred M Senter Fund Trust
Bath, ME · EIN 91-2105315. Reported 136 grants totalling $559,944 to 67 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. The Alfred M Senter Fund Trust did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $5,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $15,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program | Brunswick, ME | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Good Shepherd Food Bank | Auburn, ME | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brunswick Downtown Association | Brunswick, ME | $23,725 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dean Snell Cancer Foundation | Brunswick, ME | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Independence Association | Brunswick, ME | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Oasis Free Clinics | Brunswick, ME | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| People Plus | Brunswick, ME | $19,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bath Area Family YMCA | Bath, ME | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Elder Abuse Institute of Maine | Brunswick, ME | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Gathering Place | Brunswick, ME | $16,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Housing Resources for Youth | Brunswick, ME | $15,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Art Van | Bath, ME | $14,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Growing to Give | Brunswick, ME | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tedford Housing Inc | Brunswick, ME | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Village Improvement Association | Brunswick, ME | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Theater Project | Brunswick, ME | $11,720 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Gulf of Maine Research Institute | Portland, ME | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity 7 Rivers Maine | Topsham, ME | $10,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Maine State Music Theater | Brunswick, ME | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Midcoast Humane Society | Brunswick, ME | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Oasis Health Network | Brunswick, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| People's Plus | Brunswick, ME | $8,780 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maine Paws for Veterans | Topsham, ME | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Midcoast Literacy | Bath, ME | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Midcoast Symphony Orchestra | Brunswick, ME | $7,720 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Junior Achievement of Maine | Portland, ME | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pejepscot Historical Society | Brunswick, ME | $7,417 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lisbon School Department | Lisbon, ME | $7,089 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brunswick Topsham Land Trust | Brunswick, ME | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Midcoast Youth Center | Bath, ME | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arts Are Elementary | Brunswick, ME | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Camp Susan Curtis | Portland, ME | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Albiston Foundation | Carrabassett Valley, ME | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Artvan | Bath, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bowdoin International Music Festival | Brunswick, ME | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Brunswick Rotary Club | Brunswick, ME | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Topsham, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maine Coast Heritage Trust | Topsham, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maine State Music Theatre | Brunswick, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Midcoast Youth Theater | Brunswick, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Msad #75 | Topsham, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Adaptive Outdoor Education Center | Brunswick, ME | $4,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | Brunswick, ME | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Embrace a Vet | Brunswick, ME | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lauren Swenson Music for Youth Foundation | Slingerlands, NY | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sexual Assault Support Services of Midcoast Maine | Brunswick, ME | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Susan L Curtis Charitable Foundatio | Portland, ME | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brunswick Rotary Club Community Fund | Brunswick, ME | $3,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Orrs and Bailey Islands Fire Dept | Orrs Island, ME | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Patten Free Library | Bath, ME | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bath Area Backpack Program | Bath, ME | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bath Housing Development Corporation | Bath, ME | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cathance River Education Alliance | Topsham, ME | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| College Guild | Brunswick, ME | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maine Federation of Farmers Markets | Freeport, ME | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Portland Stage Company Inc | Portland, ME | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Portland Symphony Orchestra | Portland, ME | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Ecology School | Saco, ME | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Six Rivers Youth Sports | Topsham, ME | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brunswick School of Performing Arts | Brunswick, ME | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kennebec Estuary Land Trust | Bath, ME | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pejopscot Historical Society | Brunswick, ME | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Virginia Project Dba Maine's First Ship | Bath, ME | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Harpswell News | Harpswell, ME | $1,443 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Brunswick Naval Aviation Museum | Brunswick, ME | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cromwell Center for Disabilities Awareness | Portland, ME | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alex Labbe Foundation | Brunswick, ME | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
37 of 67 (55%) 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 67%, 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 83 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 34 | $167,300 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 36 | $174,413 | $4,375 |
| 2023 | 32 | $73,417 | $2,458 |
| 2024 | 34 | $144,814 | $3,000 |
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.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 99% 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.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Maine.
- 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.
- 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 The Alfred M Senter Fund Trust'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: 105 Front Street, Bath, ME, 04530. 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.
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