Eastern Maine Development Corporation
Bangor, ME · EIN 01-0281875. Reported 77 grants totalling $2,951,095 to 70 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Eastern Maine Development Corporation, the IRS classifies it under community improvement rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE S300) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 70 distinct organizations, with 19% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 33% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $25,000. Half of what it reported fell between $12,127 and $25,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $558,368. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Concepts Incorporated | Lewiston, ME | $558,368 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northern Maine Development Commission Inc | Caribou, ME | $462,720 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sunrise County Economic Council | Machias, ME | $263,731 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Four Directions Development Corporation | Orono, ME | $196,126 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Upstart Maine Inc | Orono, ME | $148,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Maine Multicultural Center | Brewer, ME | $98,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Acadia Wilderness Lodge | West Tremont, ME | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ranco Fisheries | Harrington, ME | $50,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Penobscot Bay Weddings & Events | Bangor, ME | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ac Training LLC | Bangor, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Acadia Charter Company LLC | Bernard, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Big Lake Rv Park & Campground | Big Lake Township, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cardtastic Collectibles and More | Brewer, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dreamer Food | Bangor, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Frugal Mainer LLC | Brewer, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Highlands Lodging | Greenville, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Horn Run Brewing | Perry, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Inked Beauty By Sen | Orono, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mepsco Manufacturing LLC | Bangor, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maine Camp Outfitters | Sunset, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mis Primeros Pasos My First Steps | Ellsworth, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Moosabec Medical | Jonesport, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Moosehead Lakeshore Journal | Greenville, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pleasant and Center LLC | Monson, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pro Weld | Charlotte, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Red Rabbit Bazaar | Bangor, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tangomaine | Orono, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Beauty Artist | Bucksport, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Club Marina and Bar | Stockton Springs, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Phoenix on Water Street | Eastport, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Village Kitchen | Hermon, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Whistling Buoy | Bnagor, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wallace Interiors | Brewer, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Harvesting Good | Yarmouth, ME | $21,933 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bella Weidner | Stockton Springs, ME | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Done Roving Yarns & Home Decor | Charlotte, ME | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Martin Woods Farm | Starks, ME | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Puritan Medical Products | Guilford, ME | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Quoddy Spray Foam LLC | Indian Township, ME | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southern Piscataquis County Chamber of Commerce | Dovr Foxcroft, ME | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trove Inc | Belfast, ME | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Powerwise Systems | Bucksport, ME | $19,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Flowfold | Gorham, ME | $19,054 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Salmonics LLC | Brunswick, ME | $18,547 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Good Crust | Canaan, ME | $18,302 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Courtney Bed Inc | Bangor, ME | $15,906 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cold Current Kelp | York, ME | $15,077 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lily Cat Antiques | Greenville, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sue's Cobscook Bay Cafe | Edmunds Township, ME | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sit Stay Forever LLC | Portland, ME | $12,282 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bixby & Co | Rockland, ME | $12,127 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pieceworks Inc | Liberty, ME | $11,579 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Innovative Welding Service | Levant, ME | $10,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ganneston Construction | Augusta, ME | $10,032 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Moosehead Lake Region Economic Development Corp | Greenville, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Form Building Systems | Bucksport, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Viable Gear LLC | Portland, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town of Lincoln | Lincoln, ME | $9,996 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Esm Global Productions | Portland, ME | $9,322 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Farming Fungi LLC | Springvale, ME | $9,134 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Timberwolves Restaurant | Mars Hill, ME | $8,819 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| K&t Environmental Equipment | Island Falls, ME | $8,810 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maine Highlands Senior Center | Doverfoxcroft, ME | $8,657 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town of Newport | Newport, ME | $7,844 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Codeweaving Inc | Dresden, ME | $7,833 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers Inc | Summerfield, NC | $7,529 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hawkeye Fiber Optics | Poland, ME | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Able Beverage | Gray, ME | $5,810 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greisen Aerospace | Brunswick, ME | $5,757 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cooperative Development Institute | Maynard, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
4 of 70 (6%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 8 of 70 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 | $502,336 | $112,053 |
| 2021 | 4 | $876,138 | $124,362 |
| 2022 | 3 | $140,000 | $50,000 |
| 2023 | 66 | $1,432,621 | $20,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
100% of its giving went to organizations in Maine. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available 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 grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $25,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Maine.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Eastern Maine Development Corporation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 0 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 66 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 40 Harlow Street, Bangor, ME, 04401.
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