Fore River Foundation
Private foundation · Portland, ME · EIN 01-0421912 · reported 2023–2025
273grants reported
$5,000median award
$2,000lower quartile
$500smallest grant
$4.7Mtotal paid
16states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 23 of its 273 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $332K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
PO Box 7525
Portland, ME 04112-7525
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trust for Public Lands | San Francisco, CA | $128,000 |
| Brennan Center for Justice | New York, NY | $125,000 |
| Trust for Public Lands | San Francisco, CA | $125,000 |
| Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | $120,000 |
| Trust for Public Lands | San Francisco, CA | $112,500 |
| Center for Science in the Public Inter | Washington, DC | $100,000 |
| Maine Family Planning | Augusta, ME | $100,000 |
| Deerfield Academy | Deerfield, MA | $100,000 |
| University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | $100,000 |
| Brennan Center for Justice | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 |
| Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | $90,000 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | $77,000 |
| Brennan Center | New York, NY | $75,000 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | $75,000 |
| Center for Science in the Public Inter | Washington, DC | $75,000 |
| Land and Garden Preserve | Seal Harbor, ME | $65,000 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | $65,000 |
| Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting | Washington, DC | $65,000 |
| Maine Family Planning | Augusta, ME | $65,000 |
| Maine Coast Heritage Trust | Topsham, ME | $61,000 |
| Center for Science in the Public Inter | Washington, DC | $60,000 |
| Maine Family Planning | Augusta, ME | $60,000 |
| News Literacy Project | Washington, DC | $60,000 |
| Helping Hands of Round Pond | Round Pond, ME | $60,000 |
| University of Maine | Orono, ME | $55,000 |
| News Literacy Project | Washington, DC | $50,000 |
| University of Maine | Orono, ME | $50,000 |
| News Literacy Project | Washington, DC | $50,000 |
| Milbridge Independent Union Meeting House | Milbridge, ME | $45,450 |
| Friends of Old Headtide Church | Alna, ME | $43,580 |
| Guttmacher Institute | New York, NY | $43,000 |
| Guttmacher Institute | New York, NY | $42,000 |
| Constitutional Accountability Center | Washington, DC | $40,000 |
| New Sweden Covenant Church | New Sweden, ME | $37,813 |
| Walpole Union Chapel Museum | South Bristol, ME | $37,500 |
| Friends of the First Baptist Church of Paris | Paris, ME | $37,100 |
| Maine Coast Heritage Trust | Topsham, ME | $37,000 |
| Friends of Acadia | Bar Harbor, ME | $36,000 |
| Maine Coast Heritage Trust | Topsham, ME | $36,000 |
| St Timothy's School | Stevenson, MD | $35,000 |
| Guttmacher Institute | New York, NY | $35,000 |
| St Mark's School | Southborough, MA | $35,000 |
| St Timothy's School | Stevenson, MD | $35,000 |
| United Church of Monmouth | Monmouth, ME | $32,750 |
| ACLU of Maine Foundatiom | Portland, ME | $30,000 |
| Benton Falls Church | Benton, ME | $30,000 |
| The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts | Saint Paul, MN | $30,000 |
| Sedgwick Brooklin Historical Society | Sedgwick, ME | $30,000 |
| St Timothy's School | Stevenson, MD | $30,000 |
| The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts | Saint Paul, MN | $30,000 |
| Constitutional Accountability Center | Washington, DC | $30,000 |
| Readfield Union Meeting House Company | Readfield, ME | $30,000 |
| Sedgwick Brooklin Historical Society | Sedgwick, ME | $30,000 |
| The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts | Saint Paul, MN | $30,000 |
| Bar Harbor Historical Society | Bar Harbor, ME | $28,000 |
| Mount Desert Island Hospital | Bar Harbor, ME | $26,000 |
| Gulf of Maine Research Institute | Portland, ME | $25,000 |
| She Should Run | Washington, DC | $25,000 |
| St Mark's School | Southborough, MA | $25,000 |
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