Paul and Helen Goransson Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Eliot, ME · EIN 46-3733695 · reported 2023–2025 · files as Paul and Helen Goransson Charitable
29grants reported
$5,000median award
$3,000lower quartile
$220smallest grant
$200Ktotal paid
4states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 3 of its 29 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $39K 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
255 Depot RD
Eliot, ME 03903-1276
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Seacoast Repertory Theatre | Portsmouth, NH | $35,000 |
| Seacoast Repertory Theatre | Portsmouth, NH | $25,000 |
| Swallow Union School | Dunstable, MA | $15,000 |
| Holy Trinity Church | Newington, NH | $13,012 |
| Holy Trinity Church | Newington, NH | $13,012 |
| Holy Trinity Church | Newington, NH | $13,012 |
| Peyton Emery EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP | South Berwick, ME | $5,000 |
| Shelby Anderson EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP | Rollinsford, NH | $5,000 |
| Annika Oberg EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP | Eliot, ME | $5,000 |
| Pearl Wynne EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP | South Berwick, ME | $5,000 |
| Kelvin Peterson EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP | Eliot, ME | $5,000 |
| Sydney Page EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP | South Berwick, ME | $5,000 |
| Abbigail Leblanc EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP | South Berwick, ME | $5,000 |
| Braden Butler EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP | South Berwick, ME | $5,000 |
| Abbigail Leblanc EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP | South Berwick, ME | $5,000 |
| Braden Butler EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP | South Berwick, ME | $5,000 |
| Seacoast Repertory Theatre | Portsmouth, NH | $5,000 |
| South Berwick- Eliot Rotary | South Berwick, ME | $5,000 |
| Peyton Emery EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP | South Berwick, ME | $5,000 |
| Shelby Anderson EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP | Rollinsford, NH | $5,000 |
| Great Works Regional Land Trust | Ogunquit, ME | $3,500 |
| Great Works Regional Land Trust | Ogunquit, ME | $3,200 |
| Mis Pequenos Telentos- Eliot Rotary | South Berwick, ME | $3,000 |
| Great Works Regional Land Trust | Ogunquit, ME | $3,000 |
| South Berwick- Eliot Rotary | South Berwick, ME | $1,100 |
| Our Place NH | Dover, NH | $1,000 |
| Life and Hope School Haiti | West Babylon, NY | $750 |
| Life and Hope School Haiti | West Babylon, NY | $500 |
| Life and Hope School Haiti | West Babylon, NY | $220 |
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