Open Foundations · Maine

The Clarence E Mulford Trust

Fryeburg, Maine · EIN 010247548. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $810K across 23 grants in 2025, a median of $5K each.

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$810K
paid in 2025
23
grants paid
$5K
median grant
6%
to first-time recipients
$5.1M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
ANDREW P PIERCE AND DAVID R HASTING
Address
CLARENCE E MULFORD TRUST PO BOX 290, FRYEBURG, ME, 04037
Phone
2079352061
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
SEE ATTACHMENT
Submission deadline
SEE ATTACHMENT
Restrictions on awards
SEE ATTACHMENT

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202601339349102210. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

costcosts

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 23 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Fryeburg AcademyME$548,511GEN FUND, CAMPUS IMPROVEMENTS, CIRRICULM DEVELOPMENT
2Fryeburg Recreation Dept IncME$80,000PROGRAM SUPPORT & OPERATING COSTS
3Izg Airport AuthorityME$43,500OPERATING COST SUPPORT, ELECTRICAL WORK
4Eastern Slope Aviation AuthorityME$33,500OPERATING COST AND SUPPORT
5Town of Fryeburg MaineME$13,100PROGRAM SUPPORT & OPERATING COSTS
6Saco Valley Fire AssociationME$12,000TOWARDS PORTABLE RADIOS AND RELATED ACCESSORIES
7Pine Grove Cemetery AssociationME$10,500PROGRAM SUPPORT & OPERATING COSTS
8Sunshine Backpack ProgramME$10,000OPERATION COSTS
9White Mountain Community Health CenterNH$10,000OPERATING COST SUPPORT, MODERNIZATION PROJECT
10North Fryeburg Riverside Cemetery AssociationME$8,500PROGRAM SUPPORT & OPERATING COSTS
11Lovell Area Food PantryME$5,000OPERATING COST SUPPORT
12Mt Washington Valley Adult Day CenterNH$5,000FUNDING FOR FRYEBURG OLDER ADULTS
13Tin Mountain Community CenterNH$5,000CLASSES AT FRYEBURG ACADEMY
14Church of the New JerusalemME$4,500OPERATING COST SUPPORT
15Fryeburg Rescue AssociationME$4,200PURCHASE PROTECTION JACKETS

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202018$610K
202117$700K
202218$740K
202321$723K
202421$833K
2025 (partial year)23$810K

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Maine74%
New Hampshire26%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Andrew P PierceCO-TRUSTEE · 2025
David R Hastings IiiCO-TRUSTEE · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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