Open Foundations · Maine

Maine Health Access Foundation Inc

Augusta, Maine · EIN 010535144. 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 $5.0M across 126 grants in 2024, a median of $25K each.

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$5.0M
paid in 2024
126
grants paid
$25K
median grant
14%
to first-time recipients
$154.4M
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
Holly Irish Grants Manager
Address
146 Capitol Street, Augusta, ME, 04330
Phone
2076208266
Form the request should take
Grant applications are submitted via MeHAF's on-line grants management system, which can be accessed via the Grants Center on the MeHAF website: http://www.mehaf.org/grants- center/grantseekers/. Applications for several grant programs, including Discretionary Grants, Community Responsive Grants, and Systems Improvement and Innovation Grants, are considered using a two- phase process that begins with a Letter of Inquiry (LOI). A subset of LOI applications are invited to submit full applications. Questions regarding grant submission can be directed to the contact noted above. Questions about specific funding opportunities are typically directed to individual program staff supervising the grant program. The responsible staff person is listed in each request for proposals (RFP) which are posted on the MeHAF website (www.mehaf.org).
Submission deadline
Deadlines are outlined on the MeHAF website; open funding is available for select programs.
Restrictions on awards
The foundation generally limits its grant awards offered through competitive RFPs to 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organizations, educational institutions, governmental entities, tribal organizations, or other public, non-profit entities. Private foundations, fiscal sponsorships and organizations with pending non-profit status are occasionally eligible to receive funding; such entities must contact the foundation prior to application to ensure appropriate due diligence. MeHAF primarily funds Maine-based organizations; however, qualified organizations from outside the state may apply for funding if the project activities focus on Maine's health care system or Maine residents. Individuals are ineligible to receive MeHAF grants.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202523169349100412. 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 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

equity capacitynet caremsp enrollmentsafety netadvocacycommunitydesignatedhlth

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 126 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Maine Council on AgingME$288,420Care Acess; Hlth Advocacy; BH Needs; MSP Enrollmt; Summit; Ageism
2Maine Community FoundationME$233,000Oral Hlth, BIPOC, Equity, and SUD Funds;Investing in Ldrs;MeHAF DAF
3Maine InitiativesME$200,000Health Advocacy; Nova Grant
4Spurwink ServicesME$150,000Addiction Collab Pilot; Continuity support for acquisition of TCMHS
5Consumers for Affordable Health CareME$135,000PHE Unwinding Support; Health Advocacy, MSP Enrollment
6New England Arab American OrganizationME$134,000Health Equity Capacity;HECB collab grants;Kindred Hearts;MotherComfort
7Mid-coast Health Net Inc (dba Knox County Health Clinic)ME$120,000Safety Net access to care; Preparing NAP application
8Maine Equal JusticeME$110,000Health Advocacy; Demographic research; MSP Enrollment
9Cross Cultural Community ServicesME$102,000Oral Health equity; Commty wellness; Health equity for older persons
10Oasis Free ClinicsME$100,000Safety Net access to care
11Maine Women's Lobby Education FundME$91,000Hlth Advocacy;Access to doula care;feminist NP capacity;MSP Enrollmt
12Mainely Smiles (dba Mainely Teeth)ME$90,000Safety Net access to care; MaineCare provider network expansion
13Mount Desert Island HospitalME$90,000Health for Rural Maines Older Adults; Community Care Partnership
14Equalitymaine FoundationME$82,500Health Advocacy; Cultural competency for senior care; MSP enrollment
15In Her PresenceME$80,000Health Equity Capacity; cultural doula program

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020144$5.1M
2021120$4.3M
2022130$5.3M
2023124$6.1M
2024126$5.0M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Maine96%
Nevada1%
District of Columbia1%
Vermont1%
Massachusetts1%

Who decides

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

Abdulkerim Said Basc Hrtca ChwTrustee (end 4/2024) · 2024
Anita RuffTrustee · 2024
Barbara CriderTrustee · 2024
Barbara LeonardPresident & CEO (end 12/2024) · 2024
Christy Daggett MppTrustee · 2024
Clarissa Sabattis RnSecretary · 2024
Dennis King FacheTrustee (end 4/2024) · 2024
Edward Miller MsTreasurer (end 4/2024) · 2024
Elizabeth BordowitzTrustee · 2024
Ellen SeidmanTrustee (start 4/2024) · 2024
Gia DrewTrustee (start 4/2024) · 2024
Grace Odimayo DmdTrustee · 2024
Ian YaffeTrustee · 2024
Kevin LewisTreasurer · 2024
Michael Lambke MdTrustee · 2024
Richard EvansTrustee (start 4/2024) · 2024
Susan Roche EsqVice Chair · 2024
Toho Soma MphChair · 2024
Tracey HairTrustee · 2024

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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