Portland, Maine · EIN 223281672. 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 $102.7M across 45 grants in 2024, a median of $250K each.
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Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.
As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202503189349100715. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.
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.
The 15 largest of the 45 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.
| # | Recipient | State | Amount | Purpose as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Maine Foundation | ME | $28,000,000 | UNIVERSITY OF MAINE ATHLETICS MASTER FACILITIES PLAN |
| 2 | Mainegeneral Health | ME | $14,535,638 | HAROLD ALFOND CENTER FOR CANCER CARE EXPANSION |
| 3 | Northeastern University | MA | $12,000,000 | THE HAROLD ALFOND SCHOLARS INITIATIVE AT THE ROUX INSTITUTE |
| 4 | University of Maine System | ME | $7,000,000 | REVITALIZE GRADUATE & PROFESSIONAL CENTER & ENGINEERING, COMPUTING, & INFO SCIENCE |
| 5 | Alfond Scholarship Foundation | ME | $5,609,911 | MY ALFOND GRANT SCHOLARSHIPS 2024 |
| 6 | University of New England | ME | $4,502,515 | THE INSTITUTE FOR INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION & PRACTICE AT UNE |
| 7 | Maine Community College System | ME | $4,454,529 | THE CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MAINES WORKFORCE: BUILDING A MORE PROSPEROUS MAINE |
| 8 | Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences | ME | $3,869,390 | BIGELOW INNOVATION AND EDUCATION WING |
| 9 | Thomas College | ME | $3,000,000 | CATALYZING GROWTH IN CENTRAL MAINE AND BEYOND |
| 10 | The Jackson Laboratory | ME | $2,500,000 | MAINE CANCER GENOMICS INITIATIVE 2.0 |
| 11 | Focusmaine | ME | $2,260,000 | FOCUSMAINE PHASE 3 IMPLEMENTATION (YEARS 7-9) |
| 12 | Colby College | ME | $2,000,612 | ART CENTER AND HOTEL |
| 13 | Alfond Youth & Community Center | ME | $2,000,000 | CAMP TRACY IMPROVEMENTS AND EXPANSION |
| 14 | Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance | ME | $1,987,890 | STEM WORKFORCE READY MAINE 2030 |
| 15 | Jobs for Maine's Graduates Inc | ME | $1,926,461 | A PROPOSAL TO SCALE, STRENGTHEN AND SUSTAIN JMGS COLLEGE SUCCESS PROGRAM |
| Tax year | Grants | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 62 | $51.6M |
| 2021 | 66 | $72.8M |
| 2022 | 59 | $74.3M |
| 2023 | 50 | $76.7M |
| 2024 | 45 | $102.7M |
Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.
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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