Organization · EIN 22-3171529 · Lewiston, ME · Arts, culture & humanities

Who funds Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation?

58 private foundations reported paying Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation $361,046 on returns for tax year 2023.

58 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 58

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
Bangor Savings Bank Foundation
Bangor, ME
$50,000 General operating support Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 03/2024
Mildred H McEvoy Foundation
Worcester, MA
$40,000 NEW HEADQUARTERSPAYABLE OVER 5 YRS
Filed as “MAINE PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATI”
Same address 0.81 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
John T Gorman Foundation
Portland, ME
$35,000 To support the broadcasting of stories/reports that focus on Maine's children Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Harold Alfond Foundation
Portland, ME
$25,000 UNRESTRICTED
Filed as “MAINE PUBLIC BROADCASTING NETWORK”
Same address 0.89 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Cotton Family Foundation
Johns Island, SC · Preselected only
$25,000 CHARITY
Filed as “MAINE PUBLIC”
Same address 0.74 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Horizon Foundation
Rockport, MA
$20,000 General Support
Filed as “Maine Public”
Same address 0.74 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
Jane's Trust Foundation
Boston, MA · Preselected only
$20,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Sherman Family Foundation
Baltimore, MD · Preselected only
$20,000 GENERAL OPERATIONS
Filed as “MAINE PUBLIC”
Same address 0.74 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Ploughshares Foundation
Chicago, IL
$12,000 GENERAL
Filed as “MPBN (MAINE PUBLIC BROADCASTING NETWORK)”
Same address 0.71 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Libra Foundation
Portland, ME
$10,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
Filed as “MAINE PUBLIC BROADCASTING NETWORK”
Same address 0.89 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Bydale Foundation
Pennington, NJ
$10,000 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
Filed as “ME PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORP”
Same address 0.67 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Borman Family Foundation
Oakland, ME · Preselected only
$10,000 New Studio
Filed as “Maine Public dba Maine Public Broadcasting Network”
Same ZIP 0.89 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 07/2024
Edmund Beck Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$10,000 ACHIEVE CHARITABLE PURPOSE
Filed as “MAINE PUBLIC”
Same address 0.74 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Coombs-Robbins Trust Fund
Wilmington, DE · Preselected only
$8,592 GENERAL OPERATIONS
Filed as “MAINE PUBLIC BROADCASTING”
Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The William J J Gordon Family Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$5,000 General & Unrestricted Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Jebediah Foundation 7563-XXXXXX00129
Boston, MA · Preselected only
$5,000 CONTRIBUTION TO GENERAL
Filed as “MAINE PUBLIC”
Same address 0.74 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Fisher Charitable Foundation
Portland, ME
$5,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
Filed as “MAINE PUBLIC BROADCASTING NETWORK”
Same address 0.89 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
James & Betty Jacobs Family Charitable Trust
West Bath, ME
$5,000 DONATION
Filed as “MAINE PUBLIC BROADCASTING NETWORK”
Same address 0.89 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Roger K Berle Charitable Trust
Boston, MA · Preselected only
$5,000 CHARITABLE
Filed as “MAINE PUBLIC BROADCASTING”
Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Gess Foundation
Wellesley, MA · Preselected only
$3,500 GENERAL SUPPORT
Filed as “MAINE PUBLIC BROADCASTING NETWORK”
Same address 0.89 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. Elmina B Sewall Foundation Freeport, ME
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $729K to them
  2. Sibley-Saltonstall Charitable Foundation Boston, MA
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $61K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  3. Middlecott Foundation Boston, MA
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $31.5K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  4. Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation Wilmington, DE
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $429K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  5. Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation Saco, ME
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $35.3K to them
  6. Wescustogo Foundation Captiva, FL
    Paid 8 of the 25 closest peers · $650K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  7. Phineas W Sprague Memorial Foundation Mansfield, MA
    Paid 7 of the 25 closest peers · $23.5K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  8. Cornelia Cogswell Rossi Foundation Wilmington, DE
    Paid 6 of the 25 closest peers · $208K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. Good Shepherd Food Bank Auburn, ME
    20 shared funders · 86 funders in all
  2. Maine Coast Heritage Trust Topsham, ME
    15 shared funders · 108 funders in all
  3. Portland Museum of Art Portland, ME
    10 shared funders · 51 funders in all
  4. Island Institute Rockland, ME
    13 shared funders · 57 funders in all
  5. Medecins Sans Frontieres USA New York, NY
    17 shared funders · 2370 funders in all
  6. Natural Resources Council of Maine Augusta, ME
    11 shared funders · 48 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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