Private foundation · Portland, ME

Fore River Foundation

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Typical grant size
$2K $5K $20K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
87
Repeat grantees
59
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2023 990-PF

Leadership · from 2023 990-PF

Peter W Quesada
VP/Treasurer
T Ricardo Quesada
Pres/Dir
Strand O Quesada
V.P./Dir
Dennis C Keeler
Secretary
Anthony C Quesada
Director
Emily P Quesada
Director
Charlotte R Quesada
Director
Kate Davis Baxter
Director
Eliza Wright Baxter
Director

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2023
61.1%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'16
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
799
Total grants awarded
$12.5M
Total amount
$16K
Average grant
$490K
Largest grant

Giving by year

2023
$1.5M
87 grants
2022
$1.6M
95 grants
2021
$1.8M
77 grants
2020
$1.3M
66 grants
2019
$1.2M
53 grants
2018
$1.4M
80 grants
2017
$887K
80 grants
2016
$1.1M
72 grants
2015
$590K
75 grants
2014
$558K
52 grants
2013
$529K
62 grants

Top recipients

421 grants · WY
$5.1M
5 grants · CA · ≈ likely match
$638K
5 grants · CA · ✓ Exact match
$465K
Brennan Center
4 grants · NY
$429K
5 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$330K
5 grants · DC · ≈ likely match
$300K
5 grants · DC · ✓ Exact match
$290K
5 grants · ME · ✓ Exact match
$283K
Land and Garden Preserve
5 grants · ME
$260K
ACLU of Maine Foundatiom
4 grants · ME
$200K

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

Trust for Public Lands
Unrestricted
CA · TY 2023
$125K
Brennan Center for Justice
Unrestricted
NY · TY 2023
$100K
Earthjustice
Unrestricted
CA · TY 2023
$100K
Center for Reproductive Rights
Unrestricted
NY · TY 2023
$75K
Center for Science in the Public Inter
Unrestricted
DC · TY 2023
$75K
Maine Family Planning
Unrestricted
ME · TY 2023
$65K
Helping Hands of Round Pond
Unrestricted
ME · TY 2023
$60K
News Literacy Project
Unrestricted
DC · TY 2023
$50K
Friends of Old Headtide Church
Unrestricted
ME · TY 2023
$44K
Guttmacher Institute
Unrestricted
NY · TY 2023
$42K
New Sweden Covenant Church
Unrestricted
ME · TY 2023
$38K
Walpole Union Chapel Museum
Unrestricted
ME · TY 2023
$38K
Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Unrestricted
ME · TY 2023
$36K
St Timothy's School
Unrestricted
MD · TY 2023
$35K
The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
Unrestricted
MN · TY 2023
$30K
Constitutional Accountability Center
Unrestricted
DC · TY 2023
$30K
Sedgwick Brooklin Historical Society
Unrestricted
ME · TY 2023
$30K
Readfield Union Meeting House Company
Unrestricted
ME · TY 2023
$30K
St Mark's School
Unrestricted
MA · TY 2023
$25K
Nature Bridge
Unrestricted
CA · TY 2023
$25K
Gulf of Maine Research Center
Unrestricted
ME · TY 2023
$25K
First Congregational Church of Farmintgton
Unrestricted
ME · TY 2023
$21K
The Banner Lake Club
Unrestricted
FL · TY 2023
$20K
ACLU of Maine Foundatiom
Unrestricted
ME · TY 2023
$20K
East Blue Hill Village Improvement Assoc
Unrestricted
ME · TY 2023
$19K
She Should Run
Unrestricted
DC · TY 2023
$18K
Bell Hill Meetinghouse Association
Unrestricted
ME · TY 2023
$17K
Land and Garden Preserve
Unrestricted
ME · TY 2023
$15K
Grow Smart Maine
Unrestricted
ME · TY 2023
$15K
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
Unrestricted
DC · TY 2023
$15K
Hobe Sound Community Chest
Unrestricted
FL · TY 2023
$15K
Turner Village Church
Unrestricted
ME · TY 2023
$14K
American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
Unrestricted
DC · TY 2023
$13K
Friends of Acadia
Unrestricted
ME · TY 2023
$11K
Demos a Network for Ideas and Action
Unrestricted
NY · TY 2023
$10K
Freeport Community Services
Unrestricted
ME · TY 2023
$10K
Boys and Girls Club of Martin County
Unrestricted
FL · TY 2023
$10K
Holton-arms School
Unrestricted
MD · TY 2023
$10K
Propublica
Unrestricted
NY · TY 2023
$10K
Maine Preservation
Unrestricted
ME · TY 2023
$10K
National Public Radio Inc
Unrestricted
DC · TY 2023
$10K
Hobe Sound Early Learning Center
Unrestricted
FL · TY 2023
$10K
Loxa-lucie Headwaters Dba Conservation Fund
Unrestricted
VA · TY 2023
$10K
Lyft
Unrestricted
FL · TY 2023
$10K
The Nature Conservancy in Maine
Unrestricted
ME · TY 2023
$10K
College of the Atlantic
Unrestricted
ME · TY 2023
$10K
Planned Parenthood South East and North Florida
Unrestricted
FL · TY 2023
$10K
Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights
Unrestricted
ME · TY 2023
$8K
Loaves and Fishes of Hobe Sound
Unrestricted
FL · TY 2023
$5K
Trustees of the Old Red Church Standish
Unrestricted
ME · TY 2023
$5K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.