Lunder Foundation
Portland, ME · EIN 01-0437556. Reported 969 grants totalling $113.2M to 292 recipients across tax years 2020-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Lunder Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $100 and $25,000; the smallest was $11 and the largest $4,826,495. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
292 recipient names appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colby College | Waterville, ME | $28.9M | 76 | 6 | 2025 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA | $17.4M | 12 | 3 | 2025 |
| Colby College Museum | Waterville, ME | $11.8M | 17 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mass General Hospital | Boston, MA | $6,222,682 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hebrew Seniorlife | Roslindale, MA | $6,074,815 | 11 | 5 | 2025 |
| Colby College Museum of Art | Waterville, ME | $4,709,045 | 17 | 4 | 2025 |
| Thomas College | Waterville, ME | $3,914,213 | 14 | 6 | 2025 |
| Northeastern Universityroux Institute | Boston, MA | $3,062,856 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maine Public Broadcasting | Lewiston, ME | $2,482,085 | 10 | 6 | 2025 |
| Lesley University | Cambridge, MA | $2,443,178 | 8 | 5 | 2025 |
| Maine College of Art | Portland, ME | $2,342,858 | 15 | 4 | 2023 |
| Maine College of Art & Design | Portland, ME | $1,928,426 | 5 | 2 | 2025 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Boston, MA | $1,790,369 | 11 | 4 | 2023 |
| Dana-Farber | Boston, MA | $1,475,424 | 5 | 2 | 2025 |
| Beth Israel Congregation | Waterville, ME | $1,345,343 | 18 | 6 | 2025 |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | New York, NY | $1,150,178 | 6 | 4 | 2025 |
| Babson College | Babson Park, MA | $1,007,534 | 7 | 3 | 2022 |
| Kennebec Valley Community College | Fairfield, ME | $1,000,573 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Clark Art Institute | Williamstown, MA | $778,323 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Cox Science Center | West Palm Beach, FL | $670,818 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| University of New England | Portland, ME | $670,523 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Norton Museum of Art | West Palm Beach, FL | $606,809 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Boston, MA | $553,107 | 5 | 3 | 2022 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess | Boston, MA | $551,506 | 8 | 2 | 2024 |
| Harvard University Art Museum | Cambridge, MA | $547,357 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Portland Museum of Art | Portland, ME | $540,618 | 18 | 5 | 2025 |
| Norton Museum | West Palm Beach, FL | $515,584 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of Southern Maine | Portland, ME | $497,323 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Strive | South Portland, ME | $401,714 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Portland Symphony Orchestra | Portland, ME | $396,019 | 7 | 5 | 2025 |
| Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine | Portland, ME | $385,329 | 6 | 3 | 2025 |
| Children's Museum of Maine | Portland, ME | $377,501 | 6 | 3 | 2022 |
| Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC | $343,087 | 10 | 3 | 2022 |
| Cedars Nursing Care Center | Portland, ME | $328,282 | 5 | 3 | 2022 |
| Smithsonian American Art Museum | Washington, DC | $302,880 | 8 | 4 | 2025 |
| Two Ten Footwear Foundation | Waltham, MA | $296,790 | 7 | 6 | 2025 |
| Good Shepherd Food Bank | Auburn, ME | $272,537 | 9 | 6 | 2025 |
| University of Southern Maine Foundation | Portland, ME | $254,581 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hebrew Senior Life | Roslindale, MA | $253,081 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Maine Public Broadcast | Lewiston, ME | $251,812 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Northern Light Mercy Hospital | Portland, ME | $250,057 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Gulf of Maine Research Institute | Portland, ME | $248,753 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Gulf of Maine | Portland, ME | $241,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maine State Museum | Augusta, ME | $229,461 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Maine Behavioral Healthcare | South Portland, ME | $217,780 | 11 | 6 | 2025 |
| Boston College | Chestnut Hill, MA | $214,251 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Jackson Laboratory | Bar Harbor, ME | $201,284 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Cedars the | Portland, ME | $172,118 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Couse Foundation | Taos, NM | $156,875 | 6 | 4 | 2025 |
| Cape Ann Museum | Gloucester, MA | $140,808 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Skowhegan School | New York, NY | $101,233 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maine Jewish Film Festival | Portland, ME | $101,045 | 7 | 6 | 2025 |
| Portland Community Squash | Portland, ME | $100,451 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hospice of Southern Maine | Scarborough, ME | $100,352 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Children's Discovery Museum | Waterville, ME | $100,149 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Alumni of Glasgow University | Milford, CT | $95,804 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Combined Jewish Philanthropies | Boston, MA | $76,736 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Indigo Arts Alliance | Portland, ME | $76,381 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Rivers School | Weston, MA | $75,012 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Shafmaster Charitable Foundation | Portsmouth, NH | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Bangor Region YMCA | Bangor, ME | $55,387 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Georges River Land Trust | Rockland, ME | $51,909 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Challenger Leanring Center - Bangor | Bangor, ME | $51,040 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Illustration Institute | Portland, ME | $49,614 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Brigham & Womens Hospital | Boston, MA | $41,703 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brigham & Women's Hospital | Boston, MA | $40,319 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Bangor YMCA - Camp Jordan | Bangor, ME | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Morgan Library & Museum | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Full Plates Full Potential | Brunswick, ME | $39,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| University of California San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $37,134 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Society of the Four Arts | West Palm Beach, FL | $35,000 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| American Friends of the Israel Museum | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Holderness School | Plymouth, NH | $25,500 | 13 | 6 | 2025 |
| Educare Central Maine | Waterville, ME | $25,100 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Carroll School | Lincoln, MA | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Kravis Center | West Palm Beach, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Portland Museum of Art - Friends of the Collection | Portland, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Yellowstone Club Community Foundation | Bozeman, MT | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Boston | Boston, MA | $20,300 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Guggenheim Museum | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance | Portland, ME | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pineland Farms | Portland, ME | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cultural Council of Palm Beach County | Lake Worth, FL | $17,500 | 7 | 5 | 2025 |
| Maine Medical Center | Portland, ME | $15,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Maine Jewish Museum | Portland, ME | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Palm Beach Opera | West Palm Beach, FL | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Palm Beach Symphony | West Palm Beach, FL | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Proctor Academy | Andover, NH | $15,000 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Seeds of Peace | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $12,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Penobscot Community Health Care | Bangor, ME | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Palaver Strings | Portland, ME | $11,650 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Colgate University | Hamilton, NY | $11,000 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Landmark School | Prides Crossing, MA | $11,000 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Challenger Learning Center | Bangor, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cornell University | Boone, IA | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Elon University | Elon, NC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Florida Atlantic University | Jupiter, FL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Mount Desert Island Hospital | Bar Harbor, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Woodmere Art Museum | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Worcester Art Museum | Worcester, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Smithsonian - Freer Gallery of Art | Washington, DC | $9,395 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hebron Academy | Hebron, ME | $8,900 | 13 | 6 | 2025 |
| Colby College Museum of Art - in Honor of Paula Lunder | Waterville, ME | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kravis Center for the Performing Arts | West Palm Beach, FL | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Levy Day School | Portland, ME | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Opera Maine | Portland, ME | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Save Venice | New York, NY | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Tufts University | Medford, MA | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Bowdoin College Museum of Art | Brunswick, ME | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Paul Taylor Dance Foundation | New York, NY | $6,000 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Perlman Music Program | New York, NY | $6,000 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Waterville Creates | Waterville, ME | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Olana Partnership | Hudson, NY | $5,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish National Fund | New York, NY | $5,100 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Ashley Bryan Center | Islesford, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boston Ballet | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Brooklyn Rail the | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Experience Camps | Westport, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Florida International University | Miami, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Congress Square Park | Portland, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Maine Maritime Museum | Bath, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| National Review Institute | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Opera Maine (formally Portopera) | Portland, ME | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (florida Atlantic University) | Jupiter, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Prosperity Maine | Portland, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Smithsonian Institue | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| South Florida PBS | Boynton Beach, FL | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Surfrider Foundation | San Clemente, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Thomas Cole National Historic Site | Catskill, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maine State Museum - Education Center Endowment | Augusta, ME | $4,183 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American University | Washington, DC | $3,200 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Africa Schoolhouse | Portland, ME | $3,000 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Best Buddies Maine | Cumberland, ME | $3,000 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area | Waterville, ME | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Richard David Kann Melanoma Foundation | West Palm Beach, FL | $3,000 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom - in Honor of C Gigliotti | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Farnsworth Art Museum | Rockland, ME | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Good Will-Hinckley | Hinckley, ME | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Levey Day School | Portland, ME | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Opera Maine (formerly Portopera) | Portland, ME | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Food Project | Lincoln, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Boston Children's Hospital | Boston, MA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Boston University | Boston, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| United Way of Kennebec Valley | Augusta, ME | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Alfond Youth & Community Center | Waterville, ME | $1,700 | 5 | 3 | 2025 |
| Breast Cancer Research Foundation | New York, NY | $1,600 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dexter Historical Society | Dexter, ME | $1,500 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers | Waterville, ME | $1,500 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Preble Street | Portland, ME | $1,500 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Waterville Historical Society | Waterville, ME | $1,500 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Arts Are Elementary | Brunswick, ME | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Association of Israel's Decorative Arts | Pompano Beach, FL | $1,250 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Kennebec Behavioral Health | Waterville, ME | $1,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Club and YMCA | Waterville, ME | $1,100 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| American University - Alumni Fund | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Anti-Defamation League (adl) | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boston University | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chicago Humanities Festival | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hearing the Ovarian Cancer Whisper | Jupiter, FL | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Honeymoon Israel | Dunwoody, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Isreal Collaboration Network | Palo Alto, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Junior Achievement of Greater Washington | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Messalonskee High School | Oakland, ME | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mid-Maine Global Forum | Waterville, ME | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Tufts Hillel | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| United Way of Mid Maine Inc | Waterville, ME | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Facing History and Ourselves | Brookline, MA | $700 | 7 | 6 | 2025 |
| Dexter Public Health | Dexter, ME | $600 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Jewish Museum | New York, NY | $600 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary | Boston, MA | $600 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Monhegan Museum | Monhegan, ME | $600 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Portland Chamber Music Festival | Portland, ME | $600 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Susan L Curtis Foundation | Portland, ME | $600 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| University of New England Art Gallery | Portland, ME | $600 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund | Washington, DC | $600 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Waterville Opera House | Waterville, ME | $600 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| West Palm Beach Library Foundation | West Palm Beach, FL | $600 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Wxel Tv | Boynton Beach, FL | $600 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| 2LIFE Communities | Brighton, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club and YMCA - Alfond Youth Center | Waterville, ME | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Community Center of the North Shore | Marblehead, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Maine Film Center | Waterville, ME | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maine Sports Hall of Fame | Cumberland, ME | $500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Palm Beach County Food Bank | Lake Worth, FL | $500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Pan-Mass Challenge Jimmy Fund | Needham, MA | $500 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Phillips Collection | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Portland Conservatory of Music | Portland, ME | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach | Palm Beach, FL | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Safe Voices | Auburn, ME | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southern Maine Hillel | Portland, ME | $500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Spaulding Rehabilitation | Charleston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Joseph's College | Standish, ME | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Thomas Cole National Historical Site | Catskill, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Maine Museum of Art | Bangor, ME | $500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| University of Southern Maine Foundation - Osher Map Library | Portland, ME | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| We Charity | Chicago, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Winterkids | Westbrook, ME | $500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Carrabassett Valley Academy | Carrabassett Valley, ME | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Literacy Volunteers of Kennebec | Augusta, ME | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Dempsey Center | Auburn, ME | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| St Jude Children's Hospital | Memphis, TN | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Center for Grieving Children | Portland, ME | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Force | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| George Washington University | Washington, DC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kennebec Behavioral Health - Kmha Foundation Inc | Waterville, ME | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| WGBH | Boston, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Addison Gallery of American Art | Andover, MA | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Carrabassett Valley Academy - Loring Fund | Carrabassett Valley, ME | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cathedral High School - Boston | Boston, MA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fresh Air Fund the | New York, NY | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Museum of Wildlife Art | Jackson, WY | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pan-Mass Challenge Jimmy Fund - Iho Susan Burke | Needham, MA | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pine Tree Camp | Bath, ME | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Pine Tree Society | Bath, ME | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pine Tree Society (camp) | Bath, ME | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $200 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Adison Gallery of American Art | Andover, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland | Westbrook, ME | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Barnard College | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bath Area Family YMCA | Bath, ME | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine | Portland, ME | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Breakthrough T1D | Hagerstown, MD | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Camp Harbor View | Boston, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities of Maine | Portland, ME | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Children's Center of Augusta | Augusta, ME | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City Wildlife Inc | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Combined Jewish Philanthropy | Boston, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Congregation Etz Chaim | Portland, ME | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Crystal Bridges Museum | Bentonville, AR | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eastview at Middlebury | Middlebury, VT | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gifford Youth Achievement Center | Vero Beach, FL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Good Shepherd Community Care | Newton, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gosnell Memorial Hospice House | Scarborough, ME | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Harmony Regional Ambulance Service | Harmony, ME | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind | Warrington, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lifeflight Foundation | Augusta, ME | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lincoln School | Providence, RI | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Literacy Volunteers - Waterville Area | Waterville, ME | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Literacy Volunteers - Waterville Me | Waterville, ME | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lost Mural Project | Burlington, VT | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
150 of 292 (51%) received money in more than one year over the 6 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 62%, across 5 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Mass General Hospital
LUNDER LEARNING INITIATIVE (2 CHAIRS) - Colby College
LUNDER SCHOLARS ENDOWMENT FUND - Dana Farber Cancer Institute
FARBER ENDOWED CHAIR/LL RESEARCH - Maine College of Art & Design
LUNDER SCHOLARSHIP FUND 2024 - Hebrew Seniorlife
A. LELAND NURSING ENDOWMENT & CNA TRAINING - Babson College
FITNESS CENTER/LUNDER SCHOLARSHIP
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 607 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 171 | $13.8M | $2,500 |
| 2021 | 166 | $13.8M | $2,000 |
| 2022 | 169 | $20.8M | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 162 | $18.6M | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 148 | $21.8M | $1,000 |
| 2025 | 153 | $24.4M | $2,016 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
58% of its giving went to organizations in Maine. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this foundation
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Lunder Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 6 returns (tax years 2020-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Two Monument Square 502, Portland, ME, 04101. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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