Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust
Portland, ME · EIN 01-0442078. Reported 123 grants totalling $1,300,936 to 122 recipients across tax years 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. Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $3,350 and the largest $50,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preble Street | Portland, ME | $65,000 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bomazeen Land Trust | Portland, ME | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends of the Veterans' Memorial Library | Patten, ME | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Greater Portland Landmarks | Portland, ME | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Indigo Arts Alliance | Portland, ME | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maine Environmental Education Association | Brunswick, ME | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maine Historical Society | Portland, ME | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maine Humanities Council | Portland, ME | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maine Preservation | Yarmouth, ME | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wabanaki Community Foundation | Pembroke, ME | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Aroostook Arts and Education Center Dba Wintergreen Arts Center | Presque Isle, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine | Portland, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust | Damariscotta, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research and Education | Beals, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Downeast Salmon Federation | Columbia Falls, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Eastern Trail Alliance | Saco, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| First Light New Learning Journey | Fayston, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Johnson Hall Inc | Gardiner, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maine Appalachian Trail Club Inc | Portland, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maine Coast Heritage Trust | Topsham, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maine Farmland Trust | Belfast, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance | Augusta, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (mofga) | Unity, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maine Seacoast Mission | Northeast Harbor, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maine Trails Coalition | Bath, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mechanics' Hall (maine Charitable Mechanic Association) | Portland, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Midcoast Conservancy | Edgecomb, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pejepscot Historical Society (dba Pejepscot History Center) | Brunswick, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Portland Museum of Art | Portland, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Portland Symphony Orchestra | Portland, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Scarborough Land Trust | Scarborough, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Schoodic Arts for All | Winter Harbor, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Waterfall Arts | Belfast, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wild Seed Project | North Yarmouth, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends of Casco Bay | South Portland, ME | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cape Elizabeth Land Trust | Cape Elizabeth, ME | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Downeast Lakes Land Trust | Grand Lake Stream, ME | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Eastport Arts Center | Eastport, ME | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Ecology School | Saco, ME | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Trust for Public Land | Portland, ME | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Abbe Museum | Bar Harbor, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Appalachian Mountain Club | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bangor Land Trust | Bangor, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bangor Symphony Orchestra | Bangor, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Belfast Area Child Care Services Inc | Waldo, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences | East Boothbay, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Center for Maine Contemporary Art | Rockland, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Chocolate Church Arts Center | Bath, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cobscook Community Learning Center | Trescott, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Community Organizing Alliance | Lewiston, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Downeast Coastal Conservancy | Machias, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ellsworth Historical Society | Ellsworth, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends of Baxter State Park | Belfast, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends of the Strand Theatre | Rockland, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Gateway Milbridgemilbridge Theatre and Community Arts Center | Milbridge, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Heart of Maine Resource Center | Dexter, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Main Street Skowhegan Skowhegan Outdoors | Skowhegan, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maine Audubon | Falmouth, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maine Climate Action Now | Augusta, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maine Inside Outroil Inc | Lewiston, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maine Lakes | Yarmouth, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mayo Street Arts | Portland, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Monhegan Museum of Art & History | Monhegan, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Natural Resources Council of Maine | Augusta, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Nature Based Education Consortium | Falmouth, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Northeast Historic Film | Bucksport, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Palaver Strings | Portland, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Portland Parks Conservancy | Portland, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Portland Stage Company Inc | Portland, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Portland Trails | Portland, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Tate House Museum | Portland, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Telling Room | Portland, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Southern Maine Foundation | Portland, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Waterville Creates | Waterville, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| York County Soil and Water Conservation District | Springvale, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School | Rockport, ME | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Brick Store Museum | Kennebunk, ME | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Caribou Historical Center | Caribou, ME | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Chebeague Island Historical Society | Chebeague Island, ME | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Downeast Fisheries Partnership Fs Sunrise County Economic Council | Machias, ME | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| First Amendment Museum | Augusta, ME | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Freeport Historical Society | Freeport, ME | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Healthy Island Project | Stonington, ME | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Heart of Biddeford | Biddeford, ME | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Heart of Ellsworth | Ellsworth, ME | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Heritage Vivant - Living Heritage Dba Acadian Village Maine | Van Buren, ME | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Island Readers and Writers | Southwest Harbor, ME | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maine Tree Foundation | Augusta, ME | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Opera Maine | Portland, ME | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Trekkers | Rockland, ME | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Machias Bay Chamber Concerts Inc | Machias, ME | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Brooksville Free Public Library | Brooksville, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Classical Uprising | Portland, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Franklin Schoodic Hall | Franklin, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Frenchman Bay Conservancy | Hancock, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends of Starling Hall | Fayette, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Greater Lovell Land Trust | Lovell, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership | Rockland, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jonathan Fisher Memorial Inc | Blue Hill, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Journey Onederland | Portland, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kennebunk Free Library | Kennebunk, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kennebunkport Historical Society | Kennebunkport, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maine Early Childhood Outdoors (maineaeyc Fiscal Sponsor) | Augusta, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maine Maritime Museum | Bath, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maine Philanthopy Center | Portland, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maine Youth for Climate Justice | Damariscotta, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Midcoast Symphony Orchestra | Brunswick, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Penobscot Theatre Company | Bangor, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Portland Ballet | Portland, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Portland Ovations | Portland, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rangeley Friends of the Performing Arts Inc | Rangeley, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Safe Voices | Lewiston, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Scarborough Public Library | Scarborough, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Spaulding Memorial Library | Sebago, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Tempoart | Portland, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Tear Cap Workshops | Hiram, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Rangeley Lakes Region Historical Society Dba Historic Rangeley | Rangeley, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Theater Project | Brunswick, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Victoria Mansion | Portland, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Winter Harbor Historical Society | Winter Harbor, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Falmouth Historical Society | Falmouth, ME | $3,586 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maine Arts Commission | Augusta, ME | $3,350 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
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.
- Bomazeen Land Trust
Cultural Transmission, Operating Support - Friends of the Veterans' Memorial Library
Friends of the Veterans Memorial Library and Community Center - Greater Portland Landmarks
Operating Support: Strategic Plan in Action - Maine Environmental Education Association
Maine Environmental Education Association Operating Support 2025 - Maine Historical Society
Maine Historical Society - Revolutionary Maine: America at 250 - Maine Humanities Council
Operating Support: Humanities in Need
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 81 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.
Where its money goes
98% 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
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Maine.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: Po Box 4510, Portland, ME, 04112. 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.
EIN 01-0442078 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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