The Gb Knecht Foundation
Blue Hill, ME · EIN 94-3473937. Reported 144 grants totalling $586,000 to 70 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. The Gb Knecht 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 $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $12,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downeast Community Partners | Ellsworth, ME | $35,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Emmaus Homeless Center | Ellsworth, ME | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Emmaus Homeless Center Director Stacey Herrick | Ellsworth, ME | $22,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Good Shepard Food Bank | Auburn, ME | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Blue Hill Public Library | Blue Hill, ME | $21,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Visiting Nurses and Hospice of Fairfield County | New Canaan, CT | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Weru | East Orland, ME | $17,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Good Shepard Food Bank Major Gift Officer Ethan Minton | Auburn, ME | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities Maine | Portland, ME | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Care USA | Merrifield, VA | $13,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| International Rescue Committee | Albert Lea, MN | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Unicef USA | New York, NY | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Way Worldwide | Alexandria, VA | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Red Cross | Boone, IA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Catholic Charities Maine Office of Development | Portland, ME | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fairfield County Community Foundtn President & Ceo Juanita T James | Norwalk, CT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Healthy Peninsula | Blue Hill, ME | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Hospice Volunteers of Hancock County | Ellsworth, ME | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Literacy Volunteers of Bangor | Bangor, ME | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Maine Public | Lewiston, ME | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Mano En Mano | Milbridge, ME | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Maryknoll Lay Missioners Leslie a Lopez Director Mission Advancement | Maryknoll, NY | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Salvation Army | Bangor, ME | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Save the Children USA | Fairfield, CT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Ubs Optimus Foundation Fund National Philanthropic Trust | Jenkintown, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Women for Healthy Rural Living | Milbridge, ME | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Catholic Charities USA | Alexandria, VA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Habitat for Humanity Jonathan T M Reckford Ceo | Americus, GA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jonathan Fisher House Memorial | Blue Hill, ME | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Carter Center | Atlanta, GA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Broward Outreach Centers | Hollywood, FL | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Healthy Peninsula Anne Schroth Executive Director | Blue Hill, ME | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Literacy Volunteers of Bangor Mary Marin Taylor Executive Director | Bangor, ME | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Maine Public Scott Marchildon Chief Development Officer | Lewiston, ME | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mano En Mano Christina Ocampo & Ian Yaffe | Milbridge, ME | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Save the Children USA Danielle Dominici Donor Relations Spec | Fairfield, CT | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Carter Center Amanda Grover | Atlanta, GA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Women for Healthy Rural Living Whrl | Milbridge, ME | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Broward County Public Library Found | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Island Pantry | Deer Isle, ME | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Island Pantry Kathy Eaton-Gray | Deer Isle, ME | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New Surry Theatre & Performing Arts School | Blue Hill, ME | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Project Launch Deer Isle Stonington | Deer Isle, ME | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Tree of Life Pantry | Blue Hill, ME | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (hias) | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hope for Haiti | Naples, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hospice Volunteers - Hancock County | Ellsworth, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jonathan Fisher House Memorial Hannah Cyrus | Blue Hill, ME | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Maryknoll Lay Missioners | Maryknoll, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Surry Theatre & Perform Art Sch Matt Murphy Pres & Lori Sitzabee Art Dir | Blue Hill, ME | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Project Launch Deer Isle Stonington Kim Hutchinson | Deer Isle, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| World Food Programme Attention Erin | Boone, IA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cornerstone Community Housing Inc | Baltimore, MD | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Healthy Island Project | Stonington, ME | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| George Stevens Academy Refugee Education Fund | Blue Hill, ME | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Maine Multicultural Center Program Win - Bangor | Bangor, ME | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Public Radio | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Opera House Arts | Stonington, ME | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Partners in Health Paul Farmer | Frederick, MD | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Partners in Health Paul Farmer General Office | Frederick, MD | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Resources for the Future Development Office | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Johns Churchwestern Run Parish Holy Trinity Music School | Reisterstow, MD | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tree of Life Pantry Michelle Keyo & Martha Sheldon | Blue Hill, ME | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Union of Maine Visual Artists Inc | Walpole, ME | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Welcoming Immigrant Neighbors Win - Bangor | Bangor, ME | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mercy Corps Department W | Boone, IA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tree of Life Michelle Keyo & Martha Sheldon | Blue Hill, ME | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gateway Milbridge | Milbridge, ME | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
46 of 70 (66%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 72%, across 4 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.
- Downeast Community Partners
EVERYBODY EATS & FRIENDSHIP COTTAGE - Resources for the Future Development Office
HONOR OF JLF CARLIN ANDERSON
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 31 | $111,000 | $3,000 |
| 2022 | 37 | $116,000 | $3,000 |
| 2023 | 30 | $114,000 | $3,000 |
| 2024 | 22 | $120,000 | $5,000 |
| 2025 | 24 | $125,000 | $5,000 |
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
63% 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 $3,000. 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 The Gb Knecht Foundation'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: 101 Carleton Stream Lane, Blue Hill, ME, 04614. 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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