The Robert and Dorothy Goldberg
Portland, ME · EIN 31-1622560. Reported 207 grants totalling $1,304,100 to 77 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 Robert and Dorothy Goldberg 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $8,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $26,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Mountain Community Health Ctr | Conway, NH | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Vaughan Community Service Inc | North Conway, NH | $44,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Eastern Slope Aviation Academy | Fryeburg, ME | $42,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Greater Lovell Land Trust | Lovell, ME | $37,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Carroll Co YMCA Camp Huckins | Freedom, NH | $37,400 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine | Portland, ME | $37,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Bartlett Historical Society | Bartlett, NH | $36,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Opera Maine | Portland, ME | $36,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Portland Community Squash | Portland, ME | $36,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Preble Street Resource Ctr | Portland, ME | $35,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Susan L Curtis Charitable Foundation | Portland, ME | $32,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Gibson Center for Senior Services | North Conway, NH | $31,200 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Northeastern University | Boston, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Friends of Casco Bay | South Portland, ME | $29,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mt Washington Valley Adult Day Care | Center Conway, NH | $28,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Kid's First Center | Scarborough, ME | $27,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Vaughn Community Service Inc | North Conway, NH | $27,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mt Washington Valley Arts Association | North Conway, NH | $26,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mt Washington Valley School to Career Partr | Conway, NH | $26,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Upper Saco Valley Land Trust | Conway, NH | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Camp Sunshine | Casco, ME | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mountain Top Music Center | Conway, NH | $24,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Tin Mountain Conservation Center | Albany, NH | $23,900 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Kismet Rock Foundation | North Conway, NH | $23,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Aeolian Chamber Players | New York, NY | $23,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Grieving Children | Portland, ME | $23,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Sail Maine | Portland, ME | $23,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Gulf of Maine Research Institute | Portland, ME | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| C Hobbs Memorial Library | Lovell, ME | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mt Washington Valley Arts Jubilee | North Conway, NH | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Usm Foundation | Portland, ME | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Portland Chamber Music | Portland, ME | $19,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Msad #72 | Fryeburg, ME | $17,700 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Denmark Arts Center | Denmark, ME | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Yellow Tulip Project | Portland, ME | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| North Fryberg Community Chapel | Fryeburg, ME | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Portland Ovations | Portland, ME | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Lovell Historical Society | Lovell, ME | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Maine Jewish Film Festival | Portland, ME | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| North Conway Community Center | North Conway, NH | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Carroll Co Retiredsenior Volunteer Program | Conway, NH | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Chatham Historical Society | Chatham, MA | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Laura Mahoney Autism & Epilepsy Nh | Madison, NH | $10,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Jackson Historical Society | Jackson, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mt Washington Observatory | North Conway, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mt Washington Valley Choral Society | North Conway, NH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Mt Washington Valley Habitant for Humanity | North Conway, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mt Washington Valley Habitat for Humanity | North Conway, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Prosperty Maine | Portland, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Ecology School | Saco, ME | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Furniture Friends | Portland, ME | $9,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Palaver Strings Inc | Portland, ME | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hewnoaks Artist Colony | Lovell, ME | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rufus Porter Museum | Bridgton, ME | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Mountain Conservation Center | Conway, NH | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ogontz Arts Foundation | Lyman, NH | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Pope Memorial Library | North Conway, NH | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Seeds of Peace | Otisfield, ME | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Portland Ballet | Portland, ME | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| White Mountain Musical Arts | North Conway, NH | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Conway Public Library | Conway, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kevin Peare Memorial Skate Park | North Conway, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mt Washington Valley Youth Hockey | Conway, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Partners for World Health | Portland, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Starting Point Nh | Conway, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| W Main Recreation Corp (ham Ice Arena) | Conway, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wayside Food Program | Portland, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arts Jubilee | North Conway, NH | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Conway School District | Conway, NH | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Portland Stage Company | Portland, ME | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Town of Conway Conservation Commission | Conway, NH | $3,900 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fryburg Historical Society | Fryeburg, ME | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Lawrence Arts | Portland, ME | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Children's Nursery School | Portland, ME | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sebago Long Lake Music Festival | Harrison, ME | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Joseph's College of Maine | Standish, ME | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maine Historical Society | Portland, ME | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
51 of 77 (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 66%, 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 110 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 | 38 | $240,000 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 39 | $263,800 | $6,000 |
| 2023 | 43 | $268,000 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 45 | $281,300 | $5,000 |
| 2025 | 42 | $251,000 | $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
51% 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 $5,000. 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 Robert and Dorothy Goldberg'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: Co Bssn Po Box 9729, Portland, ME, 04104. 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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