Coastal Enterprises Inc
Brunswick, ME · EIN 01-0347504. Reported 186 grants totalling $9,502,385 to 169 organizations across tax years 2022-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Coastal Enterprises Inc, the IRS classifies it under housing & shelter rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE L21) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 169 distinct organizations, with 3% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 13% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 2 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $34,670. Half of what it reported fell between $12,000 and $62,500; the smallest was $5,525 and the largest $250,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bath Area Family YMCA | Bath, ME | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Kennebec Valley | Gardiner, ME | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Circle of Friends Daycare | Presque Isle, ME | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hand in Hand Mano En Mano | Milbridge, ME | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Seedlings to Sunflowers | Gorham, ME | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Summit Community Church | Gorham, ME | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tree Frog Learning Center LLC | Barrington, NH | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Concepts Incorporated | Lewiston, ME | $212,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kennebec Valley Community Action Program | Waterville, ME | $212,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YMCA Sanford Springvale | Sanford, ME | $212,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Seabreeze Independent School | Ellsworth, ME | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stepping Stones Montessori School | Chelsea, ME | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Quimby Child Care Center | Norridgewock, ME | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Milestones Preschool and Childcare | Casco, ME | $195,900 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Down East Family YMCA | Ellsworth, ME | $187,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fairy Forest LLC | Saco, ME | $187,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Maine Mountain Childrens House | Kingfield, ME | $187,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pjs Childcare | Plymouth, ME | $164,300 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Abc 123S Daycare LLC | Sidney, ME | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bangor Montessori School LLC | Bangor, ME | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Beth Brunswick Memorial Fund for Children | Rangeley, ME | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Windham School Age Childcare | Windham, ME | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Countryside Kids Quality Childcare | Hiram, ME | $130,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kiddie Cove Daycare LLC | Lewiston, ME | $122,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sheepscott Village Daycare LLC | Newcastle, ME | $112,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wild Child Daycare Center | Yarmouth, ME | $110,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kingfield Kinder Care | Kingfield, ME | $102,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Indian Township Tribal Government | Indian Township, ME | $87,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| A Joyful Noise Preschool & Childcare Ctr | Kennebunk, ME | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brett Dinovi Associates North LLC | Skowhegan, ME | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Child Development Center | Windham, ME | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Crosspoint Church | Nashville, TN | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Graces Busy Bees Learning Center LLC | Chin, ME | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Happy Little Paradise Childcare Cooperative | Lewiston, ME | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lil Bucks N Does Daycare | Pittston, ME | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nature Play All Day LLC | Appleton, ME | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pettengill Learning Academy LLC | Lewiston, ME | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Glory Days Family Child Care & Preschool | New Gloucester, ME | $76,700 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Good School LLC | Rockland, ME | $74,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kidspace Inclusive Childcare | Lewiston, ME | $68,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mainegeneral Medical Center | Augusta, ME | $68,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Riverside Academy | Reserve, LA | $68,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Western Maine Community Action Inc | East Wilton, ME | $68,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maine Mountain Childrens House | Kingfield, ME | $62,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Play Garden Maine LLC | Limington, ME | $62,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Little Hands Learning Center | Houlton, ME | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pony Club Learning Center | Skowhegan, ME | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Levey Day School | Portland, ME | $59,775 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Willow School | Cumberland, ME | $59,670 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Blissful Beginnings Childcare LLC | Yarmouth, ME | $58,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Buzzell's Inc | Hermon, ME | $54,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Penobscot Bay YMCA | Rockport, ME | $54,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Small World Childcare LLC | Saco, ME | $52,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Munchkin Manor LLC | Mexico, ME | $51,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Growing Minds Early Learning Center LLC | Bangor, ME | $51,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Abc 123S Daycare LLC | Philadelphia, PW | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Davinci Childcare LLC | Freeport, ME | $46,900 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| String Bean Farm School | Cape Elizabeth, ME | $46,300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Healthy Kids Extended Day Program Inc | New Windsor, NY | $45,900 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mis Primeros Pasos My First Steps LLC | Ellsworth, ME | $44,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Blueprints Learning Center Inc | York, PA | $44,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Scarborough Childrens Academy LLC | Portland, ME | $43,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| A to Z Abilities LLC | South Berwick, ME | $41,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Montessori of Greater Portland | Portland, ME | $40,630 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sunflower Friends Early Learning Academy | North Yarmouth, ME | $40,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wee Beginnings Childcare and Learning Center | Milo, ME | $40,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Little Wonders Childcare LLC | Bellevue, WA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Essential Learning Solutions Inc | Livermore, ME | $39,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bay School | Blue Hill, ME | $37,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Beth Brunswick Memorial Fund for Children | Rangeley, ME | $37,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Central Lincoln County Young Men's Christian Association Inc | Damariscotta, ME | $37,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Concepts Inc | Lewiston, ME | $37,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Indian Township Tribal Government | Indian Township, ME | $37,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kennebec Valley Community Action Program | Waterville, ME | $37,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Linda Boyle Nature Center Inc | Portland, ME | $37,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Little Saplings Child Care Center | Portage, ME | $37,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Little Schoolhouse Childcare | Greenville, ME | $37,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sanford Springvale YMCA | Sanford, ME | $37,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Windham School Age Child Care Association Inc | Windham, ME | $37,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Youth and Family Outreach | S Portland, ME | $37,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Step By Step Childcare Inc | Fort Myers, FL | $37,150 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Miss Sugarmans School for Extraordinary Children LLC | Gardiner, ME | $35,550 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Partner Pups Childcare Facility | Waldoboro, ME | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Cub House Childcare | Carmel, ME | $34,340 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chickadee Toddler Care & Preschool | South Portland, ME | $33,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alexmackbrad LLC Portside Learning Ctr | Portland, ME | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Blueprints Learning Center Inc | York, PA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Busy Bees Childcare LLC | Eliot, ME | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Growing Tree Childcare LLC | Westbrook, ME | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Moose Alley Daycare LLC | Poland, ME | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ols LLC | Bangor, ME | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Precious Little Ones Child Care Center | Augusta, ME | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Together We Grow LLC | China, ME | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Maine System | Bangor, ME | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kids Kove Childcare & Learning Center LLC | Sanford, ME | $29,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tiny Sprouts Daycare LLC | Orrington, ME | $29,600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Busy Sprouts Daycare | Millinocket, ME | $28,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| E M Crocker LLC (kimmy's Kids) | Boothbay, ME | $27,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Growing Patch Childcare Center | Ellsworth, ME | $27,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Starfish Academy | Brewer, ME | $26,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kids Next Door LLC | Durham, ME | $25,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| One 4 All Learning Center LLC | Raymond, ME | $25,320 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| East Lina Road LLC Dba the Willow School | Decatur, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wild Oats Learning Center | Readfield, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Country Bumpkins Daycare LLC | Jax, FL | $23,900 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| A Step Ahead Child Care LLC | Fargo, ND | $23,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Freeport Montessori School LLC | Freeport, ME | $22,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Learning Ladder Childcare LLC | Sanford, ME | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Play LLC | Portland, ME | $22,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pine Tree Society Inc | Auburn, ME | $22,355 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Backwoods Adventure Child Care | Hope, ME | $21,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pooh Bear Child Care LLC | Readfield, ME | $20,570 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Levey Day School | Portland, ME | $19,925 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| House of Parker Preschool | Gorham, ME | $18,900 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Serendipity Creek Childcare Center LLC | Gray, ME | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tiny Cubs Childcare LLC | Newport, ME | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sheepscot Valley Childrens House | Wiscasset, ME | $15,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lucky Ducklings Childcare | Doverfoxcroft, ME | $15,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Poppy Patch Learning Center | Oakland, ME | $15,480 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kennebec Valley YMCA | Augusta, ME | $15,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tonya's Family Childcare Inc | Brewer, ME | $15,075 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rsu 12 Staff Daycare | Palermo, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bmbreton LLC | Chelsea, ME | $14,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Congregational Church in Cumberland UC | Cumberland, ME | $13,430 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Little Sunshine Learning Center LLC | Castro Valley, CA | $13,050 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kidspace Inclusive Childcare | Lewiston, ME | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Laugh & Learn Academy | Houlton, ME | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mainegeneral Health | Augusta, ME | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Riverside Academy | Reserve, LA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United 4 Child Care | Portland, ME | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Western Maine Community Action | East Wilton, ME | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Miss Sugarmans School for Extraordinary Children LLC | Gardiner, ME | $11,850 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Willow School | Cumberland, ME | $10,530 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bee Curious Childcare Center LLC | Saco, ME | $10,520 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gorham Arts Alliance | Gorham, ME | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Selina Gregoire-Poppy Patch Learning Center | Oakland, ME | $10,320 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mountainside Community Church | Boone, NC | $8,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Adventure Acres Childcare LLC | Edgar, NE | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Amelias Daycare LLC | Winthrop, ME | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Apple Blossom Childcare | Falmouth, ME | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bangor Chinese School | Bangor, ME | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bloom & Blossom Childcare LLC | Norway, ME | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brookview Childcare LLC | South China, ME | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cozy Cabin Daycare | Turner, ME | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hollis House Child Care | Hollis Center, ME | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Homestead Haven Early Learning Center | Levant, ME | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Leaps and Bounds | Eliot, ME | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Little Adventure Daycare | Ogden, UT | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Little Bears Daycare | Fort Kent, ME | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Little Lobsters Daycare LLC | Bath, ME | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Little Sprouts Childcare | Woodbury, MN | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Little Sprouts Family Daycare LLC | Saco, ME | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Macy Hipkins Childcare | Augusta, ME | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nurtured By Nature Childcare LLC | Oxford, ME | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tiny Explorers | Solon, ME | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wildflowers Family Childcare LLC | South Portland, ME | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Zion Childcare | Lewiston, ME | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Busy Bees Childcare | St George, ME | $8,300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oxford School Age Child Care | Oxford, ME | $7,900 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kennebunk Gymnastics & Sport Inc | Kennebunk, ME | $7,840 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kids Korner Childcare | Schenectady, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Octopod Corral LLC | Albion, ME | $7,225 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Montessori of Greater Portland | Portland, ME | $7,170 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Cub House Childcare | Doverfoxcroft, ME | $6,060 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dovetail Preschool LLC | Freeport, ME | $5,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ambro Child Care LLC | Auburn, ME | $5,525 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| M&r Sweet Child Care LLC | Lewiston, ME | $5,525 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Safe Haven Chid Care and Education Center LLC | Lewiston, ME | $5,525 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Rose Hill Clubhouse LLC | Jonesboro, ME | $5,525 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
15 of 169 (9%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Tree Frog Learning Center LLC
CHILD CARE INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 17 of 169 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 60 | $3,548,435 | $30,340 |
| 2023 | 91 | $4,168,050 | $37,500 |
| 2024 | 35 | $1,785,900 | $30,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
92% of its giving went to organizations in Maine. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. 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 grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $34,670 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Maine.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Coastal Enterprises Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 0 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 35 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 30 Federal Street, Brunswick, ME, 04011.
EIN 01-0347504 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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