The Mimi Foundation
Scarborough, ME · EIN 20-3957984. Reported 82 grants totalling $7,383,350 to 63 organizations across tax years 2021-2023. 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 Mimi 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $4,872,500. 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. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine Community Foundation | Ellsworth, ME | $4,872,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Husson University Gracie Theatre | Bangor, ME | $1,045,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bangor Symphony Orchestra | Bangor, ME | $326,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Penobscot Theatre Company | Bangor, ME | $320,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Maine at Orono | Orono, ME | $297,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mainehealth (fbo Maine Behavioral Healthcare) | South Portland, ME | $81,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Heart Association | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boothbay Region YMCA | Boothbay Harbor, ME | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine | Portland, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maine Huts & Trails | Kingfield, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood of Northern New England | Colochester, VT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hospice of Southern Maine | Scarborough, ME | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Maine Behavioral Healthcare | South Portland, ME | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Olympia Snowe Women's Leadership Institute | Portland, ME | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Maine Justice Foundation | Augusta, ME | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Telling Room | Portland, ME | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Maine Appalachian Trail Club | Portland, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Maine Recovery Fund | Portland, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North Baldwin Animal Shelter | Bay Minette, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Southern Maine | Portland, ME | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pine Tree Society Inc | Bath, ME | $8,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Maine | Portland, ME | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| A Company of Girls | Portland, ME | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Camp Beech Cliff | Mount Desert, ME | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland | Westbrook, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bangor Humane Society | Bangor, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Family Ice Dba Save the Pond | Falmouth, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hospice Regatta of Maine | Ellsworth, ME | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Husson University | Bangor, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maine Audubon Society | Falmouth, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| NAMI Maine Inc | Hallowell, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New England Music Camp Association | Sidney, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northern Light Health (fka Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems) | Brewer, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Partners for Peace | Bangor, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pine Tree Society (pine Tree Camp) | Bath, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Portland Community Squash | Portland, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sanctuary on Church Street | Ellsworth, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Snow Pond Center for the Arts | Sidney, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Locker Project | Portland, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Through These Doors | Portland, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake Inc | Casco, ME | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Hancock County | Trenton, ME | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bangor Region YMCA | Bangor, ME | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fov Maine | Camden, ME | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Brigid School | Portland, ME | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Maine Discovery Museum | Bangor, ME | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maine Needs | Portland, ME | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Full Plates Full Potential | Brunswick, ME | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Portland Children's Dyslexia Center | Portland, ME | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Maine | Portland, ME | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Susan L Curtis Foundation | Portland, ME | $1,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| All Souls Congregational Church | Bangor, ME | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Grieving Children | Portland, ME | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children's Center Early Intervention and Family Support | Augusta, ME | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gathering Place | Brunswick, ME | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Good Theatre | Cape Elizabeth, ME | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kennebec Valley Mental Health Center (aka Kennebec Behavioral Health) | Waterville, ME | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kennebec Valley YMCA | Augusta, ME | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Merryspring Inc | Camden, ME | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Gloucester Maine Historical Center | New Gloucester, ME | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Portland School of Ballet | Portland, ME | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Portland School of Ballet (portland Ballet) | Portland, ME | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Winterkids Education Foundation | Portland, ME | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
14 of 63 (22%) received money in more than one year over the 3 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 25%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 56 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 38 | $339,350 | $2,500 |
| 2022 | 36 | $475,000 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 8 | $6,569,000 | $198,250 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 99% of this one's giving went to organizations in Maine. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- 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 Mimi Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 660, Scarborough, ME, 04070. 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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