The Robert and Dorothy Goldberg
Portland, ME · EIN 31-1622560. Reported 165 grants totalling $1,053,100 to 72 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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 $2,000 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Mountain Community Health Ctr | Conway, NH | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine | Portland, ME | $32,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Eastern Slope Aviation Academy | Fryeburg, ME | $32,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Opera Maine | Portland, ME | $31,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Portland Community Squash | Portland, ME | $31,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Preble Street Resource Ctr | Portland, ME | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vaughan Community Service Inc | North Conway, NH | $29,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Greater Lovell Land Trust | Lovell, ME | $27,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Carroll Co YMCA Camp Huckins | Freedom, NH | $27,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Susan L Curtis Charitable Foundation | Portland, ME | $27,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vaughn Community Service Inc | North Conway, NH | $27,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Upper Saco Valley Land Trust | Conway, NH | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northeastern University | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aeolian Chamber Players | New York, NY | $23,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mt Washington Valley Adult Day Care | Center Conway, NH | $23,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kid's First Center | Scarborough, ME | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bartlett Historical Society | Bartlett, NH | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gibson Center for Senior Services | North Conway, NH | $21,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of Casco Bay | South Portland, ME | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gulf of Maine Research Institute | Portland, ME | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mt Washington Valley Arts Association | North Conway, NH | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tin Mountain Conservation Center | Albany, NH | $20,900 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| C Hobbs Memorial Library | Lovell, ME | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Camp Sunshine | Casco, ME | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mt Washington Valley School to Career Partr | Conway, NH | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Usm Foundation | Portland, ME | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mountain Top Music Center | Conway, NH | $19,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kismet Rock Foundation | North Conway, NH | $18,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sail Maine | Portland, ME | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Portland Chamber Music | Portland, ME | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Grieving Children | Portland, ME | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mt Washington Valley Arts Jubilee | North Conway, NH | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| North Fryberg Community Chapel | Fryeburg, ME | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lovell Historical Society | Lovell, ME | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Yellow Tulip Project | Portland, ME | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Denmark Arts Center | Denmark, ME | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jackson Historical Society | Jackson, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mt Washington Observatory | North Conway, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mt Washington Valley Habitant for Humanity | North Conway, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Portland Ovations | Portland, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 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 |
| Maine Jewish Film Festival | Portland, ME | $9,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chatham Historical Society | Chatham, MA | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Palaver Strings Inc | Portland, ME | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Laura Mahoney Autism & Epilepsy Nh | Madison, NH | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 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 |
| Msad #72 | Fryeburg, ME | $7,700 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pope Memorial Library | North Conway, NH | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Seeds of Peace | Otisfield, ME | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Carroll Co Retiredsenior Volunteer Program | Conway, NH | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 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 Choral Society | North Conway, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mt Washington Valley Youth Hockey | Conway, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ogontz Arts Foundation | Lyman, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Conway School District | Conway, NH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
45 of 72 (62%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 67%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 87 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 | $240,000 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 39 | $263,800 | $6,000 |
| 2023 | 43 | $268,000 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 45 | $281,300 | $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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 53% 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 Robert and Dorothy Goldberg's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
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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