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John T Gorman Foundation

Portland, ME · EIN 010498551 · Website ↗ · 990s on ProPublica ↗

Assets

$223.5M

Total Giving

$31.4M

Grants on File

592

Average Grant

$53K

Giving Radius

Where John T Gorman Foundation Has Given

Historical grants to 313 recipients across 12 states. Top concentrations: Portland ($12.7M, 145 grants), Lewiston ($3.5M, 56 grants), Augusta ($2.2M, 46 grants), Bangor ($1.8M, 37 grants), Machias ($1.2M, 9 grants).

Section I

How to Apply

www.jtgfoundation.org

On Unsolicited Proposals yes

Restrictions

See 2(b) above

Section IV

Recent Grants

Recipient	Location	Amount	Purpose	Year
Bluehub Capital	Boston, MA	$100K	To support the Working Communities Challenge	2020
Day One	South Portland, ME	$11K	To support youth at greater risk of substance abuse or mental heath concerns due to COVID isolation	2020
Augusta Food Bank	Augusta, ME	$15K	To provide general operating support	2020
Bath Housing Development Corporation	Bath, ME	$20K	To support the Comfortably Home Program	2020
Cheverus High School	Portland, ME	$5K	To provide general operating support	2020
Council for a Strong America	Washington, DC	$40K	To support CSA's work co-leading the Right From The Start Coalition	2020
Amistad	Portland, ME	$15K	To provide general operating support	2020
Aroostook County Action Program	Presque Isle, ME	$15K	To reduce family stress, isolation and child abuse through visits to at-risk families	2020
Axiom Education and Training Center	Machias, ME	$150K	To establish a statewide digital literacy training program	2020
President and Trustees of Bates College	Lewiston, ME	$15K	To provide scholarship support for Maine students	2020
Catholic Charities Maine	Portland, ME	$50K	$25,000 general support; $25,000 to support Cooking for Community	2020
Center for Children's Law and Policy Inc	Washington, DC	$18K	Maine Juvenile Justice Task Force; study of juvenile justice reform	2020
Coastal Enterprises Inc	Brunswick, ME	$150K	To plan and implement the first year of a Child Care Business Lab in Lewiston's Tree Streets Neighborhood.	2020
Community Concepts	Lewiston, ME	$135K	$75,000 Lewiston Workforce Initiative; $40,000 family relif; $20,000 vlogging project	2020
AdCare Educational Institute of Maine Inc	Augusta, ME	$10K	To sponsor the 2020 Opioid Summit	2020
Adoptive and Foster Families of Maine Inc	Bangor, ME	$8K	Financial assistance to provide food, heating and utilities, and beds or cribs	2020
Androscoggin Head Start and Child Care DBA Promise Early Education Center	Lewiston, ME	$23K	Funds to train new and existing child care workers via on-line credentialing courses	2020
Area Interfaith Outreach	Rockland, ME	$15K	To provide general operating support	2020
Healthy Acadia	Ellsworth, ME	$25K	To support the Downeast Gleaning Initiative	2020
Avesta Housing Development Corporation	Portland, ME	$2K	To sponsor the 2020 Maine Affordable Housing Coalition's conference	2020
Bangor Area Homeless Shelter	Bangor, ME	$25K	General operating support; to address the basic needs of vulnerable populations impacted by COVID-19	2020
Bangor Housing Development Corporation	Bangor, ME	$120K	$100,000 for the Family Self Sufficiency Program; $20,000 to plan an Enhanced FSS Institute	2020
Boys and Girls Club of Bangor	Bangor, ME	$25K	To address the basic needs of vulnerable populations impacted by COVID-19.	2020
Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Maine	Portland, ME	$80K	$25,000 COVID-19 relief; $30,000 remote learning hubs; $25,000 general support	2020
Educate Maine	Portland, ME	$2K	To provide general operating support	2020

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Section VI

Filing History

Year-by-year financial summary from IRS 990-PF filings. Total assets and qualifying distributions show the foundation's growth and giving trajectory.

Year	Total Assets	Qualifying Distributions	Total Revenue	Total Expenses
2023	$214.1M	$10.0M	$13.3M	$11.6M
2022	$204.0M	$10.7M	$7.8M	$11.9M
2021	$247.6M	$11.1M	$14.5M	$11.1M
2020	$221.5M	$9.4M	$3.0M	$10.8M
2019	$199.7M	$9.4M	$2K	$10.2M
2015	$179.4M	$9.4M	$7.3M	$9.7M
2014	$196.4M	$9.8M	$7.1M	$9.5M
2013	$199.7M	$9.2M	$11.2M	$9.3M
2012	$179.7M	$8.6M	$6.7M	$8.0M
2011	$178.5M	$8.0M	$101.0M	$7.8M

Section VII

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