Grants awarded
Who does The Old Bug Light Charitable Foundation fund?
The Old Bug Light Charitable Foundation has awarded $1.1 million across 133 grants to 55 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in human services. Its typical grant is $5,000, with most between $3,000 and $10,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $5,000 versus $4,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$1.1M
Typical grant
$5K
Grantees
55
Grants
133
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| L Learningworks | $191K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | — |
Friends of Congress Square Park
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$97K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
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$77K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | ME | |
| S Sailmaine | $73K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$70K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| P Planned Parenthood Federation of | $63K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| D Doctors Without Borders | $60K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Friends of Deering Oaks | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Portland Musuem of Art | $50K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A ACLU of Maine | $35K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $30K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$26K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
Bicycle Coalition of Maine
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$21K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
| T The Dempsey Center | $20K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$19K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
Portland Trails
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$16K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
| F Foundation for Portland Public | $16K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N National Network of Abortion Funds | $15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Portland Community Squash
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$12K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
Portland Ovations
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$10K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| S Surfaid International | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C City of Portland | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Space Gallery
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$10K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
Eastern Trail Alliance
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$10K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
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$9K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
Good Sheperd Food Bank
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$9K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | ME | |
| F Friends of Congress Square Park | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$7K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
| A American Cancer Society | $7K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| P Planned Parenthood of Northern New | $6K | 2 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$6K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | ME | |
| C Childrens Musuem of Maine | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| G Gulf of Maine Research Institute | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Bicycle Coalition of Maine | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | ME | |
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$5K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MA | |
| I Individual recipient | $4K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Hospice of Southern Maine | $4K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Portland Community Squash | $4K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $4K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Weill Cornell Medical College | $3K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| T The Center for Grieving Children | $3K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Eastern Trail Alliance | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | ME | |
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$2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | ME | |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | ME | |
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$1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | ME | |
| I Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U Usm Foundation | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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