Grants awarded
Who does Sam L Cohen Foundation fund?
Sam L Cohen Foundation has awarded $18 million across 671 grants to 361 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in human services. Its typical grant is $15,000, with most between $10,000 and $25,000.
Total awarded
$17.7M
Typical grant
$15K
Grantees
361
Grants
671
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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| M Maine Children's Cancer Program | $2.8M | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Preble Street
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$452K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
| M Maine Medical Center | $375K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$360K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine
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$349K | 10 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
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$285K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | ME | |
| I Individual recipient | $285K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Good Sheperd Food Bank
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$275K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | ME | |
| Y Youth and Family Outreach | $275K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine | $250K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$250K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | ME | |
Portland Stage Company INC
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$250K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
| J Jewish Community Alliance | $225K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Maine Childrens Alliance
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$212K | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
| P Planned Parenthood of Northern New England | $210K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$180K | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
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$175K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
| U United Way of Southern Maine | $161K | 7 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$125K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | ME | |
Maine Immigrants Rights Coalition
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$125K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
| I Individual recipient | $115K | 3 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$112K | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
| I Individual recipient | $112K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Maine Jewish Museum
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$110K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
Prosperityme
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$110K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
| M Maine Children's Alliance | $108K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Maine Center for Economic Policy
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$105K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
Maine Initiatives INC
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$103K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| G Gulf of Maine Research Institute | $100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | ME | |
Community Dental
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$100K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
Southern Maine Agency on Aging
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$100K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | ME | |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$95K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | ME | |
| I Individual recipient | $92K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$90K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
Foundation for Portland Public Schools
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$90K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | ME | |
| I Individual recipient | $85K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$80K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
| M Mainehealth | $80K | 4 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Milestone Recovery
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$80K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | ME | |
Spurwink Services Incorporated
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$80K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
| I Individual recipient | $80K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Council for a Strong America
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$80K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| I Individual recipient | $79K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| J Jobs for Maine's Graduates | $75K | 3 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$75K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
Locker Project
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$75K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
| U United Way of Greater Portland | $72K | 4 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| M Maine Coast Fishermen's Association | $70K | 3 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$70K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
Youth Full Maine
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$70K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
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$70K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | ME | |
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$68K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | ME | |
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$65K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
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$65K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | ME | |
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$65K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | ME | |
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$62K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | ME | |
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$60K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
| Y York County Shelter Programs INC | $60K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
| C Consumers for Affordable Health Care | $60K | 3 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$60K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | ME | |
Maine Access Immigrant Network
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$60K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
| I Individual recipient | $59K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$55K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | ME | |
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$55K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
| T Temple Beth El | $55K | 2 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Biddeford Food Pantry | $55K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | ME | |
| E Equalitymaine Foundation | $55K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Holocaust & Human Rights Center of Maine | $55K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Good Shepherd Food Bank | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Ecology School | $50K | 2 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Foundation for Maine's Community Colleges | $50K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| H Habitat for Humanity York County | $50K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Portland Ovations
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$50K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
| P Psl Services DBA Strive | $50K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Portland Public Library
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$50K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | ME | |
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$50K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
| C Committee to Restore the Abyssinian | $50K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The Cedars INC
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$50K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | KS | |
The Jewish Federations of North America INC
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$50K | 3 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
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$47K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | ME | |
| S Safe Families for Children | $45K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U University of Hawai'i Foundation | $45K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$45K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
Portland Recovery Community Center
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$45K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | ME | |
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$45K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
| O Olympia Snowe Women's Leadership Institute | $45K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Coastal Enterprises INC
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$45K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | ME | |
| G Goodwill Industries of Northern New England | $45K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Maine Boys to Men
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$45K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
| U United Way of York County | $45K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| G Greater Portland Health | $44K | 3 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine | $42K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Through These Doors
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$40K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | ME | |
| I Individual recipient | $40K | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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