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Who does Onion Foundation fund?

Onion Foundation has awarded $17 million across 1,185 grants to 527 organizations between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $12,500, with most between $7,000 and $20,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $15,000 versus $7,500 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$17.4M
Typical grant
$12K
Grantees
527
Grants
1,185
Years
2020–2024

Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 527 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
M Momentum Conservation $1.1M22023–20242024— —
M Maine Environmental Education Association $282K72020–20242024— —
Maine Association of Nonprofits $278K62020–20242024ME
New England Grassroots Environment Fund INC $205K52020–20242024NH
M Maine Audubon $162K52020–20242024— —
Kennebec Estuary Land Trust $156K52020–20242024ME
N New Learning Journey $145K52020–20242024VT
Portland Ovations $124K52020–20242024ME
Maine Gearshare $122K32022–20242024ME
Schoodic Arts for All $122K52020–20242024ME
Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance $121K32022–20242024ME
Mayo Street Arts $119K42020–20242024ME
P Portland Symphony Orchestra $119K52020–20242024— —
P Portland Stage $119K52020–20242024— —
Trekkers INC $113K52020–20242024ME
Palaver Strings Incorporated $112K52020–20242024ME
Waterfall Arts $110K52020–20242024ME
Maine Academy of Modern Music $108K52020–20242024ME
Lake Stewards of Maine $107K52020–20242024ME
President and Trustees of Bates College $106K42020–20242024ME
Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust INC $101K52020–20242024ME
S State of Maine Governor's Office of Policy Innovation & the Future $100K120202020— —
Maine Initiatives INC $100K22022–20242024ME
Portland Museum of Art $100K52020–20242024ME
M Maine Lakes $99K42021–20242024— —
Midcoast Conservancy $99K52020–20242024ME
Appalachian Mountain Club $98K62020–20242024MA
Space Gallery $97K32020–20242024ME
W Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness $95K42022–20242024— —
Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park $95K52020–20242024ME
Artvan $94K42020–20242024ME
Indigo Arts Alliance $94K42020–20242024ME
S Southern Maine Conservation Collaborative $94K42020–20222022ME
Theater at Monmouth $93K42020–20232023ME
Waterville Creates $93K52020–20242024ME
Celebration Barn Theater $92K52020–20242024ME
T The Ecology School $91K52020–20242024— —
Bicycle Coalition of Maine $91K52020–20242024ME
3 317 Main Community Music Center $91K42020–20242024— —
Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters $90K52020–20242024ME
Boothbay Sea and Science Center $88K52020–20242024ME
Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research and Education INC $86K52020–20242024ME
Gulf of Maine Research Institute $86K52020–20242024ME
L Lakes Environmental Association $85K52020–20242024— —
Center for an Ecology-Based Economy $85K52020–20242024ME
Friends of Cobbossee Watershed District $85K42020–20232023ME
Bangor Symphony Orchestra $83K52020–20242024ME
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust $81K52020–20232023ME
Rippleffect INC $81K32020–20242024ME
M Maine Environmental Education Assoc $81K120212021— —
High Peaks Alliance $80K52020–20242024ME
Abbe Museum $80K42020–20242024ME
Maine Adaptive Sports & Recreation $79K42020–20232023ME
Teens to Trails $78K42020–20232023ME
Friends of Baxter State Park $78K42020–20242024ME
Blue Hill Heritage Trust INC $78K42020–20222022ME
New England Forestry Foundation INC $78K22020–20212021MA
Maine Conservation Alliance $78K62020–20232023ME
Maine Crafts Association $76K42020–20242024ME
Telling Room $75K52020–20242024ME
M Maine Association of Nonprofits (fbo Cultural Alliance of Maine (cam)) $75K120232023— —
R Retreeus $75K42020–20232023— —
A Company of Girls $74K52020–20242024ME
Opera House Arts $74K52020–20242024ME
Eastport Arts Center $74K42020–20242024ME
Johnson Hall INC $73K52020–20242024ME
Pihcintu $73K52020–20242024ME
Down East Lakes Land Tr $72K42020–20232023ME
Maine Appalachian Trail Club INC $72K42020–20242024ME
Frenchman Bay Conservancy $70K42020–20232023ME
Chewonki Foundation INC $70K42020–20242024ME
Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust INC $70K52020–20232023ME
C Cultivating Community $69K32020–20222022— —
Points North Institute $68K42021–20242024ME
Women for Healthy Rural Living $68K42020–20242024ME
I Inland Woods Trails $68K32020–20222022ME
Loon Echo Land Trust INC $68K42020–20242024ME
Wild Seed Project $67K42021–20242024ME
Pine Tree Society INC $66K42021–20242024ME
Tree Street Youth INC $66K52020–20242024ME
30 Mile River Watershed Association $66K42020–20242024ME
M Maine Tree Foundation $64K42020–20242024— —
Western Foothills Land Trust $64K52020–20242024ME
Coastal Mountains Land Trust $64K32020–20222022ME
Resources for Organizing and Social Change $63K42020–20222022ME
C Cobscook Institute $62K42021–20242024— —
La Arts $62K42020–20242024ME
Main Street Skowhegan $62K52020–20242024ME
Penobscot Theatre Company $62K42020–20242024ME
Maine Community Integration $62K32020–20242024ME
Classical Uprising $62K42021–20242024ME
University of Maine Foundation $62K62020–20242024ME
East Coast Greenway Alliance INC $61K32020–20232023NC
Engine INC $60K42020–20232023ME
Climate Change for All Educators INC $60K22023–20242024NY
M Maine Math and Science Alliance $59K22020–20212021— —
W Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment $58K32020–20232023— —
M Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (mofga) $58K32020–20242024— —
A Climate to Thrive $58K52021–20232023ME
Continuum Arts Collective $58K42020–20242024ME

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