Accepts applications
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Accepts applications
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
- How to apply
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2025 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Giving by year
Total assets by year
| Year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Giving | Assets | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 990-PF | $254,771 | $254,578 | $223,547 | $6,135,625 |
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 57% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youth and Family OutreachPortland, ME | General Support | $10,000 | 2024 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lori-Ann Touchette | Secretary | 1.00 | $10,148 |
| Justin H Schair | Director | 1.00 | $0 |
| Annemieke L Schair | Director | 1.00 | $0 |
| Cindy Fernandez | Director |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| $6,135,625 |
| FY2024 | 990-PF | $219,340 | $195,515 | $170,550 | $5,167,747 | $5,167,747 |
| FY2023 | 990-PF | −$27,617 | $179,908 | $159,026 | $4,001,823 | $4,001,823 |
| FY2022 | 990-PF | $30,532 | $210,237 | $167,415 | $2,723,117 | $2,723,117 |
| FY2021 | 990-PF | $1,830,249 | $237,773 | $213,559 | $4,914,536 | $4,914,536 |
| FY2020 | 990-PF | $6,041 | $242,821 | $213,173 | $3,972,824 | $3,972,824 |
| FY2019 | 990-PF | $245,947 | $251,359 | $218,613 | $2,906,310 | $2,906,310 |
| FY2017 | 990-PF | $209,629 | $229,669 | $189,743 | $2,836,657 | $2,836,657 |
| FY2016 | 990-PF | $165,728 | $225,950 | $183,600 | $2,856,697 | $2,856,697 |
| To help fund Emergency Heating Assistance Programs in Aroostook County |
| $10,000 |
| 2021 |
| LUBEC COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTERLUBEC, ME | TO CONTINUE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES | $10,000 | 2017 |
| Tree Street YouthLewiston, ME | Funding for restorative justice processes and providing peer mentoring for youth | $10,000 | 2021 |
| WAYNFLETE SCHOOLPORTLAND, ME | TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR TWO LOWER SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ORDER TO HELP INCREASE THE DIVERSITY AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF ALL." | $10,000 | 2019 |
| Maine Medical CenterPortland, ME | General Support | $10,000 | 2024 |
| Cobscook Community Learning CenterTrescott, ME | General Support | $10,000 | 2025 |
| Downeast Community PartnersMatched to this organization because 9 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.Ellsworth, ME | To provide grocery store cards to disadvantaged people in Washington and Hancock Counties | $10,000 | 2021 |
| Healthy AcadiaEllsworth, ME | To help support Healthy Acadia's Down-East Gleaning Initiative | $9,000 | 2022 |
| Loaves & Fishes Food PantryAyer, MA | General Support | $9,000 | 2024 |
| Maine Math and Science AllianceAugusta, ME | General Support | $8,500 | 2024 |
| The Salvation ArmyPortland, ME | General Support | $8,000 | 2020 |
| Kennebec Estuary Land TrustBath, ME | General Support | $8,000 | 2020 |
| Locker ProjectPortland, ME | General Support | $8,000 | 2020 |
| YMCA of Southern MaineMatched to this organization because 9 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.Portland, ME | General Support | $8,000 | 2020 |
| Avesta HousingMatched to this organization because 4 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.Portland, ME | To support services needed by asylum seekers | $7,500 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Portland Public SchoolsPortland, ME | Funding for a Wabanaki Documentary Film that will be used in Portland's schools and Maine's tribal schools | $7,500 | 2021 |
| Cedars Nursing Care CenterPortland, ME | Funding for the Direct Healthcare Training & Career Advancement with a Focus on Immigrant Populations | $7,500 | 2023 |
| NEW MAINERS PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVLEWISTON, ME | TO CONTINUE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES | $7,500 | 2017 |
| Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome CenterPortland, ME | Funding to teach immigrant families the importance of eating healthy and avoiding junk food in the US | $7,500 | 2021 |
| EASTERN AREA AGENCY ON AGINGBANGOR, ME | TO CONTINUE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES | $7,500 | 2017 |
| Jewish Community Alliance of Southern MainePortland, ME | To provide funding for the Michael Klahr Jewish Family Services (KJFS) Diaper Bank | $7,500 | 2021 |
| Tree Street YouthLewiston, ME | General Support | $7,500 | 2020 |
| Foundation for Portland Public SchoolsPortland, ME | General Support | $7,500 | 2020 |
| JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MAINEPORTLAND, ME | TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE "PREPARING TODAY'S LEWISTON YOUTH FOR TOMORROW'S ECONOMY PROGRAM WHICH SEEKS TO PROVIDE STEM CAREERS AWARENESS, FINANCIAL LITERACY AND WORKFORCE READINESS TRAINING TO LEWISTON'S STUDENTS. | $7,500 | 2019 |
| 1.00 |
| $0 |
| Milo Schair-Rigoletti | Director | 1.00 | $0 |
| Gillian B Schair | President | 1.00 | $0 |
| Erica M Schair-Cardona | Treasurer | 1.00 | $0 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.
Form 990-PF · FY2024 · period ending Dec 31, 2024IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202531119349100093
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Dec 31, 2023IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202400739349100620
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Dec 31, 2022
Filing id 202341239349100814
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Dec 31, 2021
Filing id 202221249349101842
Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending Dec 31, 2020
Filing id 202133059349101453
Form 990-PF · FY2019 · period ending Dec 31, 2019
Filing id 202041979349101499
Form 990-PF · FY2017 · period ending Dec 31, 2017
Filing id 201811389349100511
Form 990-PF · FY2016 · period ending Dec 31, 2016
Filing id 201731359349103303
IRS filings are the source for every fact on this page. Nothing a model writes is ever a source; it can only point at a row here.