About Maine People's Alliance
Build and sustain a member-led, progressive movement in Maine that equips people to lead change and win policy and electoral victories for economic, racial, and climate justice.
Focus Areas
climate and clean energyhealthcare justiceimmigrant rightshousing and tenants' rightschildcarelabor and worker powercivic engagement
Who They Fund
Native American / Indigenous tribes and communitiesvoters / electorateadvocacy organizations and campaign groupsgrassroots community organizers
Funding Style
About Maine People's Alliance
Maine People's Alliance put $1.25 million behind Mainers for Paid Leave in 2023, signaling a grantmaking style built around large, campaign-oriented bets in Maine. The foundation’s recent awards also show a close link between funding and organizing: it backed Rebuild Maine with $390,000 for electoral communications, while smaller grants supported policy and advocacy work across labor, climate, housing, immigrant rights, and tribal issues. The foundation’s public profile describes a member-led movement focused on economic, racial, and climate justice, and the grants reflect that approach. Its portfolio includes statewide advocacy organizations such as Maine Conservation Voters and Maine Women’s Lobby, alongside groups rooted in local organizing and issue campaigns. Wabanaki Alliance appears as a tribal advocacy grantee, and New Mainers Alliance as a recipient tied to immigrant-rights work. Across the recent grants list, the pattern is consistent: Maine People's Alliance funds organizations positioned to influence public policy, voter engagement, and electoral outcomes in Maine. The awards are concentrated in organizations working on specific campaigns rather than on broad, unrestricted institutional support.
What Maine People's Alliance Funds
In policy and issue advocacy, Maine People's Alliance gave $70,000 to Maine Conservation Voters for issue advocacy and $50,000 to Maine Women’s Lobby for issue advocacy, showing support for organizations working on statewide legislative and public-policy campaigns. The foundation also backed labor and worker power through a $10,000 grant to Maine AFL-CIO for issue advocacy. Immigrant-rights and tribal advocacy are also part of the mix. New Mainers Alliance received $45,000 for issue advocacy, while Wabanaki Alliance received $45,000 for tribal advocacy. On the electoral side, Rebuild Maine was awarded $390,000 for electoral communications, pointing to funding that supports message and campaign work as well as direct policy advocacy.
How Maine People's Alliance Gives
Typical grant sizes cluster around a median of $50,000, with a lower quartile of $45,000 and an upper quartile of $230,000. One grant stands apart at $1.25 million, alongside several mid-sized awards and a smaller $10,000 grant, indicating a mix of large campaign investments and targeted support. The 2023 list shows recipients appearing in a single year set of grants here, with no repeat grantees across the provided recent-grants sample. Maine People's Alliance is a public charity, and the grants shown are programmatic and advocacy-oriented rather than individual support or program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1.9M
Total Assets
$2.4M
Total Revenue
$1.9M
Total Expenses
$2.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $45K and $230K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$45K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$230K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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