Planning and Art Resources for Communities
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About Planning and Art Resources for Communities
This foundation concentrates its giving on place-based philanthropy for Rangeley, Maine — primarily by funding a donor-advised vehicle (Venn Foundation) that supports local projects — and on a small number of large, discretionary grants including international medical relief. Grants are few but large, with a clear preference for conservation and community improvement in the Rangeley region alongside at least one major humanitarian gift.
Focus Areas
Donor-advised philanthropy for Rangeley, Maine community projectsLand and watershed conservation in the Rangeley/Kennebago headwaters areaSupport for international emergency medical relief (Doctors Without Borders)
Who They Fund
residents of Rangeley, Maine / rural community memberslow-income pet owners / general public seeking low-cost veterinary carepatients with serious illness and their families (palliative care clients)local community organizations and plannersscholars and readers of global justice / cross-border policy audiences
About Planning and Art Resources for Communities
Planning and Art Resources for Communities Inc. centers a striking pattern of place-based giving in Rangeley, Maine through repeated donor-advised support to Venn Foundation for its PRI dedicated to improving lives in the community. That line of grantmaking runs across 2023, 2024, and 2025, with awards of $3.9 million, $1.6 million, and $2.75 million, making the Rangeley vehicle the clearest thread in the foundation’s recent record. Alongside that long-running commitment, the foundation has made a small number of larger discretionary grants that point to a broader interest in conservation, community services, and humanitarian relief. The recent record also includes support for land and watershed work in the Kennebago headwaters area, public-facing veterinary care, palliative care services, youth-serving and LGBTQ-focused organizations, and international medical relief through Doctors Without Borders. The mix suggests a funder that uses large grants to back both local infrastructure and targeted public-benefit services, rather than a broad open-application portfolio. A handful of recipients appear more than once, reinforcing a pattern of continuing support rather than isolated one-time gifts.
What Planning and Art Resources for Communities Funds
In land and watershed conservation, the foundation gave $500,000 in 2024 and $250,000 in both 2023 and 2025 to Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust for the Kennebago Headwaters Acquisition Project. That is one of the clearest thematic lines in the file. For health and emergency relief, it awarded $500,000 in 2025 and $200,000 in both 2023 and 2024 to Doctors Without Borders for general support. The same record shows a separate health-services grant of $125,000 in 2023, 2024, and 2025 to Caringkind for its palliative care program, hotline, and social work service. Community planning also appears in a $225,000 grant in 2024 to The Trust for Public Land for the Newark Project Planning Grant. In animal welfare, Columbia Greene Humane Society received $150,000 in 2025 and $75,000 in 2023 for a low-cost veterinary care clinic for the public.
How Planning and Art Resources for Communities Gives
Typical grants cluster at a large scale: p25 is $72,500, median is $125,000, and p75 is $212,500. The pattern is not spread across many small awards; instead, the foundation makes a limited number of substantial grants, with several recipients appearing in multiple years. That repeat pattern is visible in the Rangeley vehicle, Doctors Without Borders, Caringkind, and the Hetrick-Martin Institute. The foundation is a regular funder, not a program-related investment vehicle itself, and it does not fund individuals. The record shown here does not indicate an open application process.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.6M
Total Assets
$42.1M
Total Revenue
$4M
Total Expenses
$4.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $73K and $213K, with a median of $125K.
25th Percentile
$73K
Median
$125K
75th Percentile
$213K
Geographic Reach
Regional4 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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