About Woodcock Foundation
The Woodcock Foundation concentrates a small number of very large gifts, with a clear emphasis on land conservation and sustainable agriculture in Maine. Its largest commitments fund coastal land protection and support for organic farming and gardening networks, while it also channels resources into philanthropic infrastructure/administration. Grants are sizable and targeted rather than broadly distributed, often repeated to the same organizations.
Focus Areas
Maine coastal land conservation (Maine Coast Heritage Trust)Support for organic agriculture and farmer/gardener networks in MaineFunding for philanthropic advisory and administrative capacity (Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors)Large general-purpose or donor-advised distributions (unnamed/’SEE STATEMENT ATTACHED’)
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated giving: very few, large grants (multi-million dollar), with repeat funding to select Maine-based conservation and agriculture organizations and occasional gifts to philanthropic intermediaries.
Funding Style
general operating supportunrestricted support
About Woodcock Foundation
Woodcock Foundation’s recent giving is defined by a pair of repeated $750,000 grants in Maine: Maine Coast Heritage Trust in Topsham and Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association in Unity. Those recurring gifts show a pattern of long-term, relationship-based support rather than one-off project funding. The foundation also backs philanthropic infrastructure, with sizeable support for Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors in New York, and it uses general support to sustain a small set of partners across environment, food systems, democracy, media, and social justice. Recent grants include both conservation and agriculture, alongside organizations working on civic and economic issues. The foundation’s portfolio is not broad in the number of recipients, but the checks are substantial. General support dominates the recent grant list, and the same organizations appear across multiple years, suggesting multi-year partnerships. The presence of a large “See Statement Attached” distribution also points to a grantmaking style that includes significant directed or special-purpose allocations alongside ongoing operating support. Across the list, Woodcock Foundation appears to prioritize organizations already aligned with its priorities and to fund them at levels that can support core activity, not just short-term projects.
What Woodcock Foundation Funds
In conservation, Woodcock Foundation has supported Maine Coast Heritage Trust with $750,000 in 2024 and again in 2025, and it also gave $225,500 in both 2024 and 2025 to The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative in Canmore. Those awards point to a strong interest in landscape protection and wildlife-related work. In food and agriculture, the foundation gave $750,000 in 2024 and 2025 to Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, plus $160,000 to Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy in 2025 and $125,000 to National Young Farmers Coalition in both 2024 and 2025. The pattern suggests attention to organic agriculture, food systems, and farmer support. The foundation also funds civic and media-related work. Recent grants include $275,000 in both 2024 and 2025 to Free Press and $110,000 in 2025 to Center for Election Innovation & Research.
How Woodcock Foundation Gives
Woodcock Foundation’s recent grants cluster around a few larger awards rather than many small ones, with a typical grant size of $19,125 at the 25th percentile, $44,500 at the median, and $130,875 at the 75th percentile. The recent list includes repeated support to the same recipients across 2024 and 2025, indicating multi-year relationships rather than one-time grants. The foundation is a regular funder, not an individual-giving vehicle, and it does not make program-related investments as a general operating model. Its general grantmaking is case-by-case and invitation-based, with no unsolicited proposals reviewed in the named grantmaking programs.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$5.9M
Total Assets
$64.9M
Total Revenue
$2.1M
Total Expenses
$8.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $19K and $131K, with a median of $45K.
25th Percentile
$19K
Median
$45K
75th Percentile
$131K
Geographic Reach
National17 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Woodcock Foundation Funds
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Woodcock Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 128 | $17.5M | 93.4% |
| 2 | Canada | 9 |
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