
Annual Giving
$1.4M-14% YoY
Grants
180
Median Grant
$2K
Organizations Funded
16
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The MELMAC Education Foundation's mission is to prepare Maine's youth to be ready for and successful in college and career. The MELMAC Education Foundation serves as a strategic thought partner that funds and collaboratively supports best practices in post-secondary pathways, with funding from MELMAC helping school partners expose students to education and employment opportunities to build the skills necessary to pursue post-secondary education, attain credentials-of value, and find success after high school.
Boosting Readiness for Career and College Initiative (grants for middle, high school, and CTE students); Promoting Post-Secondary Success Initiative (grants for post-secondary degree programs); Aligning Education and Employment Systems Initiative (bringing education and employer partners together); Aspire Scholarships ($2,000 per Maine high school); CTE Scholarships ($2,000 per career and technical education center).
Based on publicly available information from the foundation's 990 filings and website.
$1.4M
Grants
180
Median
$2K
States
2
$1.7M
Grants
197
Median
$2K
States
4
$2.2M
Grants
270
Median
$2K
States
3
$2K
Typical Grant (Median)
$2K
Smallest
$2K
25th Pctile
$2K
75th Pctile
$220K
Largest
Excludes grants ≤ $5K. Half fall between $2K and $2K.
$220K
2024
GEN US
ME · ASPIRE GRANT
$190K
2024
GEN US
ME · ASPIRE GRANT
$150K
2024
JOBS FOR MAINE'S GRADUATES
ME · COLLEGE SUCCESS PROGRAM
$77K
2024
GEN US
ME · ASPIRE GRANT
$58K
2024
JOBS FOR MAINE'S GRADUATES
ME · JMG/MELMAC PARTNERSHIP
Top states by total grant dollars. Based on IRS filing data.
Grants paid shown as percentage of total assets
Data sourced from IRS 990 and 990-PF filings and publicly available foundation websites. Grant data, financial figures, and organizational details reflect historical filings and may not represent current operations or funding priorities. Verify directly with the foundation before applying. See an issue? Let us know.