Doree Taylor Charitable Foundation

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OVERVIEW: The Doree Taylor Charitable Foundation supports animal welfare, arts, culture, humanities, health, and human services in Maine.

IP TAKE: The funder focuses on grassroots Maine organizations, especially local animal shelters. The Taylor Charitable Foundation mostly provides program and general operating support, but it occasionally considers small, capital-related expenses. This funder will not act as the sole funder of a project; it also won’t provide more than 25 percent of a project budget or more than five percent of an organization’s budget. The Taylor Charitable Foundation mostly provides program and general operating support, but it occasionally considers small, capital-related expenses as well.

PROFILE: Established in 2011, the Doree Taylor Charitable Foundation is a private foundation that focuses on Maine. Taylor was a world traveler and a resident of Brunswick, Maine. She suffered multiple strokes and passed away in 2009. Managed by Bank of America’s Massachusetts office, the foundation funds animal welfare, arts, culture, humanities, health, and human services efforts in Maine. Its stated mission is to “support charitable organizations” that “provide relief to people in need of basic provisions,” “promote the humane care of animals,” “provide health care services for the underserved,” and “conduct public radio or television.”

Grants for Health and Community Development

The Doree Taylor Charitable Foundation invests in organizations that provide “relief to people in need of basic provisions (including food, housing, shelter)” and “health care services for the underserved.” The foundation prioritizes supporting homebound seniors, court-involved youth, oral health, addiction, domestic violence, homelessness, and mental health. Grantees include Good Shepherd Food Bank, Boothbay Regional Community Resource Council, Penobscot Community Health Center, Sunrise Opportunities, Opportunity Alliance, Maine Seacoast Mission, Boothbay Region Ambulance Service, and Knox County Homeless Coalition.

Grants for Animal Welfare and Wildlife

The Doree Taylor Charitable Foundation supports organizations that “promote the humane care of animals.” It invests in shelters, humane societies, and other organizations dedicated to the welfare of domestic animals and wildlife. Grantees include Maine Community Foundation, Midcoast Humane, Humane Society Waterville Area, Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland, Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals, and Peace Ridge Sanctuary.

Grants for Journalism & Media

One of Doree Taylor’s stated missions is to promote public radio and television. To that end, it is a regular supporter of Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation, a network of public television and radio stations in Maine, including PBS and NPR.

Important Grant Details:

Grants range between about $50,000 and $250,000. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records.

  • Grantmaking focuses on the State of Maine. It funds work that benefits the towns of Brunswick, Southport, and Boothbay Harbor. On occasion, the funder will consider supporting an organization providing services that are national in scope.

  • The funder does not want to be a sole funder of a project or provide more than 25 percent of a project budget or more than five percent of an organization’s budget.

  • Additional guidelines are posted for this foundation in the Massachusetts Grantmaking Procedures, linked below.

  • This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. The annual application deadlines are March 1 and September 1. Applicants can expect to hear back with a funding decision by July 31 and January 31.

  • Grantseekers must use the Bank of America online system to apply for a grant.

Direct general questions to the staff at ma.grantmaking@ustrust.com or 866-778-6859.

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