The John T. Gorman Foundation’s 2025 Direct Services Grant Program (DSGP) is open to programs and organizations that address or connect people in Maine experiencing poverty to basic needs supports (e.g.: food, shelter, clothing, physical and mental health, transportation, English language classes, case management support, domestic violence, etc.).
Donor Name: John T. Gorman Foundation
State: Maine
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/24/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
While the work of the Foundation focuses on the well-being of children and families, the DSGP is open to organizations serving the basic needs of all people in Maine who are experiencing the adverse effects of poverty. This year, the program will award a total of $1.2 million in grants to non-profit organizations who provide these supports and services.
The DSGP awards both program/project funding and general operating support. The Foundation will consider programmatic requests that support the provision of direct services to clients and will not consider programmatic requests to address organizational infrastructure needs (e.g.: database creation, strategic planning, staff training, organizational evaluation, etc.). Applicant organizations applying for unrestricted general operating support must have a mission that centers on serving Maine residents who are experiencing poverty. They should also have a successful track record of providing services to address immediate basic needs. Organizations who are exclusively serving people in Maine who are experiencing poverty are encouraged to apply for operating support to access the most flexible source of funding.
Funding Information
The Foundation will consider grant requests of up to $30,000 from a broad spectrum of non-profit organizations who provide direct services under existing programs over a 12-month period.
Eligibility Criteria
To apply, organizations will need to meet the following criteria:
- Be a non-profit with 501(c)(3) status, have a fiscal sponsor with 501(c)(3) status, or be a public school, municipality, or tribal government. Applicants cannot be a private foundation under I.R.C. § 509-(a);
- Have a mission that includes serving people in Maine who are experiencing poverty;
- Be able to demonstrate, through data, that their proposed efforts are addressing an unmet need;
- Be able to demonstrate a track record of successfully meeting those needs; and
- For program/project funding requests, be able to identify the results sought for the populations in question, the plan for achieving those results, and how they will be evaluated.
The Foundation will support:
- Existing programs
- General operating support for organizations whose missions center on serving Maine residents who are experiencing poverty
- Programmatic requests that support the provision of direct services to clients
- One-time only grants spent over a twelve-month period.
For more information, visit JTGF.
