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The Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation: 17 grants to organizations, $148,100 (tax year ended November 2025)
The Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation, a private foundation in South Portland, ME, paid 17 grants to organizations totaling $148,100 in its tax year ended November 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on March 30, 2026. The largest was $20,000 to Local Media Foundation in Lake City, MI for general arts writing grant.
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- EIN
- 134091650
- Based in
- South Portland, ME
- Assets
- $25,953,636
- Grants paid
- $650,686
- Tax year ended
- November 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended November 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed March 30, 2026, IRS object ID 202640899349100419. It reported $650,686 in grants paid; 17 grants to organizations are listed, and 16 grants to individuals are left out.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local Media Foundation | Lake City, MI | General arts writing grant | Human services | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| High Museum of Art | Atlanta, GA | Folk art grants | $16,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Artadia | Brooklyn, NY | General arts writing grant | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Indigo Arts Alliance | Portland, ME | Maine grants | Arts, culture and humanities | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Trust for Local News | Englewood, CO | Maine grants | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Global Impact (momus) | Washington, DC | General arts writing grant | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Burnaway | Atlanta, GA | General arts writing grant | Arts, culture and humanities | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Social Good Fund | Richmond, CA | General arts writing grant | Education | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Architectural League of New York | New York, NY | General arts writing grant | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Surf Point | York, ME | General arts writing grant | $6,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| High Desert Test Sites | Joshua Tree, CA | General arts writing grant | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| John Michael Koehler Arts Center | Sheboygan, WI | General arts writing grant | $5,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Abstract Artists | New York, NY | General arts writing grant | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lights Out | Norway, ME | Maine grants | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Museum of International Folk Art | Santa Fe, NM | Folk art grants | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Creative Portland | Portland, ME | Maine grants | Community improvement and capacity building | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Space Gallery | Portland, ME | Maine grants | Arts, culture and humanities | $600 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended November 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed March 21, 2025, IRS object ID 202520809349100102. It reported $582,800 in grants paid; 18 grants to organizations are listed, and 16 grants to individuals are left out.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aica USA (holland Cotter) | Weehawken, NJ | Visual arts journalism prize; see part viii-a for more information | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Forge Project (holland Cotter) | Ancram, NY | Visual arts journalism prize; see part viii-a for more information | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Surf Point | York, ME | Writers residency | $17,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| John Michael Koehler Arts Center | Sheboygan, WI | Writers residency travel stipend | $11,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Global Impact | Washington, DC | Momus arts journalism fellowship | International, foreign affairs and national security | $10,600 | apps.irs.gov |
| Archives of American Art | Washington, DC | Rabkin out of the box feature in aaaj | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Eyebeam Center for Art Technology | Brooklyn, NY | Momus arts journalism fellowship | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Laxart | Los Angeles, CA | Arts writing fees - frimkess monograph | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The American Folk Art Museum | New York, NY | Symposium | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| High Desert Test Sites | Joshua Tree, CA | Writers residency | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Indigo Arts Alliance | Portland, ME | Arts writing support | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Union of Maine Visual Artists | Portland, ME | Journal | $5,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Art Council Inc Dba Artadia | Brooklyn, NY | Juniper magazine | $5,200 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Create Wisconsin | Madison, WI | Revolutionary art & culture residency | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lights Out | Norway, ME | Video interview series | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Farnsworth Museum | Rockland, ME | Momentum exhibition | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Valerie J Maynard Foundation | Baltimore, MD | Research, scholarship & archival work for maynard's maine art practice | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Space Gallery | Portland, ME | Hanif abdurraqib | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Arts, culture and humanities | $55,600 |
| Human services | $20,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $10,600 |
| Education | $7,500 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $1,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| New York | $77,700 |
| Maine | $65,100 |
| District of Columbia | $30,600 |
| California | $28,500 |
| New Jersey | $25,000 |
| Georgia | $24,000 |
| Wisconsin | $21,500 |
| Michigan | $20,000 |
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Updated March 30, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.