Gloria C Mackenzie Foundation Incorporated
The Gloria C. Mackenzie Foundation is a private foundation focused on funding Maine nonprofits, prioritizing education, workforce development, and community/public nonprofit projects. The foundation’s official site (gloriacmackenzie.foundation) hosts grant application forms, grant recipient lists, news/updates, and contact information including a Maine PO Box and a foundation email address.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A Maine-based 501(c)(3) or municipal/public nonprofit focused on education, vocational training, workforce development, or local community projects (including volunteer fire/EMS and school districts), seeking project or capital support in the mid-five-figure to low six-figure range.
Good Fit
- • Project directly benefits residents of Maine (priority to Penobscot, Piscataquis, Aroostook counties).
- • Work aligns to education, vocational training, workforce development, or local economic/community infrastructure.
- • Request size matches recent awards (roughly $25k–$300k).
- • Organization can complete the foundation's online initial form and submit a mailed final application by the stated deadline.
- • Clear local or municipal role (school departments, volunteer fire departments, towns).
Geography
Giving is geographically concentrated in one state (about 75% of 2023 dollars went to Maine) with only a small share to a second state; the observed footprint is effectively local/regional.
Recipient Variety
Seventeen distinct recipients were funded in 2023, spanning schools, towns, volunteer fire departments and local nonprofits, and most grantees that year were independent, showing a broad recipient set for the foundation's size.
New Applicants
Direct evidence of openness includes a public application form and clear mailing instructions, and behavioral evidence shows 15 new recipients in 2023, indicating unfamiliar applicants have successfully entered the portfolio.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
