Virginia Hodgkins Somers Foundation

A Maine private foundation born from one woman's trust, three decades of grants to York County nonprofits, now deliberately spending itself down while convening the local leaders it has long backed

4named by peers

Financial profile

Virginia Hodgkins Somers Foundation · EIN 01-0537127 · 501(c)(3)

Fiscal yearTotal revenueContributionsProgram servicesTotal expensesNet assetsYear end
FY2023$543,870$1,451,905$1,867,439Sep 2023
FY2022$74,874$1,039,747$2,787,336Sep 2022
FY2021$1,283,035$907,420$3,759,493Sep 2021
FY2020$274,994$998,461$3,393,777Sep 2020
FY2015$251,956$433,675$4,126,588Sep 2015
FY2014$122,473$447,569$4,301,067Sep 2014

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Peer societies

Five societies Virginia Hodgkins Somers Foundation is read alongside.

Who backs VHSF

No public supporter list found as of September 2026.

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Who backs Virginia Hodgkins Somers Foundation's peers, but not Virginia Hodgkins Somers Foundation

Companies named publicly by at least one of Virginia Hodgkins Somers Foundation's five peer societies, and not found in Virginia Hodgkins Somers Foundation's reviewed public records.

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The outside view

A Maine private foundation born from one woman's trust, three decades of grants to York County nonprofits, now deliberately spending itself down while convening the local leaders it has long backed

  • Authority
  • Preserve
  • Outward
  • Volunteer

Their shape

The Legacy

Faithful to what was handed down.

The Legacy is devoted to continuity, carrying a tradition and an identity across generations. Its gift is stability and deep institutional memory, its challenge is making room for change.

Also reads toward The Village and The League.

Strengths

→Unmatched continuity and a trusted name.
→Decisions honor a long arc, not a news cycle.
→Members feel part of something lasting.

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