The Kestrel Foundation of Maine is a domestic nonprofit corporation organized in the State of Maine in April, 2015. In February, 2016 it received an exemption from federal income tax from the IRS under Internal Revenue Code Section 501 (c) (3). Its Employer Identification Number (“EIN”) is: 47-3870227.
Kestrel is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, educational, and scientific purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501 (c) 3 of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code. The Corporation’s purposes include the protection and preservation of the natural environment in Maine and elsewhere, as well as the acquisition of ecologically significant real property and to receive and grant conservation easements.