Maine · Public charity
Catholic Charities Maine
Catholic Charities Maine is one of the largest statewide, private, nonprofit, social service agencies in Maine and is committed to improving the quality of life for the individual, the family and the community. Catholic Charities Mission reads: "Inspired by scripture and the Church's social teaching, Catholic Charities empowers and…
- $3.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.9M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,492
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $689,177
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 18
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $23M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Catholic Charities Maine funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $230k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 18 | $1.9M | 22% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $1.9M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $1.2M | 31% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $367k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $177k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $82k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $210k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine Immigrant & Refugee Services | $2,141,383 | 4 | 21% |
| Jewish Community Alliance | $878,193 | 4 | 6% |
| Portland Public Schools | $626,035 | 7 | n/a |
| Gateway Community Services | $491,769 | 6 | 55% |
| Augusta School Department | $359,685 | 6 | n/a |
| Lewiston Public Schools | $185,542 | 6 | n/a |
| Brunswick School Department | $185,483 | 3 | n/a |
| Biddeford School Department | $179,039 | 2 | 96% |
| New Mainers Public Health Initiative | $178,311 | 3 | 3% |
| Westbrook School Department | $146,866 | 6 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine Immigrant & Refugee Services | $2,141,383 | 4 | 21% |
| Jewish Community Alliance | $878,193 | 4 | 6% |
| Portland Public Schools | $626,035 | 7 | n/a |
| Gateway Community Services | $491,769 | 6 | 55% |
| Augusta School Department | $359,685 | 6 | n/a |
| Lewiston Public Schools | $185,542 | 6 | n/a |
| Brunswick School Department | $185,483 | 3 | n/a |
| Biddeford School Department | $179,039 | 2 | 96% |
| New Mainers Public Health Initiative | $178,311 | 3 | 3% |
| Westbrook School Department | $146,866 | 6 | n/a |
| University of Maine | $104,937 | 2 | n/a |
| South Portland School Department | $73,708 | 2 | n/a |
| Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center | $73,179 | 2 | 4% |
| Cape Elizabeth School Department | $72,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Old Town School Department (RSU34) | $48,000 | 1 | 0% |
| S&A Driving School | $28,698 | 2 | n/a |
| Maine General Medical Center Augusta | $14,700 | 2 | n/a |
| MMC International Clinic (Maine Med Partners Bramhall) | $13,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Pediatric Associates of Lewiston | $13,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Greater Portland Health | $11,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Biddeford School Department | $10,023 | 1 | n/a |
| Penobscot Community Health Center | $8,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Birch Street Community Health Center | $7,200 | 1 | n/a |
| New England Arab American Organization | $7,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Central Maine Community College | $6,095 | 1 | n/a |
| Southern Maine Health Care Biddeford | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Saco | $5,400 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Catholic Charities Maine supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Good Shepherd Food Bank · John T Gorman Foundation · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Full Plates Full Potential · United Way Inc · Maine Health Access Foundation Inc · The Hudson Foundation · Maine Initiativesinc · Maine Cancer Foundation · Northeast Delta Dental Foundation · Simmons Foundation - PerkinsThompson
How this is measured
About Catholic Charities Maine
- How much does Catholic Charities Maine give?
- Catholic Charities Maine reported 18 itemized grants totaling $1,914,958, out of $3,284,575 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 18 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Catholic Charities Maine fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (43%), Education (34%), Philanthropy (12%).
- Who are Catholic Charities Maine's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Maine Immigrant & Refugee Services ($2.1M), Jewish Community Alliance ($878k), Portland Public Schools ($626k).
- Does Catholic Charities Maine fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Catholic Charities Maine?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Good Shepherd Food Bank, John T Gorman Foundation.
- Where is Catholic Charities Maine based?
- Catholic Charities Maine is based in ME.
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