Maine · Public charity
Eastern Maine Development Corporation
Provide educational and other economic development services to governments and businesses in eastern Maine
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 66
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $98,750
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $13M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Eastern Maine Development Corporation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $140k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Housing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 64 | $1.4M | 97% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $140k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $734k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $232k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $101k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $95k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $29k | n/a |
96% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Community Improvement$2.5MArts & Culture$276kFood & Nutrition$219kHuman Services$188kHealth$108kRecreation & Sports$100kEnvironment$96kHousing & Shelter$70kOther$0
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Concepts Inc | $558,368 | 1 | 1% |
| Sunrise County Economic Council | $488,537 | 5 | 5% |
| Four Directions Development Corporation | $196,126 | 3 | 3% |
| Upstart Maine Inc | $148,750 | 2 | 42% |
| Maine Multicultural Center | $98,750 | 1 | 58% |
| Acadia Wilderness Lodge | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bootleg Jerky | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Penobscot Bay Weddings & Events | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Red Rabbit Bazaar | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pro Weld | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Concepts Inc | $558,368 | 1 | 1% |
| Sunrise County Economic Council | $488,537 | 5 | 5% |
| Four Directions Development Corporation | $196,126 | 3 | 3% |
| Upstart Maine Inc | $148,750 | 2 | 42% |
| Maine Multicultural Center | $98,750 | 1 | 58% |
| Acadia Wilderness Lodge | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bootleg Jerky | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Penobscot Bay Weddings & Events | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Red Rabbit Bazaar | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pro Weld | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| MEPSCO Manufacturing LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Horn Run Brewing | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Lake RV Park & Campground | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Club Marina and Bar | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Moosehead Lakeshore Journal | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wallace Interiors | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cardtastic Collectibles and More | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| TangoMaine | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Acadia Charter Company LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Whistling Buoy | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Highlands Lodging | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Frugal Mainer LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Moosabec Medical | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Phoenix on Water Street | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mis Primeros Pasos My First Steps LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| AC Training LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maine Camp Outfitters | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Inked Beauty By Sen | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dreamer Food | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pleasant and Center LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Beauty Artist | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Village Kitchen | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Harvesting Good | $21,933 | 1 | n/a |
| Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce | $20,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Quoddy Spray Foam LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bella Weidner | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Puritan Medical Products | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trove Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Done Roving Yarns & Home Decor | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Martin Woods Farm | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Intellergy Inc | $19,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lifethereal LLC | $19,054 | 1 | n/a |
| Salmonics LLC | $18,547 | 1 | n/a |
| The Good Crust LLC | $18,302 | 1 | n/a |
| Courtney Bed Inc | $15,906 | 1 | n/a |
| Cold Current Kelp | $15,077 | 1 | n/a |
| Lily Cat Antiques | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sue's Cobscook Bay Cafe | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Sit Stay Forever LLC | $12,282 | 1 | n/a |
| Bixby & Co | $12,127 | 1 | n/a |
| Pieceworks Inc | $11,579 | 1 | n/a |
| Innovative Welding Service | $10,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Ganneston Construction | $10,032 | 1 | n/a |
| Viable Gear Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Moosehead Lake Region Economic Development Corp | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| New Form Building Systems | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Lincoln Maine | $9,996 | 1 | n/a |
| ESM Global Products LLC | $9,322 | 1 | n/a |
| Farming Fungi LLC | $9,134 | 1 | n/a |
| Timberwolves Restaurant | $8,819 | 1 | n/a |
| K&T Environmental Equipment | $8,810 | 1 | n/a |
| Maine Highlands Senior Center | $8,657 | 1 | 6% |
| Town of Newport | $7,844 | 1 | n/a |
| Codeweaving Inc | $7,833 | 1 | n/a |
| Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers Inc | $7,529 | 1 | 1% |
| Hawkeye Fiber Optics | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Able Beverage | $5,810 | 1 | n/a |
| Greisen Aerospace | $5,757 | 1 | n/a |
| Cooperative Development Institute Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Eastern Maine Development Corporation 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
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 10.
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.
Maine Technology InstituteME26.9× affinity12 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Maine Technology Institute · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Maine Initiativesinc · Maine International Trade Center · John T Gorman Foundation
How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
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About Eastern Maine Development Corporation
- How much does Eastern Maine Development Corporation give?
- Eastern Maine Development Corporation reported 66 grants totaling $1,432,621 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Eastern Maine Development Corporation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (66%), Arts & Culture (7%), Food & Nutrition (6%).
- Who are Eastern Maine Development Corporation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Community Concepts Inc ($558k), Sunrise County Economic Council ($489k), Four Directions Development Corporation ($196k).
- Does Eastern Maine Development Corporation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Eastern Maine Development Corporation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Technology Institute, Maine Community Foundation Inc, Elmina B Sewall Foundation.
- Where is Eastern Maine Development Corporation based?
- Eastern Maine Development Corporation is based in ME.
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