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Ronald McDonald House Charities of Maine Inc

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Maine creates, finds and supports programs that directly improve the health and well being of children statewide; provides affordable home away from home lodging which increases access to medical care for families of children receiving treatment; and supports a Family Room where families find respite at…

$100k
Granted FY2019
10
Grants FY2019
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Food & Nutrition$122kHealth$57kHuman Services$43kCrime & Legal$18kInternational$17kRecreation & Sports$15kArts & Culture$11kYouth Development$5k
02FY2019 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k6 grants · $37k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $64k
$9,380
Median grant
2
States reached
$9.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Good Shepherd Food Bank$20,000
Locker Project$15,000
Catholic Charities of New Hampshire$15,000
The Cromwell Center for Disabilities$13,500
Growing to Give$9,380
Houlton Elementary School$6,720
Girls on the Run$5,400
Furniture Friends$5,000
Penquis CAP Inc$5,000
Sunrise Opportunities$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $76k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%New Hampshire Food Bank: $10k → 7%Camp CaPella: $15k → 11%Penquis CAP Inc: $5k → 15%Catholic Charities of New Hampshire: $9k → 7%Families First Community Center: $8k → 11%Catholic Charities of New Hampshire: $15k → 7%The Northern Lighthouse Inc: $10k → 15%Wayfinder Schools: $4k → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 31% of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Maine Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 100% of the giving stays in ME; by stated purpose, 69%.

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Maine Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 31% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$174k · 5 repeat orgs$114k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2019, 0 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
9

Total granted

$174k
$82k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+77%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19
Human ServicesFood & NutritionHealthArts & CultureCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • GS
    Good Shepherd Food Bank
    3× · 2017–2019 · $58k · revenue +83%
  • NH
    New Hampshire Catholic Charities
    3× · 2017–2019 · $34k · revenue +25%
  • LP
    Locker Project
    3× · 2017–2019 · $33k · revenue +320%

Funded once

  • AF
    AID FOR KIDS
    one grant, 2017 · $17k · revenue -98%
  • CC
    CAMP CAPELLA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +81%
  • TN
    THE NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE INC
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue -5%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Penobscot Community Health Center

Penobscot Community Health Center (PCHC) is a non-profit organization incorporated in 1997 that is governed by a Board of community volunteers and is the largest Federally Qualified Health Center in Maine. PCHC is driven by its mission…

Health
2
Homeworthy
Human Services
3
Maine Needs Inc

We strive to help individuals and families in Maine meet their basic, material needs by providing donated clothing, hygiene products, household items, and other necessities. We focus our work on those starting life over from scratch:…

Human Services
4
Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers

To build and strengthen families and their children, instilling hope for the future and a better quality of life.

—
5
New Hampshire Children's Health Foundation
Health
6
Coastal Kids Preschool

Provides an inclusive enriching learning environment for students 15 months to 7 years of age

Human Services
7
Wings for Children and Families Inc

Wings For Children & Families partners with families and providers to deliver quality case management services utilizing the wraparound planning process, train other system providers improve quality of care.

Health
8
The Opportunity Alliance

To build better lives and stronger communities across Maine, The Opportunity Alliance supports people with the programs and resources they need to improve their health, safety, and stability.

Human Services
9
Penobscot Christian School

Penobscot Christian School exists to provide classical Christian education that cultivates life-long learners who love God, love others, and engage culture.

Education
10
Kids Corner Inc

To provide affordable, yet high quality, developmentally appropriate day care services to local communities in a safe, responsive environment for children.

Human Services
11
Northshire Day School

The Northshire Day School is a 5 STAR, licensed non-profit early childhood education program which serves regional families with children zero to five.

—
12
MaineHealth

MaineHealth is a voluntary, not-for-profit community and referral system of hospitals, dedicated to providing high quality health care services to all persons who seek care regardless of their sex, race, religion, age, color, sexual…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Penquis Cap Inc; the most unlike its peers is Aid for Kids. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 19 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Good Shepherd Food Bank: $57,600 · Food & NutritionGood Shepherd Food BankLocker Project: $32,500 · Food & NutritionLocker ProjectCENTER FOR A GREEN FUTURE AKA GROWING TO GIVE: $9,380 · Food & NutritionCENTER FOR A GREEN FUTURE AKA GROWING T…New Hampshire Catholic Charities: $33,823 · Human ServicesNew Hampshire Catholic Charitie…CAMP CAPELLA INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesCAMP CAPELLA INCTHE NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE INCFamilies First Community Center: $8,000 · Human ServicesFamilies First Community CenterPENQUIS CAP INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesPENQUIS CAP INCFURNITURE FRIENDS: $5,000 · Human ServicesFURNITURE FRIENDSWAYFINDER SCHOOLS: $4,000 · Human ServicesTHE CROMWELL CENTER FOR DISABILITIES AWARENESS: $27,350 · HealthTHE CROMWELL CENTER…Sunrise Opportunities: $22,500 · HealthSunrise Opportuniti…AID FOR KIDS: $17,000 · OtherAID FOR KIDSSafe Voices: $10,000 · OtherSafe VoicesRsu29: $6,720 · OtherRsu29CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AND THEATRE OF MAINE: $5,550 · Arts & CultureMaine Academy of Modern Music: $5,000 · Arts & CultureAROOSTOOK COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM: $7,755 · Crime & LegalGIRLS ON THE RUN INTERNATIONAL INC: $5,400 · Youth Development
Food & Nutrition$99,480Human Services$80,823Health$49,850Other$33,720Arts & Culture$10,550Crime & Legal$7,755Youth Development$5,400

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank: $57,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNew Hampshire Catholic Charities: $33,823 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLocker Project: $32,500 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetTHE CROMWELL CENTER FOR DISABILITIES AWARENESS: $27,350 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetSunrise Opportunities: $22,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAID FOR KIDS: $17,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCAMP CAPELLA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetTHE NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSafe Voices: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCENTER FOR A GREEN FUTURE AKA GROWING TO GIVE: $9,380 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetFamilies First Community Center: $8,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetAROOSTOOK COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM: $7,755 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM AND THEATRE OF MAINE: $5,550 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN INTERNATIONAL INC: $5,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPENQUIS CAP INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFURNITURE FRIENDS: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetMaine Academy of Modern Music: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetWAYFINDER SCHOOLS: $4,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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 Community Found…Bangor Savings Bank F…Fisher Charitable Fou…Simmons Foundation - …John T Gorman Foundat…Elmina B Sewall Found…Davis Family Foundati…Agnes M Lindsay TrustMachias Savings Bank …Libra FoundationStephen & Tabitha Kin…Sam L Cohen Foundation
Maine Community Foundation IncME32.5× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Fisher Charitable Foundation · Simmons Foundation - PerkinsThompson · John T Gorman Foundation · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Davis Family Foundation · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Machias Savings Bank Community Development Foundation · Libra Foundation · Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc · Sam L Cohen 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ronald McDonald House Charities of Maine Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ronald McDonald House Charities of Maine Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Maine Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Maine Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 19 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2019, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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