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Southern Maine Agency on Aging

The Southern Maine Agency on Aging is the focal point in Cumberland and York counties for resources, services and information to empower older adults, adults with disabilities, and their caregivers to live to their fullest potential.

$718k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
5
Itemized grants FY2025
1
Organizations funded FY2024
0%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$431k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$83,036
Largest grant, FY2025
$116,603
Organizations funded a year
1 to 36
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$9.4M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Southern Maine Agency on Aging funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’23’24
Human ServicesFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementHealthRecreation & SportsCivil RightsOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving5$431k100%
FY20241$9k0%
FY202336$586k81%
FY202112$88k50%
FY20208$60kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$780kFood & Nutrition$180kCommunity Improvement$55kCrime & Legal$47kRecreation & Sports$33kHousing & Shelter$26kInternational$20kCivil Rights$20kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Eastern Area Agency on Aging$116,6031n/a
Spectrum Generations$104,17911%
Aroostook Area Agency on Aging Inc$83,03612%
Seniorsplus$80,07610%
Legal Services for Maine Elders Inc$47,15611%
Vet to Vet Maine Inc$35,000322%
Freeport Community Services$35,00032%
In Her Presence$35,00033%
Catholic Charities Maine$32,77530%
Young Mens Christian Association Sanford-Springvale$32,48030%
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All grantees of Southern Maine Agency on Aging by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Eastern Area Agency on Aging$116,6031n/a
Spectrum Generations$104,17911%
Aroostook Area Agency on Aging Inc$83,03612%
Seniorsplus$80,07610%
Legal Services for Maine Elders Inc$47,15611%
Vet to Vet Maine Inc$35,000322%
Freeport Community Services$35,00032%
In Her Presence$35,00033%
Catholic Charities Maine$32,77530%
Young Mens Christian Association Sanford-Springvale$32,48030%
Portland Area Villages Inc$27,5002n/a
Presente Maine$22,09921%
Maine Association for New Americans$20,00012%
Harrison Food Bank$20,00012%
South Sudanese Group of Friends$20,0001n/a
Khmer Maine$20,0001n/a
Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition$20,00011%
Gorham Ecumenical Food Pantry$20,000110%
First Assembly of God Food Distribution Ministry$20,0001n/a
York County Shelter Programs Inc$20,00010%
York Community Service Assoc Inc$20,00012%
Commonspace$20,00011%
Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center$20,00012%
Her Safety Net$19,80018%
Ak Health and Social Services$19,65013%
Age Friendly Saco$19,600115%
Portland Community Squash$18,14811%
Church Community Outreach Services Inc$17,54014%
Heart to Heart$15,7501n/a
The Salvation Army$15,3001n/a
Project Grace$15,00025%
The Opportunity Alliance$14,00020%
Grateful Undead$13,3521n/a
Town of Windham$12,3001n/a
Wayside Food Programs$12,00011%
Berwick Parks and Recreation Dept$11,9091n/a
Community Gourmet$11,9011n/a
York County Community Action Corporation$10,00010%
Sacred HeartSt Dominics Food Pantry$10,0001n/a
Town of Cumberland$9,0001n/a
York County Elderly Abuse Task Force$8,6401n/a
Independent Transportation Network$7,5001n/a
Maine Senior Games$7,50019%
Saco School Nutrition Program$7,5001n/a
Island Commons Resource Center$7,50011%
Elder Abuse Institute of Maine$7,49111%
Avesta Housing Development Corporation$6,30010%
Crosswalk Community Outreach$5,40013%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Southern Maine Agency on Aging supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSpectrum Generations: $104,179 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAroostook Area Agency on Aging Inc: $83,036 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSeniorsplus: $80,076 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLegal Services for Maine Elders Inc: $47,156 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetVet to Vet Maine Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetFreeport Community Services: $35,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetIn Her Presence: $35,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetCatholic Charities Maine: $32,775 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association Sanford-Springvale: $32,480 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPresente Maine: $22,099 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetMaine Association for New Americans: $20,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHarrison Food Bank: $20,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMaine Immigrants' Rights Coalition: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGorham Ecumenical Food Pantry: $20,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetYork County Shelter Programs Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYork Community Service Assoc Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCommonspace: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGreater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center: $20,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHer Safety Net: $19,800 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetAk Health and Social Services: $19,650 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetAge Friendly Saco: $19,600 over 1y, 15% of budgetPortland Community Squash: $18,148 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetChurch Community Outreach Services Inc: $17,540 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetProject Grace: $15,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetThe Opportunity Alliance: $14,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWayside Food Programs: $12,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetYork County Community Action Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Senior Games: $7,500 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetIsland Commons Resource Center: $7,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetElder Abuse Institute of Maine: $7,491 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAvesta Housing Development Corporation: $6,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCrosswalk Community Outreach: $5,400 over 1y, 2.9% of budget

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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 32.

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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…John T Gorman Foundat…Good Shepherd Food Ba…United Way IncElmina B Sewall Found…Maine Health Access F…Stephen & Tabitha Kin…Sam L Cohen FoundationBangor Savings Bank F…Simmons Foundation - …Fisher Charitable Fou…Saco & Biddeford Savi…
Maine Community Foundation IncME60× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · John T Gorman Foundation · Good Shepherd Food Bank · United Way Inc · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Maine Health Access Foundation Inc · Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Simmons Foundation - PerkinsThompson · Fisher Charitable Foundation · Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable 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 Southern Maine Agency on Aging

How much does Southern Maine Agency on Aging give?
Southern Maine Agency on Aging reported 5 itemized grants totaling $431,050, out of $718,022 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 36 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Southern Maine Agency on Aging fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (66%), Food & Nutrition (15%), Community Improvement (5%).
Who are Southern Maine Agency on Aging's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Eastern Area Agency on Aging ($117k), Spectrum Generations ($104k), Aroostook Area Agency on Aging Inc ($83k).
Does Southern Maine Agency on Aging fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Southern Maine Agency on Aging?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, John T Gorman Foundation, Good Shepherd Food Bank.
Where is Southern Maine Agency on Aging based?
Southern Maine Agency on Aging is based in ME.

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 48 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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