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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 FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$117k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Human Services$780kFood & Nutrition$180kCommunity Improvement$55kCrime & Legal$47kRecreation & Sports$33kHousing & Shelter$26kInternational$20kCivil Rights$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 5 grants below total $431,050 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $718,022 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $286,972 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $47k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $384k
$83,036
Median grant
1
States reached
$9.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Eastern Area Agency On Aging$116,603
Spectrum Generations$104,179
Aroostook Area Agency on Aging Inc$83,036
SeniorsPlus$80,076
Legal Services for Maine Elders$47,156
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–25, $677k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 63% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Spectrum Generations: $104k → 12%SeniorsPlus: $80k → 13%Eastern Area Agency On Aging: $117k → 15%Aroostook Area Agency on Aging Inc: $83k → 15%Crosswalk Community Outreach: $5k → 7%York County Community Action Corporation: $10k → 9%Her Safety Net: $20k → 13%AK Health And Social Services: $20k → 13%Community Outreach Services: $18k → 9%Freeport Community Services Age Friendly Freeport & Pownal: $20k → 7%Freeport Community Services Inc: $8k → 7%Freeport Community Services: $8k → 7%Vet to Vet Maine: $20k → 9%Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center: $20k → 7%Vet to Vet Maine: $8k → 9%Khmer Maine: $20k → 7%Vet to Vet Maine: $8k → 9%Age Friendly Saco: $20k → 9%Maine Immigrants Rights Coalition: $20k → 7%Presente Maine: $13k → 7%Presente Maine: $9k → 7%York Community Service Association: $20k → 9%Catholic Charities of Maine: $8k → 7%Opportunity Alliance: $7k → 7%The Opportunity Alliance: $7k → 7%Independent Transportation Network: $8k → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

21%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$249k · 9 repeat orgs$925k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +66% since the first grant, against +5% for the ones you funded once.

9 repeat relationships — 0 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
34

Total granted

$249k
$494k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+66%
+5%

Still filing today

89%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $431k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’23’24’25
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsHealthCrime & LegalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • VT
    VET TO VET MAINE INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $35k · revenue +151%
  • FC
    FREEPORT COMMUNITY SERVICES
    3× · 2020–2023 · $35k · revenue +114%
  • IH
    In Her Presence
    3× · 2020–2023 · $35k · revenue +408%

Funded once

  • MA
    Maine Association for New Americans
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue -16%
  • HF
    HARRISON FOOD BANK
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue -59%
  • SS
    SOUTH SUDANESE GROUP OF FRIENDS
    one grant, 2023 · $20k

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Maine Council on Aging

A broad multi-disciplinary network that works to ensure we can all live healthy, engaged, and secure lives as we age in our homes and communities. With the voices of people with lived experience, we work on policy issues related to…

Unclassified
2
Community Health and Counseling Services

Providing Adult, children, and family mental health and social services. Providing home health and hospice services.

Health
3
Maine Access Points

To recognize the resiliency of people who use drugs and to work in collaboration to create access points for overdose prevention and harm reduction services in Maine.

Health
4
Maine Access Immigrant Network

MAIN serves as a bridge and cultural broker for multilingual access to health and social services for immigrants, refugees, and asylees in our community.

Human Services
5
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
6
Southern Maine Affordable Housing

To provide quality affordable housing

Housing & Shelter
7
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
8
Maine Pretrial Services

Provide low-income defendants assistance in obtaining pretrial release and supervision.

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9
Gateway Community Services Maine

Gateway Community Service seeks to encourage, support and build healthy connections with oneself and others in order to promote vibrancy and well-being, along with welcoming communities where all people feel accepted, valued and have a…

Human Services
10
Independence Advocates of Maine Inc

Residential, nursing care and community supports to adults with intellectual disabilities. Our mission is to enrich the lives of people with disabilities by

Human Services
11
Harbor House Community Service Center

To enrich the quality of life of all people on Mount Desert Island through recreational, educational and social programs.

Community Improvement
12
Maine Health Access Foundation Inc
Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities Maine and the most unlike its peers is Crosswalk Community Outreach. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity Healthcare Networ…Regional Economic Developme…Health & Social Support Ser…Affordable Housing Developm…Public LibrariesSenior Affordable HousingPrivate Recreational Clubs
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 23 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%11%<5yr13%31%5–10yr21%8%10–20yr19%14%20–35yr14%22%35–55yr16%14%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%7%<5yr13%24%5–10yr21%3%10–20yr19%6%20–35yr14%50%35–55yr16%9%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 11% of your grantees by number, and just 7% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/48
the rest of the field
10%
333/3,339

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 48 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
24/35
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Eastern Area Agency on Aging — $116,603 · Human ServicesEastern Area Agency on AgingSPECTRUM GENERATIONS — $104,179 · Human ServicesSPECTRUM GENERATIONSAroostook Area Agency on Aging Inc — $83,036 · Human ServicesAroostook Area Agency on Aging IncSENIORSPLUS — $80,076 · Human ServicesSENIORSPLUSVET TO VET MAINE INC — $35,000 · Human ServicesFREEPORT COMMUNITY SERVICES — $35,000 · Human ServicesCatholic Charities Maine — $32,775 · Human Services+13 more — $215,589 · Human Services+13 moreYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION SANFORD-SPRINGVALE — $32,480 · OtherYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN A…PORTLAND AREA VILLAGES INC — $27,500 · OtherPORTLAND AREA VILLAGES…SOUTH SUDANESE GROUP OF FRIENDS — $20,000 · OtherSOUTH SUDANESE GROUP O…First Assembly of God Food Distribution Ministry — $20,000 · OtherFirst Assembly of God …HEART TO HEART — $15,750 · OtherHEART TO HEARTTHE SALVATION ARMY — $15,300 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYGRATEFUL UNDEAD — $13,352 · OtherGRATEFUL UNDEADTown of Windham — $12,300 · OtherTown of WindhamBERWICK PARKS AND RECREATION DEPT — $11,909 · OtherCOMMUNITY GOURMET — $11,901 · OtherSacred HeartSt Dominics Food Pantry — $10,000 · OtherTOWN OF CUMBERLAND — $9,000 · OtherYORK COUNTY ELDERLY ABUSE TASK FORCE — $8,640 · Other+3 more — $21,291 · Other+3 moreIn Her Presence — $35,000 · Community ImprovementMaine Association for New Americans — $20,000 · Community ImprovementYork County Shelter Programs Inc — $20,000 · Community ImprovementPROJECT GRACE — $15,000 · Community ImprovementHARRISON FOOD BANK — $20,000 · Food & NutritionGorham Ecumenical Food Pantry — $20,000 · Food & NutritionWayside Food Programs — $12,000 · Food & NutritionLEGAL SERVICES FOR MAINE ELDERS INC — $47,156 · Crime & LegalCOMMONSPACE — $20,000 · HealthISLAND COMMONS RESOURCE CENTER — $7,500 · HealthPortland Community Squash — $18,148 · Recreation & SportsMAINE SENIOR GAMES — $7,500 · Recreation & Sports
Human Services$702,258Other$229,423Community Improvement$90,000Food & Nutrition$52,000Crime & Legal$47,156Health$27,500Recreation & Sports$25,648

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSENIORSPLUS — $80,076 over 1y, 0.2% 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
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — 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

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Southern Maine Agency on Aging funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 48 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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