Maine · Public charity
United Way of Aroostook
Collection of fund raising proceeds and distribution to qualified organizations and services to these organizations.
- $127k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $122k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $21,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $28,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $412k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations United Way of Aroostook 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; $17k 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 | 7 | $122k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $142k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $139k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $174k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $192k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $232k | 9% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $191k | 8% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $230k | 9% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aroostook County Action Program | $236,503 | 9 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Maine | $220,750 | 9 | 0% |
| Hope and Justice Project Inc | $184,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Adopt-A-Block of Aroostook | $181,363 | 8 | 4% |
| Homeless Services of Aroostook Inc | $166,460 | 8 | 5% |
| Aroostook Area Agency on Aging Inc | $156,413 | 9 | 1% |
| Aroostook Council to Prevent Child D/B/A Aroostook Council for Healthy | $64,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Central Aroostook Association | $57,992 | 7 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $46,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Helping Neighbors | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aroostook County Action Program | $236,503 | 9 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Maine | $220,750 | 9 | 0% |
| Hope and Justice Project Inc | $184,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Adopt-A-Block of Aroostook | $181,363 | 8 | 4% |
| Homeless Services of Aroostook Inc | $166,460 | 8 | 5% |
| Aroostook Area Agency on Aging Inc | $156,413 | 9 | 1% |
| Aroostook Council to Prevent Child D/B/A Aroostook Council for Healthy | $64,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Central Aroostook Association | $57,992 | 7 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $46,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Helping Neighbors | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St John Valley Associates Inc | $34,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Border Towns | $25,500 | 3 | 6% |
| Central Aroostook Chamber of Commerce | $18,180 | 2 | 6% |
| Aid for Kids | $12,000 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($194k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget United Way of Aroostook supplied at peak.
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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 · Maine Health Access Foundation Inc · Good Shepherd Food Bank · John T Gorman Foundation · Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About United Way of Aroostook
- How much does United Way of Aroostook give?
- United Way of Aroostook reported 7 itemized grants totaling $122,210, out of $127,210 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Aroostook fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (46%), Housing & Shelter (16%), Food & Nutrition (10%).
- Who are United Way of Aroostook's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Aroostook County Action Program ($237k), Catholic Charities Maine ($221k), Hope and Justice Project Inc ($184k).
- Does United Way of Aroostook fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Aroostook?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Maine Health Access Foundation Inc, Good Shepherd Food Bank.
- Where is United Way of Aroostook based?
- United Way of Aroostook is based in ME.
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