Maine · Public charity
Western Maine Community Action Inc
To advocate for, strengthen, and coordinate all resources private, local, state, and federal that will assist us in promoting the self-sufficiency of people. A belief in basic human dignity and the exercise of free choice motivates the agency to approach this goal in two ways: by providing services to alleviate the conditions of economic…
- $5.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $218k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $12,624
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $114,583
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Western Maine Community Action Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $218k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $303k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $124k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $20k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $69k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $75k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $459k | 9% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $401k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumers for Affordable Health Care Foundation | $437,523 | 6 | 17% |
| Maine Health Access to Care | $153,975 | 4 | 0% |
| Penquis | $146,792 | 7 | 0% |
| Aroostook County Action Program | $137,961 | 7 | 0% |
| MidCoast Maine Community Action | $124,014 | 6 | 1% |
| York County Community Action Corp | $111,890 | 4 | 0% |
| The Opportunity Alliance | $109,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Healthy Community Coalition | $101,118 | 6 | 4% |
| Waldo Community Action Partners | $96,775 | 6 | 0% |
| Kennebec Valley Community Action Program | $93,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumers for Affordable Health Care Foundation | $437,523 | 6 | 17% |
| Maine Health Access to Care | $153,975 | 4 | 0% |
| Penquis | $146,792 | 7 | 0% |
| Aroostook County Action Program | $137,961 | 7 | 0% |
| MidCoast Maine Community Action | $124,014 | 6 | 1% |
| York County Community Action Corp | $111,890 | 4 | 0% |
| The Opportunity Alliance | $109,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Healthy Community Coalition | $101,118 | 6 | 4% |
| Waldo Community Action Partners | $96,775 | 6 | 0% |
| Kennebec Valley Community Action Program | $93,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Downeast Community Partners | $54,181 | 1 | n/a |
| 211 Maine | $23,750 | 2 | 1% |
| Maine Immagrant & Refugee Services | $20,037 | 2 | 0% |
| The Root Cellar | $18,000 | 2 | 1% |
| New Mainer's Thrive | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Washington-Hancock Community Agency | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Maine Inside Out | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Goodwill Industries of Northern New England | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Western Maine Community Action Inc 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 · John T Gorman Foundation · Maine Community Action Association Dba Maine Community Action Partnership · United Way Inc · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc · Td Charitable Foundation · The Hudson Foundation · Heart of Maine United Way · Maine Cancer Foundation · Maine Children's Trust
How this is measured
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About Western Maine Community Action Inc
- How much does Western Maine Community Action Inc give?
- Western Maine Community Action Inc reported 6 itemized grants totaling $217,979, out of $5,236,973 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Western Maine Community Action Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (52%), Health (43%), Crime & Legal (2%).
- Who are Western Maine Community Action Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Consumers for Affordable Health Care Foundation ($438k), Maine Health Access to Care ($154k), Penquis ($147k).
- Does Western Maine Community Action Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Western Maine Community Action Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Maine Health Access Foundation Inc, John T Gorman Foundation.
- Where is Western Maine Community Action Inc based?
- Western Maine Community Action Inc is based in ME.
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