How do I find funders for a employment nonprofit in Maine?

Start with the funders already giving to employment in Maine, currently Volunteer Nh, Maine Health Access Foundation Inc, Maine Workers Compensation Policyholder Trust. Then look at who funds the employment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Maine from out of state.

Who is the largest employment funder in Maine?

Volunteer Nh gives the most to employment organizations in Maine, $977k across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to employment in Maine?

$3M reached 13 employment organizations in Maine, from 54 funders. 39% came from funders also based in Maine.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Maine · Employment

Who funds employment in Maine

Funding is concentrated: Goodwill Industries of Northern NE alone draws 45% of every employment grant dollar in Maine. Maine's employment organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 4 funders each.

$3M

granted

organizations

39%

from in-state

The short version

54 funders gave $3M to 13 employment organizations in Maine across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
39% of that came from funders also based in Maine; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of employment in Maine is Volunteer Nh, at $977k.
The employment organization drawing the most is Goodwill Industries of Northern NE, at $1M.

Largest funders of employment in Maine

The funders giving the most to employment organizations in Maine, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Volunteer Nh$977k 2Maine Health Access Foundation Inc$258k 3Maine Workers Compensation Policyholder Trust$254k 4Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc$214k 5United Way Inc$129k 6Family Values Work a Multi-State$117k 7Maine Initiativesinc$116k 8Windward Fund$100k 9Maine Community Foundation Inc$89k 10Tides Foundation$78k

Employment organizations in Maine that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

Goodwill Industries of Northern NE$1M Southern Maine Workers Center$869k Business Education Partnership$284k Boots2roots$202k

How to find employment funders in Maine

1
Start with the funders already active in Maine
The funders giving the most to employment in Maine are Volunteer Nh, Maine Health Access Foundation Inc, Maine Workers Compensation Policyholder Trust. A funder already writing employment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the employment organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
61% of employment money in Maine comes from funders elsewhere, so national employment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Maine.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a employment nonprofit in Maine?: Start with the funders already giving to employment in Maine, currently Volunteer Nh, Maine Health Access Foundation Inc, Maine Workers Compensation Policyholder Trust. Then look at who funds the employment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Maine from out of state.
Who is the largest employment funder in Maine?: Volunteer Nh gives the most to employment organizations in Maine, $977k across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to employment in Maine?: $3M reached 13 employment organizations in Maine, from 54 funders. 39% came from funders also based in Maine.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.