Funding · Maine · Human services
Who funds human services in Maine
Human services funding in Maine is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Preble Street leads, and the money reaches 231 groups.
The short version
- 720 funders gave $114M to 231 human services organizations in Maine across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
- 64% of that came from funders also based in Maine; the rest reached in from out of state.
- The largest funder of human services in Maine is Maine Coalition to End Domestic, at $14M.
- The human services organization drawing the most is Preble Street, at $11M.
Largest funders of human services in Maine
The funders giving the most to human services organizations in Maine, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.
Human services organizations in Maine that draw the most
Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.
How to find human services funders in Maine
- 1Start with the funders already active in Maine
The funders giving the most to human services in Maine are Maine Coalition to End Domestic, Maine Children's Trust, Maine Community Foundation Inc. A funder already writing human services checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
- 2See who funds organizations like yours
Open the human services 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.
- 3Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
36% of human services money in Maine comes from funders elsewhere, so national human services funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Maine.
Questions and answers
- How do I find funders for a human services nonprofit in Maine?
- Start with the funders already giving to human services in Maine, currently Maine Coalition to End Domestic, Maine Children's Trust, Maine Community Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the human services organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Maine from out of state.
- Who is the largest human services funder in Maine?
- Maine Coalition to End Domestic gives the most to human services organizations in Maine, $14M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
- How much grant money goes to human services in Maine?
- $114M reached 231 human services organizations in Maine, from 720 funders. 64% 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
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.