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Acadia Hospital Corp Northern Light Acadia Hospital

Acadia Hospital Corp Northern Light Acadia Hospital (Maine) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,962,750 to it, the largest being STEPHEN & TABITHA KING FOUNDATION INC ($1,000,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$98M
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$2.0M
Net assets
$75M
4/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Acadia Hospital Corp Northern Light Acadia Hospital does

Mission

The primary mission and significant activities of Acadia Hospital, Corp. d/b/a Northern Light Acadia Hospital are the provision of inpatient and outpatient psychiatric and mental health services to children, adolescents, and adults.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Northern Light Acadia Hospital's 43-bed adult inpatient service provided 12,068 patient days of care to 960 patients. Patients are referred primarily from a large, nine county area of northern, eastern, and central Maine.

    $68,767,607 spent$91,214,967 earned by the program
    100% of program spending
  2. Northern Light Acadia Hospital's 50-bed child and adolescent inpatient service provided 14,652 patient days of care to 870 patients.

  3. The adult outpatient clinic provided the following number of patient encounters: 8,614 medication management; 14,607 therapy and 3,693 geriatric.

  4. Provided mental health services regardless of ability to pay. Provided other uncompensated care (at cost) of $1,046,107.

  5. Please see the following excerpt from the Northern Light Health Annual Report 2025 to the Community for details of community benefit projects at NLH members:Guiding the wayEvery day, our Northern Light Health team demonstrates extraordinary commitment to our mission and to the patients, families, and communities who rely on us. Their dedication serves as a constant reminder of the strength that only comes from working together with purpose.This annual report tells some of the stories that reflect our determination to care for the people of Maine. From our smallest health centers to our largest hospitals, Northern Light Health is united in our belief that every person in our state deserves high-quality, compassionate care as close to home as possible.We are proud of our progress, inspired by the work ahead, and committed to leading Northern Light Health toward a future filled with promise. We are committed to serving you for generations to come.Thank you for your trust and support.R. Guy Hudson, MDPresident & CEONorthern Light HealthJohn RyanBoard ChairNorthern Light HealthTraveling HomeTheres no place like Hancock CountyAfter 24 years on the road as a travel nurse, Karen…

  6. When every mile mattersFor babies born too soon or with critical health needs, every moment matters. Thanks to the incredible generosity of our community, Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center now has a new modern ambulance created just for babies in need of critical care. Funded entirely by donations from the Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center Auxiliary, the Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast, and compassionate community members, the new ambulance gives Maines smallest patients their strongest possible start in life.As the only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) north of Portland, Eastern Maine Medical Center cares for more than 450 newborns each year, including about 150 who begin their fight for life in other hospitals. Our Neonatal Transport Team is made up of highly trained nurses who stand ready day and night to bring these babies safely to our NICU.Every time we transport a newborn, we know were carrying someones whole world, says Ken Roy, RN, a member of the Neonatal Transport Team. This ambulance gives us everything we need to provide the best care possible and helps us give families hope when they need it most. Parents are often…

  7. Advancing cancer care close to homeFor people facing cancer, the journey can be uncertain. Between appointments, treatments, and everything that comes with a diagnosis, being surrounded by family, friends, and familiar places can make an incredible difference.At Northern Light AR Gould Hospital, a new TrueBeam linear accelerator, an advanced radiation therapy system, now ensures that patients can continue to receive state-of-the-art care without leaving their communities. This technology delivers quicker, more precise treatments, and replaces an older model that served Aroostook County for more than a decade.Radiation is an essential option for cancer treatment, explains Naghmeh Isfahanian, MD, radiation oncologist. It can be used before surgery to shrink a tumor, after surgery to eliminate remaining cancer cells, or even as a primary treatment on its own. The new linear accelerator allows us to deliver those treatments faster and more accurately while protecting healthy tissue and minimizing side effectsWith its enhanced imaging and speed, the TrueBeam also expands what is possible. We can now treat certain cancers, like those in the liver or multiple brain lesions, that we could…

  8. Safe beginningsNorthern Light Health earns gold for infant sleep safetyNorthern Light Health is proud to share that all of our hospitals with birthing programs have earned Gold Safe Sleep Hospital certification from the Cribs for Kid National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification Program. This recognition honors our commitment to following the highest standards in infant safe sleep and ensuring that every newborn receives the safest start possible.This achievement reflects the dedication and compassion of our teams across Northern Light Health, says Natalia Hall, MBA, associate vice president, Northern Light Womens Health. Our caregivers have worked diligently to meet these gold-level standards, because every baby deserves a safe and healthy beginning.Congratulations to our safe sleep certified hospitals, delivering on our promise of comprehensive and compassionate care for expectant mothers, newborns, and families throughout Maine every day. Northern Light AR Gould Hospital Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital Northern Light Mayo Hospital Northern Light Mercy HospitalOn the road or in the hospital,these new devices never skip a beatEvery…

The 8 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $68,767,607.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($113M) Expenses 100 ($99M) Net assets 100 ($6.1M)2018 Revenue 102 ($115M) Expenses 112 ($111M) Net assets 149 ($9.0M)2019 Revenue 57 ($64M) Expenses 54 ($54M) Net assets 270 ($16M)2020 Revenue 56 ($63M) Expenses 57 ($56M) Net assets 345 ($21M)2021 Revenue 59 ($67M) Expenses 60 ($60M) Net assets 507 ($31M)2022 Revenue 63 ($71M) Expenses 67 ($66M) Net assets 620 ($38M)2023 Revenue 62 ($70M) Expenses 69 ($68M) Net assets 671 ($41M)2024 Revenue 78 ($88M) Expenses 77 ($76M) Net assets 880 ($53M)2025 Revenue 87 ($98M) Expenses 79 ($78M) Net assets 1230 ($75M)
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Revenue (87)Expenses (79)Net assets (1230)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $58M to $110M (+88%).

$29M
$31M
$36M
$45M
$52M
$58M
$110M
$115M
$136M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 0% · 2021 0% · 2022 3% · 2023 3% · 2024 0% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

7% of Acadia Hospital Corp Northern Light Acadia Hospital’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (7% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,743 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$13M
’17
$3.4M
’18
$9.9M
’19
$6.5M
’20
$7.1M
’21
$5.3M
’22
$1.7M
’23
$12M
’24
$20M
’25
8.6
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Board chair

Richard Rosen

Trustee/Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed312929282930312928
Joined·+2+7+2+4+6+5+3+4
No longer listed·47335455
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $10k → $638k.

1 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

Left out of every figure on this page: $3.4M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Northern Light Health Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money Acadia Hospital Corp Northern Light Acadia Hospital raised.

From the IRS filings of Acadia Hospital Corp Northern Light Acadia Hospital’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 10 of 11 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

Acadia Hospital Corp Northern Light Acadia Hospital leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

51%
largest funder
82%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2022 84% · 2023 78% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

Acadia Hospital Corp Northern Light Acadia Hospital draws 79% of its grant income from funders outside Maine, across 2 states in all.

ME
NY

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’22
’23
Maine out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $63k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Acadia Hospital Corp Northern Light Acadia Hospital runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,843 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin20% · top quartile
Months of reserve8.6mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,843 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025

Organizations like Acadia Hospital Corp Northern Light Acadia Hospital

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Maine

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

88% of spending goes to programs.

Program 88%Management 12%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
64%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

ME

Part of a family of 28 related entities

  • Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems EMHS · exempt
  • Eastern Maine Medical Center EMMC · exempt
  • Eastern Maine Healthcare Real Estate · exempt
  • Rosscare · exempt
  • Eastern Maine Medical Center Auxiliary · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds Acadia Hospital Corp Northern Light Acadia Hospital?
Acadia Hospital Corp Northern Light Acadia Hospital (Maine) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,962,750 to it, the largest being STEPHEN & TABITHA KING FOUNDATION INC ($1,000,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Acadia Hospital Corp Northern Light Acadia Hospital have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $1,962,750 in grants to Acadia Hospital Corp Northern Light Acadia Hospital, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Acadia Hospital Corp Northern Light Acadia Hospital?
STEPHEN & TABITHA KING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Acadia Hospital Corp Northern Light Acadia Hospital find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maine. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 11 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing