Maine · Nonprofit
ADOPT-A-BLOCK OF AROOSTOOK
ADOPT-A-BLOCK OF AROOSTOOK (Maine) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $321,768 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF AROOSTOOK ($181,363). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $802k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $322k
- Net assets
- $340k
What Adopt-A-Block of Aroostook does
Mission
Impact community by bringing hope and love one block at a time by assisting with food, clothing, furniture, life skills education and project prevention - keeping families together.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Distribution of food, furniture, clothing. 47 tons of food from hannaford, walmart, catholic charities, usps, christian academy, acap and fresh produce from local farmers given out to 614 families or 1633 people unduplicated. Clothing given by donation: 17,911 pieces given out and 300,000 pieces donated to catholic charities to recycle or sell. 270 pieces of furniture and household items donated by individuals were also distributed. Total gifts in kind distributed with associated expenses to disburse.
$705,304 spent97% of program spendingJust 4 boys summer camp, 13th annual day camp for for 3 weeks. This camp is for underprivileged boys ages 7-12. The program builds continuity and community, providing positive role models. The participants engage in physical activities and are taught many life skills to help build confidence and character.
$18,892 spent3% of program spendingClasses in cooking to help families cook and shop for food on a budget. Seedtime and harvest monthly workshops help families and individuals learn ways to use pantry items for cooking and how to provide, preserve and sustain food.
$2,085 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $726,281.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $271k to $340k (+25%).
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.
99% of ADOPT-A-BLOCK OF AROOSTOOK’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $22k → $55k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ADOPT-A-BLOCK OF AROOSTOOK’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
ADOPT-A-BLOCK OF AROOSTOOK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ADOPT-A-BLOCK OF AROOSTOOK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 100% · 2019 59% · 2020 53% · 2021 44% · 2022 67% · 2023 45% — 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
95% of ADOPT-A-BLOCK OF AROOSTOOK's grant income comes from Maine funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $43k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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.
Against its field
ADOPT-A-BLOCK OF AROOSTOOK runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ADOPT-A-BLOCK OF AROOSTOOK
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
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ADOPT-A-BLOCK OF AROOSTOOK: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ADOPT-A-BLOCK OF AROOSTOOK?
- ADOPT-A-BLOCK OF AROOSTOOK (Maine) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $321,768 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF AROOSTOOK ($181,363). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ADOPT-A-BLOCK OF AROOSTOOK have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $321,768 in grants to ADOPT-A-BLOCK OF AROOSTOOK, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ADOPT-A-BLOCK OF AROOSTOOK?
- UNITED WAY OF AROOSTOOK is the largest funder on record, with $181,363 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ADOPT-A-BLOCK OF AROOSTOOK 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 7 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