Maine · Nonprofit
ALPHA ONE
ALPHA ONE (Maine) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $149,420 to it, the largest being INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN CENTERED DESIGN INC ($149,092). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $48M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $149k
- Net assets
- $14M
What Alpha One does
Mission
Promote a philosophy of independent living, including a philosophy of consumer control, peer support, self-help, self-determination, equal access, and individual and system advocacy, in order to maximize the leadership, empowerment, independence, and productivity of individuals with disabilities, and the integration and full inclusion of individuals with disabilities into the mainstream of american society.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Personal assistance services - sometimes called "caregiver services", comprise programs that provide disabled people with personal care attendants to assist them with the activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living that they are not able to perform themselves as a result of their disability. With the benefit of personal assistance services, disabled people are able to avoid institutionalization and instead live at home and in the community. 2,710 clients served during the fiscal year.
$39,939,289 spent$44,627,402 earned by the program95% of program spendingIndependent living services - federal and state funded programs that support persons with a disability in the state of maine to live independently. Core services include information and referral, peer counseling, skills training, transition services, individual and systems advocacy, and outreach. 3,547 client contracts during the fiscal year.
$1,896,756 spent$980,910 earned by the program4% of program spendingOther fee based services - include 1) a low interest loan program for disabled people seeking to acquire adaptive equipment or assistive technology to help them live more independently; 2) architectural consulting to address barriers to access; 3) driver evaluation and education for disabled people who want to operate a motor vehicle.
$357,805 spent$224,780 earned by the program1% of program spendingGrants to other individuals and organizations.
$16,000 spentof which $16,000 as grants0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $42,209,850.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $17M to $23M (+38%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 14% · 2018 9% · 2019 9% · 2020 7% · 2021 6% · 2022 6% · 2023 5% · 2024 3% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
3% of ALPHA ONE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $17k → $15k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 ALPHA ONE’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
ALPHA ONE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 ALPHA ONE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 98% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
ALPHA ONE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maine, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $78 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.
Against its field
ALPHA ONE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding ALPHA ONE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10.1M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$10.1M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ALPHA ONE
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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Attendant Services Maine Inc · disregarded
- Attendant Services Maine Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ALPHA ONE: 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 ALPHA ONE?
- ALPHA ONE (Maine) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $149,420 to it, the largest being INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN CENTERED DESIGN INC ($149,092). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALPHA ONE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $149,420 in grants to ALPHA ONE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALPHA ONE?
- INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN CENTERED DESIGN INC is the largest funder on record, with $149,092 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALPHA ONE 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.
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 3 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