Maine · Nonprofit
AMERICAN FOLK FESTIVAL ON THE BANGOR WATERFRONT
AMERICAN FOLK FESTIVAL ON THE BANGOR WATERFRONT (Maine) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,030 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($21,410). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2018
- $720k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $22k
- Net assets
- $-91004
What American Folk Festival on the Bangor Waterfront does
Mission
Engage people in traditional arts from around the world. Featuring, music, dance, crafts, food and storytelling,the festival provides a culturally meaningful celebration of multiple artistic traditions and education about the traditional arts for all ages.
As stated on its FY2018 Form 990.
Program
Produce a free traditional arts music festival in Bangor, Maine; provide access to high-quality arts and artists to residents and visitors of Eastern Maine; educate festival-goers about the culture and heritage of Maine, the region, and the world; create economic stimulus throughout the region.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $44k to $44k (+1%).
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 1% · 2018 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 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
2018 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $11k → $620.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% 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 AMERICAN FOLK FESTIVAL ON THE BANGOR WATERFRONT’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
AMERICAN FOLK FESTIVAL ON THE BANGOR WATERFRONT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% 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
97% 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 AMERICAN FOLK FESTIVAL ON THE BANGOR WATERFRONT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 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
97% of AMERICAN FOLK FESTIVAL ON THE BANGOR WATERFRONT's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $620 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Maine, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $21k 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.
Organizations like AMERICAN FOLK FESTIVAL ON THE BANGOR WATERFRONT
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
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN FOLK FESTIVAL ON THE BANGOR WATERFRONT?
- AMERICAN FOLK FESTIVAL ON THE BANGOR WATERFRONT (Maine) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,030 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($21,410). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AMERICAN FOLK FESTIVAL ON THE BANGOR WATERFRONT have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $22,030 in grants to AMERICAN FOLK FESTIVAL ON THE BANGOR WATERFRONT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN FOLK FESTIVAL ON THE BANGOR WATERFRONT?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $21,410 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN FOLK FESTIVAL ON THE BANGOR WATERFRONT 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 FY2018 (financials across 2017–2018), and the filings of 2 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