Maine · Nonprofit
Downeast Chapter of Maine Audubon
Downeast Chapter of Maine Audubon (Maine) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,650 to it, the largest being THE JOEL FRANTZMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($2,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $75k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $622k
What Downeast Chapter of Maine Audubon does
Mission
Downeast Audubon works to educate & engage the people of Hancock County, focusing on birds, other wildlife & their habitats, for the benefit of local communities & their natural environment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Provided in classroom natural history programs for local schools via outside contractors/nonprofit organizations.
$21,613 spent36% of program spendingWe provided scholarships to 10 local students and 1 teacher to attend various nature camps.
$12,625 spentof which $12,625 as grants21% of program spendingWe provided grants to Nine other charitable non-profit organizations at years end.
$10,000 spentof which $10,000 as grants16% of program spendingVarious small projects including but not limited to: bird sataions at schools, bird monitoring, research, conservation, interpretive trail signage, and other nature trail work.
$7,202 spent$1,081 earned by the program12% of program spendingNewsletter
$6,258 spent10% of program spendingYoung Birders Club and weekly walks
$2,979 spent5% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $60,677.
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 2021 to 2022, from $588k to $525k (−11%).
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.
63% of Downeast Chapter of Maine Audubon’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $500.
From the IRS filings of Downeast Chapter of Maine Audubon’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
Downeast Chapter of Maine Audubon leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 91% · 2021 83% · 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
100% of Downeast Chapter of Maine Audubon's grant income comes from Maine funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Downeast Chapter of Maine Audubon has grown faster than half of the 2,195 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,195 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Downeast Chapter of Maine Audubon
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
83% 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 1 related entity
- Maine Audubon · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Downeast Chapter of Maine Audubon: 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 Downeast Chapter of Maine Audubon?
- Downeast Chapter of Maine Audubon (Maine) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,650 to it, the largest being THE JOEL FRANTZMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($2,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Downeast Chapter of Maine Audubon have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $2,650 in grants to Downeast Chapter of Maine Audubon, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Downeast Chapter of Maine Audubon?
- THE JOEL FRANTZMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Downeast Chapter of Maine Audubon 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 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