Maine · Nonprofit
DOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC
DOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC (Maine) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,774,324 to it, the largest being Maine Community Foundation Inc ($701,982). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $3.8M
- Net assets
- $8.4M
What Downeast Community Partners Inc does
Mission
Downeast community partners' mission is to improve the quality of life and reduce the impact of poverty in downeast communities.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Transportation services - provide transportation services for the elderly, handicapped, and other low income individuals throughout the service area of washington and hancock counties.
$2,242,374 spentof which $267,619 as grants$1,419,476 earned by the program17% of program spendingEarly care and education head start - a free preschool program for children ages 3 to 5 years until eligible for kindergarten. It is funded through the administration for children and families (acf), office of head start and the maine department of health and human services. Grantees are expected to raise 20% of the cost of the program through local contributions of cash or in-kind goods and services. The federal program targets children liviing at or below the federal poverty rate but allows enrollment of children from other income levels under the strict guidelines. At least 10% of children enrolled must have a diagnosed disability. Early head start - a program for infants and toddlers until age 3 and is also funded through acf. Downeast community partners receives early head start funding through a contract with the state of maine. Eligibility guidelines are the same as the head start program. Child care - dcp offers child care services through a fee for service basis. We accept state subsidies from parents who are eligible. We also offer a sliding fee scale based on a family's income. Regardless of funding source, all children enrolled in dcp's center-based programs are…
$4,043,467 spentof which $352,245 as grants$471,086 earned by the program31% of program spendingHousing and energy services - provide low income housing weatherization and heating assistance, emergency rental assistance, as well as other affordable housing assistance programs.
$5,294,218 spentof which $1,938,572 as grants$1,613 earned by the program41% of program spendingElder services - programs that work with the elderly and their families to provide adult day services or coordinate resources that allow elderly to remain at home where they may continue living comfortably in their homes rather than other long term facilities.
$1,397,529 spentof which $154,731 as grants$78,616 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,977,588.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2020 to 2021, from $10M to $14M (+33%).
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: 2019 71% · 2020 81% · 2021 86% · 2022 88% · 2023 81%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
83% of DOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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 19 funders, grant income rose $60k → $669k.
5 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 DOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 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
DOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
56% 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 DOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 37% · 2019 29% · 2020 35% · 2021 16% · 2022 16% · 2023 17% — 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.
How long its funders stay
48% of DOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
59% of DOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC's grant income comes from Maine funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
DOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC has grown faster than half of the 3,148 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,148 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2023
Government funding DOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20.7M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$20.6M
- Department of Veterans Affairs$10k
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 DOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC
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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC?
- DOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC (Maine) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,774,324 to it, the largest being Maine Community Foundation Inc ($701,982). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $3,774,324 in grants to DOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC?
- Maine Community Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $701,982 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC 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 FY2023 (financials across 2019–2023), and the filings of 38 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