Maine · Nonprofit
Esther Residence Inc
Esther Residence Inc (Maine) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $81,625 to it, the largest being NARRAGANSETT NUMBER ONE FOUNDATION ($27,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $241k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $82k
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What Esther Residence Inc does
Mission
Transitional housing for women leaving incarceration. Esther residence provides a safe, nurturing community that is based on safety, respect and dignity.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
2024 brought challenges in finding and keeping good staff. We had twelve residents: six had been in the State Correctional Center, three from the MH hospital unit, and three from treatment programs. Of these, six were on probation. They all had a diagnosis of MH, SUD, and trauma Their goal was to remain sober and reconnect with their families. Our strong focus upon their arrival is to develop a Recovery Lifestyle by daily attendance at AA, working with a sponsor, attending to responsiblities in the house, and finding new interest. We provide case management to set appointments for medical, dental care, applying for housing, and meeting with our family coach. The residents at Esther Residence all attend weekly house meetings, yoga, and planned activities. During the first three weeks, the residents each move through phases as they assume more responsiblities on a consistent basis. One even continued HiSet Classes to obtain their GED and further their education. After four-six weeks our residents all found full-time jobs, participated in community service, and taken a finance course. We continued to support former residents who see us as their family through various ways, such as…
$163,369 spent$234,481 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $163,369.
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.
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 $697k to $2.2M (+217%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Chief executive
Sr Joanne Roy
Executive Director
Board chair
Susan Dame
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $500 → $33k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 Esther Residence Inc’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
Esther Residence Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
28% 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 Esther Residence Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 99% · 2023 38% — 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
57% of Esther Residence 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. $23k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Organizations like Esther Residence 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
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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
- Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Esther Residence Inc: 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 Esther Residence Inc?
- Esther Residence Inc (Maine) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $81,625 to it, the largest being NARRAGANSETT NUMBER ONE FOUNDATION ($27,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Esther Residence Inc have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $81,625 in grants to Esther Residence Inc, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Esther Residence Inc?
- NARRAGANSETT NUMBER ONE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $27,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Esther Residence 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 6 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