Maine · Nonprofit
Freeport Conservation Trust
Freeport Conservation Trust (Maine) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $252,167 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($113,475). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $484k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $252k
- Net assets
- $6.4M
What Freeport Conservation Trust does
Mission
To protect, preserve and connect open space lands and provide public access to natural areas in Freeport, including forests, farmland, scenic vistas, wildlife habitat, and shoreland.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Land Protection Program is central to FCTs work and reflects its community-based approach to conservation. Staff work closely with a volunteer Land Committee to identify and pursue conservation opportunities using a strategic approach that considers land connectivity, ecological value, and recreational opportunities. FCT partners with volunteers, landowners, municipalities, and other environmental organizations to achieve lasting conservation outcomes.
$75,207 spent37% of program spendingThe Stewardship Program is dedicated to the perpetual care of lands owned by FCT and conservation easements held by the organization. This work is led by staff and supported by a volunteer stewardship committee responsible for maintaining records and meeting monitoring and filing requirements under Maine law. The program includes annual monitoring, trail maintenance, capital improvements, development of new trails, and overall property management. Administration, oversight, and planning are guided by the Land Trust Alliance Standards and Practices.
$67,318 spent$22,704 earned by the program33% of program spendingThe Community Outreach Program hosts community events, field programs, and workshops to encourage public engagement and increase awareness of local natural resources. FCT uses a variety of communication channels to connect with residents and promote participation in conservation activities. The organization also works with teachers in the local school district to support environmental education and outdoor learning.
$61,038 spent30% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $203,563.
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 2024 to 2025, from $4.5M to $6.4M (+41%).
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. 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.
Chief executive
Carrie Kinne
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $1k → $31k.
4 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 Freeport Conservation Trust’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
Freeport Conservation Trust leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
66% 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 Freeport Conservation Trust.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 65% · 2020 56% · 2021 47% · 2022 29% · 2023 69% — 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
67% of Freeport Conservation Trust's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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
50% of Freeport Conservation Trust'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 $126k that is directly attributable, 73% of it comes from Maine funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $127k 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.
Organizations like Freeport Conservation Trust
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
66%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Freeport Conservation Trust: 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 Freeport Conservation Trust?
- Freeport Conservation Trust (Maine) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $252,167 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($113,475). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Freeport Conservation Trust have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $252,167 in grants to Freeport Conservation Trust, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Freeport Conservation Trust?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $113,475 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Freeport Conservation Trust 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 15 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