Maine · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF MAINE COASTAL ISLANDS NW R
FRIENDS OF MAINE COASTAL ISLANDS NW R (Maine) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $48,000 to it, the largest being Mennen Environmental Foundation ($18,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $95k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $48k
- Net assets
- $254k
What Friends of Maine Coastal Islands Nw R does
Mission
Friends of maine coastal islands is a non-profit, community based organization founded in 2003 by local individuals dedicated to supporting the maine coastal islands national wildlife refuge in its efforts to conserve, protect, and enhance the rich diversity of coastal habitats, seabirds, and other wildlife.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Support the work of the us fish and wildlife service on the protected seabird nesting islands along the coast of maine.
$28,254 spent54% of program spendingOutreach to the public explaining the importance of maine coast islands as seabird nesting sites and the role of the us fish and wildlife service in their protection.
$21,975 spent42% of program spendingProviding educational programming in the refuge visitor center.
$2,093 spent4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $52,322.
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. 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 2024 to 2025, from $205k to $254k (+24%).
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.
68% of FRIENDS OF MAINE COASTAL ISLANDS NW R’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Barbara Mogel
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $15k → $18k.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF MAINE COASTAL ISLANDS NW R’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
FRIENDS OF MAINE COASTAL ISLANDS NW R leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
69% 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 FRIENDS OF MAINE COASTAL ISLANDS NW R.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 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
FRIENDS OF MAINE COASTAL ISLANDS NW R draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maine, across 3 states in all.
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
FRIENDS OF MAINE COASTAL ISLANDS NW R runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,510 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,510 food & nutrition nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF MAINE COASTAL ISLANDS NW R
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.
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF MAINE COASTAL ISLANDS NW R?
- FRIENDS OF MAINE COASTAL ISLANDS NW R (Maine) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $48,000 to it, the largest being Mennen Environmental Foundation ($18,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF MAINE COASTAL ISLANDS NW R have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $48,000 in grants to FRIENDS OF MAINE COASTAL ISLANDS NW R.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF MAINE COASTAL ISLANDS NW R?
- Mennen Environmental Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $18,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF MAINE COASTAL ISLANDS NW R 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 3 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