Maine · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE FIRST CONGREG
FRIENDS OF THE FIRST CONGREG (Maine) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $111,198 to it, the largest being Maine Community Foundation Inc ($61,198). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2022
- $187k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $111k
- Net assets
- $14k
What Friends of the First Congreg does
Mission
The Friends of the First Congregational church of east machias was formed for the purpose of restoring and maintaining the first congregational church of east machias to be used as an arts and events center for community functions.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2022 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Spent on the repair of church, steeple, and structural repair
$73,198 spentof which $73,198 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2022 Form 990. Program spending in total: $73,198.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 FRIENDS OF THE FIRST CONGREG’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 THE FIRST CONGREG leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% 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
100% 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 THE FIRST CONGREG.
“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 FRIENDS OF THE FIRST CONGREG'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $111k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
FRIENDS OF THE FIRST CONGREG runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 10,885 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,885 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2022
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE FIRST CONGREG
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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF THE FIRST CONGREG: 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 FRIENDS OF THE FIRST CONGREG?
- FRIENDS OF THE FIRST CONGREG (Maine) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $111,198 to it, the largest being Maine Community Foundation Inc ($61,198). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE FIRST CONGREG have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $111,198 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE FIRST CONGREG.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE FIRST CONGREG?
- Maine Community Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $61,198 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE FIRST CONGREG 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 FY2022 (financials across 2022–2022), 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