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Generation US

Generation US (Maine) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,273,977 to it, the largest being MELMAC EDUCATION FOUNDATION ($2,273,977). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$3.3M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$2.3M
Net assets
$6.4M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 37%
01What it does

What Generation US does

Mission

Generation US purpose is to support and benefit Jobs for Maine's Graduates (JMG), a Maine non-profit organization. It conducts fundraising activities aimed at both generating funds for and also to cover expenses related to activities carried on by the organization. The Organization also conducts development and administrative services that will be offered to the organization in order to allow it to shift focus away from day to day administrative tasks.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Generation US conducts fundraising activities aimed at both generating funds for JMG and also to cover expenses related to activites carried on by the Organization. Generation US also conducts development and administrative services that will be offered to JMG in order to allow them to shift focus away from day to day administrative tasks. The development and administrative services involve fundraising initiatives, back office support, and strategic planning.

    $579,855 spent$579,386 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $579,855.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($904k) Expenses 100 ($797k) Net assets 100 ($106k)2021 Revenue 205 ($1.9M) Expenses 174 ($1.4M) Net assets 748 ($796k)2022 Revenue 170 ($1.5M) Expenses 192 ($1.5M) Net assets 755 ($804k)2023 Revenue 489 ($4.4M) Expenses 208 ($1.7M) Net assets 3347 ($3.6M)2024 Revenue 336 ($3.0M) Expenses 235 ($1.9M) Net assets 4541 ($4.8M)2025 Revenue 363 ($3.3M) Expenses 239 ($1.9M) Net assets 5992 ($6.4M)
201820212022202320242025
Revenue (363)Expenses (239)Net assets (5992)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $913k to $3.7M (+301%).

$168k
$857k
$913k
$3.7M
$5.0M
$6.7M
201820212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

82% of Generation US’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (16% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,617 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$106k
’18
$464k
’21
$3k
’22
$2.8M
’23
$1.2M
’24
$1.4M
’25
3.7
months of
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

Craig Larrabee

President & CEO

Board chair

Danielle Ahern

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

201820212022202320242025
Listed261111111111
Joined··+1+1+1+0
No longer listed··1110
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $91k → $439k.

Funder
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of Generation US’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.

Where its funders are

100% of Generation US's grant income comes from Maine funders.

ME

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Maine out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Generation US runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,012 employment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin42% · top quartile
Months of reserve3.7mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)20% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,012 employment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like Generation US

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In Maine

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

30% of spending goes to programs.

Program 30%Management 62%Fundraising 7%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Jobs for Maine's Graduates · exempt
  • Generation Maine · corp_trust

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Generation US: 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 Generation US?
Generation US (Maine) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,273,977 to it, the largest being MELMAC EDUCATION FOUNDATION ($2,273,977). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Generation US have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,273,977 in grants to Generation US, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Generation US?
MELMAC EDUCATION FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,273,977 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Generation US 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 1 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