Maine · Nonprofit
HANCOCK COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
HANCOCK COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION (Maine) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $127,450 to it, the largest being Maine Cancer Foundation ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $412k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $127k
- Net assets
- $350k
What Hancock County Planning Commission does
Mission
The Hancock County Planning Commission advocates for and provides assistance to county and local governments by: - Protecting our heritage and resources,- Planning for the future- Promoting a sound economy for the people of Hancock County
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
ME DACF:HCPC facilitates the regional coordination of climate change and sea level rise planning to multiple municipalities, and provided outreach materials as it pertains to public infastructure and sea level rise.
$150,881 spent$48,669 earned by the program40% of program spendingMunicipal Comprehensive Planning:HCPC provides professional comprehensive planners to perform consulting services to work with Municipal leaders, staff and residents through the development and/or update of their Comprehensive Plan.
$78,995 spent$146,484 earned by the program21% of program spendingEconomic Development:HCPC partners with the State of Maine's Department of Economic Development and the Governor's Office on Policy and Innovation to execute muncipal economic impact studies including housing needs assessments.
$73,966 spent$90,215 earned by the program20% of program spendingME DOT:HCPC works with the Maine Department of Transportation to assist towns with transportation assessment and planning.
$38,491 spent$30,928 earned by the program10% of program spendingBroadband Study:HCPC collaborated with the Island Institute to plan the expansion of broadband internet service in rural Hancock County.
$23,260 spent$25,360 earned by the program6% of program spendingFiscal Agent
$7,673 spent2% of program spendingHHW:HCPC works on county wide studies to find solutions for household hazardous waste solutions. HCPC helps towns in Hancock County secure funding to address household hazardous waste needs. HCPC offers household hazardous waste disposal days from time to time. In FY2025 HCPC staff secured funding to launch a county wide needs assessment. The needs assessment was paused due to staff turnover
$4,310 spent1% of program spendingNOAA:HCPC partners with NOAA to execute climate impact and resislency studies in Hancock County. HCPC assesses municipalities infastructure and ability to mitigate climate change.
$774 spent$52,143 earned by the program0% of program spendingGIS Services:HCPC offers contract GIS services to towns and organizations in Hancock County. In FY2025 HCPC engaged in negotiations with other non profits, including local land trusts, to offer GIS services contracts were finalized.
$483 spent0% of program spendingCommunity Resilience:HCPC works on Community Resilience Partnerships for both climate change mitigation and resiliency projects, and economic development. In FY2025 HCPC partnered with several local towns, NOAA and the Governor's Office on Policy and Innovation on studies and implementation plans.
$442 spent0% of program spending
The 10 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $379,275.
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. 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 2023 to 2024, from $284k to $460k (+62%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 4% · 2018 4% · 2019 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
14% of HANCOCK COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Averi Varney
Executive director
Board chair
Hans Carlson
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $50k → $15k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 HANCOCK COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION’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
HANCOCK COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
89% 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 HANCOCK COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2022 54% · 2023 97% — 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
100% of HANCOCK COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION's grant income comes from Maine funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $21k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
HANCOCK COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $127k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding HANCOCK COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $517k on record.
- Environmental Protection Agency$500k
- Department of Agriculture$17k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like HANCOCK COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HANCOCK COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION?
- HANCOCK COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION (Maine) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $127,450 to it, the largest being Maine Cancer Foundation ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HANCOCK COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $127,450 in grants to HANCOCK COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HANCOCK COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION?
- Maine Cancer Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HANCOCK COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION 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 5 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