Maine · Nonprofit
HANCOCK COUNTY TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC RESERVATION
HANCOCK COUNTY TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC RESERVATION (Maine) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,654,044 to it, the largest being EDWARD C JOHNSON FUND ($2,500,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $823k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $4.7M
- Net assets
- $17M
What Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservation does
Mission
Woodlawn nurtures curiosity and a sense of place by promoting downeastmaine's cultural heritage through educational and recreational experiences. Under the governance of the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations, woodlawn offers the people of hancock county and beyond, opportunities for recreation and education on a 180 acre historic estate consisting of a historic house, a carriage exhibit building, a formal garden, fields, and trails. Annually, woodlawn exceeds 20,000 person visits to the grounds and over 1000 people tour the museum. Year-round recreational opportunities include two miles of walking trails with a seasonal story trail for children.outdoor activities include croquet tournaments, family field days, afternoon teas, and craft markets. In winter, sledding and skating are popular free activities when the weather permits. Educational programs include public lectures, professional development opportunities for teachers, home school workshops, and public art workshops
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Preservation and maintenance of historic facilities for the enrichment of the general public. The museum was open to the public with options for both self directed and guided tours. A special hancock county residents free weekend wrapped up the season. The trails and grounds continue to be used and enjoyed free of charge in all seasons. Walking paths through the former hayfields attracting visitors and add a different perspective to the historic property. Croquet was again a seasonal highlight for many. Special events included family field day, and forestry festival. A "sled library" was implemented so that any family could come and enjoy that winter activity. The skating pond attracted many enthusiasts. Preservation and maintenance of historic facilities for the enrichment of the general public. The museum was open to the public with options for self directed and guided tours. A special hancock county residents free weekend wrapped up the season. The trails and grounds continue to be used and enjoyed free of charge in all seasons. Walking paths through the former hayfields attracting visitors and add a different perspective to the historic property. Croquet was again a seasonal…
$629,645 spent$49,792 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $629,645.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $13M to $15M (+17%).
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: 2020 2% · 2021 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
21% of HANCOCK COUNTY TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC RESERVATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income fell $50k → $22k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC RESERVATION’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 TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC RESERVATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 77% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 71% — 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
0% of HANCOCK COUNTY TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC RESERVATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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
HANCOCK COUNTY TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC RESERVATION draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Maine, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $61k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
HANCOCK COUNTY TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC RESERVATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding HANCOCK COUNTY TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC RESERVATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $25k on record.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$25k
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 TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC RESERVATION
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
72%
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 TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC RESERVATION?
- HANCOCK COUNTY TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC RESERVATION (Maine) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,654,044 to it, the largest being EDWARD C JOHNSON FUND ($2,500,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HANCOCK COUNTY TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC RESERVATION have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $4,654,044 in grants to HANCOCK COUNTY TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC RESERVATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HANCOCK COUNTY TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC RESERVATION?
- EDWARD C JOHNSON FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HANCOCK COUNTY TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC RESERVATION 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 10 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