Maine · Nonprofit
KENNEBEC VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM
KENNEBEC VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM (Maine) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,776,103 to it, the largest being MAINE CHILDREN'S TRUST ($12,428,741). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $40M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $22M
- Net assets
- $13M
What Kennebec Valley Community Action Program does
Mission
The organization's mission is to strengthen individuals, families and communities through direct services and community collaborations that create solutions to poverty.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community services is comprised of two divisions: (1) social services, and (2) transportation.the social services division implements the maine families home visiting program and the kennebec/somerset family enrichment councils. Maine families partners with expecting or new parents to ensure safe home environments and promote healthy growth and development. The family enrichment councils promote protective factors in families and communities to prevent child abuse and neglect in kennebec and somerset counties. Through their work, 235 parents/guardians participated in the maine families home visiting program, 442 in parenting classes, 234 in playgroups, and 1400 in community events. Annual diaper drives throughout kennebec and somerset counties collected and distributed 267,000 diapers to families in need, keeping babies healthier. The community baby shower event was held in skowhegan, and expanded with additional events being held in augusta and pittsfield. Participants received welcome baby bags filled with basic essentials that included diapers, wipes and cream; a sleep sack and homemade blanket; new balance sneakers; new baby clothing; bibs, burp cloths, and pacifiers; a book…
$16,665,274 spentof which $9,214,855 as grants$15,036,042 earned by the program46% of program spendingChild & family services provides comprehensive, high quality early care and education for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years in public school based care, educare central maine, the hight center for early learning, homestart provider partners, and through home visiting throughout northern kennebec and somerset counties. The program's goal is to increase social competence and school readiness skills of children so they acquire the skills necessary for success in public school. This includes providing nutritious meals and snacks to children in the program, receiving on-site dental exams, and receiving on-site lead testing. The program also partnered with parents on home visits providing supports related to domestic violence and child abuse and neglect, receiving transportation assistance, and providing help finding and securing affordable housing. This year 492 children increased their readiness for school success; 463 children received hearing screenings, 468 children received vision screenings, 323 children received dental exams, and 492 children received development screenings.
$12,228,672 spentof which $18,446 as grants$2,433,641 earned by the program34% of program spendingEnergy & housing services is comprised of three divisions: (1) energy & housing services, (2) community initiatives, and (3) real estate development. The energy & housing services division works with individuals and families to improve energy efficiency, to reduce energy burden, to support affordable housing, and to sustain opportunities for homeownership in kennebec, somerset, lincoln, sagadahoc, and franklin counties. This is done through a variety of education/assistance programs including: low-income home energy assistance program (liheap), low income assistance program (liap), emergency crisis intervention program (ecip), central heating improvement program (chip), weatherization, home repair, dep home heating oil tank replacement program,foreclosure counseling, and homebuyer education. In this last year, 6,558 households received fuel assistance to help them stay warm through the winter; 52 furnaces were serviced or replaced, making them safer and more effective; 25 households had a heat pump installed; 59 homes were weatherized, creating a significant energy savings for recipients; and 144 homes were repaired, providing a safer environment for recipients. 365 people also…
$6,538,106 spentof which $1,828,339 as grants$6,538,106 earned by the program18% of program spendingAgency services offers programs designed to increase the operations and efficiency of the agency in regards to providing the types of services described above.
$993,842 spentof which $25,787 as grants3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $36,425,894.
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 2017 to 2018, from $18M to $8.3M (−54%).
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 58% · 2018 52% · 2019 56% · 2020 63% · 2021 68% · 2022 70% · 2023 56% · 2024 53% · 2025 48%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
49% of KENNEBEC VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Suzanne Walsh
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 16 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $2.1M → $2.4M.
7 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 KENNEBEC VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 funders by total. 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
KENNEBEC VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 KENNEBEC VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 59% · 2019 50% · 2020 57% · 2021 64% · 2022 64% · 2023 60% — growing more concentrated.
“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
50% of KENNEBEC VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
82% of KENNEBEC VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM's grant income comes from Maine funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $673k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
KENNEBEC VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM is better cushioned than half of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like KENNEBEC VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM
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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Cony Village LLC · disregarded
- Educare Central Maine · exempt
- Kvcap Real Estate Development Inc · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KENNEBEC VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM?
- KENNEBEC VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM (Maine) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,776,103 to it, the largest being MAINE CHILDREN'S TRUST ($12,428,741). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KENNEBEC VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $21,776,103 in grants to KENNEBEC VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KENNEBEC VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM?
- MAINE CHILDREN'S TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $12,428,741 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KENNEBEC VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM 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 39 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