Maine · Nonprofit
MAINE CHILDREN'S HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS
MAINE CHILDREN'S HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS (Maine) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,278,941 to it, the largest being HAROLD ALFOND FOUNDATION ($343,000). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 41
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $8.6M
What Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers does
Mission
To build and strengthen families and their children, instilling hope for the future and a better quality of life.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Family counseling center at maine children's home (mch), is a state licensed outpatient mental health program and facility that provides counseling to individuals, couples, children, and families. The center provides a warm, welcoming, and comfortable environment for clients to receive the best possible mental health care. Although we serve many mental health needs, we focus heavily on those who have experienced some form of trauma. We utilize the skills and tools of trust-based relational intervention and different models of play therapy in our work. We provide services both in person and through telehealth. We also have a relationship with several schools and several youth-serving organizations in our community. All of family counseling center's staff members are licensed clinicians qualified by their credentials, experience, and passion for mental health support.
$883,024 spent$632,414 earned by the program57% of program spendingChristmas program at maine children's home (mch) is the only one of its kind that provides brand new clothes, winter essentials, toys, books, and games to more than 1,100 maine children whose families are facing financial hardship. This program that relies on the generosity of so many people - donors, volunteers, and community supporters - also connects families to additional resources as needed, such as mental health and parenting supports. At maine children's home, we see this special program as a way to bring a little relief to families during a stressful time, and as a way to provide families with tools for play, connection, and comfort. We receive requests for help from our primary service areas of kennebec and somerset counties, but also from the entire state. Depending on in-kind donation levels, this program typically serves between 1,100 and 1,400 children. This program utilizes approximately 65 volunteers that contribute an average of 1,000 volunteer hours per year.
$314,688 spentof which $128,283 as grants20% of program spendingJourney program at mch provides a stable and productive community environment where teens and young parents can receive academic support, prenatal education, parenting instruction, independent living skills, mental health support, childcare, and guidance for achieving their goals and building a strong foundation. Achieving financial and emotional independence is a tremendous feat in anyone's life. Early parenthood can make the journey more challenging but not hopeless. Our aim is to remove as many deterrents as possible and then to build on the strengths of each young parent. Our goal is to help young parents understand the concept of positive parenting, to support and assist them as they learn to deal with troublesome issues, and to provide a supportive environment so they can acquire the knowledge and skills to move forward in a healthy lifestyle. There is an on-site child care provider who works with the program to provide child care which is funded by state subsidies if the parent qualifies or with grant and endowment funding. In addition, there are mental health supports and programs available through other programs of the organization.
$132,696 spent$22,314 earned by the program9% of program spendingThe family adoption program provides lifetime supports for families embarking on a journey for their forever family. The hague-accredited family adoption program at maine children's home (mch) is a comprehensive adoption agency that offers professional services and support to all members of the adoption triad - adoptive parents, birth parents, and adoptees. Professional social work staff members guide families through the entire process and provide support long after the adoption has taken place. The program offers free adoption informational meetings every month that are open to anyone interested in learning about whether adoption is an option for their family. Maine children's home's (mch) connected families project (cfp) supported children and families through a variety of efforts, including counseling, support groups, education and outreach. Mch added targeted case management (tcm) to the cfp array in 2024. Tcm is a supportive service that helps youth and their families who are dealing with behavioral health issues, intellectual disabilities, or significant medical conditions. Through this service, a case manager works closely with families to assess their unique strengths and…
$219,156 spent$61,124 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,549,564.
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.
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 $11M to $8.8M (−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: 2019 8% · 2020 15% · 2021 25% · 2022 2% · 2023 7% · 2024 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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 10 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $103k → $130k.
6 of 41 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 MAINE CHILDREN'S HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 41 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
MAINE CHILDREN'S HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 26% · 2018 23% · 2019 28% · 2020 65% · 2021 30% · 2022 33% · 2023 27% — broadly stable.
“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
52% of MAINE CHILDREN'S HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
78% of MAINE CHILDREN'S HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS's grant income comes from Maine funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $169k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.
Organizations like MAINE CHILDREN'S HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS
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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
58%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MAINE CHILDREN'S HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS?
- MAINE CHILDREN'S HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS (Maine) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,278,941 to it, the largest being HAROLD ALFOND FOUNDATION ($343,000). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MAINE CHILDREN'S HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS have?
- IRS filings report 41 organizations giving $1,278,941 in grants to MAINE CHILDREN'S HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MAINE CHILDREN'S HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS?
- HAROLD ALFOND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $343,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MAINE CHILDREN'S HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 41 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