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MAINE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

MAINE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (Maine) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,693,187 to it, the largest being Elmina B Sewall Foundation ($906,800). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$864k
Funders on record
25
Grants received
$3.7M
Net assets
$523k
14/25 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Maine Environmental Education Association does

Mission

The Maine Environmental Education Association enhances and amplifies the efforts of individuals and organizations building environmental awareness, appreciation, understanding and action in maine.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Program 1: fostering youth leadershipmeea works with youth and early career professionals to create leadership opportunities that empower their drive for social and climate justice. This support includes tools, resources, and stipends for their time and expertise. Community building is essential to fostering youth leadership. Therefore, we connect youth to network peers, community partners, mentors, and coaches. We recognize our youth's work through award nominations.

    $168,006 spent$6,470 earned by the program
    32% of program spending
  2. Program 2: supporting educatorseducators are critical change agents, and we aim to support their work through peer connections, convenings, professional development, and financial and non-financial resources. We elevate storytelling and celebrate educator successes to share these achievements with our state and national network.

    $181,947 spentof which $137,600 as grants$15,000 earned by the program
    35% of program spending
  3. Program 3: advancing transformational policymeea strives to advance research-informed, transformational policy solutions that will further elevate the impact of our programs. Our approach focuses on grassroots engagement, collaborating with coalition partners, and bulding relationships with state and federal decision-makers.

    $32,530 spentof which $10,001 as grants$7,100 earned by the program
    6% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $137,921 spent$36,422 earned by the program
    27% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $520,404.

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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($95k) Expenses 100 ($70k) Net assets 100 ($67k)2020 Revenue 494 ($468k) Expenses 406 ($283k) Net assets 492 ($331k)2021 Revenue 760 ($720k) Expenses 850 ($592k) Net assets 682 ($459k)2022 Revenue 778 ($738k) Expenses 1093 ($761k) Net assets 648 ($436k)2023 Revenue 852 ($807k) Expenses 1179 ($820k) Net assets 629 ($423k)2024 Revenue 912 ($864k) Expenses 1114 ($775k) Net assets 778 ($523k)
201820202021202220232024
Revenue (912)Expenses (1114)Net assets (778)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $331k to $461k (+39%).

$67k
$331k
$461k
$494k
$506k
$531k
201820202021202220232024
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
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 86%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$25k
’18
$186k
’20
$128k
’21
−$23k
’22
−$13k
’23
$89k
’24
8.2
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

Olivia Griset

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20202021202220232024
Listed1111121013
Joined·+2+3+0+4
No longer listed·2221
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $39k → $871k.

5 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION’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

MAINE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

28% 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 MAINE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.

25%
largest funder
61%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 81% · 2019 35% · 2020 47% · 2021 29% · 2022 23% · 2023 25% — 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

73% of MAINE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

51% of MAINE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Maine funders.

ME
VT
NH
IL
MA
OH
PA
CA
WV
DE
DC

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. $972k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like MAINE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

67% of spending goes to programs.

Program 67%Management 30%Fundraising 3%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

65%

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 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION?
MAINE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (Maine) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,693,187 to it, the largest being Elmina B Sewall Foundation ($906,800). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MAINE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION have?
IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $3,693,187 in grants to MAINE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MAINE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION?
Elmina B Sewall Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $906,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MAINE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 25 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing