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MAINE PRESERVATION

MAINE PRESERVATION (Maine) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,460,417 to it, the largest being 1772 FOUNDATION INC ($673,050). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$482k
Funders on record
27
Grants received
$1.5M
Net assets
$1.0M
16/27 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 65%
01What it does

What Maine Preservation does

Mission

Maine Preservation promotes and preserves historic places, buildings, downtowns and neighborhoods, stenghtening the cultural and economic vitality of maine communities.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Maine Preservation provides field services offered assistance to 150 projects for communities, nonprofits and individuals to help preserve historic buildings. Field service advisors visited communities and landmark properties to advise building stewards on next steps toward rehabilitating historic structures in maine.

    $35,559 spent$9,727 earned by the program
    12% of program spending
  2. Protect and sell program - Maine Preservations's protect and sell program assists in the sale of historic buildings to new owners who agree to preserve and rehabilitate them subject to perpetual historic preservation easements. Additional easements are donated to the organization.

    $57,743 spent$46,162 earned by the program
    20% of program spending
  3. State historic tax credits - Maine Preservation works with entities seeking to use the state historic tax credit, is a partner in 3 projects, and receives and disburses the credit to eligible entities.

    $17,903 spent$1,364 earned by the program
    6% of program spending
  4. Annual meeting occurs each year convening membership to elect members of the board of trustees, report on organizational issues, and provide educational sessions. Honor awards recognize owners, craftsmen, and steward organizations and individuals responsible for preservation of historic buildings in maine. Most endangered maine historic places list is a widely distributed annual compilation of at-risk historic buildings and issues in the state of maine. Outreach - staff regularly participate as speakers in conferences, workshops, lectures, town or organizational meetings, and other educational events to share expertise and offer guidance.

    $174,247 spent
    61% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $285,452.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($374k) Expenses 100 ($325k) Net assets 100 ($850k)2018 Revenue 106 ($395k) Expenses 123 ($398k) Net assets 103 ($878k)2019 Revenue 144 ($539k) Expenses 129 ($418k) Net assets 116 ($990k)2020 Revenue 76 ($284k) Expenses 128 ($415k) Net assets 97 ($823k)2021 Revenue 132 ($493k) Expenses 142 ($460k) Net assets 122 ($1.0M)2022 Revenue 123 ($459k) Expenses 154 ($501k) Net assets 122 ($1.0M)2023 Revenue 127 ($475k) Expenses 146 ($472k) Net assets 116 ($985k)2024 Revenue 125 ($468k) Expenses 151 ($491k) Net assets 115 ($980k)2025 Revenue 129 ($482k) Expenses 136 ($442k) Net assets 118 ($1.0M)
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Revenue (129)Expenses (136)Net assets (118)Peer revenue range

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 $908k to $1.1M (+18%).

$862k
$887k
$997k
$908k
$1.1M
$1.0M
$991k
$988k
$1.0M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 34%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

73% of MAINE PRESERVATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$49k
’17
−$3k
’18
$122k
’19
−$131k
’20
$33k
’21
−$41k
’22
$3k
’23
−$23k
’24
$40k
’25
4.2
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.

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Listed211924221819111717
Joined·+6+7+5+2+4+1+8+3
No longer listed·82763923
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $57k → $249k.

4 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 PRESERVATION’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 PRESERVATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

31% 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 PRESERVATION.

46%
largest funder
76%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 51% · 2019 37% · 2020 59% · 2021 50% · 2022 59% · 2023 61% — 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

40% of MAINE PRESERVATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

MAINE PRESERVATION draws 78% of its grant income from funders outside Maine, across 12 states in all.

ME
NH
MI
MA
OH
NJ
CT
VA
DE
NC
AL
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Maine out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $392k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

MAINE PRESERVATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin8% · above the median
Months of reserve4.2mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)3% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Government funding MAINE PRESERVATION receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.0M on record.

Federal$3.0M
grants $3.0Mcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development$3.0M

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 MAINE PRESERVATION

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

65% of spending goes to programs.

Program 65%Management 14%Fundraising 21%

Governance

16
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

84%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 5 related entities

  • Mp Bates Mill LLC · disregarded
  • Mp Sullivan School LLC · disregarded
  • Mp Diamond Cove LLC · disregarded
  • Mp Boiler House LLC · disregarded
  • Mp Hunt Block LLC · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds MAINE PRESERVATION?
MAINE PRESERVATION (Maine) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,460,417 to it, the largest being 1772 FOUNDATION INC ($673,050). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MAINE PRESERVATION have?
IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $1,460,417 in grants to MAINE PRESERVATION, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MAINE PRESERVATION?
1772 FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $673,050 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MAINE PRESERVATION 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 27 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