Maine · Nonprofit
MIDCOAST HUMANE
MIDCOAST HUMANE (Maine) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,803,221 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,485,975). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.4M
- Funders on record
- 54
- Grants received
- $3.8M
- Net assets
- $9.1M
What Midcoast Humane does
Mission
Midcoast Humane protects and cares for animals in need, supports the people who love them, and strengthens our community through shared resources, compassion, and engagement.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Midcoast Humane operates two shelters, one in edgecomb and one in brunswick, maine. The animal population in these shelters varies widely. On december 31, 2025, mh housed 259 animals. During 2025, Midcoast Humane adopted out 2,576 dogs, cats and small animals, returned 337 missing animals to their owners, took in962 strays and 1,273 owner surrenders. Midcoast housed 131 animals involved in court cases. Midcoast Humane contracts with 39 municipalities, providing support with strays, surrenders and seizures. Midcoast Humane operates a transport program and transported 479 cats, 445 dogs, 1 mouse and 1 rabbit from other locations,inside and outside the state of maine, to Midcoast Humane to find their forever homes.
$2,682,131 spent$957,430 earned by the program81% of program spendingMidcoast Humane is working to expand low cost access to wellness and spay/neuter clinics for the public. In 2025, one hundred and eighty three people attended public wellness clinics. A wellness exam can include vaccinations, microchipping and flea/tick preventatives. During our spay/neuter public clinics, Midcoast Humane'sveterinarian spayed or nuetered 429 animals at a reduced cost.
$81,553 spent$107,848 earned by the program2% of program spendingOur community outreach programs provide services to promote animal retention. A big part of our mission includes helping community members care for their animals in their homes. In 2025, Midcoast Humane paid $34,986.13 in public assistance and $2,880 for low cost spay/neuter vouchers redeemed at local veterinaryoffices.
$37,866 spent$4,153 earned by the program1% of program spendingMidcoast Humane operates a thrift store in boothbay harbor. All merchandise sold by the thrift store is donated to us by community members and all proceeds go directly to supporting our mission.Midcoast Humane operates an online swag shop. This is a print-on-demand store and all proceeds go directly to supporting our mission.
$494,351 spent$87,259 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,295,901.
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 2019 to 2020, from $5.0M to $8.4M (+68%).
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: 2021 7% · 2022 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
76% of MIDCOAST HUMANE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Jessica Townsend
Executive director
Board chair
Ed Blain
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 26 funders, grant income fell $396k → $313k.
8 of 54 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% 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 MIDCOAST HUMANE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 54 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
MIDCOAST HUMANE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
72% 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 MIDCOAST HUMANE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 30% · 2019 35% · 2020 38% · 2021 42% · 2022 89% · 2023 24% — 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
48% of MIDCOAST HUMANE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
69% of MIDCOAST HUMANE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.2M that is directly attributable, 61% of it comes from funders outside Maine, across 16 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.6M 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
MIDCOAST HUMANE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 813 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 813 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like MIDCOAST HUMANE
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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MIDCOAST HUMANE?
- MIDCOAST HUMANE (Maine) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,803,221 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,485,975). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MIDCOAST HUMANE have?
- IRS filings report 54 organizations giving $3,803,221 in grants to MIDCOAST HUMANE, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MIDCOAST HUMANE?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,485,975 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MIDCOAST HUMANE 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 54 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