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OCEAN PARK ASSOCIATION

OCEAN PARK ASSOCIATION (Maine) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $236,061 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($70,525). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$964k
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$236k
Net assets
$3.7M
8/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Ocean Park Association does

Mission

To conduct a summer assembly in the chautauqua tradition. The purpose of the Ocean Park Association is to affirm the traditions and spiritual heritage of which we are heirs, through a summer assembly program where christian worhsip, principles and ideals are at the focus; where diversity is celebrated and dignity of all is embraced and respected; where the natural beauty of our seaside resort is conserved and enhanced; and where programs centered on religion, education, recreation and culture provide opportunities for individual growth and family enrichment.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Religious, cultural, and educational activities: the 2024 summer session included the following activities consistent with the chautauqua model: worship services, bible study and discussion, choir, concerts, classes, presentations, film and book discussion groups.

    $20,969 spent$38,845 earned by the program
    4% of program spending

  2. Post office: under contract with the united states postal service, year- round postal services are provided to the ocean park community.

    $54,100 spent$38,832 earned by the program
    9% of program spending

  3. Recreational activities: the 2024 summer session included the following activities consistent with the chautauqua model: tennis, shuffleboard, exercise, youth drop-in center, and youth dances.

    $355,083 spent$37,066 earned by the program
    60% of program spending

  4. Educational bureau contribution for renovations to maintain programming in ocean park.

    $164,367 spent
    28% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $594,519.

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 ($588k) Expenses 100 ($528k) Net assets 100 ($3.1M)2018 Revenue 120 ($706k) Expenses 100 ($529k) Net assets 103 ($3.2M)2019 Revenue 108 ($638k) Expenses 103 ($543k) Net assets 110 ($3.4M)2020 Revenue 83 ($488k) Expenses 96 ($508k) Net assets 113 ($3.5M)2021 Revenue 108 ($636k) Expenses 108 ($572k) Net assets 121 ($3.7M)2022 Revenue 118 ($693k) Expenses 133 ($702k) Net assets 109 ($3.3M)2023 Revenue 131 ($771k) Expenses 120 ($636k) Net assets 115 ($3.5M)2024 Revenue 164 ($964k) Expenses 171 ($902k) Net assets 122 ($3.7M)
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Revenue (164)Expenses (171)Net assets (122)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 2021 to 2022, from $3.7M to $3.4M (−10%).

$3.1M
$3.2M
$3.4M
$3.5M
$3.7M
$3.4M
$3.6M
$3.8M
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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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

71% of OCEAN PARK ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,439 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$60k
’17
$177k
’18
$95k
’19
−$20k
’20
$65k
’21
−$8k
’22
$135k
’23
$63k
’24
4.0
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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Listed1616161614161820
Joined·+7+3+0+6+5+9+3
No longer listed·7308371
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $6k → $25k.

Funder
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'21
'22
'23
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'25*
total
funders
2
3
3
5
6
5
6
6
5

4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

Left out of every figure on this page: $20k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Oceanview Manor Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money OCEAN PARK ASSOCIATION raised.

From the IRS filings of OCEAN PARK 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

OCEAN PARK ASSOCIATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% 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

40% 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 OCEAN PARK ASSOCIATION.

30%
largest funder
70%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 50% · 2019 42% · 2020 55% · 2021 47% · 2022 49% · 2023 51% — 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

83% of OCEAN PARK ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 80% 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

OCEAN PARK ASSOCIATION draws 76% of its grant income from funders outside Maine, across 6 states in all.

ME
IL
NY
MA
DE
TX

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

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’23
Maine out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $94k 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

Against its field

OCEAN PARK ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin6% · above the median
Months of reserve4.0mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like OCEAN PARK 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

Ocean Point Colony Trust Inc79%Ferry Beach Park Association76%Island Heritage Trust Inc76%Marginal Way Preservation Fund76%Center for Contemporary Art75%Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine75%North Haven Conservation Partners75%Penobscot Bay YMCA75%

Nationally

Ocean Park Methodist Camp82%Congregational Summer Assembly82%Ocean Beach Play Group Inc Dba Ocean Beach Youth Group81%Camp Ocean Pines Inc81%Ocean Community YMCA81%National Association of State Park Directors Inc80%Smith Park of New York Inc80%Esplanade Association Inc80%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

66% of spending goes to programs.

Program 66%Management 33%Fundraising 1%

Governance

17
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

94%

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

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Ocean Park Realty Inc · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds OCEAN PARK ASSOCIATION?
OCEAN PARK ASSOCIATION (Maine) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $236,061 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($70,525). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does OCEAN PARK ASSOCIATION have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $236,061 in grants to OCEAN PARK ASSOCIATION, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of OCEAN PARK ASSOCIATION?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $70,525 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like OCEAN PARK 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.

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 10 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