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Partners In Island Education Inc

Partners In Island Education Inc (Maine) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $674,834 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($317,275). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$382k
Funders on record
13
Grants received
$675k
Net assets
$1.8M
12/13 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 73%
01What it does

What Partners In Island Education Inc does

Mission

Our mission is to support educational excellence in our community by sponsoring art, literacy, and enrichment opportunities at the Vinalhaven School, by assisting with the development of school facilities and by supporting future aspirations by funding scholarship programs.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Percent of salaries and wages attributed to programs.

    $77,773 spent
    57% of program spending
  2. Scholarships awarded for 16 Vinalhaven learners.

    $26,530 spentof which $26,530 as grants
    19% of program spending
  3. Investment management fees for program funds invested.

    $14,704 spent
    11% of program spending
  4. Vinalhaven School District - provide supplemental funding for programs and facilities that support educational excellence. Enrollment of 146 students.

    $12,089 spentof which $8,943 as grants$16,906 earned by the program
    9% of program spending
  5. All other program expenses

    $3,157 spent$2,537 earned by the program
    2% of program spending
  6. Office & Advertising for Programs

    $3,040 spent
    2% of program spending

The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $137,293.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($200k) Expenses 100 ($111k) Net assets 100 ($1.3M)2022 Revenue 139 ($277k) Expenses 168 ($186k) Net assets 97 ($1.3M)2023 Revenue 74 ($148k) Expenses 138 ($152k) Net assets 103 ($1.3M)2024 Revenue 151 ($302k) Expenses 229 ($253k) Net assets 117 ($1.5M)2025 Revenue 191 ($382k) Expenses 184 ($203k) Net assets 140 ($1.8M)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (191)Expenses (184)Net assets (140)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 2024 to 2025, from $1.5M to $1.8M (+19%).

$1.3M
$1.3M
$1.3M
$1.5M
$1.8M
20212022202320242025
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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

86% of Partners In Island Education Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,828 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$89k
’21
$91k
’22
−$4k
’23
$49k
’24
$179k
’25
33
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.

20212022202320242025
Listed1112121215
Joined·+3+1+1+6
No longer listed·2113
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $40k → $52k.

4 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 70% 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 Partners In Island Education Inc’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

Partners In Island Education Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

75% 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 Partners In Island Education Inc.

47%
largest funder
71%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 53% · 2019 34% · 2020 49% · 2021 48% · 2022 86% · 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

75% of Partners In Island Education Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 92% 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

70% of Partners In Island Education Inc'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 $201k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Maine, across 5 states.

NY
MA
PA
DC
GA

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Maine out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $474k 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

Partners In Island Education Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin47% · top quartile
Months of reserve32.8mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)18% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like Partners In Island Education Inc

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

68% of spending goes to programs.

Program 68%Management 28%Fundraising 5%

Governance

15
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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 Partners In Island Education Inc?
Partners In Island Education Inc (Maine) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $674,834 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($317,275). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Partners In Island Education Inc have?
IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $674,834 in grants to Partners In Island Education Inc, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Partners In Island Education Inc?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $317,275 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Partners In Island Education Inc 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 13 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