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ROTARY FOUNDATION OF DAMARISCOTTA - NEWCASTLE

ROTARY FOUNDATION OF DAMARISCOTTA - NEWCASTLE (Maine) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $73,795 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($63,250). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$58k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$74k
Net assets
$189k
1/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 37%
01What it does

What Rotary Foundation of Damariscotta - Newcastle does

Mission

Provide financial assistance to needy people in the damariscotta newcastle maine area and internationally through rotary international.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Provide support to local area non profit organizationsthat better the community. Included are the local foodpantry, library,and other social service agencies

    $10,305 spentof which $9,265 as grants
    30% of program spending
  2. Provide educational and vocational scholarships to worthy students to further their education

    $11,479 spentof which $11,479 as grants
    34% of program spending
  3. Provide international aid and relief throughrotary internationalpantry, library and schools

    $1,770 spentof which $1,770 as grants
    5% of program spending
  4. Part 111, line 31,the karls kids program supports needy children by allowing them to purchase equipment and pay participation fees to allow them to participate in athletic activties.

    $10,270 spentof which $10,270 as grants
    30% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $33,824.

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 ($52k) Expenses 100 ($32k) Net assets 100 ($104k)2018 Revenue 161 ($83k) Expenses 148 ($47k) Net assets 135 ($140k)2019 Revenue 154 ($80k) Expenses 169 ($54k) Net assets 160 ($166k)2020 Revenue 144 ($75k) Expenses 155 ($50k) Net assets 184 ($191k)2021 Revenue 126 ($65k) Expenses 141 ($45k) Net assets 204 ($212k)2022 Revenue 97 ($50k) Expenses 267 ($85k) Net assets 170 ($177k)2023 Revenue 110 ($57k) Expenses 190 ($61k) Net assets 167 ($173k)2024 Revenue 131 ($68k) Expenses 116 ($37k) Net assets 167 ($173k)2025 Revenue 112 ($58k) Expenses 134 ($43k) Net assets 182 ($189k)
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Revenue (112)Expenses (134)Net assets (182)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 2017 to 2018, from $104k to $140k (+35%).

$104k
$140k
$166k
$191k
$212k
$177k
$173k
$189k
$189k
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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

71% of ROTARY FOUNDATION OF DAMARISCOTTA - NEWCASTLE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,498 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$20k
’17
$36k
’18
$26k
’19
$25k
’20
$20k
’21
−$35k
’22
−$4k
’23
$31k
’24
$15k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $6k → $21k.

1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 86% 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 ROTARY FOUNDATION OF DAMARISCOTTA - NEWCASTLE’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

ROTARY FOUNDATION OF DAMARISCOTTA - NEWCASTLE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

98% 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 ROTARY FOUNDATION OF DAMARISCOTTA - NEWCASTLE.

86%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 50% — 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.

Where its funders are

86% of ROTARY FOUNDATION OF DAMARISCOTTA - NEWCASTLE'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 $11k that is directly attributable, 88% of it comes from funders outside Maine, across 2 states.

ME
NH

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $63k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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

ROTARY FOUNDATION OF DAMARISCOTTA - NEWCASTLE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,787 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin27% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)1% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,787 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like ROTARY FOUNDATION OF DAMARISCOTTA - NEWCASTLE

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.

Public support

94%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds ROTARY FOUNDATION OF DAMARISCOTTA - NEWCASTLE?
ROTARY FOUNDATION OF DAMARISCOTTA - NEWCASTLE (Maine) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $73,795 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($63,250). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does ROTARY FOUNDATION OF DAMARISCOTTA - NEWCASTLE have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $73,795 in grants to ROTARY FOUNDATION OF DAMARISCOTTA - NEWCASTLE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ROTARY FOUNDATION OF DAMARISCOTTA - NEWCASTLE?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $63,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ROTARY FOUNDATION OF DAMARISCOTTA - NEWCASTLE 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 3 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