Maine · Nonprofit
SEAL HARBOR LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
SEAL HARBOR LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (Maine) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,100 to it, the largest being The Mitchell P Rales Family Foundation ($2,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $50k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $320k
What Seal Harbor Library Association does
Mission
The mission of the seal harbor library is to provide resources, programs, and services that promote the joy of lifelong learning and reading and to offer a welcoming place for people to gather and share experiences.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Since its founding in 1891, the seal harbor library has provided services to the year-round and seasonal communities of mount desert island. The library continues to add to its collections of the latest bestseller fiction and nonfiction, large print, children's, young adult, and local interest titles. There are also magazines, periodicals, dvds, and audio books available to borrow as well as high speed internet access.
$13,051 spent100% of program spendingThe library has long been recognized in the village of seal harbor as the repository for local historical items. Volunteers continue to organize and catalog the historical archives and collections with contributions from patrons and community members accepted and preserved. This is made possible by the generous donation of time and expertise from many volunteers.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $13,051.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $500 → $100.
From the IRS filings of SEAL HARBOR LIBRARY 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
SEAL HARBOR LIBRARY ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 83% · 2020 81% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
SEAL HARBOR LIBRARY ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maine, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
SEAL HARBOR LIBRARY ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In Maine
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SEAL HARBOR LIBRARY ASSOCIATION?
- SEAL HARBOR LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (Maine) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,100 to it, the largest being The Mitchell P Rales Family Foundation ($2,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SEAL HARBOR LIBRARY ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $5,100 in grants to SEAL HARBOR LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SEAL HARBOR LIBRARY ASSOCIATION?
- The Mitchell P Rales Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $2,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SEAL HARBOR LIBRARY 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.
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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 2025–2025), 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