Maine · Nonprofit
SHAW HOUSE
SHAW HOUSE (Maine) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $891,634 to it, the largest being HEART OF MAINE UNITED WAY ($623,973). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $892k
- Net assets
- $417k
What Shaw House does
Mission
Helping homeless youth reach their potential by providing housing, case management, and support.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Programs
"shelter & day program - the shelter and day drop-in program provides 24-hour, safe, temporary emergency shelter for homeless youth, counseling services, including individual, family and group counseling, prevention services, case management services, case planning that fully involves parents and legal guardians towards reunification whenever appropriate, mediation services, aftercare services and supports, referrals and service linkage. "youth health clinic - the Shaw House youth health clinic 'shaw care' is one of only two youth health clinics in the state for homeless youth population. The clinic provides well-child checks, preventive health care services, prescriptions and medication. The clinic is open to all homeless and street youth and free of charge. Referrals are made by case managers and outreach workers to ensure medical needs are addressed. "on-site school program - the program has been established in response to the increasing numbers of homeless youth that Shaw House serves, that are outside of the state education system, and that have not been successful in continuing and completing their education in traditional high school. Shaw House is partnering with the…
$783,454 spent58% of program spending"transitional living program - mason place transitional living program opened in 2001 to respond to the needs of homeless youth who are without safe family or other natural supports, and require a safe place to live during a time of transition to independent adulthood. This program offers a 'last chance' for those young people that are unable to return to a safe family situation or safe living situation, and remain outside of the child welfare system. These youth are among the most vulnerable of the homeless population that our agency serves. Without a safe haven, where they can live safely, stay in school, remain connected to caring adults and learn life skills for independent living, these youth would remain on the streets with little or no hope for a healthy, successful adulthood.
$372,308 spent27% of program spending"street outreach program - Shaw House's street outreach program 'streetlight' connects with homeless and at-risk youth on the streets and supports them in accessing and maintaining appropriate emergency shelter, alternatives to the streets and essential services. These youth are often the most difficult to engage and at great risk of exploitation and victimization on the streets. Street outreach workers provide snack bags, basic needs survival, business cards with telephone numbers to contact streetlight outreach, Shaw House shelter, shaw care health clinic and youth crisis stabilization. 'streetlight' has a key role in ensuring accessibility to services and a safer living situation.
$61,322 spentof which $8,258 as grants5% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$142,785 spent10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2021 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,359,869.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $943k to $1.2M (+32%).
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: 2017 79% · 2018 79% · 2019 103% · 2020 77% · 2021 76% · 2022 89%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 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.
Board chair
Kendra Speed
Chair
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $104k → $16k.
4 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 SHAW HOUSE’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
SHAW HOUSE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
77% 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 SHAW HOUSE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 95% · 2018 59% · 2019 83% · 2020 51% · 2021 81% · 2022 74% · 2023 97% — 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.
How long its funders stay
22% of SHAW HOUSE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% 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
86% of SHAW HOUSE's grant income comes from Maine funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $59k 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.
Government funding SHAW HOUSE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.0M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.0M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like SHAW HOUSE
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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SHAW HOUSE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SHAW HOUSE?
- SHAW HOUSE (Maine) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $891,634 to it, the largest being HEART OF MAINE UNITED WAY ($623,973). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SHAW HOUSE have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $891,634 in grants to SHAW HOUSE, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SHAW HOUSE?
- HEART OF MAINE UNITED WAY is the largest funder on record, with $623,973 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SHAW HOUSE 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 FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), and the filings of 14 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