Maine · Nonprofit
SOUTH PORTLAND FOOD CUPBOARD
SOUTH PORTLAND FOOD CUPBOARD (Maine) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $400,341 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($134,540). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $400k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What South Portland Food Cupboard does
Mission
Our mission: the food cupboard is a non-profit, volunteer-based food pantry dedicated to alleviating hunger. The cupboard organizes volunteers who are committed to the acquisition and distribution of food to hungry people throughout south portland, cape elizabeth, scarborough and surrounding communities. Our reach truly extends throughout cumberland and york counties. Our commandments: respect the food, respect the recipients, and respect each other.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The cupboard is responsible for feeding individuals and families in the local and surrounding communities in need of food. Respect and compassion: we treat all recipients with dignity, ensuring every interaction is rooted in respect and kindness. Nourishment: we are committed to providing each household with a week's worth of nutritious food every month, prioritizing their well-being. Community support: weoffer guidance and connect recipients to valuable resources, including food stamps, clothing, and budget management, to empower them beyond food assistance. Top program accomplishments for fiscal year july 1, 2024 - june 30, 2025: -we bought into a computer platform called pantrysoft which allows recipients to schedule when they will come to do their shopping. It has the capacity to eventually load inventory so that recipients will be able to shop online then schedule coming to pick up their order. -we brought on a part-time position to help with fundraising, social media and grant writing. -we signed the lease for a newer buildout that became our new facility. This buildout is not only newer, fresher and cleaner, it has double the square footage providing greater opportunity to…
$1,735,340 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,735,340.
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.
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 $330k to $614k (+86%).
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 2% · 2018 2% · 2019 1% · 2020 10% · 2021 3% · 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of SOUTH PORTLAND FOOD CUPBOARD’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 10 funders, grant income rose $2k → $48k.
6 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% 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 SOUTH PORTLAND FOOD CUPBOARD’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 28 of 30 funders by total. 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
SOUTH PORTLAND FOOD CUPBOARD has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 33% 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
69% 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 SOUTH PORTLAND FOOD CUPBOARD.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 66% · 2019 67% · 2020 25% · 2021 51% · 2022 49% · 2023 26% — 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
55% of SOUTH PORTLAND FOOD CUPBOARD's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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
59% of SOUTH PORTLAND FOOD CUPBOARD'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 $167k that is directly attributable, 63% of it comes from Maine funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $236k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.
Against its field
SOUTH PORTLAND FOOD CUPBOARD runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 605 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 605 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SOUTH PORTLAND FOOD CUPBOARD
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
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOUTH PORTLAND FOOD CUPBOARD?
- SOUTH PORTLAND FOOD CUPBOARD (Maine) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $400,341 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($134,540). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SOUTH PORTLAND FOOD CUPBOARD have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $400,341 in grants to SOUTH PORTLAND FOOD CUPBOARD, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTH PORTLAND FOOD CUPBOARD?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $134,540 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTH PORTLAND FOOD CUPBOARD 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 30 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