Maine · Nonprofit
SOUTHERN KENNEBEC CHILD DEVELOPMENT
SOUTHERN KENNEBEC CHILD DEVELOPMENT (Maine) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $382,463 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF KENNEBEC VALLEY ($253,578). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.0M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $382k
- Net assets
- $3.0M
What Southern Kennebec Child Development does
Mission
Provide or facilitate the development of comprehensive developmentally appropriate programs for children through an integrated family-focused service delivery system to promote school readiness and long term success. Promote family partnerships that recognize those who parent as the primary educators, nurturers, and advoctes for their children, that encourage a meaningful role in decision making and other parent training/involvement opportunities. Provide and support the development of quality, accessible, flexible, affordable early care and education options designed to address the child care needs of income eligible families that support economic self- sufficiency. Expand existing collaborative and partnership efforts with state, public school systems, community agencies and early care providers to increase and enhance quality services and positive outcomes for children and families. Provide or sponsor training and professional development opportunities for staff and providers. Provi
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Child education - full year, part year head start program providing comprehensive services to children ages birth through 5 and their families in southern kennebec county.
$4,054,998 spent79% of program spendingFood - child care food program provides meals to eligible children enrolled in head start & child care programs.
$409,761 spent8% of program spendingChild care and other - provide and support the development of quality, accessible, flexible and affordable early care options designed to meet the needs of families.
$647,291 spent$424,979 earned by the program13% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,112,050.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.8M to $3.4M (+21%).
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 90% · 2018 90% · 2019 86% · 2020 86% · 2021 90% · 2022 94% · 2023 97% · 2024 93% · 2025 85%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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 narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose $44k → $131k.
From the IRS filings of SOUTHERN KENNEBEC CHILD DEVELOPMENT’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
SOUTHERN KENNEBEC CHILD DEVELOPMENT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
94% 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 SOUTHERN KENNEBEC CHILD DEVELOPMENT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 100% · 2019 76% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 76% — growing more concentrated.
“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
99% of SOUTHERN KENNEBEC CHILD DEVELOPMENT's grant income comes from Maine funders.
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.
Government funding SOUTHERN KENNEBEC CHILD DEVELOPMENT receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $35.6M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$35.6M
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 SOUTHERN KENNEBEC CHILD DEVELOPMENT
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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOUTHERN KENNEBEC CHILD DEVELOPMENT: 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 SOUTHERN KENNEBEC CHILD DEVELOPMENT?
- SOUTHERN KENNEBEC CHILD DEVELOPMENT (Maine) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $382,463 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF KENNEBEC VALLEY ($253,578). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTHERN KENNEBEC CHILD DEVELOPMENT have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $382,463 in grants to SOUTHERN KENNEBEC CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHERN KENNEBEC CHILD DEVELOPMENT?
- UNITED WAY OF KENNEBEC VALLEY is the largest funder on record, with $253,578 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHERN KENNEBEC CHILD DEVELOPMENT 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 5 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