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SPORTSMAN'S ALLIANCE OF MAINE

SPORTSMAN'S ALLIANCE OF MAINE (Maine) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $135,202 to it, the largest being JACK D AND ANITA G SMART CHARITABLE TRUST ($62,651). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$518k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$135k
Net assets
$1.8M
7/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Sportsman's Alliance of Maine does

Mission

To develop and provide information on wildlife resources, field sports and conservation programs that will benefit such resources, sports and programs. To educate the public concering the american heritage of hunting, trapping and fishing. To promote and explain field sports, wildlife conservation and scientific wildlife management practices through literature, films, the press, television and radio and sportsman's shows. To defend and protect the right of individuals to keep, use and bear firearms.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. To promote field sports, shooting sports, wildlife conservation and scientific wildlife management practices through literature, films, the press, television, radio, events, fairs and the sportsman's show.

    $162,529 spent$61,533 earned by the program
    93% of program spending
  2. Outdoor education center - provide a place for schools/classes/4-h/ifw, etc. To teach outdoor activities at no cost to the groups. Fishing, archery education, firearm education, trail walking, camping.

    $12,495 spent$38,702 earned by the program
    7% of program spending
  3. Veteran program - provide a hunt for veterans and first responders. Raise funds by selling merchandise and hosting a handful of bbq's for donations.

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $175,024.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($385k) Expenses 100 ($390k) Net assets 100 ($954k)2018 Revenue 225 ($866k) Expenses 106 ($414k) Net assets 149 ($1.4M)2019 Revenue 98 ($377k) Expenses 95 ($371k) Net assets 149 ($1.4M)2021 Revenue 106 ($410k) Expenses 89 ($347k) Net assets 166 ($1.6M)2022 Revenue 126 ($485k) Expenses 120 ($467k) Net assets 166 ($1.6M)2023 Revenue 128 ($493k) Expenses 120 ($469k) Net assets 169 ($1.6M)2024 Revenue 118 ($455k) Expenses 108 ($420k) Net assets 174 ($1.7M)2025 Revenue 134 ($518k) Expenses 114 ($444k) Net assets 185 ($1.8M)
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Revenue (134)Expenses (114)Net assets (185)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $1.7M to $1.8M (+6%).

$1.3M
$1.4M
$1.4M
$1.6M
$1.6M
$1.6M
$1.7M
$1.8M
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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
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$5k
’17
$452k
’18
$6k
’19
$63k
’21
$18k
’22
$24k
’23
$35k
’24
$74k
’25
4.4
months of
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.

Chief executive

David Trahan

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Joined·+0+0·+0+4+1+0
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03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $6k → $10k.

1 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 SPORTSMAN'S ALLIANCE OF MAINE’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

SPORTSMAN'S ALLIANCE OF MAINE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

46%
largest funder
82%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 91% · 2019 91% · 2020 38% · 2021 63% · 2022 39% · 2023 36% — 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

67% of SPORTSMAN'S ALLIANCE OF MAINE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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 SPORTSMAN'S ALLIANCE OF MAINE's grant income comes from Maine funders.

ME
VA
NC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Maine out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4k 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

Government funding SPORTSMAN'S ALLIANCE OF MAINE receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $700k on record.

Federal$700k
grants $700kcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • Department of the Interior$700k

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 SPORTSMAN'S ALLIANCE OF MAINE

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

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

39% of spending goes to programs.

Program 39%Management 61%Fundraising 0%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

84%

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

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Sam Ila · exempt
  • State of Maine Sportsman's Show LLC · partnership

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Questions and answers

Who funds SPORTSMAN'S ALLIANCE OF MAINE?
SPORTSMAN'S ALLIANCE OF MAINE (Maine) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $135,202 to it, the largest being JACK D AND ANITA G SMART CHARITABLE TRUST ($62,651). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SPORTSMAN'S ALLIANCE OF MAINE have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $135,202 in grants to SPORTSMAN'S ALLIANCE OF MAINE, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SPORTSMAN'S ALLIANCE OF MAINE?
JACK D AND ANITA G SMART CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $62,651 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SPORTSMAN'S ALLIANCE OF MAINE 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 9 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