Maine · Nonprofit
Spurwink Services Inc
Spurwink Services Inc (Maine) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,577,818 to it, the largest being MAINE COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT ($718,849). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $96M
- Funders on record
- 44
- Grants received
- $3.6M
- Net assets
- $27M
What Spurwink Services Inc does
Mission
Spurwink responds to community needs by providing behavioral health care, substance use disorder services and support services for people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds, and their families.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
In 2024, Spurwink acquired Tri-County Mental Health Services, adding 160 employees and expanding our footprint in Lewiston and western Maine. This strategic integration increased access to care and strengthened our impact in the communities we serve. The Next Gen Internship Program is a grant-funded initiative by Spurwink that offers paid internships to Maine college students, fostering nonprofit leadership and mental health careers through structured cohorts, capstone projects, and an evolving alumni network. Spurwink's Internship Incubator is a grant-funded program offering paid internships in mental health and nonprofit services. It emphasizes supervision, ethics, and leadership development, with strong hiring outcomes and support from multiple funders and agency leaders. Spurwink expanded ACT services in Lewiston-Auburn and launched a new team in Bridgton, addressing mental health service gaps with community-based care, small caseloads, and high-fidelity standards across Androscoggin and Oxford counties. Spurwink's Home for Good Auburn project will provide permanent housing and 24/7 behavioral health services to 20-30 chronically homeless individuals. Home for Good is a partnership with the city of Auburn and MaineHousing, prioritizing housing as a foundation for mental health and substance use recovery. Project Support You (PSY) offers community partnerships with law enforcement and emergency medical services, responding to calls from individuals living with substance…
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Spurwink offers expert support, treatment and guidance to children and adolescents through a continuum of care that includes residential treatment, specialized schools, and therapeutic foster homes in 1) residential treatment facility in Cumberland County serving about 20 youth per year; 2) three Special Purpose Private Schools in Cumberland, Androscoggin and Kennebec counties and a Therapeutic Pre-School in York County serving 150 students per year; and 3) treatment foster homes in southern and central Maine serving about 30 children per year. Each year, we support over 200 young people in overcoming challenges and building brighter futures.
$19,305,629 spent$18,690,960 earned by the program23% of program spendingSpurwink's outpatient and community-based programs reach approximately 10,000 Mainers each year, providing accessible mental health care, substance use disorder treatment, and specialized support for those facing trauma or abuse. Our innovative servicesincluding outpatient therapy (in public school settings, outpatient offices, and primary care practices), medication management, behavioral health homes, Assertive Community Treatment, Opioid Health Home, Crisis Receiving Center, Certified Community Behavioral Health Center, trauma focused treatment for refugees, child abuse evaluations, as well as a number of contracted services for the Maine Department of Health and Human Services ensure that every individual receives the help they need, wherever they are.
$27,962,423 spent$27,936,409 earned by the program33% of program spendingSpurwink's adult residential programs foster independence and dignity for nearly 80 adults with intellectual, developmental disabilities and/or autism. Through a network of approximately 30 supportive homes, 2 intermediate care facilities in York, Cumberland and Androscoggin Counties, and 25 specialized Shared Living homes, we create safe, nurturing environments where individuals can live meaningful, fulfilling lives in their communities.
$36,261,097 spent$37,082,394 earned by the program43% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $83,529,149.
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 2021 to 2022, from $50M to $41M (−17%).
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 7% · 2018 9% · 2019 9% · 2020 10% · 2021 9% · 2022 20% · 2023 3% · 2024 4% · 2025 11%. 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 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.
Chief executive
Eric L Meyer
President/CEO
Board chair
Cathy Breen
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 18 funders, grant income fell $560k → $554k.
6 of 44 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 Spurwink Services Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 44 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
Spurwink Services Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
52% 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 Spurwink Services Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 89% · 2018 62% · 2019 40% · 2020 15% · 2021 46% · 2022 26% · 2023 31% — 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
50% of Spurwink Services Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
74% of Spurwink Services Inc's grant income comes from Maine funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $388k 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.
Government funding Spurwink Services Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $7.6M on record — $7.6M federal, $35k state.
- Department of Health and Human Services$7.6M
- VT$35k
- FL$14
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 Spurwink Services Inc
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
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- FOR Developmental Resources · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Spurwink Services Inc?
- Spurwink Services Inc (Maine) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,577,818 to it, the largest being MAINE COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT ($718,849). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Spurwink Services Inc have?
- IRS filings report 44 organizations giving $3,577,818 in grants to Spurwink Services Inc, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Spurwink Services Inc?
- MAINE COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT is the largest funder on record, with $718,849 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Spurwink Services Inc 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 44 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing