Maine · Nonprofit
THE GATHERING PLACE
THE GATHERING PLACE (Maine) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $191,596 to it, the largest being THE ALFRED M SENTER FUND TRUST ($29,500). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $269k
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $192k
- Net assets
- $639k
What The Gathering Place does
Mission
Each year, The Gathering Place (tgp) works to create a caring community for greater brunswick by collaborating with our guests, volunteers, staff, and partner organizations. Together, we provide daytime shelter, nourishment, access to critical resources, and opportunities for individuals to improve their lives. The needs in our community remain urgent. The lack of affordable housing continues to be devastating, and unrelenting inflation has placed even greater strain on those already struggling. Despite these challenges, tgp achieved significant progress in 2024, expanding services and deepening our impact for individuals experiencing homelessness, poverty, and isolation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Guest engagement & support services served an average of 71 guests per day, reaching 504 unique individuals. Assisted 180 individuals through the support services program. Of those receiving housing vouchers, 85% secured stable homes. Engaged a team of 52 active volunteers who supported daily operations and programming.
$183,026 spent64% of program spendingExpanded food resources responded to the loss of lunch service at mchpp by expanding food offerings. Resulted in a 5% increase in usage of our food program on mondays and thursdays.
$7,759 spent3% of program spendingSeasonal supplies distribution distributed: 10 tents 250 survival packages 72 sleeping bags 112 blankets 235 pairs of gloves 53 jackets 6 pairs of boots 545 pairs of socks 265 gift cards these supplies provided critical support during extreme weather conditions.
$93,538 spent33% of program spendingService delivery program expanded access to essential community resources through partnerships with: through these doors tedford housing sweetser these collaborations strengthened low-barrier access to housing navigation, mental health care, and safety services. In 2024, the temporary warming center welcomed 131 unique individuals seeking safety and shelter.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $284,323.
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 2019 to 2020, from $506k to $626k (+24%).
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: 2020 41% · 2023 51% · 2024 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
81% of THE GATHERING PLACE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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 6 funders, grant income rose $5k → $15k.
4 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 THE GATHERING PLACE’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
THE GATHERING PLACE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 49% · 2019 100% · 2020 29% · 2021 33% · 2022 35% · 2023 69% — 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
27% of THE GATHERING PLACE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
57% of THE GATHERING PLACE's grant income comes from Maine funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $39k 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.
Against its field
THE GATHERING PLACE is better cushioned than half of the 12,816 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,816 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE GATHERING PLACE
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE GATHERING PLACE: 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 THE GATHERING PLACE?
- THE GATHERING PLACE (Maine) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $191,596 to it, the largest being THE ALFRED M SENTER FUND TRUST ($29,500). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE GATHERING PLACE have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $191,596 in grants to THE GATHERING PLACE, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE GATHERING PLACE?
- THE ALFRED M SENTER FUND TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $29,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE GATHERING PLACE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 22 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