Maine · Nonprofit
THE MAINE HERITAGE POLICY CENTER
THE MAINE HERITAGE POLICY CENTER (Maine) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,624,242 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($770,100). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $4.6M
- Net assets
- $643k
What The Maine Heritage Policy Center does
Mission
To formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise; limited, constitutional government; individual freedom; and traditional american values.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Education maine policy institute conducts research and has developed programs focused on determining how to provide maine students with the best possible education and the highest level of academic preparation possible, so that maine students may prosper in the competitive, global economy. Mpis research-based education program is designed to identify the elements necessary to build an education system that effectively meets the needs and challenges of the individual student with the parent in control of education decisions for his or her child. We believe the models for primary and secondary education that are used in maine are outdated, and that the existing education system is not adequately responsive to the concerns or interests of parents. Mpis leadership is working to guarantee that parents have greater roles in determining their childs educational goals and the programs available, so that parents can select the best individualized teaching and learning options for their children. The long-term vision is to improve the outcomes for the greatest number of students by ensuring that students receive high-quality primary and secondary school instruction, and are prepared to…
$660,363 spent47% of program spendingEconomics and taxation maine policy institute promotes greater prosperity for working maine families. Limited government, low taxes and reasonable and limited government regulations are the key ingredients on which maine policy focuses to create a vibrant private sector and a strong, growing, and sustainable economy. Maine policy works to reverse maines economic and demographic decline by promoting policy initiatives that reinvigorate maines economy and lift people out of poverty. Liberty focused and free market ideas help advance these core principles through sound research, aggressive outreach, education, and the promotion of a clear policy agenda that helps shift public opinion and establish enduring change in our state.
$311,926 spent22% of program spendingHealth care maine policy institute has a vision that everyone in maine should have access to comprehensive private health insurance coverage and high-quality, cost-effective health care providers. Maine policy promotes policies that give individuals greater personal responsibility over their own health and offers meaningful incentives for citizens to improve their own health long term. Maine policys supporters believe that maine should have greater competition and more innovation in health care with numerous choices for insurance carriers and health care plans available to citizens. Maine policy supports innovation and policies that harness personal incentives to lower health care spending, reward client value, and promote competition between health care providers. Maine policy supports transparency and greater accessibility for citizens to pricing and other financial and outcome-data that is related to the provision of health care services. Maine policy also believes that maines business owners need to be encouraged to help their employees take greater ownership with their health care, so that employees have a vested interest in being prudent patients.
$301,401 spent22% of program spendingMaine policy institute is a non-profit, nonpartisan, research and educational organization whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise; limited, constitutional government; individual freedom; and traditional american values all for the purpose of providing public policy solutions that benefit the people of maine. Maine policy institute works to expand individual liberty and economic freedom and is a strong voice for taxpayers. We believe in an open, transparent, and accountable state government and we work to ensure hardworking mainers keep the fruits of their labor and defend their rights and liberties from government overreach. Maine policy institutes staff pursues this mission by conducting accurate and timely research and marketing these findings to its primary audience: the maine legislature, nonpartisan legislative staff, the executive branch, the states media, and the broad policy community. Maine policy institutes products include publications, articles, a news bureau, conferences, and policy briefings that advance individual liberty and economic freedom in maine. Maine policy researches and formulates…
$118,858 spent$9,171 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,392,548.
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 2022 to 2023, from $364k to $693k (+91%).
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.
99% of THE MAINE HERITAGE POLICY CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% 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.
Chief executive
Matthew Gagnon
CEO
Board chair
Scott Wellman
Chairman/pre
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $129k → $1.3M.
9 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 MAINE HERITAGE POLICY CENTER’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 MAINE HERITAGE POLICY CENTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% 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
74% 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 THE MAINE HERITAGE POLICY CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 48% · 2019 41% · 2020 23% · 2021 48% · 2022 41% · 2023 58% — 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.
How long its funders stay
47% of THE MAINE HERITAGE POLICY CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
THE MAINE HERITAGE POLICY CENTER draws 92% of its grant income from funders outside Maine, across 14 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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 MAINE HERITAGE POLICY CENTER has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,761 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,761 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE MAINE HERITAGE POLICY CENTER
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
74%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE MAINE HERITAGE POLICY CENTER: 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 MAINE HERITAGE POLICY CENTER?
- THE MAINE HERITAGE POLICY CENTER (Maine) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,624,242 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($770,100). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE MAINE HERITAGE POLICY CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $4,624,242 in grants to THE MAINE HERITAGE POLICY CENTER, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MAINE HERITAGE POLICY CENTER?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $770,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MAINE HERITAGE POLICY CENTER 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 26 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