Maine · Nonprofit
Washington County Council of Governments
Washington County Council of Governments (Maine) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $153,250 to it, the largest being Elmina B Sewall Foundation ($71,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2020
- $261k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $153k
- Net assets
- $32k
What Washington County Council of Governments does
Mission
Our purpose is to support local self-government combine resources to meet challenges that may exceed the capacity of municipal government facilitate communication and coordination among governments and agencies identify opportunities and bring resources into the county and provide a regional voice for the people of Washington County.
As stated on its FY2020 Form 990.
Program
WCCOG provides invaluable services for the City of Eastport...including sponsoring of a community-wide income survey refuting federal income data which precluded Eastport from eligibility for grant funds. WCCOGs response was immediate - they brought SCEC on board for a masterpiece of collaboration. The income survey kept Eastport in the running for millions of dollars in grant opportunities and provided valuable information for use by local, state, and federal agencies. - Elaine Abbott, City Manager, Eastport
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
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 2017 to 2018, from $165k to $118k (−29%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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 → 2021: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $11k → $15k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 Washington County Council of Governments’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
Washington County Council of Governments leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
46% 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 Washington County Council of Governments.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 58% · 2021 100% — 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
92% of Washington County Council of Governments's grant income comes from Maine funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $71k 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.
Government funding Washington County Council of Governments receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $300k on record.
- Environmental Protection Agency$300k
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 Washington County Council of Governments
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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 Washington County Council of Governments: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds Washington County Council of Governments?
- Washington County Council of Governments (Maine) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $153,250 to it, the largest being Elmina B Sewall Foundation ($71,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Washington County Council of Governments have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $153,250 in grants to Washington County Council of Governments, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Washington County Council of Governments?
- Elmina B Sewall Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $71,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Washington County Council of Governments 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 FY2020 (financials across 2017–2020), and the filings of 4 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