NonprofitsChewonki Foundation Inc

Environment

Chewonki Foundation Inc

WISCASSET, ME

Total revenue

$8.0M

Total expenses

$9.3M

Net assets

$20.9M

Grants received

$9.3M

245 grants

EIN

010269460

Tax year

2023

Mission

Chewonki inspires transformative growth, teaches appreciation and stewardship of the natural world, and challenges people to build thriving, sustainable communities throughout their lives.

Programs

3 programs

Chewonki Schools - Maine coast semester at Chewonki is a challenging academic semester (two groups each year) for 45 highly motivated and academically capable 11th-grade students from around the country and aboard.

Expenses: $3.0MGrants: $1.4M

Education Partnership The outdoor program for schools offers environmental education as part of day trips, overnight encampments, and outdoor trip programs in Maine and New England for school groups. The educational goals emphasize compassion for one another, building self-confidence, and stewardship of the natural world. Chewonki science educators teach natural history programs to more than 20,000 students each year throughout Maine. Chewonki partners in more depth with two local school districts (Bath and Wiscasset) to facilitate active, outdoor, and community-connected learning throughout the Pre-K-12 program.

Expenses: $901K

Other Program Services Includes the Big Eddy Campground and Debsconeag Lake Camp, fundraising, store activity, farm operations, and programing under the environmental living and learning for Maine students collaborative.

Expenses: $343K

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$2.0M
Program service revenue$5.2M
Investment income$762K
Other revenue$28K
Total revenue$8.0M

Expenses

Grants paid$1.4M
Salaries & benefits$4.6M
Fundraising$545K
Other expenses$3.3M
Total expenses$9.3M
Total assets$25.4M
Net assets$20.9M

People

26 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Nancy Kennedy

President

Board

$146K

40 hrs/wk

Carl Young

Past VP of Finance

Board

$84K

40 hrs/wk

J Bailey McCallum

Treasurer

Board

1 hrs/wk

Kathryn Zumstein

Secretary

Board

1 hrs/wk

Dan Townley

Clerk

Board

2 hrs/wk

Laura Appell-Warren

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Sandy Bandhu

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Kyo Bannai

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

D Scott Beebe Jr

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Alison Carnduff

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Kevin Connors

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Jeffrey Desjarlais

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Jay Gudebski

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Andre Heard

Chair

Board

2 hrs/wk

Randy Jack

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Matt Kingsbury

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Richard Krantz

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Colby Holtshouse

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Edgardo Ponch Membreno

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Mary-Theresa Quarcoo

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Karen Scheu

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Roseanne Saalfield

Past Chair

Board

2 hrs/wk

Michael Fleisher

Past Vice Chair

Board

2 hrs/wk

Jeffrey Eberle

Past Treasurer

Board

1 hrs/wk

Marion Howard

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Elizabeth Mygatt

Vice Chair

Board

2 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 200 of 245

FromAmountPurposeYear
$25K
To enable Maine students to participate in the Outdoor Classroom
2024
$23K
Program Services
2024
$14K
SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
2024
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$7K
TO FUND CHARITABLE MISSION OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION - ANNUAL FUND AND SOLAR FUND
2024
$5K
CHARITABLE
2024
$5K
OPERATING FUND
2024
$4K
MAINE COAST SEMESTER
2024
$3K
Marvil Evans Smyth Fund for Teaching and the Environment
2024
$3K
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
2024
$1K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$1K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$1K
GENERAL FUND
2024
$500
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$250
ANNUAL GIFT FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$155K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$110K
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
2023
$60K
OPERATING FUNDS/SCHOLARSHIP
2023
$45K
FOR THE ANNUAL FUND.
2023
$25K
Operating Support/Annual Fund
2023
$11K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$10K
General Operating Support
2023
$10K
UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$8K
PROGRAM SERVICES
2023
$6K
ENVIRONMENTAL
2023
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$5K
CHARITABLE
2023
$5K
OPERATING FUND
2023
$4K
SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
2023
$4K
TO FUND CHARITABLE MISSION OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION - COST OF REPOPENING CAMPAIGN.
2023
$4K
PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES THAT FOSTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURAL WORLD
2023
$4K
MAINE COAST SEMESTER
2023
$3K
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
2023
$3K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2023
$2K
FUND PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN
2023
$2K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$1K
EDUCATIONAL
2023
$1K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$1K
Teachers of the Environmant
2023
$1K
EMPLOYEE GIVING PROGRAM
2023
$1K
AN UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO FURTHER THE DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
2023
$500
GENERAL OPERATING
2023
$300
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2023
$250
ANNUAL GIFT FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$300K
General operating support
2022
$186K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$150K
General Operating Support
2022
$134K
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
2022
$128K
General Fund
2022
$116K
Aspirations Incubator Program
2022
$112K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$65K
ADVISED - FOR THE GIRLS CAMP. ADVISED - FOR WHERE IT IS NEEDED MOST. WITH PREFERENCE THAT AT LEAST HALF OF THESE FUNDS TO GO TO DEI WORK. INCLUDING SUPPORT FOR THE ALUMNI MENTORING PROGRAM TO SUPPORT BIPOC STUDENTS. ADVISED - FOR THE ANNUAL FUND.
2022
$24K
General Support
2022
$20K
Waypoint in the Woods and Beyond
2022
$19K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$14K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2022
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$8K
PROGRAM SERVICES
2022
$8K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2022
$7K
PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES THAT FOSTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURAL WORLD
2022
$6K
TO FUND CHARITABLE MISSION OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION - COST OF REPOPENING CAMPAIGN.
2022
$5K
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$5K
CHARITABLE
2022
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$3K
MAINE COAST SEMESTER
2022
$3K
OPERATING FUND
2022
$3K
Teachers of the Environmant
2022
$2K
SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
2022
$2K
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
2022
$2K
FUND PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN
2022
$1K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$1K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$1K
EDUCATIONAL
2022
$500
GENERAL PURPOSES
2022
$500
HEALTH & WELLNESS
2022
$500
GENERAL PURPOSE
2022
$250
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2022
$250
Annual Gift for general charitable purposes
2022
$100
MATCHING GIFTS
2022
$50
MIP PAYOUT FOR 01/27/2022
2022
$14
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$270K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$270K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$195K
OPERATING FUNDS/SCHOLARSHIP
2021
$187K
For recipient's exempt purpose
2021
$134K
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
2021
$124K
Aspirations Incubator Program
2021
$50K
TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT TO CHILDREN AND TRANSFORMATIVE GROWTH
2021
$40K
ADVISED - FOR DEI WORK, INCLUDING SUPPORT FOR THE ALUMNI MENTORING PROGRAM TO SUPPORT BIPOC STUDENTS. ADVISED - FOR THE GIRLS CAMP.
2021
$30K
General Support
2021
$20K
GENERAL OPERATING
2021
$15K
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
2021
$8K
MAINE COAST SEMESTER
2021
$7K
Capital Campaign
2021
$6K
CAMP CHEWONKI PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT
2021
$5K
Operating Support/Annual Fund
2021
$5K
PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES THAT FOSTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURAL WORLD
2021
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$4K
TEACHING & ENVIRONMENT FUND
2021
$4K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2021
$3K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
2021
$3K
GENERAL WELFARE
2021
$2K
SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
2021
$2K
TO FUND CHARITABLE MISSION OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION.
2021
$2K
TO FUND CHARITABLE MISSION OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION.
2021
$2K
FUND PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN
2021
$2K
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
2021
$2K
TO FUND CHARITABLE MISSION OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION - COST OF REPOPENING CAMPAIGN.
2021
$1K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2021
$1K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$1K
EDUCATIONAL
2021
$500
Educational, religious, and charitable(including scholarships to students under an approved program)
2021
$500
GENERAL PURPOSE
2021
$250
2021 GRANT HIGGINS NULL - EHN GENERA
2021
$250
Annual Gift for general charitable purposes
2021
$356K
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
2020
$300K
$50,000 ELLMS Network; $250,000 general support
2020
$207K
OPERATING FUNDS/SCHOLARSHIP
2020
$133K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$119K
Aspirations Incubator Program
2020
$33K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$26K
General Support
2020
$25K
TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT TO CHILDREN AND TRANSFORMATIVE GROWTH
2020
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$20K
GENERAL OPERATING
2020
$20K
ADVISED - FOR DEI WORK, INCLUDING SUPPORT FOR THE CREATION OF AN ALUMNI MENTORING PROGRAM TO SUPPORT BIPOC STUDENTS, CURRENTLY LEAD BY DR. TANYA WIGGINS. NO MORE THAN HALF OF THE FUNDS TO BE USED FOR THE GENERAL ANNUAL FUND.
2020
$15K
General Purpose
2020
$10K
TO INSPIRE TRANSFORMATIVE GROWTH, TEACH APPRECIATION OF THE NATURAL WORLD, AND CHALLENGE PEOPLE TO BUILD THRIVING, SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
2020
$10K
TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATION OF THE APPRECIATION AND STEWARDSHIP OF THE NATURAL WORLD
2020
$10K
TO FUND CHARITABLE MISSION OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION - COST OF REPOPENING CAMPAIGN.
2020
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$8K
MAINE COAST SEMESTER
2020
$6K
CAMP CHEWONKI PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT
2020
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$4K
PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES THAT FOSTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURAL WORLD
2020
$4K
GENERAL
2020
$3K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$2K
TO FUND CHARITABLE MISSION OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION.
2020
$2K
TO FUND CHARITABLE MISSION OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION.
2020
$2K
PROGRAM SERVICES
2020
$2K
TO FUND CHARITABLE MISSION OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION.
2020
$2K
SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
2020
$2K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
2020
$2K
FUND PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN
2020
$2K
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
2020
$1K
GENERAL OPERATING
2020
$1K
EDUCATIONAL
2020
$1K
TO FUND CHARITABLE MISSION OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION.
2020
$1K
TO FUND CHARITABLE MISSION OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION.
2020
$850
EMPLOYEE MATCHING GRANT
2020
$500
GENERAL PURPOSES
2020
$500
Educational, religious, and charitable(including scholarships to students under an approved program)
2020
$500
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2020
$250
GENERAL PURPOSE
2020
$200
MATCHING GIFTS
2020
$612K
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
2019

Funded by

$9.3M from 77 funders · 245 grants · 2017–2024

The San Francisco Foundation

$2.5M · 6 grants · 2017–2023

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$1.5M · 8 grants · 2017–2023

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$1.5M · 7 grants · 2017–2023

Abele Family Foundation

$766K · 4 grants · 2019–2023

Elmina B Sewall Foundation

$460K · 3 grants · 2020–2023

Rural Futures Fund

$359K · 3 grants · 2020–2022

Firebird Foundation for

$300K · 1 grant · 2022

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

$249K · 4 grants · 2020–2023

Details

EIN010269460
NTEE codeC600
Subsection03
Ruling date1964-07
Formed1917
Employees273
Volunteers28
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