NonprofitsMaine Center For Public Interest Reporting

Arts, Culture & Humanities

Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting

HALLOWELL, ME

Total revenue

$1.0M

Total expenses

$890K

Net assets

$750K

Grants received

$1.9M

58 grants

EIN

272623867

Tax year

2024

Mission

The maine center for public interest reporting is an independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. It produces investigative and enterprise journalism on issues of public interest in the state of maine and publishes the maine monitor.

Programs

2 programs

Functioned as a fiscal sponsor for the maine's black future podcast project, a recepient of a grant awarded by the maine initiatives project. The maines black future podcast boldly visits stories of historic black mainers and the legacies they carved into the state. Then connects this longstanding history to black changemakers weaving maines black future today.

Expenses: $11KGrants: $11K

Functioned as a fiscal sponsor for saco bay news, an independent news site founded in 2020 with a mission to provide current, reliable news to the southern maine communities of saco, old orchard beach and biddeford.

Expenses: $854Grants: $854

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$1.0M
Program service revenue$21K
Investment income$13K
Other revenue
Total revenue$1.0M

Expenses

Grants paid$12K
Salaries & benefits$708K
Fundraising$126K
Other expenses$161K
Total expenses$890K
Total assets$763K
Net assets$750K

People

9 listed

NameRoleCompensation

MICAELA SCHWEITZER-BLUHM

Executive Dir.

Board

$78K

30 hrs/wk

JED DAVIS

President

Board

2 hrs/wk

PAT RICHARDSON

Treasurer

Board

2 hrs/wk

NICK MILLS

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

CATHY LEE

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

DOUG WARREN

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

CONNIE SAGE CONNER

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

NADIA SALIBA

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

EMILY BARR

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 58 of 58

FromAmountPurposeYear
$200K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2024
$120K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2024
$97K
Printing & Publishing
2024
$50K
GENERAL OPERATING ($50,000)
2024
$38K
INN SUPPORT - LABS & COLUMBIA COLLA
2024
$15K
General Support
2024
$15K
SUPPORT FOR ROBUST, NONPARTISAN ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE JOURNALISM FOR MAINE
2024
$106K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$88K
Printing & Publishing
2023
$54K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2023
$49K
PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL REPORTING NETWORK INITIATIVE
2023
$45K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$21K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2023
$15K
SUPPORT FOR COMPREHENSIVE LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING
2023
$15K
TO HOST NEWSROOMS TO SUPPORT REPORT FOR AMERICA CORPS MEMBERS
2023
$13K
INN SUPPORT - NIHCM COLLABORATION
2023
$13K
INN SUPPORT - NIHCM COLLABORATION
2023
$5K
Unrestricted Support
2023
$3K
RURAL MAINE NEWS FOR PUBLICATION IN THE MAINE MONITOR
2023
$3K
ACHIEVE CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2023
$104K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$57K
Printing & Publishing, Education
2022
$50K
TO HELP ACTIVITIES OF VAR PUBLIC CHAR INST WHICH ARE EXEMPT UNDER 501 (C)(3)
2022
$36K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2022
$17K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2022
$15K
SUPPORT FOR COMPREHENSIVE, LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING IN MAINE
2022
$15K
ARTS, CULTURE
2022
$10K
PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL REPORTING NETWORK INITIATIVE
2022
$6K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$3K
Unrestricted Donation
2022
$15K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2021
$9K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$9K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$100
TO CONTINUE PROGRAMS & SERVICES
2021
$67K
PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL REPORTING NETWORK INITIATIVE
2020
$50K
General operating support
2020
$25K
GRANTS: GENERAL SUPPORT; 100000.00; 07/23/2019
2020
$25K
TO HELP ACTIVITIES OF VAR PUBLIC CHAR INST WHICH ARE EXEMPT UNDER 501 (C)(3)
2020
$25K
GRANTS: GENERAL SUPPORT; 100000.00; 07/23/2019
2020
$21K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2020
$13K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$8K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$7K
Printing & Publishing
2020
$5K
To support of health-focused COVID-19 reporting efforts
2020
$150
For the general purposes or other charitable purposes of the organization.
2020
$9K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019

Funded by

$1.9M from 29 funders · 58 grants · 2019–2024

Maine Community Foundation Inc

$249K · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$246K · 6 grants · 2019–2023

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

$242K · 3 grants · 2022–2024

The Miami Foundation Inc

$213K · 5 grants · 2020–2024

Sadie And Harry Davis Foundation Inc

$200K · 1 grant · 2024

Pro Publica Inc

$126K · 3 grants · 2020–2023

Inasmuch Foundation

$100K · 3 grants · 2020–2024

Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc

$75K · 2 grants · 2020–2022

Details

EIN272623867
NTEE codeA33
Subsection03
Ruling date2012-01
Formed2010
Employees17
Volunteers1
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