NonprofitsMaine Initiatives Inc

Crime & Legal-Related

Maine Initiatives Inc

PORTLAND, ME

Total revenue

$2.0M

Total expenses

$3.9M

Net assets

$3.7M

Grants received

$8.1M

144 grants

EIN

010484310

Tax year

2023

Mission

Maine initiatives, a fund for change, cultivates social, economic, and environmental justice through grants and other support to grassroots organizations in maine communities.

Programs

2 programs

The maine share program provides an easy way to donate to over 40 statewide organizations working everyday to make maine a better place to live. Through payroll giving, contributions and direct gifts, donors help these organizations achieve good health, environmental protection, safe communities, economic opportunity, human rights, animal welfare, peace, and much more. Year-round charitable giving through workplace campaigns provides these groups with a steady flow of dollars to keep important programs going.

Expenses: $362KGrants: $199K

Maine youth justice - fiscal sponsorship - investment in a range of community based supports that respond to young people's needs. Campaign led by young people who have been incarcerated in long creek and directly impacted by the juvenile justice system.

Expenses: $348K

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$1.9M
Program service revenue
Investment income$71K
Other revenue$850
Total revenue$2.0M

Expenses

Grants paid$1.7M
Salaries & benefits$1.3M
Fundraising$47K
Other expenses$932K
Total expenses$3.9M
Total assets$5.2M
Net assets$3.7M

People

12 listed

NameRoleCompensation

PHILIP WALSH

EXECUTIVE DI

Board

$129K

40 hrs/wk

JENNIFER CEIDE

TRUSTEE

Board

1.6 hrs/wk

ANDREA FRANCIS

VICE PRESIDE

Board

2 hrs/wk

JAKE GRINDLE

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

LESLIE HILL

TRUSTEE

Board

1.8 hrs/wk

CARLA HUNT

SECRETARY

Board

1.4 hrs/wk

LAURESS LAWRENCE

PRESIDENT

Board

1.7 hrs/wk

KAEL PARKER

TRUSTEE

Board

0.92 hrs/wk

DAVID PATRICK

TRUSTEE

Board

0.8 hrs/wk

VICTORIA RODRIGUEZ

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

GREG SAMPLE

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

ELLEN SEIDMAN

TREASURER

Board

1.2 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 144 of 144

FromAmountPurposeYear
$200K
Health Advocacy; Nova Grant
2024
$167K
Social, Economic and Environmental justice
2024
$157K
General Operating Support
2024
$75K
GEN OPP SUPPORT; ORGANIZATION FUND
2024
$50K
To support the Maine Outdoor Equity Fund
2024
$50K
GENERAL AND PROJECT SUPPORT
2024
$50K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$50K
GENERAL AND PROJECT SUPPORT
2024
$42K
UNRESTRICTED
2024
$30K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$11K
DONATION
2024
$10K
General Charitable Purpose
2024
$10K
PROGRAM ASSISTANCE
2024
$10K
GENERAL AND PROJECT SUPPORT
2024
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$10K
MAINE YOUTH JUSTICE
2024
$10K
Program Support - Immigrant-Led Organization Pooled Fund
2024
$3K
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE FUNDERS COLLABORATIVE
2024
$1K
CHARITABLE SUPPORT
2024
$1K
General Support
2024
$750
Matching gifts for general operating support
2024
$250K
ADVANCING LGBTQI RIGHTS
2023
$205K
General Operating Support
2023
$204K
Housing Assistance, Refugee Support, Children's Rights
2023
$159K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$100K
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
2023
$75K
IMMIGRANT-LED FUND
2023
$65K
UNRESTRICTED
2023
$50K
GENERAL AND PROJECT SUPPORT
2023
$35K
Racial Justice Advancement
2023
$35K
UNRESTRICTED CHARITABLE GRANT
2023
$30K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$30K
CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES
2023
$25K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2023
$25K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$20K
Food distribution programs
2023
$20K
Program Support - Immigrant-Led Organization Pooled Fund
2023
$20K
MAINE ASYLUM SEEKER CRISIS - RESPONSE FUND TO SUPPORT IMMIGRANT-LED ORGANIZATIONS
2023
$12K
GENERAL CHARITABLE
2023
$11K
DONATION
2023
$10K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2023
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT/UNRE
2023
$10K
MOVEMENT GRANT
2023
$10K
Pooled fund with the work of identified Ethnic Community-Based Organizations
2023
$2K
PROJECT SUPPORT FOR LGBTQ ISSUES
2023
$1K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2023
$1K
CHARITABLE SUPPORT
2023
$332K
Social Equity, Community Support
2022
$250K
COALITION TO END YOUTH CRIMINALIZATION IN MAINE
2022
$220K
General Operating Support
2022
$200K
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
2022
$150K
General Support
2022
$122K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$75K
GEN OPP SUPPORT MATCH
2022
$75K
GENERAL AND PROJECT SUPPORT
2022
$65K
UNRESTRICTED
2022
$50K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$50K
Outdoor Equity Fund
2022
$35K
Program Support - Immigrant-Led Organization Pooled Fund
2022
$35K
TO FUND RECIPIENT'S OPERATING ACTIVITIES
2022
$30K
CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES
2022
$25K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2022
$25K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$20K
Immigrant & Refugee Funders Collaborative Pooled Fund
2022
$20K
To support Maine Initiatives' Immigrant Led Organizations pooled fund
2022
$11K
DONATION
2022
$10K
GENERAL CHARITABLE
2022
$10K
Food distribution programs
2022
$10K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2022
$2K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2022
$2K
General Support
2022
$1K
General Support
2022
$1K
CHARITABLE SUPPORT
2022
$500
General
2022
$156K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$156K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$100K
General Support
2021
$70K
UNRESTRICTED
2021
$55K
Program Support - Immigrant Led Pooled Fund
2021
$25K
GENERAL OPERATING
2021
$10K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2021
$2K
General Support
2021
$1K
CHARITABLE SUPPORT
2021
$1K
General Support
2021
$1K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2021
$242K
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION
2020
$183K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$174K
Children's Rights, Public Foundations, COVID-19 Related Assistance
2020
$130K
General operating support
2020
$130K
Unrestricted
2020
$100K
General Operating
2020
$100K
COVID-19 COMMUNITY CARE FUND, GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$75K
General Operating
2020
$75K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$65K
CAPACITY BUILDING FOR COVID-19 RESPONSE
2020
$65K
$35,000 Immigrant Led Organization Fund; $30,000 Maine Youth Justice Program
2020
$60K
Support for immigrant groups, communities, and organizations; COVID-19 aide for high-risk populations
2020
$45K
HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES
2020
$40K
Immigrant-led and -serving organizations for domestic violence relief
2020
$38K
CONTRIBUTION
2020
$25K
GENERAL OPERATOIONS
2020
$20K
THE GRANTS FOR CHANGE PROGRAM
2020
$20K
OPERATING FUND
2020
$20K
ILO FUND
2020
$15K
Program Grant
2020
$11K
DONATION
2020
$10K
COVID-19 COMMUNITY CARE FUND
2020
$5K
MAINE YOUTH JUSTICE
2020
$5K
GENERAL AND/OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE
2020
$5K
GENERAL CHARITABLE
2020
$5K
COVID-19 COMMUNITY CARE FUND
2020
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING - BOARD DISCRETIONARY GRANT
2020
$2K
General Operating
2020
$1K
General Operating
2020
$1K
CHARITABLE SUPPORT
2020
$500
GENERAL PURPOSE
2020
$150
For the general purposes or other charitable purposes of the organization.
2020
$200K
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
2019
$25K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2019
$16K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$29K
Unrestricted
2018
$9K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$100
Annual support
2018
$20K
GENERAL OPERATING
2017
$9K
FOR GRANT RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSES
2017
$5K
SOCIAL SERVICES/SOCIAL BENEFITS
2017

Funded by

$8.1M from 51 funders · 144 grants · 2017–2024

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$1.2M · 6 grants · 2017–2023

Maine Community Foundation Inc

$877K · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$812K · 8 grants · 2017–2023

New Venture Fund

$742K · 4 grants · 2019–2023

Elmina B Sewall Foundation

$712K · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc

$500K · 2 grants · 2022–2023

The Fb Heron Foundation

$433K · 10 grants · 2020–2022

Network For Good

$401K · 6 grants · 2018–2024

Details

EIN010484310
NTEE codeI20Z
Subsection03
Ruling date1994-01
Formed1993
Employees19
Volunteers355
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