Mainebiz Giving Guide

W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 5 G I V I N G G U I D E 2 0 2 5 – 2 0 2 6 TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S Mainebiz® (ISSN# 1530-0749) is published bi-weekly 29 times a year, including special issues published in July, September, October and December by New England Business Media LLC. Periodicals postage paid (USPS# 018- 715) at Port land, ME and at additional entry points. Postmaster: Please send changes to: Mainebiz, PO Box 330, Congers, NY 10920-0330. Giving Guide is a publication of Mainebiz and is published annually. Copyright 2025. All rights reserved. PUBLISHER: Andrea Tetzlaff EDITOR: Peter Van Allen DEPUTY EDITOR: Renee Cordes DIGITAL EDITOR: Alexis Wells GIVING GUIDE EDITOR: Mark Jeanneret SENIOR WRITER: Laurie Schreiber STAFF WRITER: Tina Fischer CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Sloane M. Perron RESEARCH DIRECTOR: Stephanie Meagher RESEARCH ASSISTANT: Heide Martin ART DIRECTOR: Matt Selva GIVING GUIDE ART DIRECTOR: Kira Beaudoin HOSPITALITY: Buster, Claire HOSPITALITY EMERITUS: Malcolm, Zoey SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGERS: Ken Hanson, Kerry Rasor, Betsy VanderPloeg ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE: Michelle Phillips EVENTS & MARKETING DIRECTOR: Samantha Elliott OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER: Allison Spies AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST: Leah Allen A division of New England Business Media LLC C E O / GROUP PUBLISHER: Peter Stanton P R E S I D E N T : Tom Curtin DIGITAL DIRECTOR: Jan Holder ARTICLES Budgetary crossroads: Nonprofit leaders weigh their financial futures . . . . . . . 6 Stronger together: How Maine nonprofits are surviving through partnerships. .10 How To: How to be good givers in uncertain times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Top 100 nonprofits in Maine: Maine 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 nonprofits ranked by annual revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118 Maine's nonprofits: an alphabetical directory: Maine 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 non- profits with annual revenue of $1 million or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120 Top Maine charitable foundations: Ranked by total giving in Maine for fiscal year 2022 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130 PROFILES AARP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 American Heart Association . . . . . . . . 18 Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Boots to Roots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Susan Curtis Foundation/Camp Susan Curtis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Catholic Charities Maine . . . . . . . . . . 26 The Center for Grieving Children . . . . . 28 Christine B. Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Community Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Day One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Girl Scouts of Maine (GSME) . . . . . . . 36 Good Shepherd Food-Bank of Maine . . 38 Good Theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Goodwill Northern New England . . . . . 42 Greater Portland Health . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Gulf of Maine Research Institute. . . . . 46 Habitat for Humanity of Maine . . . . . . 48 Hospice of Southern Maine . . . . . . . . 50 Hurricane Island Outward Bound School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project . . . . 54 The Institute for Family-Owned Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 The Iris Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Jackson Laboratory, The. . . . . . . . . . . 60 Junior Achievement of Maine (JA Maine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 Kennebec Behavioral Health. . . . . . . . 64 Kennebec Valley Community Action Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 KidsPeace New England. . . . . . . . . . . 68 LifeFlight Foundation, The. . . . . . . . . . 70 Maine Association of Nonprofits (MANP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Maine Cancer Foundation. . . . . . . . . . 74 Maine Children's Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Maine Justice Foundation. . . . . . . . . . 78 Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance (MMSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Maine Seacoast Mission . . . . . . . . . . 82 Maine Summer Camps . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Maine Youth Thriving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Make-A-Wish Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Partners for World Health . . . . . . . . . . 90 passivhausMaine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Planned Parenthood of Northern New England (PPNNE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Riding To The Top Therapeutic Riding Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 SeniorsPlus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Shalom House, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Sweetser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 The Third Place Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 United Way of Kennebec Valley . . . . . 106 Waldo Theatre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Wayfinder Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Waypoint Maine, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 WinterKids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Wreaths Across America . . . . . . . . . 116 Learn more and donate today at campaignforendinghunger.org Together, We Can End Hunger in Maine Since 1990, Maine's credit unions have worked together to fight food insecurity through the Maine Credit Unions' Campaign for Ending Hunger. Every dollar raised helps provide healthy, nutritious meals for Maine families in need; because no one should have to wonder where their next meal is coming from. Maine Credit Unions' Campaign for Ending Hunger is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity. Your charitable contribution to our organization is tax deductible.

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