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ARTICLES Fundraising in flux: Maine nonprofits rethink capital campaigns as donor behavior changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Commentary: Nonprofits get it done: the essential role of Maine's nonprofit sector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Nonprofits navigate C-suite changes: New leaders aim for continuity as well as progression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 How to: Navigate the nonprofit world with care, purpose and impact . . . . . . . .12 How to: Move big ideas forward with cross-sector collaboration . . . . . . . . . . .12 Top 100 nonprofits in Maine: Maine 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 nonprofits ranked by annual revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122 Maine's nonprofits: an alphabetical directory: Maine 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 nonprofits with annual revenue of $1 million or more . . . . . . . . . . . .124 Top Maine charitable foundations: Ranked by total giving in Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130 PROFILES American Heart Association . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Best Buddies Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences . . . . . . 18 Boots2Roots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Catholic Charities Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Center for Grieving Children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Day One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Dempsey Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Finding Our Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Friends of Long Creek Youth Development Center . 32 Friends of the Maine State Museum . . . . . . . . 34 Furniture Friends. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Girl Scouts of Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine . . . . . . . . 40 Good Will-Hinckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Goodwill Northern New England . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Greater Portland Health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Habitat for Humanity of Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Hurricane Island Outward Bound School . . . . . 50 Institute for Family-Owned Business . . . . . . . . 52 Jackson Laboratory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Kennebec Behavioral Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Kennebec Valley Community Action Program . . . . 58 KidsPeace New England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Kieve Wavus Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 LifeFlight Foundation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Maine Association of Nonprofits . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Maine Cancer Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Maine Children's Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence . . . . 72 Maine Connectivity Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Maine Council on Problem Gambling . . . . . . . . 76 Maine Friends of Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Maine Justice Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Maine Mathematics & Science Alliance . . . . . . 82 Maine Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Maine Seacoast Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Make-A-Wish Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Opportunity Alliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Owls Head Transportation Museum . . . . . . . . . 92 Palaver Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Partners for World Health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Pine Tree Legal Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Pine Tree Society. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. . 102 Portland Ovations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 ProsperityME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Salvation Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 SeniorsPlus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Sweetser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 United Way of Kennebec Valley . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Osher Map Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Waypoint Maine Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 WinterKids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120