Transforming our community by helping people in need build better lives.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
88¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 146 volunteers and 608 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $997K a year · 2% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
88%
of spending
Looks good: 88% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$989K
to officers and key staff · 3% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 3% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $2.5M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 0.4 months of spending in cash, plus $2.5M in investments.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $6K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$9.0M
43% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 43% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 16 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$40.3M
+10% vs prior year
Spent
$39.4M
To programs
88%
Net assets
$12.0M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$40.3M
FY2025▲ +10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$49.1M
FY2022$84.7M
FY2023$57.6M
FY2024$36.5M
FY2025$40.3M
Expenses
$39.4M
FY2025▲ +6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$44.5M
FY2022$85.0M
FY2023$57.1M
FY2024$37.3M
FY2025$39.4M
Net assets
$12.0M
FY2025▲ +11%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$11.0M
FY2022$9.9M
FY2023$10.9M
FY2024$10.8M
FY2025$12.0M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 1965.

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Where the money goes

88 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 88% · $34.9M Management & general 11% · $4.4M Fundraising 1% · $215K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

24 people listed on the 990; $989K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
President & CEO
$185,666Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$159,454Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Children & Family Services
$154,930Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer
$136,544Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Programs
$120,825Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Residential Programs
$117,990Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Operations
$113,259Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Joseph R Everett’s $186K as President & CEO is at the 37th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3122 $10–100M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Joseph Everett———$193,639$195,804
Joseph R Everett$185,666$192,899$188,659——
Dawn a Ouellette$159,454$169,546$143,557——
Richard a Entel———$158,268$149,807
Louise M Marsden$154,930$141,177$120,445——
Clare Loxterkamp—$151,907———
Sarah D Maxwell$136,544$149,843$121,818$130,433$127,796
Dawn Ouellette———$148,637$149,644

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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3 programs · $34.9M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Behavioral Health & Wellness- A continuum of community and residential mental health and substance use disorder services for children and adults.Community Mental HealthBehavioral Health Home (BHH): Delivers integrated care to people who struggle with mental health.

$20.3Mprogram expense
02

Poverty & Economic Supports- A collection of programs and services designed to increase income, and basic needs by ensuring access to food, safe and stable shelter, utilities, as well as volunteer opportunities.Cumberland County Homeless Prevention Program: Assists families and individuals who live in Cumberland County (excluding…

$7.7Mprogram expense
03

Childcare & Early Childhood Education- A collection of programs working in partnership with families and the community to ensure children are ready for school.- Early Childhood Education: TOA believes that the pathway to school success begins even before a child is born.

$6.8Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$6K
Grants paid · 61 grants · $5.8M · 2020–2024
Out MaineME · FY2024$106,244
The Yellow Tulip ProjectME · FY2024$98,125
Maine Conservation AllianceME · FY2024$33,193
Mobilize RecoveryNV · FY2024$32,802
Healthy AcadiaME · FY2024$32,000
Penquis C A P INCME · FY2024$24,056
Out MaineME · FY2023$96,632
The Voices ProjectNV · FY2023$81,920
The Yellow Tulip ProjectME · FY2023$72,516
Penquis C A P INCME · FY2023$58,149
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$40.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$24.0M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$15.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$896K
Money outPt IX
$39.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$34.9M
Managementcol C$4.4M
Fundraisingcol D$215K
Owns and owesPt X
$12.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.4M
Total assetsLn 16$21.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$9.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
24
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$24.0M
Government grantsLn 1e$21.8M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$21K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$124K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$15.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$896K
Gains on assetsLn 7$790K
Total revenueLn 12$40.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$3K
SavingsLn 2$1.4M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$6.9M
Other assetsLn 15$559K
Total assetsLn 16$21.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$9.0M
Net assetsLn 32$12.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5608
VolunteersI 6146
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.3M$1.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$5.6M$2.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7.1M$6.9M
Total assetsLn 16$23.9M$21.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$13.1M$9.0M
Net assetsLn 32$10.8M$12.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$696K$696K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$395K$395K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$22.7M$20.2M$2.4M$131K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$415K$374K$40K$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$4.1M$3.6M$457K$13K
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.7M$1.5M$201K$5K
Legal feesLn 11b$52K$52K
Accounting feesLn 11c$97K$97K
Investment management feesLn 11f$23K$23K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.0M$772K$239K$10K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$45K$3K$42K$340
Office expensesLn 13$884K$758K$77K$49K
Information technologyLn 14$193K$190K$2K$1K
OccupancyLn 16$3.4M$3.3M$38K$14K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$250K$189K$59K$2K
InterestLn 20$217K$163K$52K$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$460K$456K$5K
InsuranceLn 23$368K$331K$35K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2.5M$2.3M$162K−$17K
Total functional expensesLn 25$39.4M$34.9M$4.4M$215K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $40.3M$39.4M$849K$12.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $36.5M$37.3M−$708K$10.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $57.6M$57.1M$503K$10.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $84.7M$85.0M−$272K$9.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $49.1M$44.5M$4.6M$11.0M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $40,279,506 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $22,630,173$23,993,658
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $13,875,770$15,431,957
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $100,868$896,479
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$61,870−$42,588
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $36,544,941$40,279,506
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $524,814$695,612
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $27,299,155$29,270,192
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $9,428,761$9,464,570
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $37,252,730$39,430,374
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$707,789$849,132
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
VI-1b Independent voting members16
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $40,279,506 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$63,514
VIII-1c Fundraising events$124,076
VIII-1e Government grants$21,795,693
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,010,375
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$21,019
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$23,993,658
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $15,431,957$15,431,957
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $106,187$106,187
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $790,292$790,292
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$42,588−$42,588
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $15,431,957 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $853,891$40,279,506
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $39,430,374 across 19 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $695,612$695,612
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $395,032$395,032
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $20,163,412 · Management $2,380,195 · Fundraising $130,869$22,674,476
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $374,392 · Management $39,699 · Fundraising $1,357$415,448
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $3,632,439 · Management $457,164 · Fundraising $13,168$4,102,771
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,475,736 · Management $201,379 · Fundraising $5,350$1,682,465
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $52,277$52,277
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $96,795$96,795
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $22,756$22,756
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $771,691 · Management $238,588 · Fundraising $10,334$1,020,613
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,666 · Management $42,392 · Fundraising $340$45,398
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $758,234 · Management $76,779 · Fundraising $49,189$884,202
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $190,157 · Management $1,566 · Fundraising $1,064$192,787
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $3,329,254 · Management $38,150 · Fundraising $14,312$3,381,716
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $188,623 · Management $59,169 · Fundraising $2,113$249,905
IX-20 InterestPrograms $162,659 · Management $52,233 · Fundraising $2,270$217,162
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $455,575 · Management $4,744$460,319
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $331,489 · Management $35,327 · Fundraising $1,640$368,456
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,326,507 · Management $162,416 · Fundraising −$16,739$2,472,184
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $34,858,446 · Management $4,356,661 · Fundraising $215,267$39,430,374
Part X · Balance sheet $20,967,347 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,583$2,600
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,267,870$1,415,132
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $4,005,587$4,497,460
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,130,802$1,416,829
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $87,500$103,619
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $608,075$574,377
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $7,078,279$6,917,091
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $5,609,579$2,511,211
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $3,474,232$2,970,035
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $645,905$558,993
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $23,910,412$20,967,347
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $3,223,164$2,719,130
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $488,870$186,378
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $2,350,027$2,166,385
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $6,692,375$3,567,730
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $13,089,320$8,974,846
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $10,009,766$11,290,411
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $811,326$702,090
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $10,821,092$11,992,501
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $23,910,412$20,967,347
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $11,992,501 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$40,279,506
XI-2 Total expenses$39,430,374
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$849,132
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$10,821,092
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$322,277
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$11,992,501

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