The Hancock County Planning Commission advocates for and provides assistance to county and local governments by: - Protecting our heritage and resources,- Planning for the future- Promoting a sound economy for the people of Hancock County

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
76¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 10 volunteers and 5 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 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $55K a year · 18% of revenue · last 4 filings
Fine: a surplus in 3 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
76%
of spending
Looks good: 76% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$76K
to officers and key staff · 15% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 15% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $34K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$34K
9% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 9% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$412K
-11% vs prior year
Spent
$500K
To programs
76%
Net assets
$350K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$412K
FY2025▼ -11%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$136K
FY2021$109K
FY2022$222K
FY2023$185K
FY2024$462K
FY2025$412K
Expenses
$500K
FY2025▲ +61%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$42K
FY2021Not on file
FY2022$163K
FY2023Not on file
FY2024$310K
FY2025$500K
Net assets
$350K
FY2025▼ -20%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$152K
FY2021$156K
FY2022$215K
FY2023$282K
FY2024$437K
FY2025$350K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 1991.

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Where the money goes

76 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 76% · $379K Management & general 22% · $112K Fundraising 2% · $9K

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

12 people listed on the 990; $76K 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
Executive Director
$76,186Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Averi Varney’s $76K as Executive Director is at the 58th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1989 $100K–1M environment 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Averi Varney$76,186$69,469———
Jarod Farn-Guillette——$15,671$49,883$55,508

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

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  • 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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Helps local governments plan for the future, protect resources, and promote a strong economy.

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3 programs · $304K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Me Dacf

HCPC facilitates the regional coordination of climate change and sea level rise planning to multiple municipalities, and provided outreach materials as it pertains to public infastructure and sea level rise.

$151Kprogram expense
02

Municipal Comprehensive Planning

HCPC provides professional comprehensive planners to perform consulting services to work with Municipal leaders, staff and residents through the development and/or update of their Comprehensive Plan.

$79Kprogram expense
03

Economic Development

HCPC partners with the State of Maine's Department of Economic Development and the Governor's Office on Policy and Innovation to execute muncipal economic impact studies including housing needs assessments.

$74Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$34K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$412K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$345K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$58K
Investment incomeLn 3$5K
Money outPt IX
$500K
Ln 25
Programscol B$379K
Managementcol C$112K
Fundraisingcol D$9K
Owns and owesPt X
$350K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$281K
Total assetsLn 16$384K
LiabilitiesLn 26$34K
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$58K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$345K
Investment incomeLn 3$5K
Other incomeLn 4–11$4K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$412K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$98K
SavingsLn 2$183K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$281K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$50
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$384K
LiabilitiesLn 26$34K
Net assetsLn 32$350K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 610
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
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$375K$281K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$50$50
Total assetsLn 16$460K$384K
LiabilitiesLn 26$23K$34K
Net assetsLn 32$437K$350K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$76K$57K$11K$8K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$220K$160K$60K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$6K$4K$1K$156
Other employee benefitsLn 9$42K$32K$10K$153
Payroll taxesLn 10$23K$17K$5K$584
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$1K$1K$385
Accounting feesLn 11c$12K$594$11K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$67K$67K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$149$149
Office expensesLn 13$3K$2K$996
Information technologyLn 14$7K$6K$1K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$23K$17K$6K
TravelLn 17$5K$5K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$2K$48
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23−$41−$31−$10
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$12K$8K$4K
All other expensesLn 24e$228$228
Total functional expensesLn 25$500K$379K$112K$9K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $412K$500K−$87K$350K 990 PDF
FY2024 $462K$310K$152K$437K 990 PDF
FY2023 $185K$282K 990 PDF
FY2022 $222K$163K$59K$215K 990 PDF
FY2021 $109K$156K 990 PDF
FY2020 $136K$42K$95K$152K 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 O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $412,315 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $73,159$57,590
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $280,817$345,158
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $108,310$5,233
I-11 Other revenue$4,334
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $462,286$412,315
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $198,839$366,524
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $111,241$133,145
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $310,080$499,669
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $152,206−$87,354
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $412,315 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$31,090
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$26,500
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$57,590
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $345,158$345,158
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $5,233$5,233
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $4,334$4,334
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $349,492 · Excluded from tax $5,233$412,315
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $499,669 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $57,139 · Management $11,428 · Fundraising $7,619$76,186
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $160,453 · Management $59,645$220,098
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $4,202 · Management $1,376 · Fundraising $156$5,734
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $31,614 · Management $10,032 · Fundraising $153$41,799
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $16,673 · Management $5,450 · Fundraising $584$22,707
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,044 · Management $385$1,429
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $594 · Management $11,277$11,871
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $66,709$66,709
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $149$149
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,712 · Management $996$2,708
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $6,429 · Management $1,059$7,488
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $17,420 · Management $5,502$22,922
IX-17 TravelPrograms $5,415$5,415
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,994 · Management $48$2,042
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms −$31 · Management −$10−$41
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $7,908 · Management $4,317$12,225
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $228$228
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $379,275 · Management $111,882 · Fundraising $8,512$499,669
Part X · Balance sheet $384,073 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearing$97,919
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $374,900$183,062
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $82,685$101,189
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,569$1,853
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $50$50
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,100$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $460,304$384,073
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $22,965$20,109
X-19 Deferred revenue$14,231
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $22,965$34,340
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $404,924$320,378
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $32,415$29,355
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $437,339$349,733
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $460,304$384,073
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $349,733 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$412,315
XI-2 Total expenses$499,669
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$87,354
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$437,339
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$252
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$349,733

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