Maine Veterans Project

Tax-deductible

Bangor, ME501(c)(3)Since 2016Human ServicesEIN 47-4457844Revenue $306K in FY2025

On file with the IRSmaineveteransproject.org207 Parkview Ave, 04401-4048 · Bangor, METax-exempt since Dec 2022Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Maine Veterans Project serves to reduce the number of veteran suicides through providing direct support and services to Veterans and their families living with service-related post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injuries.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
93¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 48 volunteers and 1 employee.
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
1 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $8K a year · 3% of revenue · last 4 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
93%
of spending
Looks good: 93% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$54K
to officers and key staff · 17% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 57% of similar orgs
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 17% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.1 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $1K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
2
of 3 voting members
Looks good: 2 of 3 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$306K
-23% vs prior year
Spent
$325K
To programs
93%
Net assets
$4K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$306K
FY2025▼ -23%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$137K
FY2022$265K
FY2023$213K
FY2024$397K
FY2025$306K
Expenses
$325K
FY2025▼ -21%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021Not on file
FY2022$279K
FY2023$197K
FY2024$411K
FY2025$325K
Net assets
$4K
FY2025▼ -83%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$36K
FY2022$22K
FY2023$37K
FY2024$23K
FY2025$4K

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

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Is it real?

Yes. Exemption reinstated (2020-12-15). Per the IRS revocation list. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 2022.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

93 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 93% · $302K Management & general 5% · $17K Fundraising 2% · $6K

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

3 people listed on the 990; $54K 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
$54,000Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Shawn Goodwin’s $54K as President is at the 43rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024
Shawn Goodwin$54,000$21,000

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Helps veterans and families cope with PTSD and TBI to prevent suicide.

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1 program · $302K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

To provide direct supportive services and programs to veterans and their families living with service-related post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injuries.

$302Kprogram expense

Funders

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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$1K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$306K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$306K
Money outPt IX
$325K
Ln 25
Programscol B$302K
Managementcol C$17K
Fundraisingcol D$6K
Owns and owesPt X
$4K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4K
Total assetsLn 16$4K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b2
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$306K
Total revenueLn 12$306K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$4K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$4K
Total assetsLn 16$4K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$4K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
VolunteersI 648
Fiscal year endsHeaderJuly
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$23K$4K
Total assetsLn 16$23K$4K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$23K$4K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$250K$250K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$54K$43K$5K$5K
Payroll taxesLn 10$4K$3K$413$413
Accounting feesLn 11c$923$923
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$981$785$98$98
Office expensesLn 13$249$249
OccupancyLn 16$8K$8K
TravelLn 17$5K$5K
InsuranceLn 23$2K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$325K$302K$17K$6K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $306K$325K−$19K$4K 990 PDF
FY2024 $397K$411K−$14K$23K 990 PDF
FY2023 $213K$197K$16K$37K 990 PDF
FY2022 $265K$279K−$15K$22K 990 PDF
FY2021 $137K$36K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $305,816 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $396,627$305,816
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $396,627$305,816
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $345,417$249,721
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $51,672$58,131
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $13,920$16,808
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $411,009$324,660
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$14,382−$18,844
Part VI · Governance 2 of 3 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members2
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $305,816 across 3 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$305,816
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$305,816
VIII-12 Total revenue$305,816
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $324,660 across 9 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $249,721$249,721
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $43,200 · Management $5,400 · Fundraising $5,400$54,000
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $3,305 · Management $413 · Fundraising $413$4,131
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $923$923
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $785 · Management $98 · Fundraising $98$981
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $249$249
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $7,560$7,560
IX-17 TravelPrograms $5,177$5,177
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $1,918$1,918
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $302,188 · Management $16,561 · Fundraising $5,911$324,660
Part X · Balance sheet $3,951 assets, 5 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $22,795$3,951
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $22,795$3,951
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $22,795$3,951
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $22,795$3,951
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,951 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$305,816
XI-2 Total expenses$324,660
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$18,844
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$22,795
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,951

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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