Northern Maine General

Analysis

Northern Maine General is a registered charity in United States, based in Eagle Lake, ME. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1937, 89 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, Northern Maine General reported income of $7.7m and spending of $9.8m, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income fell from $10.2m to $7.7m (-24%), an average of -6.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Northern Maine General sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 94th percentile within ME. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Every Mother Counts ($7.7m), University Community Health Services Inc ($7.7m) and Anatomic Gift Foundation Inc ($7.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.1% and program service revenue 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $132k (1.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.3m. At year end it held assets of $5.9m against liabilities of $1.8m, net assets of $4.1m. It reported 144 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.