Maine Community Integration

Overview

Mission

Maine community integration is committed to integrating new mainers into their communities while respecting and uplifting their diverse cultures, identities and traditions. We serve the interests of both immigrant and local communities by bridging gaps in mutual understandinging

What it reported doing in 2025

Maine community integration is committed to integrating new mainers into their communities while respecting and uplifting their diverse cultures, identities and traditions. We serve the interests of both immigrant and local communities by bridging gaps in mutual understanding in order to create social and systemic change. We focus on empowering new mainer girls and their families through a variety of social education and systems advocacy programs: isku-filan (strong girl) summer program for girls, hano (reach) ecostem aspirations for girls, iska-jir (be aware) child abuse, exploitation and trafficking, sinnaan (equal) promoting gender equity and womens reproductive rights, xeer (restore) promoting restorative justice and vaccine support education and outreach to continue to provide support.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
475318322
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2018
Headquarters
Lewiston, ME, USA
Phone
2077130828
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Official website

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99.1%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -16.2%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.58; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 28% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 21.1% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.6% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $764K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 annual filings from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2025.