Maine Community Action Association Dba Maine Community Action Partnership

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
010547055
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
South Paris, ME, USA
Phone
2074416657
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,909,461
Expenses
$1,870,120
Assets
$816,541
Liabilities
$578,237

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOE EVERETT (PRESIDENT)
  • NOELLE COYNE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MEGAN HANNAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 03/25))

Highest reported compensation

  • MEGAN HANNAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 03/25)): $120,263 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

A statewide organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of Maine people by advocating for, promoting, and supporting the work of the Maine community action agencies.

What it reported doing in 2024

Maine community action partnership (mecap) provides leadership, training, technical assistance, and policy support to a statewide network of community action agencies (caas) and affiliated nonprofit partners working to alleviate poverty and improve family well-being. In the reporting year, mecap served as the lead agency for the whole families community project, a federally funded initiative promoting economic mobility through a two-generation approach. Mecap provided subrecipient monitoring, data infrastructure support via the empowor system, trauma-informed care training, and ongoing technical assistance to a cohort of partner agencies, including community action agencies and nonprofits such as promise early education center and southern kennebec child development corporation (skcdc).mecap also continued its collaboration with the Maine health access foundation (mehaf), Maine primary care association, and other statewide partners to improve access to health care and support outreach related to the affordable care act and health system reforms. These efforts equip frontline staff with the tools and knowledge needed to help clients navigate complex systems and address social determinants of health.throughout the year, mecap advocated at both the state and national levels to secure funding and shape policy that supports the economic well-being of Maine residents.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 78% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 50% for direct work, and 50% for grants.

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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 88
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.7%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 90.6%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 94.3%; rating input score 94; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.1%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.44; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.71; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.4%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.7% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.7% of revenue deployed · 90.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $120K · 12 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $640K reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 13 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 49/100.