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← MAINE CENTER FOR COASTAL FISHERIES

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MAINE CENTER FOR COASTAL FISHERIES.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,984,270
Total expenses
$1,754,769
Contributions and grants received
$1,937,279
Grants paid
$259,418
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$10,376
Other revenue
$36,615
Total assets, end of year
$1,846,540
Total liabilities, end of year
$238,053
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,608,487
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,131,199
Management and general expenses
$359,782
Fundraising expenses
$263,788
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,131,199

Program services were 64.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,638

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,017,742

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $917,899

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $64,162

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $10,376 · excluded $10,376

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $12,697

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $12,697

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $12,697 · related or exempt $11,812 · excluded $885

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $22,521

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $1,638

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $4,375

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $18,146 · excluded $18,146

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $8,569

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $2,925

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $5,644 · excluded $5,644

  • 11a · Other revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $128 · related or exempt $128

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $128

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $215,486 · program services $215,486

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $36,700 · program services $36,700

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $7,232 · program services $7,232

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $173,734 · program services $105,777 · management and general $29,685 · fundraising $38,272

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $607,395 · program services $369,811 · management and general $103,781 · fundraising $133,803

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $25,735 · program services $15,669 · management and general $4,397 · fundraising $5,669

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $135,115 · program services $82,264 · management and general $23,086 · fundraising $29,765

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $62,313 · program services $37,939 · management and general $10,647 · fundraising $13,727

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $25,323 · management and general $25,323

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,579 · management and general $1,579

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $22,719 · program services $13,993 · management and general $8,726

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $92,607 · program services $14,080 · management and general $68,988 · fundraising $9,539

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $61,072 · program services $22,950 · management and general $28,479 · fundraising $9,643

  • 17 · Travel

    total $59,181 · program services $53,469 · management and general $4,354 · fundraising $1,358

  • 20 · Interest

    total $6,240 · program services $2,345 · management and general $2,910 · fundraising $985

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $84,870 · program services $29,417 · management and general $37,434 · fundraising $18,019

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,389 · program services $1,455 · management and general $408 · fundraising $526

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program related

    total $135,079 · program services $122,612 · management and general $9,985 · fundraising $2,482

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $140,098 · end of year $295,005

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $183,232 · end of year $334,929

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $2,646 · end of year $1,241

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $10,836 · end of year $3,330

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $2,010,349

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $992,923

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,099,498 · end of year $1,017,426

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $92,846 · end of year $101,651

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $95,937 · end of year $92,958

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $91,274 · end of year $64,585

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $19,153 · end of year $14,623

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $135,680 · end of year $118,845

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $40,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,151,170 · end of year $1,377,140

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $227,816 · end of year $231,347

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Secure a sustainable future for fisheries and fishing communities in Eastern Maine and beyond.

Activities or mission (Part I)

1) Deliver practical tools and support for today's fishermen to adapt and succeed in a changing fishery.2) Partner with schools and community based groups to provide 9-12, university-level, and professional education to prepare community regulators and scientists for effective collaborative roles. 3) Lead an initiative to establish the Eastern Gulf of Maine as the first U.S. Ecosystem-based pilot where fisheries are co-managed by fishermen, community-based organizations, scientists and governments. 4) Contribute to ongoing learning and science-based community activities to support sustainable fisheries locally, nationally and globally. 5) Inform the public about a sustainable fishing future and engage broad support for the mission within and beyond Eastern Maine fishing communities. 6) Strengthen the Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries as a vital and maturing organization.

  • Education programs include the Eastern Maine Skippers Program which is the major educational program of the Organization. The Organization serves as fiscal and organizational home for the collaborative program that provides aspiring commercial fishermen in eastern Maine high schools and in their early careers with the core knowledge and skills needed to be successful in the 21st century, on the water or in other careers. It prepares students to be effective participants in fisheries co-management roles: as fishermen, scientists, or regulators. (Continues on schedule O)Education also includes the Organization's Fisheries Education Center at its waterfront headquarters, with touch tank, interactive wall, and a virtual reality experience that provides fisheries information for all ages. Additional educational outreach to the public includes a summer internship program, a monthly Lunch and Learn webinar series, a weekly newspaper column, and hosting college field trips.

    Expenses $245,275 · Grants $69,070 · Revenue $11,940

  • Convening programs include all of the Organization's outreach to fishermen, its River Herring (Alewife) restoration, activities, support for community shellfish co-management, and collaboration on watershed restoration initiatives with the Downeast Fisheries Partnership.

    Expenses $157,812 · Grants $20,420

  • Science programs include the Organization's ongoing work with the National Marine Fisheries Service and the Maine Dept. of Marine Resources in community outreach, asset mapping and data management to develop the research framework to support a co-managed, ecosystem-based fisheries management pilot in eastern Maine. it includes all of the Organization's collaborative research including Sentinel Survey, lobster research, investigation of larval scallop distribution in support of scallop aquaculture, and coastal ocean observation and monitoring in collaboration with the Passamaquoddy.

    Expenses $728,112 · Grants $169,928

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Marsden Brewer

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • David Thomas

    Vice-Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michelle Carter

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Nancy Knowlton

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chris Brown

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dwight Carver

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elizabeth Jewett

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nathaniel Lane

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Markos

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sarah McCloskey

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Derek McCombs

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John McMillan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $13,284
    From this org
    $13,284
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dana Morse

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joan Sorensen

    Development CMTE Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Tarr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $2,250
    From this org
    $2,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Train

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alexa Dayton

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $158,200
    From this org
    $135,984
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,216
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,984
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,379
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,837
    Filer's total
    $158,200

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 3
The Board of Directors review and approve compensation based on comparables provided by the ME Association of Nonprofits.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

  • Hurricane Island Foundation

    $79,461

    Sub award of Saltonstall-Kennedy Scallops Larval Transport award

  • Market Decisions Research

    $50,000

    Sub award of Sea Grant Lobster award for economics survey

  • Colby College

    $37,168

    Sub award of Saltonstall-Kennedy Scallops Larval Transport award

  • Sunrise County Economic Council

    $23,508

    Sub award of National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Gearing Up for Change grant

  • Manomet

    $13,188

    Sub award of grant for River Herring Network

  • University of Maine

    $8,862

    Sub-award of National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Gearing Up for Change grant

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
30 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202621209349300537

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