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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by MAINE WOMENS LOBBY EDUCATION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$555,046
Total expenses
$535,167
Contributions and grants received
$474,789
Grants paid
$37,800
Program service revenue
$22,227
Investment income
$25,000
Other revenue
$33,030
Total assets, end of year
$708,296
Total liabilities, end of year
$519
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$707,777
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$449,131
Management and general expenses
$58,867
Fundraising expenses
$27,169
Program service expenses (Part III)
$449,131

Program services were 83.9% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $5,658

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $469,131

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $42,368

  • 2a · Program service revenue: OUTREACH & AWARENESS

    total $22,227 · related or exempt $22,227

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8,239 · related or exempt $8,239

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $33,030

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $33,030

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $33,030 · related or exempt $33,030

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $16,761

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $16,761

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $16,761 · related or exempt $16,761

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $31,500 · program services $31,500

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $6,300 · program services $6,300

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $339,114 · program services $274,682 · management and general $44,085 · fundraising $20,347

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $9,600 · program services $7,776 · management and general $1,248 · fundraising $576

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $9,467 · program services $7,668 · management and general $1,231 · fundraising $568

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $27,292 · program services $22,106 · management and general $3,548 · fundraising $1,638

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,110 · program services $3,329 · management and general $534 · fundraising $247

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $5,772 · program services $4,676 · management and general $750 · fundraising $346

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $24,875 · program services $24,856 · management and general $13 · fundraising $6

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,883 · program services $3,145 · management and general $505 · fundraising $233

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,562 · program services $4,505 · management and general $723 · fundraising $334

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $30,706 · program services $24,872 · management and general $3,992 · fundraising $1,842

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,415 · program services $1,146 · management and general $184 · fundraising $85

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,053 · program services $853 · management and general $137 · fundraising $63

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,927 · program services $3,180 · management and general $511 · fundraising $236

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUMMIT EXPENSES

    total $9,782 · program services $9,782

  • 24b · Other expenses: GIRLS DAY EXPENSES

    total $7,059 · program services $7,059

  • 24c · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $2,713 · program services $2,197 · management and general $353 · fundraising $163

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK & CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $2,286 · program services $1,852 · management and general $297 · fundraising $137

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $8,751 · program services $7,647 · management and general $756 · fundraising $348

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $101,637 · end of year $119,834

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $236,895 · end of year $252,725

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $33,149 · end of year $22,897

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $286,295 · end of year $312,840

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,289 · end of year $519

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $358,729 · end of year $411,819

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $295,958 · end of year $295,958

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE MWL EDUCATION FUND WORKS TO BUILD GENDER JUSTICE IN MAINE BY ENSURING OUR COMMUNITY HAS THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND CONFIDENCE TO ENGAGE IN GENDER-EQUITABLE PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCACY AND CIVIC LIFE.

  • OUTREACH AND EDUCATION: THROUGH COMMUNITY EDUCATION, PUBLIC BILL TRACKING, ACTION ALERTS AND ACTION HOURS, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTIVISM, WE DEVELOP PROGRAMS TO HELP MAINERS UNDERSTAND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, UNDERSTAND SPECIFIC PIECES OF LEGISLATION, AND GIVE THEM TOOLS AND ACCESS TO ENGAGE AS CITIZEN ADVOCATES ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTER TO THEM.

    Expenses $410,772 · Grants $6,500

  • CIVIC LEADERSHIP: WE OFFER MAINERS TRAINING AND SKILL-BUILDING, AS WELL AS THE CONFIDENCE TO ENGAGE AS CHANGE MAKERS IN CIVIC LIFE. OUR KEY PROGRAM IS THE ANNUAL GIRLS DAY AT THE STATE HOUSE, WHICH HAS BEEN HELD EVERY YEAR SINCE 1996. IN 2025, NEARLY 100 EIGHTH GRADE GIRLS AND GENDER EXPANSIVE YOUTH REPRESENTING EVERY COUNTY IN MAINE PARTICIPATED BOTH ONLINE AND IN PERSON PROGRAMMING AT THE STATE HOUSE. OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS SUPPORT THOSE WHO ARE INVESTED IN GENDER-EQUITABLE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND SOCIAL CHANGE ON A LOCAL, STATEWIDE, AND NATIONAL LEVEL. WE ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOUTH TO MAKE THE POLICY PROCESS MORE TRANSPARENT, CONNECT THEM WITH EACH OTHER AS VALUABLE RESOURCES, AND EQUIP OUR PARTICIPANTS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILL, AND CONFIDENCE TO TAKE ON CHANGE IN THEIR CORNERS OF MAINE.

    Expenses $7,059

  • COALITION LEADERSHIP: STRENGTHENING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH COLLABORATION IS PART OF OUR MISSION, AND AS SUCH WE ARE ALSO BUILDING SHARED RESOURCES WITHIN MAINE'S GENDER EQUITY ECOSYSTEM, INCLUDING DEVELOPING A SHARED MULTI-ORGANIZATION MEETING SPACE IN AUGUSTA AND A SHARED OPERATIONS STAFFING MODEL. WE ARE ACTIVE LEADERS AND CONTRIBUTORS TO COALITIONS WHICH IMPROVE THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND DIGNITY OF WOMEN, GIRLS, AND GENDER EXPANSIVE MAINERS, FROM THE MAINE PAID LEAVE COALITION AND MAINE ERA FOR ALL COALITION TO THE STATE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS COALITION.

    Expenses $31,300 · Grants $31,300

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rachel Boynton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Megan Gardner

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Nona Gillis

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Renee Goddess

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Quinn Gormley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Elizabeth Snell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Mary Starr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Shawna Traugh

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

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.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
26 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202612389349300311

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