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← THE CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN GRETCHEN A JOHNSON

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN GRETCHEN A JOHNSON.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,283,876
Total expenses
$1,575,114
Contributions and grants received
$1,273,548
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$11,883
Investment income
$21,449
Other revenue
-$23,004
Total assets, end of year
$2,288,131
Total liabilities, end of year
$172,819
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,115,312
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,226,794
Management and general expenses
$159,184
Fundraising expenses
$189,136
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,226,794

Program services were 77.9% 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

    $53,959

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $222,913

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $996,676

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $33,136

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

    total $8,061 · related or exempt $8,061

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CENTER TRAINING

    total $2,555 · related or exempt $2,555

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PUBLICATIONS

    total $1,267 · related or exempt $1,267

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $21,449 · excluded $21,449

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $28,422

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

    $222,913

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $69,644

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$41,222 · excluded -$41,222

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REIMBURSEMENTS

    total $14,376 · related or exempt $14,376

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $3,842 · related or exempt $3,842

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $18,218

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $111,621 · program services $55,811 · management and general $22,324 · fundraising $33,486

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $41,246 · program services $20,623 · management and general $8,249 · fundraising $12,374

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $887,388 · program services $756,255 · management and general $67,406 · fundraising $63,727

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $20,626 · program services $16,521 · management and general $1,939 · fundraising $2,166

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $62,444 · program services $50,574 · management and general $5,674 · fundraising $6,196

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $79,821 · program services $63,937 · management and general $7,503 · fundraising $8,381

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,750 · management and general $11,750

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $9,619 · management and general $9,619

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $28,894 · program services $26,082 · management and general $2,625 · fundraising $187

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $48,666 · program services $32,911 · management and general $7,877 · fundraising $7,878

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $32,770 · program services $32,770

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $54,336 · program services $44,276 · management and general $4,837 · fundraising $5,223

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,362 · program services $1,362

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $54,348 · program services $46,413 · management and general $6,848 · fundraising $1,087

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $21,814 · program services $17,473 · management and general $2,051 · fundraising $2,290

  • 24a · Other expenses: DEVELOPMENT EXPENSE

    total $45,822 · fundraising $45,822

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $32,166 · program services $31,939 · management and general $195 · fundraising $32

  • 24c · Other expenses: DIRECT PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $24,677 · program services $24,677

  • 24d · Other expenses: EDUCATION

    total $5,744 · program services $5,170 · management and general $287 · fundraising $287

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $668 · end of year $220

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $168,197 · end of year $103,584

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $18,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $58,273 · end of year $55,149

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

    $2,145,317

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

    $870,913

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,253,838 · end of year $1,274,404

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $959,506 · end of year $843,317

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,233 · end of year $11,457

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $108,836 · end of year $99,120

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $42,505 · end of year $62,242

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,233 · end of year $11,457

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,289,141 · end of year $2,110,312

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $18,000 · end of year $5,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE LOVING SUPPORT TO GRIEVING CHILDREN, TEENS, FAMILIES, AND THE COMMUNITY THROUGH PEER SUPPORT, OUTREACH, AND EDUCATION. OFFERING OUR SERVICES AT NO CHARGE, FOR AS LONG AS PEOPLE NEED THEM, OUR SERVICES ENCOURAGE THE SAFE EXPRESSION OF GRIEF AND LOSS AND FOSTER EACH INDIVIDUAL'S RESILIENCE AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING. WE NOW OPERATE TWO LOCATIONS IN PORTLAND AND SANFORD

  • BEREAVEMENT PEER SUPPORT: WEEKLY VOLUNTEER LED, PEER SUPPORT GROUPS PROVIDE A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS WHO HAVE SUFFERED THE DEATH OF SOMEONE CLOSE CAN SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES AND FEELINGS WITH OTHERS WITH SIMILAR EXPERIENCES. FACILITATED, AGE-APPROPRIATE PEER SUPPORT GROUPS SERVE CHILDREN, TEENS AND PARENTS/CAREGIVERS AT LOCATIONS IN PORTLAND AND SANFORD. ADDITIONAL GROUPS ARE AVAILABLE FOR YOUNG ADULTS, BEREAVED PARENTS, AND BEREAVED SPOUSES AND PARTNERS. OUR GROUPS ARE IN PERSON BUT HAVE ADDED A NIGHT THAT IS VIA ZOOM AS WELL.

    Expenses $883,292

  • TENDER LIVING CARE: THESE PEER SUPPORT PROGRAMS HELP CHILDREN AND TEENS AGES 3-18, YOUNG ADULTS AND PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS COPE WITH THE CHANGES THAT COME WITH A FAMILY MEMBER'S DIAGNOSIS OF A SERIOUS ILLNESS. THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS FAMILIES FROM THE POINT OF DIAGNOSIS AND AT EVERY STEP ALONG THEIR JOURNEY WITH ILLNESS PEER SUPPORT GROUPS, PHONE SUPPORT AND INFORMATION. AGE APPROPRIATE SUPPORT GROUPS MEET WEEKLY AND ARE FACILITATED BY TRAINED VOLUNTEERS.. JUST OVER 1/3 OF ALL PEOPLE WHO ACCESS TENDER LIVING CARE OR BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES ARE FROM YORK COUNTY.

    Expenses $171,751

  • OUTREACH AND EDUCATION: STAFF AND TRAINED VOLUNTEERS TAKE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE OUT TO LOCAL SCHOOLS AND OTHERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING, CRISIS SUPPORT AND CONSULTATION ON SUPPORTING GRIEVING CHILDREN AND ADULTS. THE CENTER HAS ADDED WEBINARS WHICH HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL, AVERAGING 125 ATTENDEES. INTERCULTURAL PEER SUPPORT: IN COLLABORATION WITH PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THIS PROGRAM SERVES ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WHOSE FAMILIES HAVE RESETTLED IN PORTLAND, MAINE FROM COUNTRIES THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED WAR, VIOLENT CONFLICT, AND NATURAL DISASTER. STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN WEEKLY PEER SUPPORT GROUPS THAT INCLUDE COLLABORATIVE GROUP PROJECTS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON CREATIVE ARTS AND SELF-EXPRESSION. THIS TAKES PLACE THREE AFTERNOONS PER WEEK.

    Expenses $171,751 · Revenue $11,883

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Doug Currier

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Kim Donnelly

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Sara McLaughlin

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Lindsey Kerkela

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Mike Wilson

    PAST PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Gretchen Johnson Doh 3424

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • Anne Heros Dot 31524

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $121,091
    From this org
    $121,091
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $121,091
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $121,091

  • Kathy Baker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Andrew Baldacci

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Eric Swanson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Brian Cho

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Maureen Clancy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Monique Violette

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Holly Margeson Gamache

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Peter Dewitt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Kris Eimicke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Jerry Lyon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Thomas Kelly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Jennifer Kimball

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Diana Nelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Mary Ottolini

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Jeannine Pendergast

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Elizabeth Plizga

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Jack Yao

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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

None.

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

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
4 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521339349302897

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