Portland area nonprofits

Name: Top 10 Portland Maine area nonprofits
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There are 3,948 organizations in the greater Portland Maine metro area, including the cities of Portland and South Portland. Combined, these Portland metro nonprofits employ 46,698 people, earn more than $7 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $15 billion.

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Job trends for Portland nonprofits

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	316
1-10	302
11-25	138
26-100	113
101 to 1,000	64
1,000+	10

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in Portland is driven by large organizations like University of New England (UNE), Bowdoin College, Goodwill Industries of Northern NE, Mercy Hospital, and York Hospital.
The largest employers tend to be general hospitals, universities, developmentally disabled centers, colleges, and vocational rehabilitation programs.

Sizes of nonprofits in Portland

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	1,040
$250k to $1M	349
$1M to $5M	195
$5M to $25M	69
$25M to $100M	20
$100M+	9

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like MaineHealth (MMC), Martin's Point Health Care, Martin's Point Generations Advantage, Bowdoin College, and University of New England (UNE) earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Portland.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 3.6% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Portland with more than $100 million account for 64.7% of nonprofit earnings.
The highest earning organizations tend to be general hospitals, health finance organizations, organizations supporting a health care nonprofit, colleges, and universities.

Types of nonprofits in Portland

Nonprofit type	Number	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Educational institutions	522	11,206	$861,380,184	$3,486,019,339
Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits	394	2,096	$87,986,364	$254,647,621
Recreation, sports, and social clubs	387	1,909	$74,233,828	$186,526,443
Foundations	375	106	$237,504,429	$2,096,205,228
Business and community development organizations	298	1,442	$107,297,955	$446,677,707
Religious organizations	293	177	$12,467,679	$58,689,604
Human service organizations	237	8,285	$367,047,481	$553,213,695
Mutual assistance organizations	182	213	$47,617,310	$91,508,426
Environmental organizations	147	444	$73,145,071	$445,203,023
Public sector, public co-ops, and veteran organizations	143	590	$74,856,506	$1,179,524,410

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Bowdoin College

Bowdoin College is a private liberal arts college located in the coastal Maine town of Brunswick. Founded in 1794, the college currently enrolls 1,839 students, and has been coeducational since 1971.

Revenue

$325.0m

Assets

$2.4b

Employees

3,173

EIN

01-0215213

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Maine Audubon

Maine Audubon's mission is to conserve Maine's wildlife and wildlife habitat by engaging people of all ages in education, conservation, and action. Maine Audubon is considered a model Audubon organization because of our active participation on all three...

Revenue

$5.8m

Assets

$18.6m

Employees

EIN

01-0248780

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Bridgton Hospital

Bridgton Hospital is committed to excellence in patient care and customer service in all of it's endeavors, including it's Volunteer Angel program. Volunteer Angels provide supplemental services in the hospital.

Revenue

$49.4m

Assets

$65.3m

Employees

350

EIN

01-0130427

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Trustees of Thornton Academy

High school education. Grade 6-12 private school, including boarding program. Thornton Academy prepares students for a changing world, challenging all to learn, grow, innovate and succeed through a grade 6-12 private school, including boarding program.

Revenue

$32.0m

Assets

$56.0m

Employees

328

EIN

01-0224769

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Council on International Educational Exchange / Council International Study Program (CIEE)

CIEE is the leading international education organization. CIEE provides programs that allow students and educators to study, work and teach abroad.

Revenue

$91.7m

Assets

$123.1m

Employees

800

EIN

13-4038907

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Maine Technology Institute (MTI)

The Maine Technology Institute offers early-stage capital and commercialization assistance in the form of competitive grants, loans and equity investment for the research, development and application of technologies.

Revenue

$27.5m

Assets

$38.6m

Employees

EIN

01-0529871

IRS type

501(c)(3)

United Way of Greater Portland

United Way of Greater Portland ensures quality essential services, like affordable childcare, mental health counseling and elder care, and they also bring people together to help identify growing community needs and work toward innovative solutions.

Revenue

$9.6m

Assets

$17.4m

Employees

EIN

01-0241767

IRS type

501(c)(3)

MaineHealth

MaineHealth is an integrated healthcare system of leading, high-quality providers and other healthcare organizations working together so our communities are the healthiest in America.

Revenue

$66.8m

Assets

$449.5m

Employees

EIN

01-0431680

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Sweetser

Sweetser offers services that address emotional disturbances, mental illnesses, behavioral disorders and learning disabilities through a network of educational programs, preventive services, community-support services, residential homes and outpatient.

Revenue

$64.2m

Assets

$47.3m

Employees

1,281

EIN

01-0211807

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Waynflete School

To offer lower, middle and upper School education which engages the imagination and intellect of its students, guides them towards self-governance and self-knowledge and encourages their responsible and caring participation in the world.

Revenue

$20.3m

Assets

$56.7m

Employees

309

EIN

01-0211565

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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Portland area nonprofits

Job trends for Portland nonprofits

Sizes of nonprofits in Portland

Types of nonprofits in Portland

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Bowdoin College

Maine Audubon

Bridgton Hospital

Trustees of Thornton Academy

Council on International Educational Exchange / Council International Study Program (CIEE)

Maine Technology Institute (MTI)

United Way of Greater Portland

MaineHealth

Sweetser

Waynflete School

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