MAINE INITIATIVES INC: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: MAINE INITIATIVES INC (EIN 01-0484310)
Tax period: 2011-10-01 to 2012-09-30
Filed: 2013-09-13
IRS object ID: 201332569349301013
Schema version: 2011v1.5
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-09-13T13:35:15-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-09-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SMITH & ASSOCIATES CPAS	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	500 US ROUTE 1 STE 203	AddressLine1
City	YARMOUTH	City
State	ME	State
ZIP Code	040966937	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-10-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	010484310	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MAINE INITIATIVESINC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	MAIN	NameControl
Phone	2076226294	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 2248	AddressLine1
City	AUGUSTA	City
State	ME	State
ZIP Code	04338	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	CHARLIE BERNSTEIN	Name
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	Title
Phone	2076226294	Phone
Date Signed	2013-05-15	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	AMANDA SCHULTZ BROWN CPA	Name
Phone	2078468881	Phone
Date Prepared	2013-05-15	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	CHARLIE BERNSTEIN	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson
Gross Receipts	343893	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.MAINEINITIATIVES.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1993	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	ME	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	MAINE INITIATIVES, A FUND FOR CHANGE, CULTIVATES SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE THROUGH GRANTS AND OTHER SUPPORT TO GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS IN MAINE COMMUNITIES.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	19	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	19	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	5	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	102	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	843343	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	243286	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	76126	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	57795	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	43191	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	31812	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	962660	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	332893	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	551713	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	286967	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	127871	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	166451	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	36272	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	113834	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	113525	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	793418	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	566943	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	169242	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-234050	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	3112139	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	3301000	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	17387	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	18762	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	3094752	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	3282238	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	MAINE INITIATIVES, A FUND FOR CHANGE, CULTIVATES SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE THROUGH GRANTS AND OTHER SUPPORT TO GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS IN MAINE COMMUNITIES.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	458302	Expense
Grants	286967	Grants
Description	PROVIDE GRANTS TO MAINE-BASED PROJECTS AIMED AT SUPPORTING SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND HIGH VISIBILITY FOR THESE PROJECTS.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	458302	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	true	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	true	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	true	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	true	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	true	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	true	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	3	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	5	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	19	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	19	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	ME	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	CHARLIE BERNSTEIN	NamePerson
Telephone Number	2076226294	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	295 WATER STREET SUITE 100	AddressLine1
City	AUGUSTA	City
State	ME	State
ZIP Code	04338	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (20 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
WILL EVERITT
PRESIDENT	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
MERI LOWRY
TREASURER	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
JUSTIN ALFOND
TRUSTEE	1.00	X		0	0	0
PHIL BAILEY
TRUSTEE	1.00	X		0	0	0
DON BERRY
TRUSTEE	1.00	X		0	0	0
LEIGH DONALDSON
TRUSTEE	1.00	X		0	0	0
DAN KOEHLER
TRUSTEE	1.00	X		0	0	0
DICK MARK
SECRETARY	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
LAURALEE RAYMOND
V. PRESIDENT	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
CHRISTOPHER RHEAULT
TRUSTEE	1.00	X		0	0	0
MARTHA BENTLEY
TRUSTEE	1.00	X		0	0	0
WENDY LYNN CHAPKIS
TRUSTEE	1.00	X		0	0	0
GREG FIELD
TRUSTEE	1.00	X		0	0	0
LUC NYA
	1.00	X		0	0	0
CHRISTOPHER QUINT
TRUSTEE	1.00	X		0	0	0
SHARON BAKER
TRUSTEE	1.00	X		0	0	0
MAUREEN DROUIN
TRUSTEE	1.00	X		0	0	0
LESLIE HILL
TRUSTEE	1.00	X		0	0	0
HARRIS PARNELL
TRUSTEE	1.00	X		0	0	0
CHARLIE BERNSTEIN
EXECUTIVE DI	40.00		X	63576	0	12341

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	63576	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	12341	TotalOtherCompensation
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions	243286	AllOtherContributions
Noncash Contributions	34860	NoncashContributions
Total Contributions	243286	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	57795	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$57,795	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	42091	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	11000	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	31091	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$31,091	ExclusionAmount

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE	Description
Business Code	900099	BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column	721	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$721	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	721	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	332893	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$89,607	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	286967	Total
Program Services	286967	ProgramServices

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	75991	Total
Program Services	53193	ProgramServices
Management And General	11399	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	11399	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	66748	Total
Program Services	46724	ProgramServices
Management And General	10012	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	10012	Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1760	Total
Program Services	1232	ProgramServices
Management And General	264	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	264	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8855	Total
Program Services	6199	ProgramServices
Management And General	1328	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1328	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	13097	Total
Program Services	9168	ProgramServices
Management And General	1965	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1964	Fundraising

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	160	Total
Management And General	160	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	27237	Total
Management And General	27237	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9955	Total
Program Services	2955	ProgramServices
Management And General	7000	ManagementAndGeneral

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1660	Total
Program Services	830	ProgramServices
Management And General	315	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	515	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	32850	Total
Program Services	23219	ProgramServices
Management And General	3821	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	5810	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5196	Total
Program Services	2598	ProgramServices
Management And General	987	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1611	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	11185	Total
Program Services	7829	ProgramServices
Management And General	1678	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1678	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6997	Total
Program Services	6997	ProgramServices

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8149	Total
Program Services	5243	ProgramServices
Management And General	2906	ManagementAndGeneral

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3853	Total
Program Services	2504	ProgramServices
Management And General	771	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	578	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3589	Total
Program Services	1297	ProgramServices
Management And General	2014	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	278	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS	Description
Total	2694	Total
Program Services	1347	ProgramServices
Management And General	512	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	835	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	566943	Total
Program Services	458302	ProgramServices
Management And General	72369	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	36272	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	16545	BOY
EOY	23568	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	6504	BOY
EOY	43335	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1720	BOY
EOY	1488	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	48181	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	40230	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	11805	BOY
EOY	7951	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3075565	BOY
EOY	3224658	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3112139	BOY
EOY	3301000	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	17387	BOY
EOY	18762	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	17387	BOY
EOY	18762	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1008472	BOY
EOY	1195358	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	492	BOY
EOY	492	EOY

Permanently Restricted Net Assets PermanentlyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2085788	BOY
EOY	2086388	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3094752	BOY
EOY	3282238	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3112139	BOY
EOY	3301000	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-234050	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	421536	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Consolidated	X	FinancialStatementConsolidated
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1076407	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	647324	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	514404	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	843343	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	243286	CurrentTaxYear
Total	3324764	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1076407	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	647324	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	514404	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	843343	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	243286	CurrentTaxYear
Total	3324764	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	528632	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	2796132	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	106966	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	68175	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	50985	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	76126	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	57795	CurrentTaxYear
Total	360047	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	40200	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	41509	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	41986	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	63120	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	42812	CurrentTaxYear
Total	229627	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	3914438	TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.71430	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.76070	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number DA Fs Held	18	NumberDAFsHeld
Donor Advised Contributions	575	DonorAdvisedContributions
Grants Paid From Donor Funds	79815	GrantsPaidFromDonorFunds
Aggregate DAF Value	693305	AggregateDAFValue
Disclosed Orgs Legal Control	true	DisclosedOrgsLegalControl
Disclosed For Charitable Purposes	true	DisclosedForCharitablePurposes
Written Policy Monitoring	false	WrittenPolicyMonitoring
Sect170h Requirements Satisfied	false	Sect170hRequirementsSatisfied
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale
Agent Trustee Etc	false	AgentTrusteeEtc
Included On FS	false	IncludedOnFS

Current Year CurrentYear

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	2059377	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	600	Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses	396661	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	86000	OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance	2370638	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus1 Year CurrentYearMinus1Year

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	2141511	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	50	Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses	23816	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	106000	OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance	2059377	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus2 Years CurrentYearMinus2Years

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	2010751	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	530	Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses	208230	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	78000	OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance	2141511	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus3 Years CurrentYearMinus3Years

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	2040319	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	5487	Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-18848	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	16207	OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance	2010751	EndOfYearBalance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Permanent Endowment EOY Balance	1.00000	PermanentEndowmentEOYBalance
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	48181	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	40230	Depreciation
Book Value	7951	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	7951	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Total Revenue	332893	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	566943	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-234050	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Net Unrealized GL On Investments	421536	NetUnrealizedGLOnInvestments
Total Adjustments	421536	TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	187486	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	754429	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Net Unrealized Gains Investments	421536	NetUnrealizedGainsInvestments
Revenue Not Rptd F990	421536	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	332893	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	332893	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	566943	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Subtotal	566943	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	566943	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
INTENDED USES FOR ENDOWMENT FUNDS	SCHEDULE D, PAGE 2, PART V, LINE 4	TO PROVIDE A STREAM OF FUNDS TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND GRANT MAKING CAPABILITIES AND MAINTAINING THE VALUE OF THE ENDOWED DONOR ADVISED FUNDS THROUGH INVESTING TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, IN MUTUAL FUNDS WHICH EMPLOY POSITIVE SOCIAL SCREENS AND ENGAGE IN SHAREHOLDER ADVOCACY.
LIABILITY UNDER FIN 48 FOOTNOTE	SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X	MAINE INITIATIVES ADOPTED THE RECOGNITION REQUIREMENTS FOR UNCERTAIN INCOME TAX POSITIONS AS REQUIRED BY GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, WITH NO CUMULATIVE EFFECT ADJUSTMENT REQUIRED. INCOME TAX BENEFITS ARE RECOGNIZED FOR INCOME TAX POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN IN A TAX RETURN, ONLY WHEN IT IS DETERMINED THAT THE INCOME TAX POSITION WILL MORE-LIKELY-THAN-NOT BE SUSTAINED UPON EXAMINATION BY TAXING AUTHORITIES. IT IS THE OPINION OF MANAGEMENT THAT MAINE INITIATIVES HAD NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT QUALIFY FOR RECOGNITION OR DISCLOSURE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. MAINE INITIATIVES IS SUBJECT TO EXAMINATIONS BY TAX AUTHORITIES FOR THREE YEARS FOLLOWING THE FILING OF THE RETURN.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1	AWARDS NIGHT	NameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1	42091	GrossReceiptsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1	42091	GrossRevenueEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event1	11000	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Gross Receipts Total	42091	GrossReceiptsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events	42091	GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events	11000	OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events	11000	DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary	31091	NetIncomeSummary

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained	true	RecordsMaintained

Recipient Table RecipientTable (12 entries)

Business Name Line2RecipientNameBusiness/BusinessNameLine2	Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressUS/City	StateAddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCode	EIN Of RecipientEINOfRecipient	IRC SectionIRCSection	Amount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrant	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrant
AFRICAN GREAT LAKES INITIATIVE OF
THE FRIENDS OF PEACE TEAMS INC	1001 PARK AVENUE	ST LOUIS	MO	63104	421590796	3	7400	MEDIATION TRAINING
GLSEN - SOUTHERN MAINE
	PO BOX 10334	PORTLAND	ME	04104	043234202	3	10000	GRANTS FOR CHANGE
MAINE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEREST
REPORTING	PO BOX 284	HALLOWELL	ME	04347	272623867	3	13252	GENERAL SUPPORT
MAINE WOMEN'S POLICY CENTER
	PO BOX 85	HALLOWELL	ME	04347	223093407	3	15000	GENERAL SUPPORT
MAINE PEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER
	565 CONGRESS STREET SUITE 200	PORTLAND	ME	04101	222586108	3	15000	VISIBLE COMMUNITY
MAINE CENTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY
	PO BOX 437	AUGUSTA	ME	04332	223317572	3	15250	GENERAL SUPPORT
MAINE CITIZENS FOR CLEAN ELECTIONS
	PO BOX 18187	PORTLAND	ME	04112	272646667	3	20000	GENERAL SUPPORT
TOXICS ACTION CENTER
	142 HIGH STREET SUITE 422	PORTLAND	ME	04101	043211693	3	21500	GENERAL SUPPORT
MAINE'S MAJORITY EDUCATION FUND
	PO BOX 7674	PORTLAND	ME	041127674		4	25000	GENERAL SUPPORT
LEAGUE OF YOUNG VOTERS EDUCATION
FUND	142 HIGH ST SUITE 302	PORTLAND	ME	04101	760744153	3	27000	GRANTS FOR CHANGE
EQUALITY MAINE FOUNDATION
	PO BOX 1951	PORTLAND	ME	04104	010515357	3	27000	GENERAL SUPPORT
MAINE PEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER
	27 STATE STREET SUITE 44	BANGOR	ME	04401	222586108	3	29500	GENERAL SUPPORT

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Nbr Of501 C3 And Govt Grants	11	TotalNbrOf501C3AndGovtGrants
Total Nbr Of Other Organizations	1	TotalNbrOfOtherOrganizations

Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
PROCEDURES FOR MONITORING THE USE OF GRANT FUNDS INSIDE THE UNITED STATES	SCHEDULE I, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 2	GRANTEES ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT REPORTS ABOUT HOW THEY USED THE FUNDS ON A PREDETERMINED SCHEDULE.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	SCHEDULE I, PAGE 4, PART IV	RECEPIENTS THAT RECEIVED GRANTS EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN 5,000 TOTALED 51,065.

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTraded

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	X	NonCashCheckbox
Number Of Contributions	1	NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990	34860	NoncashContribsRptdF990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeld
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	false	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGifts
Third Parties Used	true	ThirdPartiesUsed

Form990 Schedule M Part II Form990ScheduleMPartII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	THIRD PARTY USED TO PROCESS NONCASH CONTRIBUTIONS	Identifier
Return Reference	SCHEDULE M, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 32B	ReturnReference
Explanation	A BROKER IS AUTHORIZED BY THE ORGANIZATION TO LIQUIDATE STOCK CONTRIBUTIONS FOR CASH.	Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY GOVERNING BODY BEFORE FILING.
ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	TRUSTEES, MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES, AND EMPLOYEES SHALL HAVE AN AFFIRMATIVE OBLIGATION TO DISCLOSE ANY FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIP THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE DECISION OF THE CORPORATION OR ANY RELATIONSHIP THAT MAY RAISE THE APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY AT ANY MEETING OF THE CORPORATION, ITS BOARD, OR COMMITTEES. ALL SUCH DISCLOSURES SHALL BE NOTED IN THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING. COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY SHALL BE REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, TO SEE IF CHANGES ARE NEEDED AND TO ASSURE THAT ALL CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS AND FIELD OF INTEREST FUND MEMBERS HAVE SIGNED THE POLICY.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIAL	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OVERSEES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS COMPENSATION.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR OFFICERS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B	THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OVERSEES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS COMPENSATION.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

MAINE INITIATIVES INC: Form 990, tax year 2011

Return header ReturnHeader

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Filer Filer

Name Name

US Address USAddress

Officer Officer

Preparer Preparer

Form 990 IRS990

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Address US AddressUS

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (20 entries)

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Advertising Advertising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Occupancy Occupancy

Travel Travel

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Insurance Insurance

Other Expenses OtherExpenses

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Total Assets TotalAssets

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Permanently Restricted Net Assets PermanentlyRestrictedNetAssets

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Total170 Total170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Current Year CurrentYear

Current Year Minus1 Year CurrentYearMinus1Year

Current Year Minus2 Years CurrentYearMinus2Years

Current Year Minus3 Years CurrentYearMinus3Years

Equipment Equipment

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (2 entries)

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Recipient Table RecipientTable (12 entries)

Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV (2 entries)

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTraded

Form990 Schedule M Part II Form990ScheduleMPartII

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

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