MAINE MUSEUM OF INNOVATION LEARNING AND LABOR: Form 990, tax year 2025

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Organization: MAINE MUSEUM OF INNOVATION LEARNING AND LABOR (EIN 01-0504257)
Tax period: 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31
Filed: 2026-08-12
IRS object ID: 202602249349300315
Schema version: 2025v4.2
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 M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2026-08-12T08:08:44-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2025-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	010523282	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Berry Dunn McNeil & Parker LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2211 Congress St	AddressLine1Txt
City	Portland	CityNm
State Abbreviation	ME	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	04102	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2025-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	010504257	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Maine Museum of Innovation	BusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2	Learning and Labor	BusinessNameLine2Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	MAIN	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2073333881	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	35 Canal Street 209	AddressLine1Txt
City	Lewiston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	ME	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	04240	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Rachel Ferrante	PersonNm
Person Title	Executive Director	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2073333881	PhoneNum
Signature	2026-08-10	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Joseph R Byrne	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01289281	PTIN
Phone	2077752387	PhoneNum
Preparation	2026-08-10	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2025	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Rachel Ferrante	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	35 Canal Street 209	AddressLine1Txt
City	Lewiston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	ME	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	04240	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$5,715,596	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.mainemill.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1994	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	ME	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Maine MILL's mission is to celebrate the told and untold stories of workers to foster community connections and inspire future creativity and ingenuity. The museum's vision is to be a cultural hub that fuels the dreams of tomorrow.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	14	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	14	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	2	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	23	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,432,007	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$5,245,100	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$9,341	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$8,912	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$87,508	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$80,996	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$24,407	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$21,096	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,553,263	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$5,356,104	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$180,055	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$184,586	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$18,600	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$81,915	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$118,526	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$137,099	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$298,581	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$340,285	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,254,682	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$5,015,819	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$4,954,291	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$9,949,512	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$50,875	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$30,277	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$4,903,416	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$9,919,235	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	Maine MILL's mission is to celebrate the told and untold stories of workers to foster community connections and inspire future creativity and ingenuity. The museum's vision is to be a cultural hub that fuels the dreams of tomorrow.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$208,072	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$9,350	RevenueAmt
Desc	Earned revenue from education programs, admissions, exhibits and licenses (for limited use of images or documents).	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$208,072	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	Yes (1)	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	Yes (1)	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	Yes (1)	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (1)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (1)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	18	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	2	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	14	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	14	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	Yes (1)	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	P&A Bookkeeping Emily Davidson	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	2075949460	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	35 Canal Street 209	AddressLine1Txt
City	Lewiston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	ME	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	04240	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (15 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
Michael Rancourt
Board Chair	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Victoria Stanton
Board Vice-Chair	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
John Camelio
Board Treasurer	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jennifer Malloy
Board Secretary	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Rebecca Asen
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Kevin Callahan
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Elliott Epstein
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
George Gendron
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jeff Harmon
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Simon Hebert
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Melissa Hue
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Edouard Plourde
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Carl Sheline
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Robin Taylor-Chiarello
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Rachel Ferrante
Executive Director	40.00		Yes (X)	$110,000	$0	$5,289

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$110,000	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$5,289	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (3 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
Langford & Low
248 Warren Ave	Portland	ME	04103	Construction Management Services	$6,968,749
Aaron Stephan
142 Pearl Street	Portland	ME	04101	Exhibition Fabrication	$148,213
Platz Associates
2 Great Falls Plaza 7A	Auburn	ME	04210	Architectural Fees	$126,380

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	3	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Fundraising	$9,200	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$3,913,134	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$1,322,766	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$349,634	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$5,245,100	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Admissions - Exhibits	Desc
Business	713990	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$8,912	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$8,912	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$8,912	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$80,996	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$80,996	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$349,634	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$349,634	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$0	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$30,516	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$9,200	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$9,858	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$20,658	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$20,658	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$438	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$0	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$438	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$438	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$5,356,104	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$9,350	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$101,654	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$115,289	TotalAmt
Program Services	$46,116	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$23,057	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$46,116	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$51,455	TotalAmt
Program Services	$42,258	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,957	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,240	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,650	TotalAmt
Program Services	$875	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$297	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$478	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,379	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,261	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$428	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$690	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,813	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,321	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,486	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,006	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,957	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,897	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,060	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,810	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,562	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,248	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,600	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$18,600	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,030	TotalAmt
Program Services	$12,851	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,364	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,815	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20,948	TotalAmt
Program Services	$20,948	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,292	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,045	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,393	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,854	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,137	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,312	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,465	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,360	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$646	TotalAmt
Program Services	$646	ProgramServicesAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,018	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,600	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$543	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$875	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Program Activities	$32,840	$32,840
Dues & Subscriptions	$3,731	$3,731
Collections/Preservatio	$1,809	$1,809
Fundraising Events	$881		$881

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$340,285	TotalAmt
Program Services	$208,072	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$50,298	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$81,915	FundraisingAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part X	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXInd

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,100	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,100	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,622,489	BOYAmt
EOY	$697,677	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$421,048	BOYAmt
EOY	$33,656	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$20,144	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$9,253,409	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$37,330	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,888,510	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,216,079	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,954,291	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,949,512	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,674	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,676	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$45,201	BOYAmt
EOY	$22,601	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$50,875	BOYAmt
EOY	$30,277	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,110,081	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,269,026	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,793,335	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,650,209	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,903,416	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,919,235	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,954,291	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,949,512	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$5,015,819	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	Yes (1)	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd

Acct Compile Or Review Basis AcctCompileOrReviewBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
FS Audited	0	FSAuditedInd
Audit Committee	0	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$154,811	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$454,110	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,288,670	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,432,007	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$5,245,100	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$8,574,698	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$154,811	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$454,110	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,288,670	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,432,007	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$5,245,100	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$8,574,698	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$1,204,258	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$7,370,440	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$25,041	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$26,649	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$50,531	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$88,360	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$80,996	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$271,577	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$14,354	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$23,415	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$20,658	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$58,427	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$8,904,702	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$40,735	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.82770	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.63140	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

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

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

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)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Collection Used Pub Exhibition	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPubExhibitionInd
Coll Used Scholarly Rsrch	Yes (X)	CollUsedScholarlyRsrchInd
Collection Used Preservation	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPreservationInd
Solicited Assets Sale	0	SolicitedAssetsSaleInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$6,729	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$1	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$6,730	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$6,726	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$3	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$6,729	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$6,722	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$4	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$6,726	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$6,719	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$3	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$6,722	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$6,715	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$4	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$6,719	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.00000	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	1.00000	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.00000	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	0	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	0	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$50,000	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$50,000	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$797,437	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$797,437	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$37,330	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$37,330	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$8,368,642	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$8,368,642	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$9,216,079	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

Part III, Line 4:

The Organization does not capitalize its collections. The collections are made up of artifacts of historical significance including art and craft objects that are held for educational, research, and curatorial purposes. Each item is catalogued, preserved, and cared for, and activities verifying their existence and assessing their condition is performed continuously. The collections are subject to a policy that requires proceeds from their sales to be used to acquire other items for collections.

Part V, Line 4:

Funding to build a sustainable reserve fund, with investment returns providing operational support.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	Yes (X)	MailSolicitationsInd
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
In Person Solicitations	Yes (X)	InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Solicitation Of Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (1)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Traci Gere	PersonNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	7 Towne Street	AddressLine1Txt
City	Kennebunkport	CityNm
State Abbreviation	ME	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	04046	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activity	Strategic Advisor	ActivityTxt
Fundraiser Control Of Funds	0	FundraiserControlOfFundsInd
Gross Receipts	$0	GrossReceiptsAmt
Retained By Contractor	$18,600	RetainedByContractorAmt
Net To Organization	$0	NetToOrganizationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Retained By Contractors	$18,600	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Licensed States	ME	LicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	Soiree en Blanc	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$38,866	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$9,200	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$29,666	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$3,614	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1	$1,500	EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$4,744	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$38,866	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$9,200	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$29,666	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$3,614	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events	$1,500	EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$4,744	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$9,858	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$19,808	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	2	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$349,634	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Stock Market Value	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form8283 Received	0	Form8283ReceivedCnt
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (1)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	0	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 4	During the year, the Organization amended and restated its bylaws to modernize and strengthen its governance structure. Significant changes included implementation of a staggered board structure with defined director classes, term limits, election and vacancy procedures, and municipal-appointed director positions. The amendments also revised provisions relating to board composition, meetings, quorum requirements, electronic participation and communications, director attendance expectations, officer positions and duties, and the establishment of standing committees, including Executive, Finance, and Governance and Nominating Committees. In addition, the bylaws were updated to clarify the Organization's charitable purpose, governance procedures, and administrative records management practices.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b	The Executive Director and board members are given a copy of the Form 990 and supplementary schedules to review before it is signed and filed with the IRS.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c	If a conflict of interest arises, the Board reviews the conflict and ask the person not to participate in the discussion or decision making related to the item that created the conflict.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15	The Board of Directors determines the salary of the Executive Director and other employees based on comparables, using data from the New England Museum Association and the Maine Association of Nonprofit Organizations.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19	The organization makes its documents available upon request.
Form 990, Part X, Line 10: Land, Buildings, and Equipment	Section 1.263(a)-3(n) Election: Maine Museum of Innovation Learning and Labor 35 Canal Street, Suite 209 Lewiston, ME 04240 EIN: 01-0504257 Maine Museum of Innovation Learning and Labor is electing to capitalize repair and maintenance costs under Regulation Section 1.263(a)-3(n).