2026-05-04T07:23:40-05:00 2025-12-31 010494526 Baker Newman & Noyes 280 Fore Street Suite 500 Portland ME 04101 990PF 2025-01-01 208797462 Rural Futures Fund RURA 2077301154 PO Box 31 Yarmouth ME 04096 Erin Cinelli Executive Director 2077301154 2026-05-01 1 Connor Smart P02285543 2078792100 2026-05-01 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X X 0 X X 15395 15395 0 10867 10867 26262 26262 140035 0 140035 161210 0 161210 61334 0 61334 1530 0 1530 5150 1287 3863 57036 0 57036 1553 0 0 338 0 5200 0 5200 11815 0 11815 193 0 193 16648 0 16648 462042 1287 458864 320994 320994 783036 1287 779858 -756774 24975 43618 625019 98912 0 0 338 0 0 767887 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 767887 0 767887 0 767887 0 767887 -756774 253 11366 11366 0 347 0 347 0 347 600 0 0 0 600 0 253 0 253 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 ME 1 0 0 0 0 1 N/A The Organization 2077301154 PO Box 31 Yarmouth ME 04096 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Erin M Cinelli PO Box 10370 Portland ME 041040370 Associate Director and Secretary 30.00 99637 40398 0 Victoria Bonebakker PO Box 10370 Portland ME 041040370 Director 1.00 0 0 0 Andrew Hudacs PO Box 10370 Portland ME 041040370 Director 1.00 0 0 0 Lowell Libby PO Box 10370 Portland ME 041040370 Director 1.00 0 0 0 Susan C Ruch PO Box 10370 Portland ME 041040370 Director 1.00 0 0 0 Owen McCarthy PO Box 10370 Portland ME 041040370 President 1.00 0 0 0 Sarah Campbell PO Box 10370 Portland ME 041040370 Treasurer 1.00 0 0 0 Donald J Carpenter PO Box 10370 Portland ME 04104 Executive Director 36.00 161210 46582 0 0 NONE 0 0 0 441938 0 441938 0 0 441938 6629 435309 21765 21765 347 347 21418 0 21418 0 21418 779858 0 779858 21418 0 0 829478 886202 933312 573691 568099 3790782 779858 0 0 0 21418 758440 0 0 4549222 0 0 0 0 0 0 829478 3719744 886202 933312 573691 568099 758440 X Maine Philanthropy Center 15 Casco Street Portland ME 04101 N/A PC General Operating Support 328 Rural Youth Institute PO Box 31 Portland ME 04104 N/A PC General Operating Support 310666 University of Maine 5717 Corbett Hall Orono ME 04469 N/A GOV Funding support for the Bryant Pond 4-H Camp and Learning Center; Aspirations Incubator Program 10000 320994 0 14 15395 Partnership investment income 14 10867 0 26262 0 26262 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tax preparation fees 5150 1287 3863 Computer 2012-04-27 2269 2269 SL 5.000000000000 0 0 Printer/Scanner 2013-09-03 298 298 SL 5.000000000000 0 0 Conference Room Chairs 2014-01-09 654 654 SL 7.000000000000 0 0 Conference Room Side Chair 2014-02-12 219 219 SL 7.000000000000 0 0 Apple Laptop 2014-09-08 1303 1303 SL 5.000000000000 0 0 Office Furniture 2015-02-09 1636 1636 SL 7.000000000000 0 0 Office Furniture 2018-07-20 1937 1777 SL 7.000000000000 160 0 office Furniture 2018-08-02 1333 1219 SL 7.000000000000 111 0 office Furniture 2018-10-24 557 493 SL 7.000000000000 64 0 Maine Philanthropy Center 15 Casco Street Portland ME 04101 Cash donation to support charitable programs. 328 University of Maine 5717 Corbett Hall Orono ME 04469 Cash donation to support charitable programs. 10000 Rural Youth Institute PO Box 31 Yarmouth ME 04096 Cash donation and transfer of partnership interst to support charitable programs. 310666 Effective November 26, 2025, the Board of the Foundation authorized its written consent to voluntarily dissolve. The Foundation's Certificate of Dissolution has been filed with the State of Maine as of the filing of this Form 990-PF, and all wind-down procedures and final transfers of assets were concluded by December 31, 2025. There being no members of the Foundation other than the members of the Board, no separate vote of the membership is required to approve this dissolution, and no approval of the dissolution of the Foundation is required by any government agency or officer. As of the filing of this Form 990-PF for the year ending December 31, 2025, the Foundation retains no legal right to any assets or liabilities. This final 2025 Form 990-PF indicates that the Foundation is due a Section 4940 excise tax refund of $253. The Foundation has submitted this Form 990-PF such that the refund will be paid directly to the Rural Youth Institute, a successor-organization recognized as a Section 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) public charity. Accordingly, the $253 refund is included as both an expenditure for grants paid on this 2025 Form 990-PF as well as a net asset adjusting item. The Foundation made grants in the following amounts to the recipients listed below as part of its wind-down procedures: - $328 to Maine Philanthropy Center (EIN: 01-0503126). - $212,000 cash gift to the Rural Youth Institute (EIN: 93-2311046) - $98,413 value of partnership interest transferred to the Rural Youth Institute (EIN: 93-2311046) - $253 pending refund to be deposited with the Rural Youth Institute (EIN: 93-2311046) - $10,000 to the University of Maine (EIN: 01-6000769) All entities listed above are 501(c)(3) public charities exempt under Section 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code"). The liquidating distributions by the Foundation are to be used by the recipient for charitable purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Code. Legal fees 1530 0 1530 Pass-through investment, net book-to-tax adjustments 11366 Advertising and marketing 2699 0 2699 Office expenses 11644 0 11644 Insurance 2305 0 2305 Partnership investment income 10867 10867 10867 Pending excise tax refund, to be paid as a charitable grant 253 Professional consultants 57036 0 57036 Federal excise taxes 1553 0 0