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Educare Central Maine

Public charity · Grantmaker Waterville, ME EIN: 26-4176872 Website

Educare Central Maine will provide, model and extend high quality early care and education practices to young children, their families and communities to improve school readiness and close the achievement gap.

Educare Central Maine at a glance

In short: Educare Central Maine gave $346K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $346K), mostly in Maine. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$346,126
+12.9% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$346,126
+12.9% vs 2024
Median grant
$346,126
Total assets
$10,199,939
+2.0% vs 2024
Primary geography
Maine (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

How to apply to Educare Central Maine

Who Educare Central Maine funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Kennebec Valley Community Action Program: $346KKennebec Valley CommunityAction Program$346K

The largest 2025 recipient was Kennebec Valley Community Action Program ($346K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K5$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $250–500K range: 5 grants of 5 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Waterville

How Educare Central Maine gives

  • Giving grew 20% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$100K$200K$300K$400K1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $172K (2020) to $346K (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $346K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Kennebec Valley Community Action Program Waterville, MEGeneral Programming and Support Services$346,126
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$10,199,939$625,055$560,865$346,1261$185,000
2024$9,998,207$296,987$519,033$306,7121$75,907
2023$9,957,884$1,375,014$543,754$307,7801$159,118
2022$9,050,689$409,236$526,616$288,3881$84,197
2021$9,472,369$403,943$489,005$292,2551$64,676
2020$9,461,876$186,271$374,116$171,8151$62,567
2019$9,561,225$1,064,934$520,384$329,0641$25,744

About Educare Central Maine

Based on IRS filings

Educare Central Maine is a public charity focused on Education, based in Waterville, ME. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $10.2M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $346K. Net investment income was $185K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Educare Central Maine is led by Suzanne Walsh, Secretary, Treasurer & Kvcap CEO since 2025 (on filings since 2019); none of the 11 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Suzanne Walsh

    Secretary, Treasurer & Kvcap CEO

    Secretary → Secretary & Treasurer, 2021

    Secretary & Treasurer → Secretary, Treasurer & Kvcap CEO, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeremy Fischer

    Chairperson

    Director → Chairperson, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bill Alfond

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eric Haley

    Director

    Vice Chairperson → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jim Clair

    Director

    Chairperson → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Burke

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Mitchell

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rachel Isaacs

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sam Hight

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Pamela Thompson

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Peter Hallen

    Vice Chairperson

    Director → Vice Chairperson, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (1)
  • Former: Laurie Lachance (2019–2022) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Educare Central Maine

How much does Educare Central Maine give each year?

Educare Central Maine gave $346K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $307K across 1 grant.

How large is Educare Central Maine?

Educare Central Maine reported $10.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $625K.

What is Educare Central Maine?

Educare Central Maine is a public charity focused on Education, based in Waterville, ME. It holds $10.2M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Educare Central Maine operate?

Educare Central Maine has awarded grants in Maine.

What is Educare Central Maine's EIN?

Educare Central Maine's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 26-4176872. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 6, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 17, 2026)
  3. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 14, 2020)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 15, 2022)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 14, 2023)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS August 9, 2024)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 14, 2025)

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