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Mount Desert 365

Public charity · Grantmaker Northeast Harbor, ME EIN: 82-1645703 Website

Mount Desert 365 (the corporation) engages in activities to preserve and increase the supply of affordable workforce housing for year-round residents of mount desert (the town) and promote economic revitalization of commercial areas adversely impacted by the loss of year- round residents. The corporation will increase the supply of affordable housing for sale to year-round residents, ensuring that it stays affordable in perpetuity and cannot be acquired by summer residents for seasonal use or vacation rentals. The corporation has acquired and will develop mixed- use residential/commercial properties for rental on affordable terms to residents and businesses on a year-round basis. This activity will increase the year-round population of people living and/or working in the village, address the need for affordable rental residential options, provide products and services to serve the year-round community and/or increase the consumerbase to support local businesses.

Mount Desert 365 at a glance

Total assets
$11,505,609
-3.7% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$197,032
-92.8% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$76,967
+2.4% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$624,154
-4.7% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

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

Who Mount Desert 365 funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

2 grants across all recorded years

2<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 2 grants of 2 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

Bar HarborEllsworthIslesfordNortheast Harbor

How Mount Desert 365 gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2019 to 2022 (+0%). 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$2.5K$5K$7.5K$10K2 grants2019 0 grants2020 0 grants2021 2 grants2022 0 grants2023 Total only2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $2K (2024) to $10K (2022). In 2024 it reported $2K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Cranberry Oysters Islesford, MEenhance year-round businesses to support the community$5,000
Little Red Flower Truck LLC Ellsworth, MEenhance year-round businesses to support the community$5,000
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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$11,505,609$197,032$624,154——$76,967
2024$11,953,618$2,720,261$654,819$1,500Total only$75,135
2023$9,908,522$327,745$652,273——$105
2022$10,254,728$159,519$628,130$10,0002$369
2021$10,747,370$1,510,012$623,655——$1,546
2020$9,867,430$2,053,345$464,082——$-6,982
2019$7,731,009$1,047,706$431,211$10,0002$456

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Mount Desert 365

Based on IRS filings

Mount Desert 365 is a public charity focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Northeast Harbor, ME. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $11.5M in total assets. Net investment income was $77K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Mount Desert 365 is led by Philip Moriarty, President since 2025 (on filings since 2021); 1 of 11 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Philip Moriarty

    President

    Director & Treasurer → President & T, 2024

    President & T → President, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Richard Savage

    President

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • James R. Bright

    President

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Daniel James Falt

    Director

    Treasurer → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eliza Bishop

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Wildes Ho

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kathleen Miller

    Executive Di

    Executive Director → Executive Di, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $144K (2019) → $148K (2025)

  • Nadia Rosenthal

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Henry Schmelzer

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lindsay Lueddeke

    Secretary

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Steve Anastasia

    Treasurer

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (6)
  • Former: C. Scott Brannan (2019–2024) — Assistant Treasurer
  • Former: H. Winston Holt IV (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Mitchell P Rales (2019–2024) — Secretary
  • Former: Rodney Eason (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Steven M Rales (2019–2024) — President
  • Former: Dan Falt (2019–2023) — 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.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Kathleen Miller — Executive Di: $148KKathleen MillerExecutive Di$148K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $148K, to Kathleen Miller (Executive Di).

Frequently asked questions about Mount Desert 365

How large is Mount Desert 365?

Mount Desert 365 reported $11.5M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $197K.

What is Mount Desert 365?

Mount Desert 365 is a public charity focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Northeast Harbor, ME. It holds $11.5M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Mount Desert 365 operate?

Mount Desert 365 has awarded grants in Maine.

What is Mount Desert 365's EIN?

Mount Desert 365's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 82-1645703. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

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

Data update history

(5)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 13, 2023)
  2. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 19, 2020)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS July 28, 2025)
  4. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 12, 2026)
  5. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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