Northern Maine Development Commission
To serve the northern Maine region with effective regional community planning and economic development.
Northern Maine Development Commission at a glance
- Total assets
- $34,793,685
- +1.0% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $5,717,925
- -43.7% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $86,539
- +49.4% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $5,232,334
- +2.1% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to Northern Maine Development Commission
Open Grants
1 open opportunity from Northern Maine Development Commission
Who Northern Maine Development Commission funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
4 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 3 grants of 4 (75%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
How Northern Maine Development Commission gives
- Giving fell 36% from 2019 to 2022. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2022, annual grant giving ranged from $27K (2022) to $90K (2021). In 2022 it made 2 grants totaling $27K.
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
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Coastal Enterprises Brunswick, ME | SBDC 20-21 | $20,037 |
| Avcog Auburn, ME | SBDC 20-21 | $6,679 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $34,793,685 | $5,717,925 | $5,232,334 | — | — | $86,539 |
| 2024 | $34,456,074 | $10,161,030 | $5,122,717 | — | — | $57,932 |
| 2023 | $27,286,195 | $12,637,728 | $4,030,581 | — | — | $1,063 |
| 2022 | $19,059,929 | $27,868,170 | $26,142,280 | $26,716 | 2 | $2,352 |
| 2021 | $20,810,299 | $32,269,814 | $27,464,834 | $90,109 | 2 | $3,432 |
| 2020 | $12,146,172 | $3,395,037 | $3,283,681 | $34,541 | Total only | $2,606 |
| 2019 | $11,857,176 | $2,999,105 | $3,028,769 | $42,000 | 2 | $1,788 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Northern Maine Development Commission
Based on IRS filings
Northern Maine Development Commission is a public charity focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Caribou, ME. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $34.8M in total assets. Net investment income was $87K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Northern Maine Development Commission is led by Robert Clark, Executive Director on every filing since 2019; none of the 26 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Robert Clark
Executive Director
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$93K (2019) → $0 (2025)
Steve Pelletier
Chairperson
Director → Treasurer, 2023
Treasurer → Chairperson, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Donna Turner
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Martin Dionne
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Max Lynds
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Sutherland
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sandra Fournier
Director
Vice Chair → Chair, 2023
Chair → Director, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Cyr
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kelly Garrison
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Penny Thompson
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kim Denbow
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Luke Dyer
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
William Dobbins
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cheryl Clark
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Vann White
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Aaron Houtari
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alicia Burby
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dan Deveau
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dave Daigle
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Edward Pocock III
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gene Bradbury
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kim Smith
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tracy Boyce
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lana Voisine
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Suzie Paradis
Treasurer
Director → Vice Chair, 2023
Vice Chair → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michelle Bernier
Vice Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2024
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (37)
- Former: Cyr Martin (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Patricia Sutherland (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Norman Fournier (2020–2024) — Treasurer
- Former: Royden Hunt (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Alan Mulherin (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: James Gehring (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Kevin Freeman (2024) — Director
- Former: Tim Goff (2024) — Director
- Former: Diane Hines (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Gary Picard (2019–2023) — Chair
- Former: Galen Weibley (2020–2023) — Secretary
- Former: Jim Gardner (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Kevin Bouchard (2023) — Director
- Former: Clarissa Sabattis (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Melissa Devoe (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Mitch Butler (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Nancy Troeger (2019–2022) — Secretary
- Former: Nancy Ketch (2022) — Director
- Former: Aubrie Michaud (2019–2021) — Vice Chair
- Former: Denis Gagne (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Dennis Marker (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Michael Tweedie (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Paul Dudley (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Ryan E Pelletier (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Marian Anderson (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Walter Elliott (2021) — Director
- Former: Dave Cyr (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Martin Cyr (2020) — Director
- Former: Walt Elliott (2020) — Director
- Former: Beverly Fournier (2019) — Director
- Former: David Dionne (2019) — Secretary
- Former: Larry Duchette (2019) — Director
- Former: Martin Puckett (2019) — Director
- Former: Norm Fournier (2019) — Director
- Former: Tom Pelletier (2019) — Director
- Former: Wendell Spooner (2019) — Director
- Former: William MacDonald (2019) — 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 2024 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2024 filing was $152K, to Robert Clark (Executive Director).
Frequently asked questions about Northern Maine Development Commission
How large is Northern Maine Development Commission?
Northern Maine Development Commission reported $34.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $5.7M.
What is Northern Maine Development Commission?
Northern Maine Development Commission is a public charity focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Caribou, ME. It holds $34.8M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Northern Maine Development Commission operate?
Northern Maine Development Commission has awarded grants in Maine.
What is Northern Maine Development Commission's EIN?
Northern Maine Development Commission's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 22-2635303. 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
(4)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 14, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 30, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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