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Safe Voices

Public charity · Grantmaker Auburn, ME EIN: 01-0352658 Website

The mission of Safe Voices is to provide person-to-person, individualized advocacy for all survivors of domestic abuse and violence, sex trafficking, and sexual exploitation in Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford Counties and engage our communities in social change to eliminate violence.

Key facts about Safe Voices

EIN
01-0352658
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Total assets
$5,457,803

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

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$5.5M

+11.0% YoY

Revenue

$4.1M

+3.0% YoY

Net Investment Income

$6K

-76.3% YoY

Expenses

$3.5M

+8.7% YoY

How Safe Voices gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2019 to 2022 (+1%). Method

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

About Safe Voices

Based on IRS filings

Safe Voices is a public charity, based in Auburn, ME. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $5.5M in total assets. Net investment income was $6K.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

AuburnAugustaLewiston

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$50K$100K$150K3 grants2019 3 grants2020 2 grants2021 2 grants2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2022, annual grant giving ranged from $104K (2020) to $140K (2022). In 2022 it made 2 grants totaling $140K.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

4 grants across all recorded years

1<$50K3$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 3 grants of 4 (75%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

No grants recorded for 2025.

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$2M$4M$6M2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$5,457,803$4,918,494$3,984,926
Revenue$4,145,180$4,023,231$3,103,790
Expenses$3,453,438$3,175,856$3,531,405
Net Investment Income$5,898$24,936$9,631

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 11, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 17, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 11, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 18, 2023)
  5. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 16, 2026)

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Safe Voices is led by Rebecca Austin, Executive Director on every filing since 2024; 2 of 12 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Rebecca Austin

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2024

    37.5 hrs/week

    $73K (2024) → $117K (2025)

  • Peter Lasagna

    President

    Director → Vice President, 2024

    Vice President → President, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lisa Dumont

    Director of Finance & Operations

    On filings since 2024

    37.5 hrs/week

    $96K (2024) → $102K (2025)

  • Allison Thompson

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amy Gagne

    Director

    Vice President → President, 2024

    President → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Linette Dehetre

    Director

    Secretary → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David St Laurent

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Aimee Labbe

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Grady Burns

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Debra Phillips

    Secretary

    President → Director, 2024

    Director → Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amy Landry

    Vice President

    Secretary → Vice President, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mary Michaud

    Treasurer

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (11)
  • Former: Elise Johansen (2019–2024) — Former Executive Director
  • Former: Jeff Smith (2022–2024) — Treasurer
  • Former: Tammy Dumais (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Tina Kelly (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Dave Krause (2020–2023) — Treasurer
  • Former: Delan Fulgham (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Taylor Kilgore Esq. (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Bob Kearns (2019) — Treasurer
  • Former: Jack Peck (2019) — Director
  • Former: Lorette Harvey (2019) — Director
  • Former: Molly McGill (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 2025 IRS filing

Rebecca Austin — Executive Director: $117KRebecca AustinExecutive Director$117KLisa Dumont — Director of Finance, Operations: $102KLisa DumontDirector of Finance, Operations$102K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $117K, to Rebecca Austin (Executive Director). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Safe Voices

How large is Safe Voices?

Safe Voices reported $5.5M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $4.1M.

Where does Safe Voices operate?

Safe Voices has awarded grants in Maine.

What is Safe Voices's EIN?

Safe Voices's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 01-0352658. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

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

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