Safe Voices
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.
Safe Voices at a glance
- Total assets
- $5,457,803
- +11.0% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $4,145,180
- +3.0% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $5,898
- -76.3% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $3,453,438
- +8.7% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Safe Voices funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
4 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 3 grants of 4 (75%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
How Safe Voices gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2019 to 2022 (+1%). 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 $104K (2020) to $140K (2022). In 2022 it made 2 grants totaling $140K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Office of the Attorny Gen Oxford Augusta, ME | Domestic Violence | $87,956 |
| Sexual Assault Prevention Auburn, ME | Domestic Violence | $52,389 |
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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 | $5,457,803 | $4,145,180 | $3,453,438 | — | — | $5,898 |
| 2024 | $4,918,494 | $4,023,231 | $3,175,856 | — | — | $24,936 |
| 2023 | $3,984,926 | $3,103,790 | $3,531,405 | — | — | $9,631 |
| 2022 | $3,882,553 | $3,567,614 | $3,161,891 | $140,345 | 2 | $2,004 |
| 2021 | $1,696,537 | $3,457,654 | $2,886,597 | $118,778 | 2 | $913 |
| 2020 | $1,116,408 | $2,669,935 | $2,462,967 | $104,270 | 3 | $484 |
| 2019 | $872,715 | $2,661,245 | $2,576,816 | $139,455 | 3 | $243 |
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.
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
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.
Data update history
(5)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 11, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 17, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 11, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 18, 2023)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 16, 2026)
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