Our Year by the Numbers
5 MILLION MORE MEALS served as a result of School Meals for All
$707,451 awarded in grants
100
made to schools and organizations in all 16 of GRANTS Maine’s counties
with OVER meetings our partner 400 organizations
6
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Laura Pineo Chair Julie Butcher Pezzino Vice Chair Justin Alfond Treasurer & Co-founder Chelsey Carrier Secretary David Pease Diane Woods
Ericka Dodge Jeanne LaPointe Kevin Concannon Khadija Ahmed Michaela Goodwin Molly Clark Ryan Parker Stephanie Cesario-DeBiasi Justin Strasburger (ex-officio) Executive Director
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2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR
IMPACT REPORT
SPOTLIGHT ON SUMMER During the summer of 2023, multiple crises converged that necessitated the largest single investment to date in our Summer Grantmaking. Due to the roll back of USDA waivers, the increasing costs of food, and the influx of asylum seekers, we decided to tap our reserves and award $495,635 to support getting meals to kids and families throughout the summer.
We focused our grants on programs responsible for directly serving meals, implementing innovative solutions to the various restrictions imposed by the federal nutrition programs, and on getting the word out to families and kids through marketing about summer meals.
Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Financials
Revenue
Thanks to School Meals for All, Maine kids eat breakfast and lunch at school for free. But school meals only account for 360 of the 1095 meals that a child needs throughout the course of a year. Summer is a hungry time, and it shouldn’t be. That’s why we are setting our sights on fixing Summer Meals as our next big project.
$1,413,030
Institutional Giving
44%
Donation Income
41%
Cause Marketing Income
11%
Event Income
4%
Expenses
$1,497,440
Direct Grants
47%
Core Mission Support
21%
Implementation
16%
Partnerships & Coalition Building
10%
Advocacy
6%
Year-end unrestricted net assets
$368,298