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Maine Justice Foundation

EIN 22-2559133Human and Civil Rights Maine Small

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Because fairness matters

The Maine Justice Foundation is dedicated to ensuring access to civil justice for poor and vulnerable Mainers by providing charitable investment opportunities for individuals, families and organizations, as well as grants to support civil legal aid and other law-related program initiatives, education and services. The Maine Justice Foundation provides important funds to multiple civil legal aid programs throughout Maine and the more than 19,000 clients they serve each year. In 1983, leaders of the Maine State Bar Association and the University of Maine School of Law, with wisdom and foresight, created the Maine Bar Foundation, which is today's Maine Justice Foundation. They recognized that low-income Mainers involved in civil matters like disputes with landlords or serious child custody issues could not afford legal representation. The complexity of legal proceedings had tipped the scale in favor of those who could afford to hire a lawyer.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.87Overall score
out of 100

84.78Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,990,174

Total expenses · USD$1,995,716

Program expenses

$1,484,812.70 recorded amount

74.4%

Fundraising expenses

$163,648.71 recorded amount

8.2%

Administrative expenses

$345,258.87 recorded amount

17.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.06 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Diana C. Scully
Recorded compensation: $89,222.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.47%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Maine Justice Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	The Maine Justice Foundation is dedicated to ensuring access to civil justice for poor and vulnerable Mainers by providing charitable investment opportunities for individuals, families and organizations, as well as grants to support civil legal aid and other law-related program initiatives, education and services. The Maine Justice Foundation provides important funds to multiple civil legal aid programs throughout Maine and the more than 19,000 clients they serve each year. In 1983, leaders of the Maine State Bar Association and the University of Maine School of Law, with wisdom and foresight, created the Maine Bar Foundation, which is today's Maine Justice Foundation. They recognized that low-income Mainers involved in civil matters like disputes with landlords or serious child custody issues could not afford legal representation. The complexity of legal proceedings had tipped the scale in favor of those who could afford to hire a lawyer.
`ein` EIN	22-2559133
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1995716.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.17300000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.08199999999999999
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7440000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	84.78
`leader` Recorded leader	Diana C. Scully
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	89222.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0447
`motto` Tagline	Because fairness matters
`name` Charity name	Maine Justice Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1990174.0
`score` Overall score	88.87
`state` State code	ME
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1484812.7040000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	163648.71199999997
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	345258.868

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 22-2559133
Source category: Human and Civil Rights
Source subcategory: Advocacy and Education
Recorded location: Maine (ME)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.