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Rodney McKay steps down from 45 years of municipal service in Bangor
Roxanne Moore Saucier |
After 45 years of service to the city of Bangor, Rodney McKay retired April 14. The municipal mainstay has held various positions during his tenure, spending the last 16 years as director... |
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BY Justin Lamontagne
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Maine's largest nonprofit organizations
Ranked by 2011 assets (1)
| Rank | Nonprofit, location | Assets/Liabilities |
| 1 | Bowdoin College, Brunswick | $1,294,173,000/$203,029,000 |
| 2 | Maine Medical Center, Portland | $1,098,704,079/$515,082,782 |
| 3 | Colby College, Waterville | $1,050,624,000/$131,831,000 |
| 4 | Eastern Maine Medical Center (2), Bangor | $459,472,780/$220,225,914 |
Source: Guidestar, a 501(3)c that collects and presents 990 forms for IRS-registered nonprofits./Compiled by Roger Magnus. (1) Given the various timing of organizations' fiscal years, 2011 figures are the most recent available for comparison. (2) Although Eastern Maine Medical Center and Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems are related, they each have separate employer identification numbers and file individual tax returns
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