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September 21, 2025 2025 Giving Guide

Maine Seacoast Mission

Milbridge Elementary School students take a pause during the Mission’s afterschool program, which is offered at seven sites.

 

2026 Goals

• In the 2024 comprehensive plan, the Mission renews its commitment to thriving island and coastal communities through partnership, community building, health care, and education.

• Refresh how the Mission serves island and Downeast coastal communities of Maine while reinforcing the vital familiar services that our communities continue to depend on.

Fundraising events/Opportunities

Sunbeam Award Gala – Taking place each August in Bar Harbor, our signature fundraising event honors organizations and individuals making a positive impact in our communities. Past recipients include artist and author Ashley Bryan, Mount Desert Island Hospital, Sunrise County Economic Council, Maine Community Foundation, Rossi Foundation, Maine CDC, Acadia Senior College, Island Institute, Ruth and Tristram Colket, Former Maine State Sen. Hon. Jill M. Goldthwait, Earl Bechlin and Alan Baker, and Sigma Kappa.

Giving Opportunities

The Mission Fund – Gifts and grants provide operating or project support for mission programs.

The Hope Society – Including the Mission in estate plans provides critical support and hope for generations to come.

Corporate Sponsorship – Become a sponsor for our organization and create a customized package to best fit your organization’s goals.

Volunteer Opportunities

Mount Desert Island – Historical archives, Sunbeam and islands, events, and Christmas Program.

Downeast – Housing Improvement Service Tours; mentorship of high school students in the Journey and Christmas programs; and Food Security program opportunities such as food deliveries to seniors, assistance in the Mission’s food pantry, and community meal preparation.

At A Glance

Established: 1905

Employees: 31 full-time employees; 65 part-time employees

Annual revenue: $5,833,684

Top funding sources

42% Endowment Fund

29% Foundation grant

25% Annual giving and special events

4% Trust income

Contact

Administrative Office:

6 Old Firehouse Lane

P.O. Box 600

Northeast Harbor, ME 04662

seacoastmission.org

 

Mission Downeast Campus:

6 Weald Bethel Lane

P.O. Box 460

Cherryfield, ME 04622

linkedin.com/company/maine-seacoast-mission

Awards/Accolades

2021-2025 Gold Seal of Transparency awarded by GuideStar; 2022 Community Partner of the Year awarded by Mount Desert Island Hospital; 2022 Community Partner of the Year awarded by Maine Academy of Modern Music

Mission Statement

Rooted in a history of compassionate service and mutual trust, the Mission seeks to strengthen coastal and island communities by educating youth, supporting families, and promoting good health.

Service locations

The Mission delivers services across a 9,500 square-mile area that includes Maine’s unbridged islands and Washington County, which combined more than 90,000 Mainers call home.

Leadership

John Zavodny
President

Board officers

Matthew T. Skaves, Board Chair, Business Owner and Financial Professional

Christopher Murphy, Vice Chair, Retired Insurance Executive

Josephine Iannelli, Treasurer, Executive Vice President, CFO and Treasurer, Bar Harbor Bank & Trust

Joanne Harris, Human Resources Consultant

Board Members

Fred Benson, III, Retired Full Colonel of U.S. Army

Ruth M. Colket, Philanthropist and Community Volunteer

Honorable Dennis S. Damon, Former Maine State Senator

Rex H. Garrett, Jr., Retired Chaplain

Honorable Jill M. Goldthwait, Former Maine State Senator

Sarah Haskell

Hewlett Kent, Inventor

Henry C. Lee, Retired Banking Executive

Dean Lunt, Founder, Islandport Press

Robert J. Mancini, Vice President and CFO, Jasper Wyman & Son

Dan McKay, Former Board Chair, Retired Of Counsel, Eaton Peabody

Scott Peasley, Retired Vice President, Machias Savings Bank

Ronald Ramsay, Retired Superintendent of MSAD 37

Josh Rosen, Attorney, Foley Hoag LLP

Nancy Rankin, Retired Consultant and Teacher

Timothy P. Schieffelin, President, P.O.V. LLC

Diehl Snyder, MD, Retired Psychiatrist

Jaime Weir, General Manager, John Williams Boat Co.