Nonprofit · EIN 01-0446281
MAINE WILDERNESS WATERSHED TRUST INC
Tax-exempt · AUGUSTA, ME 04332
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $224,152 | $136,237 | $87,915 | $2,960,365 | $2 | $2,960,363 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $231,548 | $134,404 | $97,144 | $2,760,315 | $6 | $2,760,309 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $167,487 | $103,851 | $63,636 | $2,953,734 | $13 | $2,953,721 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $117,508
- Membership dues
- $86,023
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $99,811
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $35,586
- Net income from fundraising events
- $6,393
- Other revenue
- $6,833
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $0
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $2,907
- Travel
- $3,421
- Program services (functional)
- $75,102
- Management and general (functional)
- $42,934
- Fundraising (functional)
- $18,201
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,760,315
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,960,365
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $2
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,960,363
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $385,801
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $2,264,414
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $695,949
- Gross receipts
- $722,561
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 20
- Year formed
- 1989
- State of legal domicile
- ME
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANNE DOUGHERTY | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Ann Messinger | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Matthew Capofreddi | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| David Soule | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Gene McKenna | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Jaysen Cobb | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Kate Drummond | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Ekstrom | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| John Gibson | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Chas Gill | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Christina Jackson | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Chris Leo | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Jim Norris | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Michael Peluso | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 |
| David Peppard | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
4 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah Peppard | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Derek Pierce | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Jane Podkaminer | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| David Wallace | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 19 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kate Drummond | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $4,500 |
| ANNE DOUGHERTY | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Ann Messinger | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Matthew Capofreddi | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| David Soule | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Charles Burnham | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Jaysen Cobb | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Ekstrom | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| John Gibson | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Chas Gill | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Christina Jackson | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Chris Leo | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Jim Norris | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Michael Peluso | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| David Peppard | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Isaiah Peppard | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Derek Pierce | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Jane Podkaminer | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| David Wallace | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 20 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRUMMOND KATE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $4,000 |
| BURNHAM CHARLES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| CAPOFREDDI MATTHEW | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1.5 | $0 |
| COBB JAYSEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| DOUGHERTY ANNE | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1.5 | $0 |
| EKSTROM ELIZABETH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| GIBSON JOHN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| GILL CHAS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| JACKSON CHRISTINA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| CHRIS LEO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| MCKENNA GENE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| MESSINGER ANNIE | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 1.5 | $0 |
| NORRIS JIM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| PELUSO MIKE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| PEPPARD DAVID | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| PEPPARD ISAIAH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| PIERCE DEREK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| PODKAMINER JANE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| SOULE DAVID | CLERK/SECRET Trustee or director, Officer | 1.5 | $0 |
| WALLACE DAVID | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 5660, AUGUSTA, ME 04332-5660
- In care of
- % DAVID B SOULE JR
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- Anne Dougherty
- Signed the 990
- Matthew Capofreddi, Treasurer
- Phone
- (207) 835-4535
- Website
- WWW.PIERCEPONDWATERSHED.ORG
- Return prepared by
- TRACY CASSIDY CPA SC
Mission
To protect the wild character, natural resources, and scenic beauty of the Pierce Pond watershed and preserve traditional public recreational use of the area.
Program accomplishments
- Stewardship:MWWT hired a summer intern once again, via collaborations with Maine Coast Heritage Trust and Somerset Woods Trustees that offset a large portion of the costs. The intern assisted with trail maintenance and water-quality monitoring.Owing to serious damage from severe storms, a number of bridges and culverts on the Lindsay Cove roadwhich provides the main public access to Pierce Pondrequired extensive repairs. MWWT contributed $2,000 to the cost of those repairs, in line with its mission to ensure public access to the pond.MWWT conducted water quality testing in Pierce Pond in 2025, taking clarity, dissolved oxygen, and temperature readings, using buoys with temperature loggers at specified depths. The effort provided excellent baseline data allowing future responses to changes or detrimental developments. The Trust also laid plans to conduct a brook-trout telemetry study in 2026 in partnership with Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, as well as a water-quality and fisheries study in Kilgore, King, and Grass Ponds in partnership with the University of Maine at Farmington.Expenses $53,360
- Education/Outreach: 2025 was a regrouping and planning year for MWWTs efforts at educational programming, which is intended to attract new, younger outdoor enthusiasts to the watershed to support its conservation. The focus has been refined to developing collaborations with college outing clubs and organizations such as Chewonki and Camp Kieve that provide programs for high school students. Efforts to establish such partnerships will continue.MWWT's Annual Members Meeting and Banquet, which was held on April 5, 2025, serves to educate members about issues in the Pierce Pond watershed and MWWTs initiatives to address them. In 2025 the banquets featured speaker was Elizabeth Latti, Director of the Fisheries & Hatcheries Division of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife. Latti was previously the Fisheries Biologist for Pierce Pond and knows the watershed well. In her engaging and informative presentation she discussed the state of the wild brook trout population in the watershed, always a topic of keen interest to Pierce Ponders. She also explained the effect that the stocking of hatchery-raised fish can have, by reducing fishing pressure on wild fish populations while providing more successful fishing experiences for anglers.The MWWT newsletter is one of the Trusts main vehicles for educating supporters about the watershed and about Trust stewardship and protection activities. The fall 2025 edition explained the Forest Habitat program on the Bowtown land, as well as detailing the 2025 water-quality monitoring program. The newsletter is mailed to all members and also published onlineExpenses $13,703
- Land Protection: In 2025, MWWT continued its efforts in support of acquisition of the 6,800 acres of watershed lands that are currently under commercial timber management. MWWT continued the search for appropriate swap parcels that would allow for Weyerhaeusers continued fulfillment of their SAPPI contract in the event of a land sale to MWWT. The Trust also renewed and/or continued conversations with all other watershed landowners regarding its interest in owning watershed lands should they desire to sell.Continuing an effort approved last year for its fee acreage in Bowtown, MWWT completed an updated forest management plan and inventory as part of a New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) program designed to improve wildlife habitat and forest health while increasing carbon sequestration.Expenses $8,039
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 01-0446281
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1994
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Environment (C340)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,960,365
- Income (IRS master file)
- $722,561
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $224,152 | $136,237 | $2,960,365 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2024 | $231,548 | $134,404 | $2,760,315 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $167,487 | $103,851 | $2,953,734 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $202,879 | $124,067 | $2,795,938 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 01-0446281).
Questions about MAINE WILDERNESS WATERSHED TRUST INC
- What is the EIN of MAINE WILDERNESS WATERSHED TRUST INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of MAINE WILDERNESS WATERSHED TRUST INC is 01-0446281.
- Is MAINE WILDERNESS WATERSHED TRUST INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1994.
- Are donations to MAINE WILDERNESS WATERSHED TRUST INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does MAINE WILDERNESS WATERSHED TRUST INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of MAINE WILDERNESS WATERSHED TRUST INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did MAINE WILDERNESS WATERSHED TRUST INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of MAINE WILDERNESS WATERSHED TRUST INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Anne Dougherty.
- Who are the officers and directors of MAINE WILDERNESS WATERSHED TRUST INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 19 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does MAINE WILDERNESS WATERSHED TRUST INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $224,152, expenses of $136,237 and total assets of $2,960,365 at year end.
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