What Presente! Maine does

Presente! Maine is a grassroots 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2020 and based in Portland, Maine. The organization serves displaced and dispossessed Afro/Indigenous-Latines in Maine through mutual aid, food sovereignty, health and wellness, and community power programs. Its work is targeted at a specific demographic that is underserved by traditional social services, with cultural and linguistic responsiveness built into program design and delivery.

The organization operates several distinct programs: Despensa Solidaria, a mobile food pantry; the Bienestar Program, a community health initiative; the Food Brigade, which delivers emergency food; a Collective Farm supporting food sovereignty; La Red Matriarchal; and a Community Power & Leadership program. The Collective Farm operates under a 99-year land lease partnership with Land in Common secured in 2022. An Outdoor Learning Center and Food Hub broke ground in late 2020 to consolidate food and education infrastructure.

Presente! Maine is funded through donations and grants rather than fees for services, and all programs are offered free of charge to participants. The organization uses standard nonprofit tooling — a Squarespace website and the Zeffy donation platform — and has no proprietary technology stack. Scale is modest: programs serve an estimated 2,500–3,000+ individuals, including roughly 300 families receiving food support bi-weekly across Southern Maine.

Name

Presente! Maine

Legal name

Presente! Maine

Website

https://presentemaine.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Presente! Maine is a Portland, Maine-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2020 that serves displaced Afro/Indigenous-Latine communities through mutual aid, food sovereignty, culturally responsive health navigation, and community power-building programs offered free of charge.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Health and Social Services

NAICS

Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Community Food Services (624210), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Homelessness Prevention, Shelter & Supportive Housing Services (BPAIANAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Emergency Shelter, NFIs & Winterization for Displaced Populations (BPADAHAG)

Keywords

• Community health navigation
• Food sovereignty programs
• Mutual aid services
• Culturally responsive care
• Immigrant community support

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: Presente! Maine operates as a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN: 87-3756331). Revenue is generated through individual donations via their Zeffy donation platform, grant funding from foundations, and community support. The organization does not charge for services to community members.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Presente! Maine is a grassroots 501(c)(3) nonprofit that codesigns and implements survival programs for displaced and dispossessed Afro/Indigenous-Latines in Maine. Core services include a bi-weekly mobile food pantry (Despensa Solidaria), culturally responsive community health navigation and accompaniment (Bienestar Program), a collective farm and outdoor learning center supporting food sovereignty, and community power-building and leadership programs. All services are delivered free of charge to community members, funded through donations and grants.

Product overview

Presente! Maine operates as a grassroots nonprofit offering a suite of community survival and empowerment programs. The core offerings include: the Bienestar Program (Community Health & Wellness) providing culturally responsive health navigation and social support; the Food Brigade and Despensa Solidaria for immediate food access; the Collective Farm and Outdoor Learning Center for food sovereignty and land stewardship; and the Community Power & Leadership Program for grassroots activism. These programs work together to address immediate needs while building long-term community resilience and self-determination.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Bienestar: Community Health & Wellness Program providing culturally responsive support, resource navigation, and accompaniment for Latine and Spanish-speaking community members in Southern Maine.
• Despensa Solidaria
• Food Brigade
• La Red Matriarchal

Products and services

• Bienestar Program (Community Health & Wellness) Culturally responsive community health program led by Spanish-speaking Community Health Workers providing accompaniment, resource navigation, referrals, and direct support for Latine and Spanish-speaking community members in Southern Maine, including connections to healthcare, housing, perinatal care, and crisis intervention services.
• Despensa Solidaria (Mobile Food Pantry) Bi-weekly mobile food pantry reaching over 300 families in Portland, Maine, providing culturally relevant food, salvaged goods, farm harvests, medicinal herbs, and essential supplies. Functions as both immediate food access and community gathering space.
• Collective Farm & Outdoor Learning Center Two-acre vegetable farm, medicinal herbs and plants sanctuary, and mixed fruit orchard operated through a 99-year lease with Land in Common. Hosts community gatherings, teaches ancestral food growing practices, and has produced over 50,000 lbs of food in two years for community distribution.
• Food Brigade Original COVID-19 emergency mutual aid response providing door-to-door food delivery of fresh, culturally relevant food to community members in need.
• Community Power & Leadership Program Horizontal leadership and community power-building initiative focused on collective leadership, healing, liberation, grassroots activism, and advocacy for healthcare and systemic change. Community members lead events and organize for the fight for healthcare for all.
• La Red Matriarchal Shared learning space for collective support and knowledge building within the Bienestar program, focused on maternal and family health, connection, trust, and access to resources that support long-term wellbeing and community resilience.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 50,000 lbs of food produced in two years from the collective farm
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Land in CommoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPresente! Maine secured a 99-year land lease through partnership with Land in Common, granting the community transformative long-term land tenure. Through this collaboration, the organization established a two-acre vegetable farm, medicinal herbs and plants sanctuary, and mixed fruit orchard. This partnership enables food sovereignty work and creates space for community gatherings, meals, and relearning ancestral food growing practices.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• World Relief: National refugee resettlement and immigrant integration organization with offices across the U.S. Comparable in refugee case management, immigration services, and community integration; significantly larger and more established.
• Catholic Charities Maine: Large statewide social services nonprofit providing refugee resettlement, immigration legal services, food pantries, and housing support. Comparable in multi-service immigrant support model, but entrenched incumbent operating at much greater scale.
• Greater Boston Food Bank: Large regional food bank distributing millions of pounds of food annually throughout Eastern Massachusetts. Comparable food access mission, though operating at vastly larger scale and without Presente! Maine's focus on cultural food relevance or community organizing.

Direct peers

• Hope Acts (Portland, ME): Portland-based nonprofit supporting immigrants and asylum seekers through housing, case management, and community integration. Directly comparable immigrant-services peer serving overlapping populations in the same region.
• Preble Street: Portland, Maine-based social services nonprofit providing food, housing, and wraparound support. Comparable in food access and community-based service delivery, though operating at larger scale and across broader populations.
• New England Farm Workers Council: Regional nonprofit providing services to migrant and seasonal farmworkers across New England, including food access, education, and immigration support. Comparable in serving immigrant agricultural workers in the same broader New England region.
• Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition: Statewide advocacy coalition organizing for immigrant rights and connecting immigrant communities to resources. Comparable in serving Maine's immigrant community and advocating for systemic change, though focused on advocacy rather than direct service.
• Cultivating Community (Portland, ME): Portland, Maine-based nonprofit combining urban farming, food access, and youth leadership development. Most directly comparable local peer given overlapping food sovereignty, farm-based programming, and community-led service model in the same geographic market.

Regional players

• El Centro del Cardenal (Orange County, CA): California-based nonprofit serving Latine immigrants through community health, education, and direct services. Strong comparability in culturally responsive, immigrant-focused, Spanish-language service delivery, though operating in a different region.

Emerging players

• TC Food Justice (Minneapolis): Indigenous and BIPOC-led food justice organization combining community fridges, mutual aid, and food sovereignty programming. Comparable in mutual aid model, food sovereignty framing, and community-led approach, though operating in a different region.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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