Annual Report
We are pleased to share ILAP’s latest Annual Report with you. In 2023, ILAP celebrated our 30th anniversary. This report highlights 30 years of impact, details our fiscal health, and demonstrates how supporters like you are advancing immigrant justice in Maine.
Last year, we also celebrated the successful conclusion of our $4 million Impact Campaign, which has supported ILAP’s growth since 2020. Thank you to all the annual fund and campaign donors and other supporters who made our work possible in 2023!
As always, we would love to hear from you. Visit our Donate page or contact Development Director Laura Simocko at lsimocko@ilapmaine.org or (207) 699-4407 to learn more about ILAP’s work and how you can help.
30th Anniversary Report:
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Mapping Our Impact
When ILAP began as a volunteer-led effort in 1993, the organization helped 15-20 immigrants per year.
ILAP became a standalone organization in 2000, serving 826 immigrants through direct legal assistance and 700+ through education and outreach events.
In 2023, ILAP helped 6,399 people in all sixteen counties through our direct legal services and community legal education. And our systemic advocacy efforts benefitted communities across the state and beyond.
2023 Case Types
Over the last 30 years, ILAP has helped tens of thousands of immigrants who have come to Maine from over 150 countries around the world. The map below shows the countries of origin of our clients. We are proud to work and learn from the incredible immigrant communities who have made Maine home.
Journey Toward Justice
On a winter evening in 1993, the Honorable Peter Darvin invited Beth Stickney to come up from Boston to meet. Peter, then an attorney with Pine Tree Legal Assistance, had seen a large increase in requests for immigration legal aid and knew that existing services would not be able to meet the demand. By the end of the meeting, ILAP was born.
What began as the seed of an idea led to the start of a volunteer-led initiative that has grown into a 25+ staff organization serving thousands of immigrants and their families every year.
2023 Financials
For transparency and accountability to our donors and supporters, ILAP undergoes annual external audits. The following information is from audited financial statements for January 1, 2023-December 31, 2023:
2023 Supporters
Thank you for partnering with ILAP to advance equity and justice for immigrants in Maine!
ILAP values all gifts of time, money and expertise, which is why you will see everyone who supports our work listed together - without categories to separate us. We are grateful to every one of you, including those listed, those who’ve chosen to remain anonymous, and those who have supported us year in and year out on our journey toward justice.
If anyone has been inadvertently omitted from this list, please know it was not intentional. Please reach out and let us know so we can correct the error.
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ILAP donors can choose to dedicate their donation “In Memory of” someone. Help us honor those who were remembered in 2023.
In Memory of Simeon Alerding
Robert AganIn Memory of Hayden Anderson
Miles ArcherIn Memory of Cynthia Dresden
Edward TerryIn Memory of Diep Le
Jenny BeverlyIn Memory of Charlie Miller
Ellie MillerIn Memory of Laurence Pope
Elizabeth PopeIn Memory of Fredericka Raight
Carolyn HardmanIn Memory of Edward B. Weinstein
Jane Weinstein -
ILAP donors can choose to dedicate their donation “In Honor of” someone. Help us celebrate those who were honored throughout 2023.
In Honor of Eunice Bentley
Bob and Janet KuechIn Honor of Emily Boochever
Susan and David KertzerIn Honor of Nathaniel Brodsky
Susan BatesIn Honor of Ivan Cardona
Carla Marcus and Larry Mohr
Gillian Schair
Ineke Schair
Justin and Payal Schair
Annemieke Schair-CutterIn Honor of ILAP Staff
Gloria Ines Aponte C.In Honor of Jennifer Bailey
Friends of the Prince Memorial LibraryIn Honor of Sam Just
Mary and Kenneth SnowdonIn Honor of Ted and Leslie Kaynor
AnonymousIn Honor of Lewiston Adult Education
Loring Danforth and Margaret RotundoIn Honor of Catherine Lindgren
Desi Van Til and Sean MewshawIn Honor of Paul Machlin
Jennifer MachlinIn Honor of Dan McDonald
Georgia Bancroft
Nancy Brallier
Sharon Bresler
Jane Briggs
Susan McDonald and Paul Dybvig
Lynne and John England
Patricia Hussey and Barabra Ferraro
Michael J. Fox
Rebecca A Grant
J. Robert Hanson
Judy Herman
Jim Lewis
Mary Lloyd McDonald
Edward McDonald
Leah McDonald
Peter and Deborah Murray
Peter Plumb
Kathleen Previll
Alan Pritchard
Leah, Larry and Justin Rood
Sarah L.O. Smith
B. Lee Snyder
Lowell Turnbull and Randi Greenwald
Nancy Brain and John Watson
William and Diane YorkIn Honor of Maura Melley
Suzanne Stevens and Allen SinclairIn Honor of Elek Miller
N. Joel MoserIn Honor of Sureya Omari
Cathy LeeIn Honor of Parivash Rohani
Pamela EmeryIn Honor of Susan Sterling
Jennifer MachlinIn Honor of Beth Stickney
Howard Kunin
Andrew Stickney
Timothy StickneyIn Honor of Katherine Theodore
Eunice CoxIn Honor of Lowell Turnbull and Randi Greenwald
Derek TurnbullIn Honor of Katharine Watson
Judith SobolIn Honor of Bob Zager
Molly Juhlin -
Anonymous (56)
Abbott Laboratories
Lauren Abrams
David Agan
Tarlan Ahmadov
Albert B. Glickman Family Foundation
Eben and Stephanie Albert
Justin and Rachael Alfond
Abdullahi Ali
Pious Ali
Allergy and Asthma Associates Of Maine, P.A.
Carey Groleau and Henry Amen
American Express
American Immigration Lawyers Association - New England Chapter
Meredith Anderson
Nancy Anderson
Jane Andrews and Don Bouchard
Androscoggin Bank MainStreet Foundation
Gloria Ines Aponte C.
George Aponte Clarke
Joseph Appel and Sara Needleman
Apple Lane Foundation
Jen and Miles Archer
Elaine Armstrong
Ash Point Fund
Kathleen Ashley
Peggy and Arthur Astarita
Cheryl Avery
James Babcock
Marlene Bailey
John and Georgia Bancroft
Amy Kustra Barksdale and Scott Barksdale
Gregory Barmore
Rae Barnes
Suzi Van Wye
Camilla Barrantes
Sandra Barth
Christine Barton
Cat Bates
Susan & Richard Bates
Bath Savings Institution
Angela and Irma Bauer-Levesque
Joann Bautista
Marcia Baxter
Joan Beal
Linda Beane
Sarah Beard
Nancy and Michael Beebe
Belayer Fund
Michael Bell
Elizabeth Belliveau
Catherine and Mark Bennett
Donna Benson
Nathan Bergeron
Berman & Simmons
Richard and Theresa Berman
Bernstein Shur
Matt Bernstein
David and Nancy Berrang
Berry Dunn MacNeil Parker
Jorge Acero and Catherine Besteman
Betterment Fund
Beverly & Terison LLC
Peter and Connie Bingham
William Black
Bob and Jill Blackwood
Valerie & Dave Blais
Richard Blumenthal
Arifa Boehler
Annabel Boeke
Daniel Bookham
Sarah Borgeson
Bowdoin College
Grace Braley
Nancy Brallier
Brann and Isaacson
Emily Breitner
Kathleen Brennan
Sharon Bresler
Elisabeth Brewington
Marcia Salem and Eric Bridger
Jane Briggs
Caroline Brimm
Broad Reach Public Relations
Matt Brock
Franklin Brooks
Maya Brown
Amy and Seth Bruning
Brunswick Friends Meeting
Thomas Bull
Andrew Burbank
Martha Burchenal
Jane Burdick
Gail and Lee Burnett
Bill and Barbara Busch
Byrd-Borland Foundation
Colleen Campobasso
Erica Schair-Cardona and Ivan Cardona
Linda Carleton
Barbara and Charles Carnegie
Roger Carpentter and Alice Rohman
Kathleen Casasa
Joe Celestin
Marcia and Rob Chaffee
Donna Mary Chale
Rotha Chan
Bruce Moore and Jan Chapman
Theo and Susan Cherbuliez
Anne Childs
Marty Riehle and Janis Childs
James Chute
City of Portland
Maureen and Peter Clancy
Catherine Cyrus and William Clark
Len Clarke
Marian Claxton
Clowes Fund
Andrew and Judith Coburn
Coffee By Design, Inc.
Priscilla Coffin
Diane and Kim Coit
Melia Coletta
Kingfisher Fund
Elizabeth Compton
Rose Foods
Joyce and William Cook
Meghan Cooper
Margaret Leitch Copeland
Sarah Coppi
Maddy Corson
Stephanie Cotsirilos
Susan Covino Buell
Eunice Cox
cPort Credit Union
Kim Simmons and Craig Bramley
Sara Cressey
Dick and Margaret Curran
Adele Ngoy and David Currier
Judith and Sam D'Amico
Jane Danielson
Judith and Charles Danielson
Margo Davis
Lelia DeAndrade
Elizabeth DeLois
Kent Denslow
Patricia Deussing
Barbara and Richard Diamond
Regina DiBella
Joan Dickinson Hager
Carla Dickstein
Mary Docherty
Doree Taylor Charitable Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee
Ann Dorney
Sean Douglas
Laura J. Blustein and Charles D. Duncan
Kerem Durdag and Mary Starr
Elizabeth Durrell
Susan McDonald and Paul Dybvig
Tom Dyhrberg
Eaton Peabody
H. Carol Bernstein-Eckstein and Martin R. Eckstein
Stephanie Edwards
Stephanie and Peter Eglinton
Carol Eisenberg
Elmina B. Sewall Foundation
Pam Emery
Deborah Endl
Lynne and John England
Lawrence and Elizabeth Estey
Evergreen Foundation
Fain-Malsky Foundation
Fair Winds and Following Seas Fund
Helm Digital
Hugh and Betsey Farrington Fund
Rita Farry
Faulstich & Downs Family
Geoff Feiss
Deborah Felder
Patricia Hussey and Barbara Ferraro
First Congregational Church of Camden
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Fisher Charitable Foundation
Kathy Miller and Charlie Fleming
Erin K Flood
Foreside Community Church
Paul and Dari Forman
Julie N. and Matthew S. Forsyth
Clare Fortune-Lad
Fox Family Foundation
Karen Fox
Michael J. Fox
Rebecca Wing and Terry Fralich
Francis T. and Louise T. Nichols Foundation
Susan Lieberman and Stephen Frantz
Barbara and Gerald Freeman
Joan Freiman
Friends of the Prince Memorial Library
Tom Fritzsche
Gabriela Fuentes
Whit and Jane Gallagher
Lynda Mullen and Susan Garfield
Eugene Geiger
George J. and Theresa L. Cotsirilos Family Foundation
Karen Geraghty
Emily Gherman-Lad
Leslie Gibbons
Rena Giles
Laura Fralich
Clifford and Susan Gilpin
Gipson Family Foundation
Phyllis and Bernie Givertz
Faye and John Gmeiner
Emery Goff
Peter Goffin
Peggy Golden
Goodwill of Northern New England
Abby Gordon
Lisa Gorman
Martha Gottlieb
Bill and Monica Grabin
Faye Graham
William and Judith V. Graham
Carolyn Graney
Alice Grant
Rebecca A Grant
Waypoint Intercultural, LLC
Greater Washington Community Foundation
Roger and Judith Green
Nancy Green
Emily Magal and Jim Greenwell
Michael Grondin
Betty and John Gundersdorf
Maggie Guzman
Gwendolen Elwell Flanagan Foundation
Anne Hagstrom
Nancy Hagstrom
Barry and Jane Haimes
Alice Haines
William and Ann Hall
Marty Hamre
Eric and Elizabeth Handley
J. Robert Hanson
Nathaniel S Hardcastle
Melinda and Ralph Harder
Corina Harley
Michael Stead
Melanie Harnden
Jed and Amy Harris
Coleman Harrison
Margaret Harrison
William Goodykoontz and Deborah Hart
Elizabeth Harvey
Healey & Associates
Merrill Henderson
Judy Herman
Senator Angus King and Mary Herman
Dolly Hersom
Michael Herz
Alan Chebuske and Melissa Hewey
The Hewey Family
Adam Hildebrand
Hillman Charitable Foundation
Hope Hilton
HM Payson Charitable Fund
Evans Family Charitable Fund
Amanda Hollander
Tim and Debra Honey
Barbara and Chris Hoppin
Susan Horowitz and Gail Kass
House of Languages
Ralph Addison Humiston
Lucretia and James Humphrey
Jim Parakilas and Mary Hunter
Immigration Law Group
Jeanne Irwin
Jackson & MacNichol
Anne Jacobs
Adrea Jaehnig
Phyllis Jalbert
Emily James
Jebediah Foundation
Stephen and Carolyn Jenks
Samuel Broaddus and Sandra Jensen
PortSports
Janet Jones and Faith Moritz
Molly Juhlin
Yvonne and Brian Jumper
John Kaminski
Lindsay Kay
Daniel Keenan
Dr. Daniel Keenan
Judith Keenan
Julia Keenan
Laurie Keller
Solange Kellermann
Anne and Steven Kemper
Sue and Jack Kennedy
Susan and David Kertzer
Gail & Gregory Kesich
Kathy Kilrain del Rio
Phyllis Hewitt and John Kipp, Jr.
Julie Kleeman
Laurence Flood and Mary Tyler Knowles
Diane Kopec
Michael and Elizabeth Kramer
Peter Kraut
Sheila Ffolliott and Shepard Krech III
Edite Kroll
Mary Kubler
Dr. Bob and Janet Kuech
Annie Dunne and Howard Kunin
Jessica Labbe
Rebecca Lambert
Larry Landau
Peter and Karen Landis
Alex Langston
Christopher & Elizabeth Lanoue
Jessica and Thomas Lantos
Law Office Of Robyn G. March
Law Offices of Joe Bornstein
Lee Auto Malls
Adam and Diana Lee
Lee International
Hunter Lee
Jonathan Lee
Barbara Leen
Maiz Colombian Street Food
Jim Lewis
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Sue Walker and Robert Lightfoot
Ben Linder & Sarah Kinsler
Mary Lloyd McDonald
Dolores and Jim Londis
Phyllis Harper Loney
Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation
Ben and Bonnie Lounsbury
Marcia Taylor and Mark Love Taylor
Lori Frazer and Christopher Lyman
Hugh McKenna Lynch Memorial Fund
Liza Moore and Arnie Macdonald
Jennifer Machlin
Monica Mahoney
Maine Civil Legal Services Fund
Maine Community Foundation
Maine Episcopal Missionary Society
Maine Justice Foundation
Maine State Housing Authority
Maine Women's Fund
MaineHealth Access to Care
Jack Mann
Emily Manter
Roberta March
Robyn and Charlie March
Margaret E. Burnham Charitable Trust
Mary Marra and Peg Duddy
Mast Construction
Janie Matrisciano
Meg Mavodones
Elizabeth Mayberry
Natasha Mayers
Erin Mayo and Peter Gurnis
Charissa McAfee
Kim McCartney
Dan McDonald
Zeke McDonald
Julia McDonald
Leah McDonald and Ben Wentling
Sheila McDonald
Cornelius and Suzanne McGinn
Beth Ackerson
Heather McCargo and Brian McNiff
Edward Rudnicki and Jean Mellett
Maura Melley
Leslie and Peter Merrill
Sean Mewshaw, Desi Van Til & The Kirby Family Foundation
Mary Lou Michael
Microsoft
Elizabeth Miller
Ellie Miller
Roger and Margot Milliken
Cheryl Mills
S. Peter Mills
Jessica MilNeil
Stephanie Miskell
Terry Mitman
John Mollica
Ashely Monti
Allagash Brewing Company
Janet Henry & Vernon Moore
Morrison Properties, LLC
Eleanor L. Morse
N Moser
Marie and Zack Mueller
Paula Mueller
Peter and Mary Muncie
Katherine Bourne and Mark Munger
Suzanne Murphy
Peter and Deborah Murray
Murray, Plumb & Murray
Muskie Fund for Legal Services
Charles and Julianna Myers
Sarah Nadeau-Balducci
Yoshinori and Akiko Nagase
Christina Napoli
Priya Natarajan and Andy Abrams
Laura Graves
Sive Neilan
Nate & Nancy Nickerson
William Hetzel and Jennifer Niese Family
Holly Sheehan and Steve Niles
Allison Nolan
Lucie Nolden
Jeff Norris & Laura Newman
Norway Savings Bank
Catherine O'Connor
Karine Odlin
Old Bug Light Foundation
Diane Oltarzewski
Chandra Oppenheim
Briana O'Regan
Karen ORourke
Harold Osher
Jim Otis & Deanna Valente
Mary Beth Paquette
Parisio Family
Kirk Read and Camille Parrish
Sara and Mike Paterniti Corbett
Greg Payne
John and Ann Perkins
Delene Perley
Matthew Perry
Gay Peterson and Rob Wood Donation Fund
Sarah Petrin
Tina Phillips
Pierce Atwood LLP
Anja Hanson and Derek Pierce
Pine Tree Legal Assistance
Anita Plourde
Peter Plumb
Leslie Pohl and Bob Fiske
Point 32 Health (Harvard Pilgrim)
Pond Family Foundation
Elizabeth Pope
Tim and Joan Porta
Portland Food Co-op
Alicia Curtis and Kathleen Pratt
Preble Street Resource Center
David Preston
Friend K. Previll
Ann Price
Debora Price
Alan Pritchard
Shafaat Qazi
Charles and Sandra Radis
Mariam Raqib
Darby Ray
Nick Record & Christine Selman
Alexander Redfield
Paul Redstone
Erin Reed
Betsey and Todd Remage-Healey
Marlies Reppenhagen
Jennifer Ritchie
Jean Hutchins and Roger Rittmaster
Adrián Rivas
Katherine Rizzolo
Betty Robinson
Elizabeth Stout and John Robinson
Sue Roche and Brian Frost
Joan and John Roche
Rocking Moon Foundation
Warren Evans and Patricia Rodrigue
Jose and Irma
Ellen Rogers
Michael Roland
Leah, Larry and Justin Rood
Rose Food
Louise Rosen
Marjorie Rosenbaum
Carolyn Rosenstein
Deb Rothenberg & Rick Peterson
Rotundo-Danforth Family
Connie Adler and Mike Rowland
Roy A. Hunt Foundation
Suzanne and Donald Rudalevige
Annee Tara and Tom Rumpf
RKO Runyon Kersteen Ouellette
Ruth Russell
Claude and Esperance Rwaganje
Mary Louise McGregor and Michael Ryan
Katherine Rydell
Mary Allison Rylands
Saffeir Family Fund
Jeff and Susie Saffer
Sam L. Cohen Foundation
Blanca Santiago & Jon Bradley
Sarah and Tom Scola
Penelope and Paul Sarvis
Kristine Saunders
Eve Sawyer
Gillian Schair
Ineke Schair
Justin & Payal Schair
Elena Schmidt
Tobi Schneider
Schoellerman Foundation
Lillian Schopp
Carol Schreck
John Anton and Renee Schwalberg
Mindy Schwartz and Karen Roberts
Robert Yamartino and Maxine Sclar
Jonathan Selkowitz and Rachel Gormley
Beth Sellers
Natalie West and Rob Sellin
Mary Semrow
Serena Sen
Marianne Senechal
Burak Sezen
Jill Rosenthal and George Shaler
Sarah Shed
Deirdre Smith and Mark Sheldon
Qi Shen
Rishil Sheth
George L. and Clara S. Shinn
Lisa Merchant and John Shoos
Short Fund
Shreve Charitable Fund
Lynne Shulman and Harvey Klugman
Peyton Siler Jones
Philip Notis and Leslie Silverstein
Iris Silverstein
Laura Simocko
Barbara Simon
Suzanne Stevens and Allen Sinclair
Ursula and William Slavick
Alison Smith
Maynard Smith Futures Fund
Catherine and Clarence Smith
John and Jean Smith
John Smith
Sarah Smith
Sarah L.O. Smith
Ellen and Steve Smith-Erb
Mary and Ken Snowdon
B. Lee Snyder
Judith Sobol
Thomas Sofyanos
Howard Solomon
Roseline Souebele Mayinga
Southern Maine Friends Meeting
Anthony Spagnoletti
Isaac Sparks
Jim Sparks
The Little Elf Fund
Peter Spence
Anne Spencer
Gregory Spencer
Richard and Alice Spencer
Joan Leitzer and Ken Spirer
Helen Pelletier and John Spritz
St. Ansgar Lutheran Church
St. Brendan The Navigator Episcopal Church
St. George's Episcopal Church
Ronald Stegall
Mitchell and Martha Stein
Mary and Michael Stevens
Alice Stickney
Andrew and Annie Stickney
Ken Kunin and Beth Stickney
Tim Stickney and Sarah Torkelson
Peter Darvin and Linda Stimpson
Mary and Edwin Stockmeyer
Noel and Betty Stookey
Philippa Stratton
Elizabeth Streeter
Tom Studwell
Heather Styckiewicz
Sharon Sudbay
Kevin Sullivan and Megan Mitchell
Lelah Sullivan and Stephen Buzzell
Eric Lax and Karen Sulzberger Household
Andi Summers
Sun Life
Dorothy Sutton
Kari and Bob Suva
Charlene Swift
Susannah Swihart
David and Jennifer Talmadge
Lyn Brown and Mark Tappan
Betsi Jane Taylor
Karen Taylor
Nils and Karen Tcheyan
Edward Terry
Caroline Teschke
Karen Massey and Jeffrey Thaler
The CLOROX Company
The Trade Desk
Katherine Theodore
Tracy Thibodeau
Mary Beth Thompson
Gordon and Barbara Thomson
Through These Doors
Todd Family Fund
Erin Tolan
Town Fair Tire Foundation, Inc.
Ann Tracy and John Kreutzberger
Mary Tracy
Triton Foundation
Lourdes Trujillo
Katherine Kilcullen and Haig Tufankjian
Lowell Turnbull and Randi Greenwald
Derek Turnbull
Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Eastern Slopes
United Way of Greater Portland
Unum
Yves and Wendy Van Damme Household
John Gleason
Nancy Van Zant
Bill VanderWolk
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Alison Violette and Ben Litchfield
Jane Makela and John Vogt
Riikka Morrill & Kevin Voyvodich
Lois and Richard Wagner
Cynthia Walden
Margaret Walden-Evans
Sandra Goolden and James Walker
Daniel Wallace
Bonnie Walstrom
Edward Walworth
Joyce Walworth
Mark McCain and Cornelia Walworth
Margaret Waterman
Nancy Brain and John Watson
Jane Weinstein
Michael Welch
David Ruff and Jane Wellehan
Anne Carney and David Wenneberg
WEX Inc.
White Family Fund
Donald White
Widgeon Point Charitable Foundation
Anne Williams
Carol and Joe Wishcamper
Gary Woestman
Woodside Foundation
Robbie Lipsman
Ian Yaffe
Valerie DeVuyst and Yuji Yasui
Donna Yellen
Yield Giving Open Call Fund
William and Diane York
Betsy Mahoney and Jeff Young
Carolyn and Randy Young
Bill and Patty Zimmerman
Nancy Zugehoer