New Ventures Maine creates an empowering environment for Maine people to define and achieve their career, financial, and small business goals.
Through free classes and individual coaching, we help people find good jobs, start or return to college, launch small businesses, manage their money and build their assets.
2025 Impact
In FY25, we provided classes and/or individual coaching to 1,245 Maine adults, reaching people in all 16 counties.
Services Provided
Workshop and class participants
975
Persons participating in individual coaching
436
Students attending Trades for ME conferences
662
Building Careers
Served job seekers and career changers with classes and coaching:
342
Offered My Next Career Move, adapted to help justice-involved women successfully re-enter the workforce, to individuals at the Southern Maine Women's Re-Entry Center:
19
Starting Businesses
Served new and aspiring entrepreneurs with workshops, classes and coaching:
491
Provided classes and guidance to individuals who launched or grew their business websites in partnership with Empower by GoDaddy:
121
Managing Money
Served individuals with workshops, classes and individual coaching:
598
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau financial wellbeing scores for My Money Works graduates increased by an average of 10% over the five-week class period for individuals:
243
CA$H Maine 2025
Through NVME leadership, CA$H Maine served nearly 5,000 tax filers, generating over $8 million in federal income tax and state refunds and nearly $1.2 million in Earned Income Tax Credits.