As Maine's Largest Road Race Grows, Charitable Donations Drop

The nonprofit TD Beach to Beacon 10K has become wildly popular as Maine’s largest road race. Registration for Saturday’s event, which drew more than 6,300 runners, filled in less than four minutes.

But while Beach to Beacon’s revenues have more than tripled over the past 15 years, its charitable contributions have declined as a percentage, according to an analysis by the Maine Sunday Telegram.

Beach to Beacon also paid more to race founder Joan Benoit Samuelson than it gave to charity in both 2013 and 2014, federal tax records show.