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Strengthening Communities, Building Leadership

Marcus Owens, Meredith Jones, Jennifer Southard, Janet Henry About 65 professional advisors, foundation trustees, and nonprofit staff attended workshops led by Marcus Owens, a tax expert with the Washington, D.C., firm Caplin and Drysdale, on March 4. The event in Portland was co-hosted by MaineCF and the Maine Philanthropy Center. Left to right: Marcus Owens, MaineCF President and CEO Meredith Jones, MaineCF Philanthropic Services Director Jennifer Southard, and MPC President Janet Henry. The For Professional Advisors section of the MaineCF website offers a variety of resources, including the free Planned Giving Design Center.
Photo: Samantha DePoy-Warren

What's New at MaineCF?

2010 Dibner Fellows: Elisabeth Benjamin of Lubec and Mark Rowland of Naples are the 2010 winners of Martin Dibner fellowships in fiction ... more

The Maine Nonprofit Viability Program, designed to provide nonprofit organizations with tools for sustainability in hard economic times, has reported its first-year results ... more

Major New Scholarship: The Downeast Scholarship Fund, a collaboration of MaineCF and the Boston Foundation, will begin offering scholarships to Washington County students this spring ... more

Realizing Maine’s Worth: Maine Rural Partners published a report, Realizing Maine’s Worth: Our Community Legacy, which highlights the power of philanthropy throughout the state. Read more about the report’s conclusions and county-by-county results here.

Historic Preservation: The Belvedere Historic Preservation Grant Program, a project of MaineCF and the Maine Historic Presrvation Commission, awarded $155,500 in grants ... more

Real Time: A Community Building Blog

Recent data from the Center for Labor Market Studies paints a bleak picture for those left jobless by the recession. Earning a degree never seemed more important. Read Education and Employment, March 8, 2010.

The Olympics make for great theater, but if you're looking for community building in action, the Maine high school basketball tournament is where it's at. Read Olympics vs. Maine High School Basketball, February 22, 2010.

Is our passion for technology interrupting our relationships? Read Too Much Texting in San Juan, February 8, 2010.

Can a small grant make a big difference? You bet it can! Read A Vote of Confidence by guest blogger JaneA Kelley, February 2, 2010.

"If Maine is to succeed in the long term, we will need to embrace our own diversity." Read Achieving "Business as Usual" in Racial Equality, January 20, 2010.