Partnering in Philanthropy --  MaineCF Business Partners

As donors, board members and friends of the foundation, business leaders in Maine have been integral to the success of the Maine Community Foundation since its founding in 1983.

Recently, former MaineCF Board member J.B. Sullivan and his partners at Portland Global Advisors LLC, a wealth management firm, suggested that the foundation’s business partners would welcome an increased level of visibility. And so Business Partners was launched.

“I have always appreciated Maine Community Foundation’s role as a leader in philanthropy in Maine,” says Sullivan, “and I thought it would be helpful for business leaders across the state to have a place where they could easily organize their charitable giving".

With a new section of its website dedicated to Business Partners and a new logo (which businesses can post on their websites), Maine Community Foundation is recognizing the entrepreneurs and corporate donors who are partners in its efforts to strengthen Maine communities.  

Sullivan and his partners chose to support MaineCF’s broad array of activities to strengthen the state. “We love Maine and want to give back to our communities,” Sullivan says. “We believe that giving to the Maine Community Foundation is a strategic investment.”

Business partner Hoddy Hildreth from Diversified Communications said, “Through my family fund at the Maine Community Foundation, I have learned more about the needs of nonprofits in Cumberland County and in the state.  MaineCF has been an excellent manager of my charitable dollars and allows me to give anonymously to organizations I care about.”

For more information about Business Partners at the Maine Community Foundation, please contact Laura Young, vice president for advancement, at 207-761-2440 or lyoung@mainecf.org.