February

• Community Building supports projects and organizations focused on making communities stronger.
• Hospice Fund supports hospice services in Cumberland and York counties.
• PF Fund for the Baldwin Area supports organizations that benefit the people and area of Baldwin, Maine.
• River Rock Shared Future Fund supports achieving greater racial equity by increasing economic opportunities, education levels, and health and wellness in communities of color in Maine.
  • This program will accept applications again in 2028.

March

• Land for Communities supports projects that increase relationships to land and/or water for underserved geographies and populations in Maine.

May

• Frances Hollis Brain Foundation Fund provides two-year support to organizations that serve communities in Lewiston/Auburn, Biddeford/Saco, Sanford, Brunswick, Bath, and Greater Portland.

September

• Edward H. Daveis Benevolent Fund supports youth engagement programs in Greater Portland for middle and high school aged youth.
• Equity Fund strengthens lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) community of Maine.
• Land for Communities supports projects that increase relationships to land and/or water for underserved geographies and populations in Maine.
• Maine Expansion Arts provides general support grants to arts organizations in Maine focused on an underserved geography or population with limited access to arts programming.
• Maine Theater supports nonprofit professional and community theaters in the production and presentation of live theater.
• Rines Thompson Fund supports community-based organizations that contribute to the vibrancy of Greater Portland.
• Animal Welfare provides three-year general support grants to organizations dedicated to advancing animal welfare for small companion animals in Maine, primarily cats and dogs.  
  • This program will accept applications again in 2028.
• Maine Women’s Fund provides two-year general support grants to make bold investments that transform the lives of women and girls.
  • This program will accept applications again in 2027.

October

• Leonard and Renee Minsky Fund for Arts Education supports artists in residence in Penobscot and Washington county public schools.

Invitation Only Grant Programs

• Welch Charitable Fund supports organizations that serve people in need in the Greater Portland area.

Closed Grant Programs

The following grant programs are now closed. Your organization may be eligible to apply to one of the grant programs listed above. MaineCF has compiled resources for applicants who are currently writing grants and researching funders here.

• Belvedere Historic Preservation and Energy Efficiency grant program closed in 2024. Review eligibility for Community Building.
• Belvedere Traditional Handcrafts grant program closed in 2023. Review eligibility for Maine Expansion Arts and Community Building.
• Conservation for All grant program closed in 2024. Review eligibility for Land for Communities.
• Maine Charity grant program closed in 2025. Review eligibility for Community Building.
• Maine Land Protection grant program closed in 2025. Review eligibility for Land for Communities.
• Peaks Island Fund is now a separate nonprofit organization that administers its own grant program. For contact information or to apply, please visit the Peaks Island Fund website.

*A list of recent grants for these closed programs can be found here.