2022 Community Building biggest ever

The Western Mountains Committee in 2021 awarded the High Peaks Creative Council a grant to expand its Barn Quilt Trail to Franklin County. Photo: High Peaks Creative Council

MaineCF’s Community Building Grant Program continued to grow in 2022 with the largest grantmaking cycle in its history. Our county and regional committees distributed approximately $1.6 million to 192 nonprofit organizations. An additional 64 grants totaling $431,727 came from donors with donor-advised funds. 

For the first time, we are keeping current Community Building grant applications on our Giving Together platform. This allows people with donor-advised funds to find and support more proposals that match their interests. As of today, an additional 32 grants have been awarded through Giving Together, bringing   total donor support to $613,160.  

We also offered flexible and unrestricted general support to smaller organizations in response to nonprofit needs. We received 168 requests for general support that totaled $1.6 million and 267 requests for project support that totaled $2.4 million. Our county and regional committees funded 78 general support grants ($649,157) and 114 project support grants ($901,531).    

You'll find a full report of our 2022 Community Building Grant Program here.

Posted in MaineCF News.