
Hardy Girls Healthy Women was awarded a grant from MaineCF's Equity Fund to continue its middle and high school programs. Photo courtesy Hardy Girls Healthy Women
The Maine Community Foundation’s (MaineCF) Equity Fund awarded $106,500 to 12 nonprofit organizations across the state that support people in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) community in Maine. The fund strengthens organizations in Maine and supports community-based initiatives.
View all 2023 grantees here.
The Equity Fund was established in 1996. Originally funded with a two-year matching grant to from the National Lesbian and Gay Community Funding Partnership, the Equity Fund became a permanent fund of MaineCF in December 2000.