Videos
About MaineCF
MaineCF began with high hopes and a $10 challenge. More than 35 years later, it has grown into a statewide foundation that strives to build a better Maine.
Here for Maine, Here for Good
35 Years Strong
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt: Three Words
Former MaineCF board member Anne Roosevelt reflects on why the foundation is vital to Maine.
Grantee Stories
A Strong Start
What do Maine children need for a strong start? Early childhood experiences lay the foundation for their future success and the health of Maine's economy.
A Promise Kept
Beatrice Downs, a MaineCF scholarship recipient, shares her inspirational story of returning to college - 21 years after she first set foot on campus.
Building Community, and a New Home
Students from the Foster Career and Technical Education Center in Farmington work through snow and cold to build a replacement home for an older couple. The Western Maine Community Action project was funded in part by a grant from MaineCF's Western Mountains Fund.
A Nonprofit Rallies to Save a Farm
Whiting Farm in Auburn was vacant, waiting for the right buyer who would keep it a farm. Nonprofit John F. Murphy Homes has transformed this community landmark into a home for education with help from this high school teacher-turned-farmer and a MaineCF grant.
Imaginations Unleashed in Belfast
Children in Waldo County created fantastic sea creatures for a mural in downtown Belfast. The project, funded by an anonymous donor through the Waldo County Fund, paired the children with adult artists who helped them complete their visions.
Reviving an Old Mill
MaineCF investors and our partners helped transform the abandoned Mayo Mill in downtown Dover-Foxcroft into a mixed-use development that now boasts apartments, office space, a brew pub restaurant, and an inn.
Donor Stories
Maine Public Television – What Matters Most, 2019
Four Maine Community Foundation donors highlight what matters most to them in their giving.
Nancy Brain, Portland: What Matters Most
Brian Hamel, Mapleton: What Matters Most
County Fund Anniversary Videos
These videos celebrate the anniversary of MaineCF's county funds with the voices of volunteers and grantees who work to build a better Maine.
Aroostook County: Building a Future on Strengths of the Past
Knox County: 25 Years of Grantmaking
Oxford County: Communities that Care
Piscataquis County: Independence and Togetherness
Waldo County: Community Strength and Spirit
Washington County: Relationships Build Community
Western Mountains: Innovation and Community
York County: Growing Communities
MaineCF Shorts
MaineCF Short: Illustration Island
Lizzy Rockwell talks about her work as an artist in residence at the Illustration Institute, supported by a grant from the Peaks Island Fund.
MaineCF Short: Tapping Season
Students in Brewer take science class to the woods as they learn to tap trees and make maple syrup with support from a MaineCF grant.
MaineCF Short: Master of Ash
Richard Silliboy continues the Micmac Tribe tradition of basketmaking with his creation of what's thought to be the world's largest potato basket.
