Hospice Fund
2024 Grants
- Chaplaincy Institute of Maine, to strengthen end-of-life programming and develop a workshop that provides opportunity to explore pathways through grief: $6,600
- Hospice Help Foundation, to provide critical financial support to hospice patients who are unable to afford essential comforts: $10,463
- Laudholm Trust, to build a supportive community that emphasizes healing through nature for caregivers and the bereaved in York County: $5,000
- VNA Home & Hospice, to improve and expand educational provider events to increase awareness of hospice services: $10,000
2023 Grants
- Harbour Signers, to increase chorus membership, and identify new opportunities and partnerships for bedside singing: $3,000
- Hospice Help Foundation, to provide financial support to hospice patients: $15,000
- Hospice of Southern Maine, for its bereavement program including grief counseling, support groups, and grief education in Cumberland and York counties: $5,000
- The Center for Grieving Children, to maintain and broaden its virtual programs: $10,000
2022 Grants
- Center for Grieving Children, to provide peer-support groups for grieving children in person and expand online programming: $10,000
- Harbour Singers, to provide bedside singing for those in homes and residential facilities: $3,500
- Hospice of Southern Maine, to meet the growing demand for grief counseling, support groups, and grief education in southern Maine: $5,000
- Northern Light Home Care & Hospice, for hospice volunteer recruitment, training, and retention efforts: $6,000
- Southern Maine Agency on Aging, to educate staff and community members in Cumberland County about available hospice and bereavement services: $4,000
Grants from Donor-Advised Funds
- Center for Grieving Children, to provide peer-support groups for grieving children in person, and expand online programming: $1,000
- Southern Maine Agency on Aging, to educate staff and community members in Cumberland County about available hospice and bereavement services: $1,000