The Maine Community Foundation seeks volunteers to review grant proposals to the Animal Welfare grant program. The Animal Welfare grant program supports organizations dedicated to advancing animal welfare in Maine. Grant proposal reviewers provide comments to applicants, and recommend funding based on the program criteria and priorities. Volunteers must commit to attend a one-hour virtual […]

Do you know who Frances Perkins is? If the answer is no, you’re not alone. In honor of Women’s History Month, the March episode of “Maine Ties” shares her story. Perkins was the first woman elected to a presidential cabinet and under Franklin Delano Roosevelt served as U.S. secretary of labor for 12 years. She […]

Nonprofit organizations that serve disadvantaged, underserved or vulnerable communities may be eligible for grants from MaineCF’s Frances Hollis Brain Foundation Fund. The application deadline is April 3.   The Brain Foundation Fund awards grants to nonprofits that focus on early childhood care and education; extended-day learning; community clinics and oral-health initiatives; food security; people experiencing […]

The MaineCF scholarships team is hitting the road! We’re visiting high schools and colleges around the state this spring to answer your questions about MaineCF’s hundreds of scholarships and offer application assistance. This list will be updated as workshops are added. MaineCF Scholarship Workshops 11:30 a.m. | Thursday, March 16 Washington Academy 66 Cutler Road, […]

MaineCF awarded $60,000 in grants from its Equity Fund to strengthen lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) organizations in Maine. Donors with advised funds at MaineCF made an additional five grants totaling $37,500. Grantees include: Downeast Rainbow Alliance, for its Traveling Rainbow Project, which creates affirming spaces at schools, community centers, and local events […]