MaineCF has awarded 23 Greater Portland nonprofits a total $133,055 in grants through its Rines Thompson Fund. 2022 grantees include: Classical Uprising, for its 2023 Portland Bach Experience festival Maine Historical Society, for its exhibit “Code Red: Connecting Natural History Collections with Climate Change” Youth Led Justice, to divert youth from Maine’s juvenile justice system, […]

Fourteen nonprofit leaders of color from across the state have been awarded grants from MaineCF’s Investing in Leaders of Color program.  The program supports nonprofit leaders of color at nonprofit organizations that serve communities of color and promote racial equity in Maine. It provides one-on-one coaching, a stipend for professional development and operating costs, and […]

  Season Two of “Maine Ties” premieres with a look at how MaineCF grantees are combating food insecurity from Aroostook County to York County. Maine ranks near the top for the highest food insecurity rates in the country. Food prices have spiked amid record inflation, straining wallets and household budgets. Financial hardship is among one […]

Support from MaineCF’s Maine Land Protection grant program will conserve more than 4,000 acres across the state, including 70-plus acres that will be returned to Wabanaki tribes. Seven nonprofit conservation projects received grants totaling $173,600 to protect land from Washington to Cumberland counties. Five projects totaling $153,600 were funded through the grant program and two […]

Mis Primeros Posos, a new, bilingual child care center within Families First Community Center (FFCC) in Ellsworth, now offers affordable care to local families and residents of FFCC. FFCC has residential and outreach programs for families and their minor children who are experiencing homelessness. MaineCF’s competitive grant programs and grants from donor-advised funds have supported […]