April 22, 2024   The Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF) distributed $1.9 million to 29 local nonprofit organizations supporting the area’s mass shooting recovery efforts through its Lewiston-Auburn Area Response Fund Broad Recovery & Organizations Fund. The fund received a total of $1,900,132 in contributions following the Oct. 25, 2023, mass shootings in Lewiston. All funds […]

April 23, 2024 The Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF) announces the hiring of six new staff members. MaineCF welcomes three community partners to its community impact team. Community partners support nonprofit organizations and communities and facilitate grantmaking and community engagement in all 16 Maine counties. Caitlyn Barker will serve Penobscot County and statewide organizations. She was […]

April 18, 2024   The Maine Community Foundation’s Hospice Fund awarded $32,063 to four organizations providing end-of-life services in Southern Maine. The Hospice Fund supports hospice services, especially programs that support volunteer and bereavement services, in Cumberland and York counties. 2024 grantees: Chaplaincy Institute of Maine, to strengthen end-of-life programming and develop a workshop that […]

March 21, 2024   The Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF) has distributed $4,696,067 to 162 individual beneficiaries directly impacted by the Oct. 25, 2023, mass shootings in Lewiston from the Lewiston-Auburn Area Response Fund. Eligible beneficiaries included direct heirs of murder victims, victims injured at Schemengee’s Bar & Grille or Just-in-Time Bowling during the shootings and […]

March 13, 2024   The Maine Community Foundation’s (MaineCF) Rines Thompson Fund awarded $148,000 to 26 Greater Portland nonprofits in 2023. Donors with advised funds awarded an additional two grants totaling $10,000. The Rines Thompson Fund supports community-based organizations that contribute to the vibrancy of Greater Portland. 2023 grantees include: Portland Ovations, for the School-Time […]