The Maine Community Foundation’s (MaineCF) Equity Fund awarded $106,500 to 12 nonprofit organizations across the state that support people in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) community in Maine. The fund strengthens organizations in Maine and supports community-based initiatives. View all 2023 grantees here. The Equity Fund was established in 1996. Originally funded […]

The Maine Community Foundation’s (MaineCF) Welch Charitable Fund has awarded $285,641 to 18 organizations that serve Greater Portland.    The fund supports organizations that assist people in need with preference to nonprofits focused on youth, education, health care, substance abuse recovery and/or arts and culture.   2023 grantees include:  American Red Cross, to support renovations to its […]

Deborah A. Ellwood, president and CEO of Maine Community Foundation, has been appointed by Gov. Janet Mills to the Maine Climate Council, an assembly of scientists, industry leaders, bipartisan local and state officials, and engaged citizens charged with developing and implementing Maine’s plan to address the impacts of climate change, build resiliency to climate effects, […]

The Maine Women’s Fund (MWF) at the Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF) has awarded $120,000 to 24 organizations that work to advance gender equity in Maine. Each organization received $5,000 in 2023. Grantees include: A Company of Girls, ArtVan, Elder Abuse Institute of Maine, Equality Maine Foundation, Four Directions Development Corporation, Gedakina, Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project, […]

Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF) announced today that it has raised $1.8 million to date in response to the worst mass shooting in Maine’s history.  At a press conference, the foundation said that more than $1.3 million of the $1.8 million total has been raised and designated by donors specifically to the Victims & Families portion […]