Hospice Fund

Purpose

The Hospice Fund supports hospice services, especially programs that support volunteer and bereavement services, in Cumberland and York counties. The fund is not intended to support general operations.

Criteria and Priorities

All applicants must meet the Maine Community Foundation’s grant eligibility requirements. Please read our eligibility and grant guidelines before submitting an application.

Criteria

To receive a grant, an organization or project must:

• Support hospice services in Cumberland and/or York county.

Priorities

This grant program will give additional priority to organizations and projects that:

• Raise community awareness of hospice and bereavement services
• Increase the utilization and/or the quality of end-of-life services
• Support hospice volunteers and the recruitment of volunteers, including outreach, training, and recognition.

Types of Funding

This program provides:

• Capacity-building grants to support activities that will make hospice/bereavement organizations stronger, more efficient, or more effective
• Project support grants for new or expanding projects and ongoing programs.

Additional Information

Ineligible Expenses

Funds may not be used for:

• Activities outside of Cumberland and York counties
• Capital projects or endowments
• See also “What we will not fund, without exception” on our eligibility and grant guidelines page.

Background

For over 30 years, Hospice of Maine provided hospice volunteers and bereavement services to clinical hospice programs in southern Maine. Based on the changing environment and in an effort to strengthen and unify hospice services, in January 2006, the Board of Directors transferred Hospice of Maine’s direct service programs to VNA Home Health Care and Hospice of Southern Maine, which allowed these organizations to create and expand their full-service hospice programs. As part of this transition, Hospice of Maine decided to use its remaining assets to create this Hospice Fund in a manner consistent with the mission and philosophy of Hospice of Maine and the intention of its supporters.