Member Listing: Nonprofits

Mission:

Keeping the 1932 Criterion Theatre alive through the arts and cinema, and keeping the arts alive in Downeast Maine through the 1932 Criterion Theatre.

Geographic Focus:

Downeast

http://www.biddefordculturalandheritagecenter.org

Biddeford Cultural and Heritage Center

Funder Category:

Nonprofit

Address:

Biddeford, ME 04005

United States

Phone:

207-283-3993

Email:

bchc04005@gmail.com

Website:

Areas of Interest:

Immigrant/Refugees

http://www.bridgtonacademy.org/

Historical Activities

Mission:

To preserve, share and teach the heritage,culture and history of Biddeford and all its people.

Geographic Focus:

Southern Maine

Bridgton Academy

Funder Category:

Nonprofit

Address:

Bridgton, ME 04057

United States

Phone:

(207) 647-3322

Website:

Areas of Interest:

http://www.bridgtonhistory.org

Mission:

To educate young men for the rigors of college and beyond in a unique, one-year postgraduate setting.

Geographic Focus:

National

International

Bridgton Historical Society

Funder Category:

Nonprofit

Address:

Bridgton, ME 04009

United States

Phone:

(207) 647-3699

Website:

Areas of Interest:

Portland/Cumberland County

Mission:

Preserve and interpret the history of the Bridgton Community.

Geographic Focus:

Southern Maine

Western Maine

Cary Library

Funder Category:

Nonprofit

Address:

Houlton, ME 04730

United States

Phone:

(207) 532-1302

Website:

http://www.cary.lib.me.us

Areas of Interest:

Human Services

Mission:

Our mission is to strengthen our community by enhancing and contributing to individual knowledge and experiences, literacy development and lifelong learning through print, electronic resources, cultural activities, programs and services.

Geographic Focus:

International/Foreign Affairs

Catholic Charities Maine

Funder Category:

Nonprofit

Address:

Portland, ME 04104

United States

Phone:

(207) 781-8550

Email:

info@ccmaine.org

Website:

http://www.ccmaine.org

Areas of Interest:

Poverty

Early Childhood

Mission:

Catholic Charities empowers and strengthen individuals and families of all faiths by providing innovative community-based social services throughout Maine.

Geographic Focus:

Chewonki Foundation

Funder Category:

Nonprofit

Address:

Wiscasset, ME 04578

United States

Phone:

(207) 882-7323 x127

Website:

http://www.chewonki.org

Areas of Interest:

Geographic Focus:

http://www.coastalchildrensmuseumorg

Coastal Children's Museum

Funder Category:

Nonprofit

Address:

Rockland, ME 04841

United States

Phone:

(207) 596-0300

Website:

Areas of Interest:

Early Childhood

http://www.coa.edu/index.htm

Mission:

Our mission is to provide children and families the opportunity to explore, discover and learn through play, about the natural world, the arts and sciences, and the diversity of the Maine's mid-coast region.

Geographic Focus:

Mid-Coast

College of the Atlantic

Funder Category:

Nonprofit

Address:

Bar Harbor, ME 04609

United States

Phone:

(207) 801-5621

Website:

Areas of Interest:

https://www.wayfinderschools.org/

Human Services

Geographic Focus:

National

International

Wayfinder Schools

Funder Category:

Nonprofit

Address:

New Gloucester, ME 04260

United States

Phone:

(207) 926-4532

Website:

Areas of Interest:

Mission:

Wayfinder Schools offer students the experience necessary to discover their strengths and skills, connect with their families, practice personal responsibility, contribute to their communities, and earn a high school diploma.

Geographic Focus:

Community Caring Collaborative

Funder Category:

Nonprofit

Address:

East Machias, ME 04630

United States

Phone:

(207) 214-7792

Website:

http://www.cccmaine.org

Areas of Interest:

http://curranhomestead.org/

Mission:

The mission of the CC is to nurture and sustain collaboration that expands resources and results in greater hope, health and well being for Washington County people.

Geographic Focus:

Downeast

19th Century Curran Villages at Orrington & Newfield

Funder Category:

Nonprofit

Address:

Orrington, ME 04474

United States

Phone:

(207) 205-4849

Website:

Areas of Interest:

Communications/Media

Mission:

Hands-on history with connections to science, technology, engineering and mathematics

Geographic Focus:

dsfgrants@mainesalmonrivers.org

Downeast Salmon Federation

Funder Category:

Nonprofit

Address:

Columbia Falls, ME

United States

Phone:

(207) 483-4336

Email:

Website:

https://mainesalmonrivers.org/

Areas of Interest:

http://www.theecologyschool.org/

Mission:

Our Mission is to conserve wild Atlantic salmon and other sea-run fish and their habitats, restore a viable sports salmon fishery, and protect other important river, scenic, recreational, and ecological resources in eastern Maine.

Geographic Focus:

Downeast

The Ecology School

Funder Category:

Nonprofit

Address:

Saco, ME 04072

United States

Phone:

(207) 283-9951

Website:

Areas of Interest:

Health

Agriculture/Food

Mission:

Foster stewardship for the earth by teaching the science of ecology and the practice of sustainability

Geographic Focus:

New England

http://freedomhistoricalsociety.org/

National

Freedom Community Historical Society

Funder Category:

Nonprofit

Address:

Freedom, ME 04941

United States

Phone:

(207) 382-6155

Website:

Areas of Interest:

http://www.fayettemaine.org/friends-of-starling-hall.html

Mission:

Maintain history of Freedom, and restore Keene Hall.

Geographic Focus:

Mid-Coast

Friends of Starling Hall

Funder Category:

Nonprofit

Address:

Kents Hill, ME 04349

United States

Phone:

(207) 293-4344

Website:

Areas of Interest:

Mission:

Our immediate goal is to bring the hall up to code and return it to the uses it once served fro Fayette citzens.

Geographic Focus:

Western Maine

Friends of Portland Adult Education

Funder Category:

Nonprofit

Address:

Portland, ME 04104

United States

Phone:

(207) 829-5592

Website:

http://friendsofpae.org/

Areas of Interest:

Portland/Cumberland County

Mission:

Friends of Portland Adult Education helps adult learners strive to become stronger citizens, employees, parents and entrepreneurs.

Geographic Focus:

Gedakina, Inc

Funder Category:

Nonprofit

Address:

Bangor, ME 04402

United States

Phone:

(413) 549-1320

Email:

rickpouliot@gedakina.org

Website:

http://www.gedakina.org

Areas of Interest:

Aging

Health

Poverty

Early Childhood

Diversity

LGBTQ

Mission:

Native American leadership development for youth and women; indigenous & sustainable food systems; cultural continuance; social and environmental justice & equity.

Geographic Focus:

New England

r.starkey@georgestevens.org

George Stevens Academy

Funder Category:

Nonprofit

Address:

Blue Hill, ME 04614

United States

Phone:

(207) 374-2808

Email:

Website:

https://www.georgestevensacademy.org/

Areas of Interest:

Mission:

George Stevens Academy is an independent high school on the coast of Maine. The academy is a caring educational community committed to meeting the needs of each local and boarding student with a challenging, comprehensive academic and experiential program that fosters the pursuit of knowledge, inspires creativity, develops self-reliance, and prepares graduates for a purposeful life in a changing world. (Adopted by the Board of Trustees in June 2013 and amended in October 2017)

Good Will-Hinckley

Funder Category:

Nonprofit

Address:

Hinckley, ME 04944

United States

Phone:

(207) 238-4000

Website:

http://www.gwh.org

Areas of Interest:

Homelessness

Agriculture/Food

Mission:

The purpose of this organization shall be to provide a home for the reception and support of needy boys and girls who are in need of a home and a helping hand, to maintain and operate a school for them and to attend to the physical, industrial, moral and spiritual development of those who shall be placed in its care; its spirit to be evangelical without being sectarian.

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