More than $174,000 in grants from the Maine Community Foundation’s (MaineCF) Frances Hollis Brain Foundation will support organizations that offer early childhood, health, food security, legal and homelessness services.
The 27 grants to organizations and projects in southern and central Maine include:
- Cedars Nursing Care Center, Portland, for oral evaluations, dental X-rays and kits for long-term care residents and rehabilitation patients
- Greater Portland Family Promise, to find affordable housing for families who experience homelessness and provide ongoing housing mentorship
- Hope Acts, Portland, to support new asylum seekers with housing, support services and English classes.
The Brain Foundation Fund awards grants to nonprofits that serve Auburn, Bath, Biddeford, Brunswick, Greater Portland, Lewiston, Saco, Sanford and those with statewide missions. The funding supports early childhood care and education, extended-day learning, community health clinics, oral health initiatives, hunger prevention and food security, homelessness alleviation and legal services connected to these areas.
The next deadline for applications is April 1, 2023. A complete list of the 2022 grantees is available at www.mainecf.org/recentgrants. For more information, contact Program Officer John Ochira at jochira@mainecf.org or (207) 412-0837.
David and Frances Brain established the Frances Hollis Brain Foundation in 1993 to address social issues and encourage the family’s future generations to contribute to the wellbeing of their communities in Maine, Georgia and Kentucky.
The Maine Community Foundation brings people and resources together to build a better Maine. MaineCF has offices in Ellsworth and Portland with additional staff located across the state. To learn more about the foundation, visit www.mainecf.org.