The Maine philanthropic community stands in solidarity and support for the Lewiston-Auburn communities, the victims of this senseless act of gun violence and their families, and all of those who have had their sense of physical and psychological safety robbed from them by this tragedy.
The Maine Community Foundation awarded a total of $408,980 to 29 nonprofit organizations that advance animal welfare in the state through its Animal Welfare Fund.
Our mission is to educate, empower and promote self-sufficiency among Immigrants and refugees while preserving and maintain their cultural identities.
With a focus on those who have often been marginalized, Grassroots Fund empowers individuals, groups and organizations working across a broad range of environmental and social justice issues.
Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF) will hold a press conference on November 16 to provide updates on the Victims & Families Fund of the foundation’s Lewiston-Auburn Area Response Fund.
Committee to direct funds to victims’ families, survivors, and individuals present at October 25 mass shootings
The funding will help provide vulnerable young people with positive experiences, a sense of belonging, and tools to thrive.
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.
The Onion Foundation in Auburn, Maine has announced the appointment of Rosalind Erwin to serve as its Environment Program Officer.
MaineCF’s first new strategic area of focus to be climate change, impact
The Steering Committee for the Maine Community Foundation’s (MaineCF) Lewiston-Auburn Area Response Fund for Victims & Families (“the fund”) will hold a town hall meeting to hear feedback on the committee’s draft protocol on the processes and timeline for determining eligibility for payments from the fund.
We support the self-determination of Wabanaki people through education, truth-telling, restorative justice, and restorative practices in Wabanaki and Maine communities. We design our structures and processes to be responsive to Wabanaki communities and beneficial to Wabanaki people.
The Maine Community Foundation’s Welch Charitable Fund has awarded $285,641 to 18 organizations that serve Greater Portland.
Funding will support rural and BIPOC arts organizations, live theater
Grants from the Maine Community Foundation’s (MaineCF) PF Fund for the Baldwin Area are available for nonprofit organizations and projects that benefit the community.
“Being a woman of color myself, ILOC's central focus is particularly poignant. It enables us to draw from the program’s resources and to steadily enhance our methods of offering indispensable aid to our community,” Amran Osman, Generational Noor
Graduating seniors from Maine high schools who are National FFA Organization (Future Farmers of America) members and interested in pursuing a career in farming, agriculture or natural resources are invited to apply for a Ronald P. Guerrette FFA Scholarship through the Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF).
Point32Health Foundation announced $40,000 in grants to eight nonprofit organizations working to address inequities, support veterans and improve access to nutritious food across the region.
The Maine Community Foundation’s Lewiston-Auburn Area Response Fund is now accepting applications from victims and families impacted by the tragic Oct. 25, 2023, shootings in Lewiston.
Grants are available from the Maine Community Foundation’s (MaineCF) Hospice Fund to support hospice programs that support volunteer and bereavement services in Cumberland and York counties.
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