Start-up organizations, projects involving economically disadvantaged or disabled Mainers, libraries, symphonies, hospice care, and projects related to Friendship, Maine, are eligible for funding from the Maine Charity Foundation Fund of the Maine Community Foundation. Application guidelines and a list of last year’s grants are available at www.mainecf.org. For more information, contact Cherie Galyean at cgalyean@mainecf.org or by phone at (207) 667-9735.
Last year, the Maine Charity Foundation Fund awarded 25 grants totaling $99,315. Grant size ranged from $1,200 to $5,000.
Established in 1921, the Maine Charity Foundation Fund was the state’s first community foundation, created to hold individual charitable funds and to distribute income from those funds. In 1993, the fund was transferred to the Maine Community Foundation, which continues the organization’s tradition of grantmaking.
A statewide foundation with offices in Portland, Augusta, and Ellsworth. CF has been partnering with donors and nonprofits to strengthen Maine communities through philanthropy and leadership for 25 years.