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Spark Your Dreams
Scholarships for Maine Learners

A student learns welding at Eastern Maine Community College. Photo Credit: Maine Community College System.

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We're boldly invested in Maine.

The Maine Community Foundation brings people and resources together to build a better Maine.

MAINECF NEWS

$168K Awarded to Greater Portland Nonprofits

The Rines Thompson Fund supports Greater Portland's vibrancy

SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM

Frances Hollis Brain Foundation Fund

Application deadline for 2024 grant cycle is April 1

RESOURCES

Electrical construction and maintenance program students.

Upcoming Scholarship Workshops

Upcoming workshops at Maine high schools and colleges

PUBLICATIONS

Report to the Community

Celebrating 40 years of building a better Maine

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The Maine Community Foundation’s Rines Thompson Fund awarded $148,000 to 26 Greater Portland nonprofits in 2023. Donors with advised funds awarded an additional two grants totaling $10,000.

Saltwater Classroom received a 2023 grant to design an online ocean education platform that connects students to their communities and natural world through hands-on learning experiences.

To view a list of recent grantees and learn more about the grant program, please visit: www.mainecf.org/rines-thompson

📷 Saltwater Classroom photo.
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The Maine Community Foundation’s Rines Thompson Fund awarded $148,000 to 26 Greater Portland nonprofits in 2023. Donors with advised funds awarded an additional two grants totaling $10,000.

Saltwater Classroom received a 2023 grant to design an online ocean education platform that connects students to their communities and natural world through hands-on learning experiences.

To view a list of recent grantees and learn more about the grant program, please visit: https://www.mainecf.org/rines-thompson 

📷 Saltwater Classroom photo.

LEWISTON STRONG

Lewiston-Auburn Area Response Fund

Support victims, families and the broader recovery effort