Aroostook County Fund

The Aroostook County Fund recently made a grant to Presque Isle Minor Hockey to support the creation of a girls’ varsity team. Tim Crowley, a member of the Aroostook County Committee, presents a check for $4,500 to Hillary Albert, captain of the girls’ hockey team, and her teammate Catharine Hamilton. Looking on are MaineCF Foundation Officer Pam Scheppele (left), and Dennis Albert, Cindy Albert, and Mary Hamilton, members of the Girls’ Varsity Hockey 2009 Committee.

Total grant dollars requested last cycle: $78,983
Total grant dollars awarded last cycle: $18,300
Percentage of proposals that received full funding: 0%
Percentage of proposals that received partial funding: 75%
Maximum grant award last cycle: $3,000
Average grant size last cycle: $2,288
Application deadlines: January 15, May 15

In 1986, Aroostook County businesses and individuals established the Aroostook County Fund to ensure the county would have local charitable resources to address community issues and challenges. Over the years, the fund has grown to more than $500,000 and the Aroostook County Committee has awarded more than $314,000 in grants.

The Maine Community Foundation manages the Aroostook County Fund, and local leaders, knowledgeable about their communities, help review grant applications.

Recent grants from the Aroostook County Fund

• Association culturelle et historique du Mont-Carmel, Lille, to support the purchase and installation of LET spot-lighting and ceiling tiles in two exhibition spaces, and a sign for the museum
• Empowering Life, Houlton, to provide fresh vegetables and firewood to the working poor and elderly
• Halfway Home Pet Rescue, Caribou, for public school education, spay/neuter funding, vaccines, and expansion of cattery space
• Town of Bridgewater, to fund a survey to determine eligibility for a Community Development Block Grant

Complete list of 2010 Aroostook County Fund grants

Other ways MaineCF is serving the region

• Since 2002, the foundation has generated more than $143,300 in additional grant support for projects serving Aroostook County from its network of donors through proposals submitted to the foundation’s competitive grant programs.
• The Maine Community Foundation manages more than $97,000 in endowments for several nonprofit organizations in Aroostook County, which provide support for the arts, youth, the environment and economic growth.
• Aroostook County Scholarships

To make a donation or to learn more about the Aroostook County Fund

Please contact the Maine Community Foundation by phone, toll-free, at (877) 700-6800, or by e-mail at grants@mainecf.org.