Mapping Our Footsteps, which received a grant from the Environmental Funders Network's 2009 Quality of Place Initiative, engages multiple generations in the care of their environment and deepens their connection to culture and community. Photo courtesy of Healthy Community Coalition of Greater Franklin County
MaineCF addresses environmental issues in Maine using a range of resources. Grant support is provided through designated, nonprofit, and donor-advised funds. Since 1990, MaineCF's Fund for Maine Land Conservation has been helping land trusts be more effective in their services.
On a larger scale, in partnership with the Maine Philanthropy Center, MaineCF oversees the innovative Environmental Funders Network. The network’s goal is to help to identify and create ways to improve and sustain Maine’s natural environment. In 2009, through its Quality of Place Initiative, the EFN made grants ranging from $30,000 to $100,000 to eight nonprofits across the state. One grantee, the Healthy Community Coalition of Greater Franklin County, is using its funding to develop the Mapping Our Footsteps program, which uses GIS and GPS technology to bring youth and adults together to map their county’s hiking trails, recreational sites, and points of cultural and historic interest.
For more information about the Environmental Funders Network, visit the EFN's website.
To learn more about how MaineCF is working to build a healthy environment and how you can support this work, contact Ellen Pope by e-mail or by phone, toll-free, at 877-700-6800.