Oxford County Fund

Total grant dollars requested last cycle: $89,205
Total grant dollars awarded last cycle: $25,000
Percentage of proposals that received full funding: 17%
Percentage of proposals that received partial funding: 27%
Maximum grant award last cycle: $4,500 (Although the maximum grant size is $10,000, the Oxford County Committee rarely awards grants larger than $5,000 due to limited funding. Please consider this when making your request.)
Average grant size last cycle: $3,125
Application deadline: February 15

The Oxford County Fund was established in 1997 with an anonymous gift. The fund's advisory committee awarded initial grants to Community Concepts and the River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition, among other nonprofits in the region. Since that time, the Oxford County Committee has awarded over $188,000 in grants.

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

Recent grants from the Oxford County Fund

• Denmark Arts Center, in support of the Summer Film Festival 2011
• MSAD #17 - Oxford Hills School District, to support the Roberts Farm Sustainable Agriculture Initiative
• Tin Mountain Conservation Center, to support experiential environmental education programs to after-school programs in Western Maine area schools.

Complete list of 2011 Oxford County Fund grants

Other ways the community foundation is serving the region

• In addition to the Oxford County Fund, the foundation holds more than $1.1 million in assets dedicated to Oxford County through donor-advised funds, scholarships, designated funds to support specific organizations, and field-of-interest funds.
• The foundation has generated more than $159,000 in additional grant support for Oxford County nonprofits from its network of donors for proposals submitted to the foundation’s competitive grant programs
• The Starbird Scholarship Fund, established by Pearl Starbird,supports graduates of Oxford County high schools and Lake Region High School who plan on majoring in either music or the arts
• The Maine Community Foundation manages more than $200,000 in endowments for several nonprofit organizations in Oxford County, which provide support for the arts, youth, the environment and economic growth
• Oxford County scholarships

To make a donation or for more information about the Oxford County Fund

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