The Midcoast Community Chorus performs at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center during the 20th anniversary celebration of the Waldo County Fund. Photo by Cherie Galyean
Total grant dollars requested last cycle: $130,680
Total grant dollars awarded last cycle: $34,995
Percentage of proposals that received full funding: 22%
Percentage of proposals that received partial funding: 34%
Maximum grant award last cycle: $6,255
Average grant size last cycle: $3,500
Application deadline: February 15
Launched in 1990 when Waldo County was the poorest county in New England, the Waldo County Fund provides permanent support to nonprofits in the region. Overseen by an advisory committee of local community leaders who partner with the foundation to build charitable resources, the Waldo County Fund has awarded more than 140 grants since 1992.
The Maine Community Foundation manages the Waldo County Fund, and local leaders, knowledgeable about their communities, help review grant applications and distribute funding.
Recent grants from the Waldo County Fund
- Broadreach Family & Community Services, Belfast, to partner with area providers to establish community outreach stations at Waldo County soup kitchens and food pantries
- RSU 20, Belfast, for the partnership between the RSU 20 After School Program and Forest Glen Farm to make the StarRiders program accessible to all students
- Unity Barn Raisers, Unity, for additional staffing for the Veggies for All program
Complete list of 2011 Waldo County Fund grants
Other ways the community foundation
is serving the region
- In addition to the Waldo County Fund, the community foundation currently holds more than $4.5 million in assets dedicated to Waldo County in the form of donor-advised funds, scholarships, designated funds to support specific organizations, and field-of-interest funds.
- Since 2002, more than $156,000 in additional grant support for projects serving Waldo County has come from a network of Maine Community Foundation donors in support of proposals submitted to the foundation’s competitive grant programs.
- Waldo County Scholarships
To make a donation or for more information about the Waldo County Fund
Please contact the Maine Community Foundation by phone, toll-free, at (877) 700-6800, or by e-mail at grants@mainecf.org.