Total grant dollars requested last cycle: $185,636
Total grant dollars awarded last cycle: $24,000
Percentage of proposals that received full funding: 4%
Percentage of proposals that received partial funding: 19%
Maximum grant award: $10,000
Average grant size last cycle: $4,800
Application deadlines: January 15, May 15
Launched in 1986 with gifts from three local banks, the Washington 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 Washington County Fund has awarded almost 200 grants since 1987.
The Maine Community Foundation manages the Washington County Fund, and local leaders, knowledgeable about their communities, help review grant applications and distribute funding.
Recent grants from the Washington County Fund
- Grand Lake Stream Folk Art Festival, to support its youth worker program and pay for musical entertainment during the festival
- Quoddy Tides Foundation, Eastport, for an exhibition and catalogue on the artists who came to eastern Maine in 1970s
- Regional Medical Center at Lubec, for teen participation in the Down East Leadership Camp and follow-up activities for the peer support network
Complete list of 2010 Washington County Fund grants
Other ways MaineCF is serving the region
- In addition to the Washington County Fund, the foundation currently holds more than $4 million in assets dedicated to Washington County in the form of donor-advised funds, scholarships, designated funds to support specific organizations, and field-of-interest funds.
- Since 2002 more than $260,000 in additional grant support for projects serving Washington County has come from a network of Maine Community Foundation donors in support of proposals submitted to the foundation’s competitive grant programs.
- Washington County Scholarships
To make a donation or for more information about the Washington County Fund
Please contact the Maine Community Foundation by phone, toll-free, at (877) 700-6800, or by e-mail at grants@mainecf.org.