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2008 Noyce Award Finalists Announced

Trekkers, one of the 25th anniversary MaineCF grant award winners
Members of Knox County's Trekkers, winner of one of 16 25th Anniversary Community-Building Awards, enjoy a cultural exchange with Urban Trekkers from Camden, New Jersey, in Acadia National Park. Photo courtesy Trekkers

To help mark MaineCF’s 25th anniversary and the ongoing success of its County and Regional Program, a nonprofit in each of Maine’s 16 counties has received a 25th Anniversary Community-Building Award. The $2,500 grants, selected by county advisors and voluteer reviewers, honor some of the most outstanding programs in the state.

The Community-Building Awards are made possible by a grant from the Sandy River Charitable Foundation, which has supported MaineCF’s County and Regional Program for the past 10 years.

Award Recipients

Androscoggin County: St. Mary’s Health System
Aroostook County: Aroostook Area Agency on Aging
Cumberland County: Rippleffect
Franklin County: Franklin County Community College Network
Hancock County: Penobscot East Resource Center
Kennebec County: Maine Centers for Women, Work & Community
Knox County: Trekkers
Lincoln County: Susan Curtis Foundation
Penobscot County: Bangor Public Library
Piscataquis County: Pine Tree Hospice
Sagadahoc County: Tri-County Literacy Volunteers
Somerset County: Literacy Volunteers of Franklin and Somerset Counties
Waldo County: Waldo County YMCA
Washington County: Greenland Point Center
York County: Community Wellness Coalition

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What's New at MaineCF?

2010 Dibner Fellows: Elisabeth Benjamin of Lubec and Mark Rowland of Naples are the 2010 winners of Martin Dibner fellowships in fiction ... more

The Maine Nonprofit Viability Program, designed to provide nonprofit organizations with tools for sustainability in hard economic times, has reported its first-year results ... more

Major New Scholarship: The Downeast Scholarship Fund, a collaboration of MaineCF and the Boston Foundation, will begin offering scholarships to Washington County students this spring ... more

Realizing Maine’s Worth: Maine Rural Partners published a report, Realizing Maine’s Worth: Our Community Legacy, which highlights the power of philanthropy throughout the state. Read more about the report’s conclusions and county-by-county results here.

Historic Preservation: The Belvedere Historic Preservation Grant Program, a project of MaineCF and the Maine Historic Presrvation Commission, awarded $155,500 in grants ... more