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Four Ways You Can Invest in Maine

1. Name Your Passion

Thinking about starting a family or corporate foundation? Find out why a donor-advised fund, named or anonymous, may be a tax-advantaged and convenient alternative. A scholarship, a fund to support a favorite organization or a particular cause -- there are ways to partner with the Maine Community Foundation to fulfill your passion through philanthropy.

2. Go Local, Regional, Statewide

Strengthen community by supporting the community foundation's statewide grantmaking or one of our county and regional funds. Your gift is pooled with others to fund nonprofits in a wide range of fields across Maine. Volunteer community leaders help us make the most of these grant dollars.

3. Help Us Lead

The foundation is involved in a number of ambitious Maine-wide activities that include promoting community economic development, environmental stewardship, higher education, and civic engagement. Learn how you can help support these efforts.

4. Give To the Future

We can help you shape a legacy that will support the causes you care about wile providing financial and estate savings at the same time. You, in turn, through your bequest can help the community foundation build a flexible endowment that will enable us to address changing needs in Maine.

Visit the For Donors section of the website to learn more about the types of funds available for individuals and families, get the answers to some frequently asked questions, or read about some of the donors working with the Maine Community Foundation to help inspire your own philanthropy.

Leave a Legacy for Maine

Each legacy gift reflects an individual's circumstance and passion. For Benjamin A. G. Fuller of Cushing, Maine, a family inheritance led him to establish a charitable gift annuity (CGA) at the Maine Community Foundation. The CGA will provide income to Fuller and his wife, Leslie, during their lifetime, and then become a charitable endowment for cultural programs in Maine. He considers this endowment a way of giving back to his family's home state.

As curator at the Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport, Fuller knows how difficult it can be to find permanent support for a cultural institution. "It's supporting something that does not necessarily have immediate measurable payback like human services," he notes. Setting up a bequest, he explains, represents a decision "to do something the results of which you won't see."

You might say it takes a special faith to invest in the future.

Learn more about the community foundation's Legacies for Maine program.