Hancock County Fund

Total grant dollars requested last cycle: $283,753
Total grant dollars awarded last cycle: $94,853
Percentage of proposals that received full funding: 14%
Percentage of proposals that received partial funding: 34%
Maximum grant award last cycle: $8,800
Average grant size last cycle: $4,743
Application deadline: February 15

Established in 2001 with two anonymous gifts, the Hancock 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 in the region, the Hancock County Fund has awarded more than 100 grants since its inception.

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

Recent grants from the Hancock County Fund

• Common Good Soup Kitchen, Southwest Harbor, to teach food preparation and promote good dietary habits and local food
• Mount Desert Island Historical Society, Mt. Desert, to produce a historical film about life on MDI from the 1800s to the 1940s
• Summer Festival of the Arts, Southwest Harbor, to support computer upgrade/training and a consultant for strategic planning

Complete list of 2011 Hancock County Fund grants

Other ways the community foundation
is serving the region

• Currently the foundation holds more than $13.5 million in assets dedicated to Hancock County in the form of donor-advised funds, scholarships, designated funds to support specific organizations, and field-of-interest funds.
• In addition to grants through the Hancock County Fund, more than $405,000 in additional grant support for Hancock County nonprofits has come from a network of Maine Community Foundation donors in support of proposals submitted to the foundation’s competitive grant programs.
• Hancock County Scholarships

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

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