Cumberland County Fund

Total grant dollars requested last cycle: $300,081
Total grant dollars awarded last cycle: $18,422
Percentage of proposals that received full funding: 0%
Percentage of proposals that received partial funding: 24%
Maximum grant award: $10,000
Average grant size last cycle: $3,684 (Although the maximum grant size is $7,500, the Cumberland County Committee rarely awards grants larger than $5,000 due to limited funding. Please consider this when making your request.)
Application deadlines: January 15, May 15

The Cumberland County Fund was established in 2005 with the support of several MaineCF donors. As a permanent endowment, the Cumberland County Fund provides ongoing grant support to nonprofits engaged in community building projects in the region.

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

Recent grants from the Cumberland County Fund

• Friends of the Presumpscot River, South Windham, for developing a strategy to restore fish passage on the river
• Terra Moto, Portland, for Art at Work, a program designed to reduce racial tension between immigrant youth and Portland police officers
• United Way of Greater Portland, to support the Language Access for New Americans program.

Complete list of 2010 Cumberland County Fund grants

Other ways MaineCF is serving the region

• The Cumberland County Committee has helped oversee a MaineCF youth philanthropy program at Opportunity Farm for Boys and Girls in New Gloucester and Youth Alternatives in South Portland. (Opportunity Farm recently published an article on youth philanthropy in its newsletter.)
• Cumberland County Scholarships

To Make a Donation or for more information about the Cumberland County Fund

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