| Project Information |
Committee Grant Amount* |
Total Grant Amount* |
| Bossov Ballet Theatre, Pittsfield for a work study program for low-income dance students |
$4,500.00 |
$4,500.00 |
| Center Theatre, Dover-Foxcroft to bring a full-time Americorps member to the Theatre to focus on volunteer recruitment and retention, capacity building, and program development |
$4,000.00 |
$4,000.00 |
| Common Good Ventures, Portland for a pilot of the Foster Care Youth Network program |
$7,500.00 |
$7,500.00 |
| Downeast Health Services, Ellsworth for the Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring project in Washington County schools |
$2,000.00 |
$5,000.00 |
| Downeast Lakes Land Trust, Grand Lake Stream to restore local wild brook trout and riparian habitat |
$8,000.00 |
$10,000.00 |
| Eastport Arts Center, Eastport to fund a part-time executive director |
$5,000.00 |
$5,000.00 |
| Foxcroft Academy Music Boosters, Dover-Foxcroft for the Building Performance Skills and Musicianship in an International Venue project, to raise sufficient funds for an international trip to perform at a music festival |
$4,000.00 |
$4,000.00 |
| The Greenland Point Center, Princeton to assess needs and develop new or improve existing programs to meet needs of "at risk" populations in Washington County |
$4,000.00 |
$4,000.00 |
| Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland to support the Vital Signs monitoring program for schools from western Maine (Franklin, Somerset and/or Piscataquis counties) or Washington County |
$3,000.00 |
$3,000.00 |
| Maine Alliance of Media Arts, Portland to produce the video "Stories from Katahdin" |
$2,000.00 |
$2,000.00 |
| Maine College of Art, Portland for the Regional Scholastic Art Awards |
$3,000.00 |
$3,000.00 |
| Maine Farmland Trust, Belfast for the expansion of the FarmLink Program in Franklin and Somerset Counties |
$5,000.00 |
$6,500.00 |
| Maine Rivers, Hallowell for the instream flow project, to educate the public about the need to conserve water flows and regulate water withdrawals |
$3,000.00 |
$3,000.00 |
| Maine Rural Partners, Orono for the Harness the Wealth program, an intensive two-year community building partnership with the town of Strong |
$4,000.00 |
$4,000.00 |
| Mano en Mano/Hand in Hand, Milbridge for the "La Juventud Mueve" (Youth on the Move") project for young Latino people growing up in Washington County |
$5,000.00 |
$6,000.00 |
| MSAD #58, Phillips toward the installation of interactive "SmartBoards" in each of the math department classrooms |
$2,000.00 |
$2,000.00 |
| MSAD #74, Anson to add two dance classes to the elementary curriculum |
$5,200.00 |
$5,200.00 |
| Penobscot Theatre Company, Bangor for the in-school storytelling workshops and residencies based on the theatre's mainstage season |
$5,000.00 |
$5,000.00 |
| Piscataquis Regional YMCA, Dover-Foxcroft to pay down debt on the facility |
$5,000.00 |
$5,000.00 |
| Quoddy Regional Land Trust, Whiting for a three-year collaboration to increase resources for development, conservation and administration between QRLT, Great Auk Land Trust and Downeast Rivers Land Trust |
$5,000.00 |
$5,000.00 |
| Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, New York for a major upgrade of the audiovisual facilities in the Old Dominion Barn located on the campus in Maine |
$10,000.00 |
$10,000.00 |
| Sunrise County Economic Council, Machias for leadership development for staff and Washington County residents who cannot attend the Washington County Leadership Institute |
$3,000.00 |
$3,000.00 |
| Susan L. Curtis Foundation, Portland for underprivileged Maine children to attend Camp Susan Curtis |
$2,000.00 |
$2,000.00 |
| Valley Arts Alliance, Newport to enhance business and marketing skills of artists and businesses |
$5,000.00 |
$5,000.00 |
| *Some projects were funded through multiple sources. The amount awarded by the King and Jean Cummings Charitable Fund appears in the middle column. |