2006 Grants Awarded by the King & Jean Cummings Charitable Trust

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.