2007 Grants Awarded by the Rines/Thompson Fund

Project Information Committee Grant Amount
Amistad, Inc., Portland, to provide healthier food and a series of workshops on healthy eating to individuals with severe and persistent mental illness at the peer center in Portland $5,000.00
Center for Grieving Children, Portland, for the Multicultural Peer Support program $5,000.00
Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence, Portland, to create a community wide project to respond to the recurring bias incidents in the Deering neighborhood of Portland, ME $3,500.00
Children's Museum of Maine, Portland, for annual support $3,000.00
Community Counseling Center, Portland, for the Trauma Intervention Program to expand volunteer recruitment and training to include teenage volunteers $2,500.00
Family Crisis Services, Portland, for annual support $3,000.00
Fiddlehead Center for the Arts, Gray, to host 12 arts and cultural enrichment events over the next 24 months, focused on promoting appreciation of cultures from around the world $2,500.00
Friends of Casco Bay, South Portland, for annual support $2,500.00
Friends of the St. Lawrence Church, Portland, for annual support $2,000.00
GrowSmart Maine, Yarmouth, to implement the recommendations of the Brookings Report focusing on building coalitions to promote Quality Places and to achieve change in tax reform and government streamlining $5,000.00
Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, to assist teachers in using invasive species investigations as part of the Vital Signs science education program $5,000.00
Literacy Volunteers-Greater Portland, Portland, to expand tutor recruitment and training program to meet need $4,500.00
Maine Centers for Women, Work and Community, Augusta, for the Cumberland County Family Development Account Program, to encourage family asset development and financial security goals $3,500.00
Maine College of Art, Portland, to support "Adventures in Art," a contemporary art education program for elementary school children $3,000.00
Maine Historical Society, Portland, for annual support $3,000.00
Mercy Hospital, Portland, for the annual support of the McAuley Residence $2,500.00
Morrison Developmental Center, Portland, for a capital campaign to build a single-level campus in Scarborough $5,000.00
My Wonderful Dog, Portland, to underwrite the cost of specially trained dogs for five people with disabilities $5,000.00
Opportunity Farm for Boys & Girls, New Gloucester, toward a minivan $2,500.00
PCA Great Performances, Portland, for annual support $2,500.00
Portland Harbor Museum, South Portland, for annual support $3,000.00
Portland Opera Repertory Theatre (PORTopera), for annual support $3,000.00
Portland Symphony Orchestra, to support KinderKonzerts, youth concerts, and the Side-by-Side program for high school musicians $5,000.00
Portland West, Inc., Portland, to provide literacy, academic, and life skills to low-income and immigrant/refugee families in the greater Portland area through the Community Learning Center $2,500.00
Preble Street Resource Center, Portland, for annual support $3,000.00
Rebuilding Together*Greater Portland, Portland, to renovate one home for a low-income homeowner during the annual Rebuilding Day in April 2008 $3,000.00
The Root Cellar, Portland, for annual support $2,500.00
School Ground Greening Coalition, Portland, to design a greener, more natural and park-like gathering space for the East End School and neighboring community $5,000.00
Shalom House, Portland, to start a small library and reading program for clients $2,000.00
South Portland Historical Society, to hire a part-time professional fundraiser to seek funding to buy the Cushing's Point House for a museum $5,000.00
Southern Maine Agency on Aging, Scarborough, to take on and continue the Portland Meals on Wheels program from the Salvation Army $5,000.00
SPACE Gallery, Portland, for annual support $3,000.00
Susan L. Curtis Foundation, Portland, for annual support $2,400.00
United Way of Greater Portland, Portland, for support for the UWGP community investment process $10,000.00
University of Southern Maine, Portland, to provide ergonomically correct seating for pianos to reduce performance-related injuries and fatigue $3,300.00
Youth Alternatives, South Portland, for a merger with Ingraham $5,000.00