| Project Information |
Committee Grant Amount* |
Total Grant Amount* |
| ALDA-MAINE, North Haven to establish a presence for ALDA in Maine; to reach interested Maine people
with hearing needs interested in maintaining equal access and good communications |
$2,000.00 |
$3,800.00 |
| Bicycle Coalition of Maine, Augusta, for a strategic planning process including a survey of 6,000 members
|
$4,500.00 |
$4,500.00 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bath/Brunswick, Brunswick, for personnel expenses and supplies and other
costs to establish new Service Learning and Intergenerational Mentoring programs and expand existing programs at area schools |
$3,000.00 |
$3,000.00 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maine, Portland to locate, screen, train and support qualified
"Big" volunteers who each make a commitment of at least a year |
$5,000.00 |
$5,000.00 |
| Center for Law and Innovation at the University of Maine School of Law, Portland to provide lodging and
meals for speakers and guests donating their time to participate in the forum "Preparing for Climate Change Impacts on Marine Resources of the
Northwest Atlantic", which is planned for April 26-27, 2007 at GMRI in Portland |
$5,000.00 |
$5,000.00 |
| Center for Science in the Public Interest, Washington, DC, to work with advocates, health professionals
and policy makers in Maine to build support for regulations and legislation that would require fast-food and chain restaurants to provide calorie and
nutrition information on their menus to combat obesity
|
$7,500.00 |
$7,500.00 |
| Community Building Trust, Inc., Damariscotta, to purchase instrumentation and equipment to offer free
or lost-cost professional energy audits for local homeowners, as part of the Midcoast Green Collaborative effort
|
$5,000.00 |
$5,000.00 |
| Five Rivers Arts Alliance, Brunswick to publish six issues of a guide to local arts, culture and heritage
|
$5,000.00 |
$6,000.00 |
| The Four Square Foundation, S. Portland to retain the services of Dr. Bruce Hoppe of Connective
Associates to assist in the development of a network survey of 62 Bangor organizations |
$6,000.00 |
$6,000.00 |
| Frannie Peabody Center, Portland for professional guidance and facilitation in the develop of the 2008-12
strategic plan |
$3,000.00 |
$6,000.00 |
| Good Shepherd Food-Bank, Auburn to help the food bank purchase nutritious, protein-rich food for its
clients |
$2,500.00 |
$7,500.00 |
| Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland for free, universal access to a marine science education
program for 5th or 6th grade students |
$2,500.00 |
$7,500.00 |
| Literacy Volunteers of Greater Sanford, Sanford, for an outreach campaign offering free books,
companion books on tape and other tools to parents of elementary school children in Sanford
|
$6,500.00 |
$6,500.00 |
| Maine Audubon Society, Falmouth, to develop and strengthen Maine Audubon's volunteer citizen science
conservation programs throughout the state
|
$7,500.00 |
$7,500.00 |
| Maine Center for Economic Policy, Augusta, to collaborate with the State Planning Office and the
Governor's Advisory Council on Multicultural Affairs to collect all existing data sources regarding immigrants in Maine to develop a more comprehensive
assessment of the contributions of immigrants
|
$2,500.00 |
$7,500.00 |
| Maine Heritage Policy Center, Portland, for the Maine Prosperity Luncheon, to serve as a one-year policy
discussion and debate leading to an action plan to create an economically prosperous Maine
|
$7,500.00 |
$7,500.00 |
| Maine Performing Arts Network, Portland for artist scholarships to offset costs for participants in the
two-day conference planned for May 2007 intended to facilitate connections between presenters, artists, arts educators and community arts
organizers |
$2,500.00 |
$2,500.00 |
| Maine Preservation, Portland to collaborate with Partners for Sacred Places in a tri-state pilot program
to teach leadership development and fundraising skills specific to building conservation and historic preservation of community buildings |
$7,100.00 |
$7,100.00 |
| Maine Robotics, Orono, to expand the number of introductory robotics workshops for Maine teachers and
volunteers in Portland, Belfast, Rockland and Augusta and to create an annual giving program
|
$7,500.00 |
$7,500.00 |
| Maine School Garden Network, South Portland, for a mailing list, newsletter, fall conference and web
resource |
$7,375.00 |
$7,375.00 |
| Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program, Auburn, to train an additional 60 new volunteers for water
quality and invasive plant monitoring to reach lakes that are not currently monitored |
$4,286.00 |
$4,286.00 |
| Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, Portland for a feasibility study to determine options for long-term
financial growth and a retreat center or residency program for writers |
$5,000.00 |
$5,000.00 |
| Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy, Orono, for the NEW leadership program to provide training
for women students in civic leadership, political engagement and policy development
|
$5,000.00 |
$5,000.00 |
| MSAD 75/Mt. Ararat High School, Topsham, to create a pilot program internship for 20 - 25 students to
partner with the school district, the high school and the business community to develop work readiness skills for students |
$7,000.00 |
$7,000.00 |
| Puckerbrush Review, Orono, fto continue publishing and developing the Puckerbrush Review |
$3,500.00 |
$5,500.00 |
| Rural Community Action Ministry, Leeds for the design, construction and low-income owner occupancy of
an affordable "green" environmentally friendly home |
$4,948.00 |
$4,948.00 |
| Sweetser, Saco, for the Mid Coast Interagency Service Collaborative for a second year of strategic
planning and capacity building activities to improve access to services for patients
|
$5,000.00 |
$5,000.00 |
| The Trust for Public Land, Portland, to work with the City of Bangor, the Bangor Land Trust and local
groups to develop a conservation vision for Bangor
|
$5,000.00 |
$5,000.00 |
| There Ought to be a Law Productions, Durham to distribute the film "There Ought to be Law"
through community forums, educational venues and organizations working to prevent suicide and gun violence while promoting civic activism
|
$7,500.00 |
$7,500.00 |
| Town of Dexter, Dexter, for a Community Vision and Feasibility Study for reuse of the Dexter Primary
School
|
$5,000.00 |
$5,000.00 |
| University of New Hampshire - The Carsey Institute, Durham, to support participation by Maine's
nonprofit leaders in a Northern New England regional policy leadership institute with the goals of creating policy actors and spokespeople for
investments that bring about social, economic and environmental outcomes
|
$5,000.00 |
$5,000.00 |
| York County Community Action Corporation, Sanford to provide operating support to the York County
Time Bank to grow the membership and build long-term financial stability |
$4,700.00 |
$4,700.00 |
|
*Some projects were funded through multiple sources.
The amount awarded by the Statewide Distribution Committee appears in the middle column.
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