MaineCF staff held an orientation for members of the newly formed Penobscot County Committee at the Eastern Maine Development Corporation in Bangor. Left to right: Tom Thornton, MaineCF Foundation Officer Laura Reed, Susan Carlisle (committee chair), Judy Horan, Dr. Frank Bragg, MaineCF President Meredith Jones, Nat Putnam, Jean Deighan, Lee Cummings, Mike Aube (committee vice-chair) and Susan Hammond.
Photo by Laura Young
Total grant dollars requested last cycle: $140,300
Total grant dollars awarded last cycle: $19,310
Percentage of proposals that received full funding: 5%
Percentage of proposals that received partial funding: 20%
Maximum grant award: $10,000
Average grant size last cycle: $3,862
Application deadlines: January 15, May 15
The Penobscot County Fund was established with a $100,000 contribution from the Junior League of Bangor, Maine. The fund serves as a permanent endowment providing annual grant support to local nonprofits engaged in community building projects. The Penobscot County Fund will award its first grants in the spring of 2010.
Since its founding in 1983, the Maine Community Foundation has provided grant support to nonprofits in Penobscot County. In 1996, the Penobscot Valley Health Association transferred its remaining assets to the foundation to start a field-of-interest fund to support organizations and projects that strengthen the health and welfare of the greater Bangor community.
Recent grants from the Penobscot County Fund
- Bangor Symphony Orchestra, to support the Rachmaninoff Goes Green concert and related activities in May 2010
- Crossroads Ministries, Old Town, for its Bridges Out of Poverty and Language of Poverty programs
- Town of Veazie, to implement a community-driven reuse plan for two buildings.
Complete list of 2010 Penobscot County Fund grants
Other ways MaineCF is serving the region
To make a donation or for more information about the Penobscot County Fund
Please contact the Maine Community Foundation by phone, toll-free, at (877) 700-6800, or by e-mail at grants@mainecf.org.