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Friday, September 03, 2010
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Recent Grants Supporting Local Agriculture
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In 2008 and 2009, the Maine Community Foundation awarded $2,169,340 to programs that support sustainable, local agriculture in Maine. These awards came from donor-advised funds and competitive grant programs. See below for lists of organizations working in various issue areas that received funding from MaineCF.
The foundation has also compiled a list and created a chart highlighting food-related grants made by 14 Maine funders in 2008-2009. This information was produced in conjunction with the Grantmakers with an Appetite for Food program held on April 15. The figures in the list represent the cumulative total of grants made by the different funders to individual organizations.
- List of grants awarded in 2008-09 by 14 Maine-based funders (Excel | PDF)
- Pie chart of food-related grants by interest area (PDF)
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Economic Development includes issues such as job creation; market development; business assistance; loans; community-supported agriculture and community-supported fisheries; season extension; farmers' markets; crop development; buying clubs; energy efficiency; institutional contracts; technical assistance; co-ops; tool and equipment innovation; distribution; infrastructure; and worker rights and support (including migrant health and safety, immigration policy, and advocacy for food service employees).
The figures in the list represent the cumulative total of grants made to individual organizations.
| Project Information |
Total Grant Amount |
| Coastal Enterprises, Inc., to hire a part-time temporary program administrator for the Farms for Maine Future program to allow for system improvements and more strategic management of the program |
$27,225 |
| Cobscook Bay Resource Center, for development of a business plan for the shared-use kitchen, to establish a marketing co-op, for staff time related to the co-op, and for general operating support |
$30,000 |
| Cooperative Development Institute, for the Downeast Route Cultivation Buyers' Club initiative and to conduct a comprehensive financial and operational review in order to assess business strengths and weaknesses |
$24,650 |
| Cooperative Poultry Producers, for marketing and membership development needs and to serve as matching funds for an agricultural development challenge grant |
$10,000 |
| Down East Resource Conservation and Development Council, for a grain workshop and to research alternative marketing options for Washington County organic milk and provide a business plan to seek funds to accomplish a new marketing plan |
$9,000 |
| Food AND Medicine, for non-capital expenses related to the expansion of the Union Supported Agriculture (USA) and Worker Center of Eastern Maine (WCEM) programs |
$20,000 |
| Gardiner Farmers' Market, for general support |
$1,000 |
| Island Institute, for the Working Waterfront Advocacy and Mapping program and website re-build, the Mid-Coast Fisheries Association Project, and general support |
$165,000 |
| Local Sprouts Cooperative, for general support |
$20,000 |
| Maine Migrant Health Program, for its Camp Health Aide Program and general support |
$20,640 |
| Mano en Mano, to serve as the match requirement for a Community Development Block Grant and to cover other expenses related to the farm worker housing project |
$5,000 |
| Penobscot East Resource Center, for general support, for the Groundfish Permit Banking Project and for the Community Fisheries Action Roundtable |
$105,000 |
| Progress Center, to create the Oxford Hills Food Cooperative (OHFC) |
$7,500 |
| Restaurant Opportunities Center, to hire a part-time coordinator to launch the Restaurant Industry Roundtable to partner with employers taking "high road" responsible business practices and help advocate for industry changes; and for a training and placement program |
$30,000 |
| Somerset Heart Health, for the community-supported agriculture project |
$7,500 |
| The Carrot Project, to form a partnership with Coastal Enterprises to launch the Microloan Fund for Maine farmers |
$2,800 |
| Veggies4All Garden Project, to develop a food bank farm model |
$7,500 |
| Washington Hancock Community Agency, for the Down East Business Alliance to help the managers of the Ellsworth and Machias Valley farmers markets prepare for the 2009 selling season |
$9,608 |
| Waterville Main Street, for the Barrels Community Market |
$7,500 |
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