York County Fund

Total grant dollars requested last cycle: $182,021
Total grant dollars awarded last cycle: $40,819
Percentage of proposals that received full funding: 21%
Percentage of proposals that received partial funding: 17%
Maximum grant award last cycle: $10,000 (Although the maximum grant size is $10,000, the York County Committee rarely awards grants larger than $5,000 due to limited funding. Please consider this when making your request.)
Average grant size last cycle: $3,711
Application deadline: February 15

The York County Fund was established in 2007. In 2008, the York County Committee began making grants from the fund through the Community Building Grant Program.

The Maine Community Foundation manages the York County Fund, and local leaders, knowledgeable about their communities, help review grant applications.

Recent grants from the York County Fund

• Caring Unlimited, Sanford, for staff consultation and training to strengthen the Children's Services Program
• Harbor Light Stage, Kittery Point, to support a substantive redesign of the website
• University of New England, Biddeford, to support a literacy and math tutoring program sponsored by the Office of Citizenship that will train UNE students to tutor at local schools

Complete list of 2011 York County Fund grants

Other ways the community foundation is
serving the region

• The York County Children's Aid Society Fund (YCCA) awards grants through the York County Committee.
• The community foundation holds the endowments for York County Community College and Mt. Agamenticus to the Sea, two area nonprofits.
• York County Scholarships

To make a donation or for more information about the York County Fund

Please contact the Maine Community Foundation by phone, toll-free, at (877) 700-6800, or by e-mail at grants@mainecf.org.