Land for Communities

Fall 2025 Grants

Bomazeen Land Trust, Portland, to renovate and update the cabins, kitchen, buildings, and deck for future events and land-based activities at Lemon Streams: $25,000
Cultivating Community, Portland, to support BIPOC immigrant farmers in reaching their farm business and land access goals by building cross-organizational capacity and continuing to lead community farming programming: $25,000
Land Peace Foundation, Bangor, to complete a sustainable gathering structure on the ceremonial grounds of our land-based campus, Wicuhkemtultine Kinship Community: $25,000
New England Arab American Organization, Portland, for a community-led gardening and agricultural education initiative empowering New Mainer women to grow food, reclaim cultural practices, and increase healthy food access in Maine: $8,150
New Learning Journey, Hulls Cove, to support the acquisition of 3,200 acres for the Mi'kmaq Nation, doubling their land base and providing land for hunting, fishing, and harvesting medicines: $50,000
New Roots Cooperative Farm, Lewiston, to expand land stewardship, food access, and youth education for Somali Bantuand immigrant farmers, strengthening community relationships to farmland and cultural food traditions in Maine: $25,000
Nibezun, Old Town, to implement a soil to gut program, promoting wellness in Wabanaki communities, nurturing a spiritual relationship between food, health and Mother Earth: $25,000
Niweskok, Milford, to provide support for the acquisition and rematriation of our Wabanaki foodhub in coastal Penobscot territory: $41,850
Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point, Perry, to acquire title to land within traditional Passamaquoddy Territory, and once again, be the stewards and care takers of the land: $50,000
Sacred Connections, Yarmouth, to protect 40 acres of wild blueberry fields, honoring Wabanaki stewardship while creating community access, education, and climate-resilient agriculture: $50,000
Somali Bantu Community Association of Maine, Lewiston, to identify and support marginalized farmers to access land to grow culturally important foods and develop livelihoods with support from key partner organizations: $25,000
Sunrise County Economic Council, Machias, to reconnect boys and young men to culture, language, and community through traditional seasonal food harvesting and multigenerational mentorship in the Passamaquoddy Youth Harvest Program: $25,000
Trust for Public Land, Portland, to support the Wáhsehtəkʷ effort and the return of 30,000 acres in the Katahdin Region in partnership with the Penobscot Nation: $50,000
Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness, Bangor, to contribute towards the ownership of the land known as Ihtoli Kikehtahsuitmok, the Gathering Place, located in a sacred area to the Wabanaki people: $50,000