April 22 marks the 52nd annual Earth Day, a celebration of the beginning of the modern environmentalism movement. Podcast guests Red Fong and Olivia Griset, co-directors of the Maine Environmental Education Association (MEEA), talk about the history of the field, how Maine educators are teaching it today, and how MEEA is looking at environmentalism through […]

Since 2008, the Maine Community Foundation has awarded more than $3 million to museums, libraries, churches, and other historic structures across the state through the Belvedere Historic Preservation and Energy Efficiency Grant Program. The program invests in the preservation, restoration, and retrofitting of historic buildings in Maine. Grants from this fund focus on capital investments […]

The Maine Community Foundation awarded Sweetser a $15,000 grant to support people living with mental illness or substance use disorder. This grant comes from the foundation’s COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund to support nonprofit organizations involved in efforts to serve the needs of those most affected by the virus and contain the spread of COVID-19. “As […]

  Brittani Peasley recently joined the scholarships team at the Maine Community Foundation as scholarship funds associate, where she provides administrative support for the scholarship program, including processing awards, and communicating with schools and students. Prior to joining MaineCF Peasley was a manager at Finn’s Irish Pub in Ellsworth. She studied psychology and business administration […]