Maine is fertile ground – and water – for innovation. That’s why MaineCF is putting its primary pool portfolio to work; to invest in opportunities that blend return potential and support initiatives across the state. These investment returns are expected to boost fundholders’ portfolios to support their charitable activities while investing right here in the […]

Connected. Collaborative. Engaged. Resilient. Hardworking. Scrappy. These adjectives are among words used to describe Maine people and communities by participants in the Maine Community Foundation’s Statewide Needs Assessment and Issue Identification project. The project, conducted in partnership with Elkin Consulting, began in May 2023 with the goal of answering the questions: What are our communities’ […]

Tip Ackerman spent much of her life believing a college education was not in her cards. “I didn’t realize college was an option for me or that those doors were open,” she said. Last fall, Ackerman joined the University of Maine at Farmington’s (UMF) Class of 2025 at the age of 62. She is now […]

Calvin True spent 51 years as a lawyer with Eaton Peabody. He spent most of his career assisting individual and corporate clients with wealth transfer and business succession planning and worked with individuals and charitable organizations to develop and implement their charitable objectives. True served on the Maine Community Foundation Board of Directors from 2003 […]

One might say, when reflecting on a person’s full and meaningful life, that they wore many hats. But for the late Art Thompson, Maine Community Foundation fundholder and volunteer, it was what he wore on his feet that signified his life’s passions. There were the waterproof waders he wore fly fishing and the cross-country skis […]