May 14, 2025 PORTLAND & ELLSWORTH— The Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF) today announced the launch of a new initiative to strengthen Maine communities by ensuring strong, local news coverage in all parts of the state. MaineCF applied and has been selected by the nonpartisan philanthropic initiative Press Forward to become one of 36 independent chapters […]

March 14, 2025   The Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF) awarded 47 grants totaling $271,987 to nonprofit organizations serving the Greater Portland area through the Edward H. Daveis Benevolent Fund and the Rines Thompson Fund. The Edward H. Daveis Benevolent Fund awarded 12 grants totaling $95,487. Donors with advised funds at MaineCF awarded an additional six […]

February 24, 2025   Student leaders and aspiring journalists may be eligible for scholarships from the Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF). The Guy P. Gannett Scholarship provides support for students majoring in journalism or a field reasonably related, including print, broadcast or electronic media. The scholarship has awarded more than 170 scholarships totaling $4 million since […]

February 6, 2025   Recent federal policy proposals have sent shock waves through the charitable sector, threatening significant cuts to nonprofit programs and services—including health care, education, workforce support and social services among others. At the same time, certain policies are fostering fear and isolation among targeted and vulnerable groups. Maine has already experienced several […]

January 29, 2025   Grants are available from the Maine Community Foundation’s (MaineCF) Hospice Fund to hospice programs that support volunteer and bereavement services in Cumberland and York counties. Preference will be given to proposals that raise community awareness of hospice and bereavement services; increase the utilization and/or the quality of end-of-life services; and support […]