As Black History Month comes to a close, it serves us well to remember – all year – the shared experiences of African Americans as part of our collective American history. In Maine, we won’t soon forget an artist and storyteller who touched many lives from his home on Little Cranberry Island. When Ashley Bryan […]

Feedback from MaineCF’s grantees goes a long way toward understanding needs in Maine’s communities, challenges nonprofit organizations face during the pandemic, and how we can adapt our grant programs to better meet their needs. Our new “Reporting Out” shares the experiences of 283 grantees funded from our regular competitive grant programs in 2020. Some snapshots: […]

MaineCF’s Downeast Innovation grant program awarded $60,000 to six nonprofit organizations that provide programs to support or increase entrepreneurship and innovation in Hancock and Washington counties. Two additional organizations were awarded $20,000 from donor-advised funds held by MaineCF. The grant program, which ended in 2021, was part of the foundation’s strategic goal work on entrepreneurs […]

Gloria Aponte C. of MaineCF talks with Amjambo Africa about upcoming grant opportunities that benefit people of color in Maine, including the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Fund, and Investing in Leaders of Color. Read the full story here.

Eve Fischer, a University of Maine at Farmington (UMF) junior from Portland and a 2020-2021 Maine Policy Scholar, recently presented her research to the state Legislature. The Maine Policy Scholars program is managed by the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine in partnership with MaineCF. Fischer’s study focused on the resurgence […]