Maine Community Foundation Inc.



The Maine Community Foundation serves thousands of people who share a common mission: improving the quality of life in the state.

Individuals, families, businesses and organizations create charitable funds that help Maine meet the challenges of changing times. The foundation's assets of $250 million are held in stewardship for more than 800 funds.



    

Recent News from Maine Community Foundation


Ruef-Lindquist to head Maine Planned Giving Council
Foundation: Maine Community Foundation

Ruef-Lindquist has had a role in planned giving as an attorney, former trust officer and philanthropic adviser, and consultant to nonprofits across...more

Biology professor recipient of UMPI professorship funds
Foundation: Maine Community Foundation

Established with proceeds from a designated fund at the Maine Community Foundation, this is the university's first rotating professorship. “We are...more

Foundation provides grants to 23 Maine conservation projects
Foundation: Maine Community Foundation

ELLSWORTH, Maine (AP) - Nearly two dozen conservation projects in Maine will receive grants through a philanthropic foundation that focuses...more

Western Maine Transportation recieves emergency grant
Foundation: Maine Community Foundation

The $10,000 from the Harold Dudley Charitable Fund of the Maine Community Foundation means transportation services will continue in...more

Maine Community Foundation's Downeast Innovation Fund awards $106000 in grants
Foundation: Maine Community Foundation

The Maine Community Foundation's Downeast Innovation Fund has awarded $106,305 in grants to 15 nonprofits in Hancock and...more

Downeast Institute receives grant to support scallop hatchery development
Foundation: Maine Community Foundation

The grant comes from the Belvedere Natural Resource Preservation Fund of the Maine Community Foundation. The Executive Director, Dianne...more

Maine Community Foundation's Downeast Innovation Fund awards grants to 15 local non-profits
Foundation: Maine Community Foundation

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Maine (WABI) - The Maine Community Foundation's Downeast Innovation Fund has awarded more than $106,000 in...more

Maine Community Foundation Grants For County Nonprofits
Foundation: Maine Community Foundation

The Southern Midcoast Committee reviews grants and makes recommendations for funding.In 2019, the committee awarded $81,132 in grants to 16 nonprofit organizations.An application, guidelines, and a...more

Spay/neuter clinics make a difference
Foundation: Maine Community Foundation

... Home Pet Rescue was blessed to receive $34,000 from the Elmina Sewall Foundation and $10,000 from the Maine Community Foundation in...more

Chamber of Commerce celebrates volunteers, businesses at annual awards
Foundation: Maine Community Foundation

Engels has been a member of the Presque Isle Industrial Council, the Maine Community Foundation Board, the Northern Maine Community...more



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