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13 organizations receive Patricia D. Klingenstein Grants to support Maine children’s health

Published
9/3/2025

The Sadie and Harry Davis Foundation is excited to announce this year’s recipients of the Patricia D. Klingenstein Grants Program. This grant program, now in its 18th year, focuses on smaller organizations that are impacting the health and wellbeing of Maine’s children. The 13 organizations that were selected to receive grants in 2025 represent a diversity of efforts, and 8 of the organizations have never received funding through this program. The program will grant a total of $262,200 this year, bringing the program total to over $1.9 million since its inception. Details about 2025 grant recipients are included below and further information about all grant recipients over the history of the program can be found on the Foundation’s website.

  • AIO Food & Energy Assistance: Funds will support distribution of snacks and meal supplies to fill the gap during out-of-school time for families experiencing food insecurity in rural Knox County.
  • Camp CaPella: Funds will contribute to a specialized, financially accessible camp experience for children with physical and developmental disabilities from under-resourced families.
  • Camp No Limits: Funds will help expand winter season camp programs to continue fostering learning and sharing among families of children with limb difference.
  • Count ME In: Funds will support a statewide collaborative initiative across eight high schools focused on reducing absenteeism with facilitated collaboration, professional development, and youth and family engagement.
  • Healthy Island Project: Funds will contribute to operations of school-based food pantries and a weekend meal program for Deer Isle / Stonington Head Start families and school-aged children.
  • Knox Clinic: Funds will help expand services to include accessible pediatric primary care for the rural, under-resourced communities of Knox, Lincoln, and Waldo Counties.
  • Locker Project: Funds will provide fresh food to Cumberland County families in need via schools, Head Start, and WIC by redirecting good food before it goes to waste.
  • Maine Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics: Funds will invest in a statewide effort to engage parents and pediatricians to inform, develop, and implement gun safety tools and materials to combat the recent rise in gun-related deaths among Maine children and youth.
  • Messalonskee High School: Funds will invest in new kitchen equipment for Messalonskee High School's life skills program, which promotes skill-development and diminishes feelings of isolation among students living with developmental disabilities.
  • Next Step Domestic Violence Project: Funds will contribute to an abuse-prevention and intervention program to equip young people in Hancock and Washington Counties with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to build healthy relationships and prevent future violence, and provide support for youth experiencing abuse.
  • Portland Wheelers: Funds will provide free, safe, and joyful adapted biking experiences to young people in Cumberland and York Counties with disabilities that hinder their ability to bike independently.
  • Tedford Housing: Funds will contribute to an emergency shelter for families in Cumberland, Androscoggin, Lincoln, and Sagadahoc Counties experiencing housing insecurity.
  • Trinity Jubilee Center: Funds will help operate a food pantry and diaper bank as part of broader wrap-around services, serving under-resourced neighborhoods in Lewiston and across Androscoggin County.