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The mission of the Maine School Garden Network is to promote and support educational gardens for youth, and to encourage school programs which teach healthy eating and environmental stewardship.

The Mission of the Foundation for Portland Public Schools is to be a catalyst for increased educational opportunities, achievement, and equity for all Portland Public Schools students and staff.

The Maine Environmental Education Association builds environmental awareness, accountability, and action by centering equity and advancing systemic change.

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 Third Place is a cross-sector network that connects Maine's Black professionals, students, and entrepreneurs to social, career, and economic opportunities.

Twelve nonprofit leaders from across the state have been awarded grants from the Maine Community Foundation’s (MaineCF) Investing in Leaders of Color program. 

Our mission is to provide services and networking to support and promote Maine companies with products, services, or projects related to climate solutions, and to support and assist people who want to do more on climate change and sustainability.

The Maine Community Foundation’s (MaineCF) Welch Charitable Fund has awarded $222,443 to 19 organizations that serve Greater Portland.   

Niweskok, a collaboration of food and medicine providers, rematriates Wabanaki lifeways through engaging with our kinship responsibilities and reclaiming traditional foods & healing. We prioritize restoring the Penobscot Bay region as a Wabanaki foodhub.

The MWL Education Fund helps Mainers develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence to engage in feminist, anti-oppression-based public policy advocacy and civic life.