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Member Spotlight: Cross Cultural Community Services
The mission of Cross Cultural Community Services is to promote social inclusion, improve equitable outcomes within systems, and reduce the social determinants of health for culturally and ethnically diverse communities through outreach, education, and advocacy.
$120K in MaineCF grants to support transportation programs across the state
The Maine Community Foundation’s (MaineCF) has awarded $120,000 to nonprofit organizations that provide transportation services to Mainers.
MaineCF awards $470K to environmental initiatives across the state
Funding will support land conservation, outdoor education and access.
Member Spotlight: Maine Humanities Council
The Maine Humanities Council, a statewide non-profit organization, uses the humanities—literature, history, philosophy, and culture—as a tool for positive change in Maine communities. Our programs and grants encourage critical thinking and conversations across social...
Hundreds of MaineCF scholarships available
The Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF) offers more than 700 scholarships available to graduating high school seniors, graduate students and adult learners pursuing myriad areas of study and professional certifications.
Member Spotlight: Wabanaki REACH
We support the self-determination of Wabanaki people through education, truth-telling, restorative justice, and restorative practices in Wabanaki and Maine communities. We design our structures and processes to be responsive to Wabanaki communities and beneficial to...
Member Spotlight: Maine Immigrant and Refugee Services (MEIRS)
Our mission is to educate, empower and promote self-sufficiency among Immigrants and refugees while preserving and maintain their cultural identities.
Member Spotlight: New England Grassroots Environment Fund (Grassroots Fund)
With a focus on those who have often been marginalized, Grassroots Fund empowers individuals, groups and organizations working across a broad range of environmental and social justice issues.
Philanthropic statement in response to the mass shooting in Lewiston
The Maine philanthropic community stands in solidarity and support for the Lewiston-Auburn communities, the victims of this senseless act of gun violence and their families, and all of those who have had their sense of physical and psychological safety robbed from them...
MPC supports the Charitable Deduction & the Charitable Act
Maine Philanthropy Center urges our members to join United Philanthropy Forum’s Philanthropy Day of Action on October 4, 2023, in support of the Charitable Act (S. 566/H.R. 3435). This unique opportunity presents a chance for us to lend our voice to an issue that...