Aroostook County: Building a Future on Strengths of the Past Maine Community Foundation 2021-09-28 | Maine Community Foundation celebrates the 35th anniversary of the Aroostook County Fund with the voices of volunteers and grantees who work to improve the lives of Maine people.
Maine Matters Series: 2023 Annual Investment Review Maine Community Foundation 2024-02-22 | Maine Community Foundation is committed to keeping our fundholders informed and connected on important issues affecting Mainers. Maine Matters is a series of conversations for MaineCF supporters designed to inform and inspire giving.On Wednesday, February 21, Brendon Reay, Vice President for Investment and Chief Investment Officer, reviewed our 2023 investment program and discussed our investment strategy.For more information, please visit: mainecf.org/support-start-a-fund/for-fundholders
2024 BIPOC Fund Webinar Maine Community Foundation 2023-12-19 | An informational session about the Maine Community Foundation's Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Fund. For more info, visit www.mainecf.org/bipoc.
Lewiston-Auburn Area Recovery Fund: Victims & Families Fund Final Protocol (ASL) Maine Community Foundation 2023-12-12 | Lewiston-Auburn Area Recovery Fund: Victims & Families Fund Final Protocol translated into American Sign LanguageTo read the published document, visit mainecf.org/initiatives-impact/lewiston-auburn-area-response-fund/victims-families-fund
2024 Community Building Grant Program Webinar Maine Community Foundation 2023-12-07 | A review of the Maine Community Foundation's 2024 Community Building Grant Program. For more info and to apply: www.mainecf.org/communitybuilding
Conservation for All 2023 Webinar Maine Community Foundation 2023-08-03 | An informational session about MaineCF's 2023 Conservation for All Grant Program. Visit mainecf.org for more info.
Belvedere Historic Preservation and Energy Efficiency Grant Program 2023 webinar Maine Community Foundation 2023-04-05 | An overview and answers to questions about the Maine Community Foundation's 2023 Belvedere Historic Preservation and Energy Efficiency Grant Program.
Maine Community Foundation Investment Program Webinar, Feb. 14, 2023 Maine Community Foundation 2023-02-15 | An over view of MaineCF's investment program with CEO Deborah Ellwood and Vice President, Investments, Brendon Reay.
BIPOC Webinar 2023 Maine Community Foundation 2023-01-13 | Information and answers to questions about submitting proposals to the Maine Community Foundation's Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Fund.
Western Mountains: Innovation and Community Maine Community Foundation 2022-10-05 | MaineCF celebrates the 30th anniversary of its Western Mountains Fund, which serves communities in Franklin and Somerset counties. We visit with our volunteers and nonprofit leaders who show how MaineCF’s fund helps build a better Maine.
Oxford County: Communities that Care Maine Community Foundation 2022-09-21 | Maine Community Foundation celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Oxford County Fund through the eyes of volunteers and nonprofit organizations working to build a better Maine.
York County: Growing Communities Maine Community Foundation 2022-09-21 | MaineCF’s York County Fund marks its 15th anniversary in 2022. Grantees and others talk about the wide range of efforts supported by grants through the fund – from food and other critical assistance to outdoor recreation and youth programs.
Animal Welfare Grant Program Maine Community Foundation 2022-04-28 | Informational session on the Maine Community Foundation's Animal Welfare Grant Program for 2022. For more, visit: mainecf.org/apply-for-a-grant/available-grants-deadlines/belvedere-animal-welfare-fund
Why a Donor-Advised Fund at MaineCF? Maine Community Foundation 2022-01-20 | Vice President of Philanthropy Laura Young explains why and how donors should consider starting a donor-advised fund at the Maine Community Foundation.
Applying for Grants at MaineCF Maine Community Foundation 2022-01-20 | Director of Grantmaking Laura Lee goes over how to apply for grants at Maine Community Foundation
2022 Community Building Webinar Maine Community Foundation 2021-12-16 | A review of Maine Community Foundation's 2022 Community Building Grant Program, including criteria, types of funding, application process and a Q&A that beings at 26:55. To download the slides from this presentation, visit mainecf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Community-Building-2022-Webinar-Slides-.pdf
Piscataquis County: Independence and Togetherness Maine Community Foundation 2021-09-28 | Maine Community Foundation celebrates the 35th anniversary of the Piscataquis County Fund with the voices of volunteers and grantees who work to improve the lives of Maine people.
Washington County: Relationships Build Community Maine Community Foundation 2021-09-28 | Maine Community Foundation celebrates the 35th anniversary of the Washington County Fund with the voices of volunteers and grantees who work to improve the lives of Maine people.
35th Anniversary Celebration: Aroostook, Piscataquis, and Washington county funds Maine Community Foundation 2021-09-28 | Maine Community Foundation marked the 35th anniversary of its first three county funds with a Zoom celebration on September 28, 2021.
MaineCF 2021 Donor Investment Call Maine Community Foundation 2021-02-25 | MaineCF staff present the community foundation's 2020 investment summary.
Waldo County: Community Strength and Spirit Maine Community Foundation 2021-01-27 | Maine Community Foundation's Waldo County Fund was launched in 1990 when Waldo County was the poorest county in New England. It provides permanent support to nonprofits in the region.
MaineCFs BIPOC Fund: Learn More Maine Community Foundation 2021-01-08 | Learn more about Maine Community Foundation's Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Fund and grant opportunities from Gloria Aponte C., MaineCF senior program officer.
MaineCF Racial Equity Programs Maine Community Foundation 2020-11-18 | MaineCF's Lelia DeAndrade and Gloria Aponte C. present a webinar on the community foundation's work to advance racial equity in Maine.
COVID-19 Learnings from MaineCF Grantmaking Maine Community Foundation 2020-10-21 | Nonprofit organizations in Maine have benefited from more than $3.1 million in grant awards from MaineCF's COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund. Laura Young, vice president of philanthropy, and Cherie Galyean, director of strategic learning at the community foundation, explain what we've learned about continuing needs across the state.
Our Commitment to Equity Maine Community Foundation 2020-08-17 | Gloria Aponte C., senior program officer at the Maine Community Foundation, explains the foundation's commitment to equity and its work to recognize and confront systemic racism.
Economic Opportunity Grants Maine Community Foundation 2020-08-13 | MaineCF provides grants to programs that increase access to employment opportunities, education, and professional and business development for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.
Investing in Leaders of Color Program Maine Community Foundation 2020-08-13 | Maine Community Foundation's Investing in Leaders of Color Program supports nonprofit leaders of color who are doing critical work to build racial equity in our communities. The program provides funding and professional development training and coaching to nonprofit leaders.
Leadership Learning Exchange for Equity Maine Community Foundation 2020-08-13 | The Maine Community Foundation's Leadership Learning Exchange for Equity brings together up to 25 influential white leaders from across Maine to engage in a peer-to-peer learning community to learn about, and reflect on, the role of race, particularly white privilege, in their work, personal lives and communities. The goal of the program is to build a community of leaders who are ready to be allies in our work to raise awareness of and increase racial equity.
Center for Wisdoms Women Maine Community Foundation 2020-07-22 | The Center for Wisdom's Women in Lewiston, a MaineCF grantee, offers opportunities for women to heal from adverse life experiences, thrive, and enrich each other’s lives through Sophia's House, a residential recovery community, and Herban Works, its growing social enterprise.
Here for Maine, Here for Good Maine Community Foundation 2020-07-22 | The Maine Community Foundation began with high hopes and a $10 challenge. Now, more than three decades later with support of donors and other partners, MaineCF has grown into a statewide foundation that strives to improve the quality of life for all Maine people.
Meet Indigo Arts, MaineCF Grantee Maine Community Foundation 2020-07-13 | A grant from Maine Community Foundation's People of Color Fund supports the inaugural Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Virtual Festival, which honors artist Ashley Bryan.
MaineCF Knox County Fund 25 Anniversary Maine Community Foundation 2018-09-11 | Maine Community Foundation celebrates the 25th anniversary of its Knox County Fund.
MaineCF Short: Lizzy Rockwell at the Illustration Institute Maine Community Foundation 2018-08-01 | Meet Lizzy Rockwell, who has illustrated more than 30 books and is spending time this summer at the Illustration Institute on Peaks Island, Maine. A grant from the Peaks Island Fund of the Maine Community Foundation supports Illustration Institute work to advance this vital form of art.
35 Years Strong Maine Community Foundation 2018-06-20 | The Maine Community Foundation began with high hopes and a $10 challenge. Now, 35 years later with support of donors and other partners, MaineCF has grown into a $530-million statewide foundation that strives to improve the quality of life for all Maine people.
Tapping Season MaineCF Maine Community Foundation 2018-04-27 | In Brewer, Maine, students learn science as they tap maple trees and make syrup with support from a Maine Community Foundation grant.
MaineCF Short: Master of Ash Maine Community Foundation 2018-04-23 | Richard Silliboy of the Aroostook Band of Micmacs, comes from a family of basketmakers going back several generations. He started making baskets when he was a child and today his work is sought after by collectors from around the world. In 2017 Silliboy crafted what is thought to be the world's largest potato basket as part of an exhibition at the Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum that highlights contributions of the Micmac Tribe to potato harvesting in The County. The exhibition received support from MaineCF’s Aroostook County Fund.
A Strong Start MaineCF summit video Maine Community Foundation 2017-11-15 | What do Maine children need for a strong start? Early childhood experiences lay the foundation for their future success and the health of Maine's economy.
Promise Kept Maine Community Foundation 2017-10-05 | A Maine Community Foundation scholarship recipient tells her story of returning to college as an adult learner, 21 years after she first set foot on campus.
Breaking Ground Maine Community Foundation 2017-09-06 | Students from the Foster Career and Technical Education Center in Farmington, Maine, work through snow and cold to build a replacement home for an older couple. The Western Maine Community Action project was funded in part by a grant from the Western Mountains Fund of the Maine Community Foundation.
Reviving Whiting Farm Maine Community Foundation 2016-12-22 | Whiting Farm in Auburn, Maine, is back in business as part of the nonprofit John F. Murphy Homes. Today its greenhouses help educate local youth and provide a place for community with support from the Maine Community Foundation.
Anne Roosevelt: Three Words Maine Community Foundation 2016-11-16 | MaineCF Board Member Anna Eleanor Roosevelt reflects on why the foundation is vital to Maine.
