Maine Charity Foundation fund seeks applications

by Staff Pioneer Times
14 years ago

    Start-up organizations, projects involving economically disadvantaged or disabled Mainers, libraries, symphonies, hospice care and projects related to Friendship, Maine, are eligible for funding from the Maine Charity Foundation Fund of the Maine Community Foundation.
    Last year, the Maine Charity Foundation Fund distributed $96,428.
    The 23 grants ranged in size from $1,000 to the maximum award amount of $5,000.
    Applications must be postmarked by Sept. 15. Grant guidelines are available at www.mainecf.org.  
    For more information, contact Cherie Galyean at cgalyean@mainecf.org or by phone at 877-700-6800.
    Established in 1921, the Maine Charity Foundation Fund was the state’s first community foundation, created to hold individual charitable funds and to distribute income from those funds.
    In 1993, the fund was transferred to the Maine Community Foundation, which continues the organization’s tradition of grant- making.