2017

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2017 Cycle I: Environment and Healthy Living

Featured
30 Mile Watershed Association, $10,000
30 Mile Watershed Association, $10,000

To support general operations

Bicycle Coalition of Maine, $12,000
Bicycle Coalition of Maine, $12,000

To support general operations; Mountain Biking, Bicycles WelcoME, and the Bold Coast Bicycle Route.

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, $5,000
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, $5,000

To support The Keller BLOOM Program

Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed, $10,000
Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed, $10,000

To provide general operational support with enhanced outreach and expanded water quality monitoring

Downeast Salmon Federation, $5,000
Downeast Salmon Federation, $5,000

To support water quality restoration and fish habitat by de-acidifying a salmon-habitat rich tributary

Downeast Institute, $10,000
Downeast Institute, $10,000

To support general operations for educational outreach programs.

Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners, $20,000
Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners, $20,000

To support general operations

Maine Huts & Trails $10,000
Maine Huts & Trails $10,000

To support general operations

Kennebec Land Trust, $12,000
Kennebec Land Trust, $12,000

To support general operations

Cobbossee Watershed District, $10,000
Cobbossee Watershed District, $10,000

To provide general operational support with enhanced outreach and expanded water quality monitoring

NEMBA, $5,000
NEMBA, $5,000

To build bike trail infrastructure in central Maine

Maine Lakes Society, $10,000
Maine Lakes Society, $10,000

To promote healthy lakes through strengthening lake association connections to community

Gulf of Maine Research Institute, $7,500
Gulf of Maine Research Institute, $7,500

To support Vital Signs: Educating Maine's Next Generation of Environmental Stewards

Lake Stewards of Maine $15,000
Lake Stewards of Maine $15,000

To support general operations

Maine Audubon Society, $12,000
Maine Audubon Society, $12,000

To provide general support

Mahoosuc Pathways, $7,500
Mahoosuc Pathways, $7,500

To support general operations

Maine Conservation Alliance, $7,500
Maine Conservation Alliance, $7,500

To support general operations

Titcomb Mountain, $7,500
Titcomb Mountain, $7,500

To support snow sport opportunities for youth in Franklin County

Maine AT Club, $7,500
Maine AT Club, $7,500

To support Appalachian Trail Education/ Stewardship program: Ridge Runners

Teens to Trails, $10,000
Teens to Trails, $10,000

General Operating Support​ for T3 Life Happens Outside Festival

Midcoast Conservancy, $10,000
Midcoast Conservancy, $10,000

For general operational support Specifically: technology improvements for environmental stewardship and outdoor adventure and learning

Natural Resource Education Center, $5,000
Natural Resource Education Center, $5,000

Book documenting: An Untold Story of Conservation in Maine's Great North Woods 1996-2016

Schoodic Arts for All, $10,000
Schoodic Arts for All, $10,000

To support general operational support to advance ecosystem science and learning for all ages

Natural Resources Council of Maine, $5,000
Natural Resources Council of Maine, $5,000

To support general operations.

2017 Cycle 2: Music and the Arts

Featured
317 Main, $15,000
317 Main, $15,000

To provide General Operational Support

Arts Farmington, $800
Arts Farmington, $800

To support Kinderkonzerts

Art Van, $10,000
Art Van, $10,000

To provide operating support for arts access to youth in under-served communities in Bath, Brunswick, Lewiston, Auburn and Biddeford.

Bangor Symphony Orchestra, $10,000
Bangor Symphony Orchestra, $10,000

To support 2018 Young People's Concerts

Bates Dance Festival $10,000
Bates Dance Festival $10,000

To support general operations

Blue Hill Heritage Trust, $5,000
Blue Hill Heritage Trust, $5,000

To support The Open-Air Arts Initiative

Boys & Girls Clubs, $10,000
Boys & Girls Clubs, $10,000

To expand music programming at 5 Boys & Girls Clubs in the Greater Portland and Lewiston/Auburn regions.

Continuum Arts Collective, $7,000
Continuum Arts Collective, $7,000

To support general operations

Illustration Institute, $10,000
Illustration Institute, $10,000

To support general operations

Johnson Hall, $7,000
Johnson Hall, $7,000

To support the Artist in the School program.

LA Arts, $7,000
LA Arts, $7,000

To support Arts in Education program expansion

Public Theater, $10,000
Public Theater, $10,000

To support Act One; The Public Theatre's Young Audience Program

Maine Academy of Modern Music, $7,500
Maine Academy of Modern Music, $7,500

To support the development of a full time director position

Portland Chamber Music Festival, $5,000
Portland Chamber Music Festival, $5,000

To support general operations

Portland Ovations, $15,000
Portland Ovations, $15,000

To support the Ovations Offstage (O2) program

Maine Public, $15,000
Maine Public, $15,000

To support general operations

Tides Institute & Museum of Art, $4,500
Tides Institute & Museum of Art, $4,500

To Expand Arts Education Outreach to Washington County Schools and Communities.

Saco River Theatre, $5,000
Saco River Theatre, $5,000

To provide general operations program support

Schoodic Arts for All, $10,000
Schoodic Arts for All, $10,000

To support general operations

Theater at Monmouth, $12,000
Theater at Monmouth, $12,000

To support Statewide Education Tours: Page to Stage and Shakespeare in Maine Communities

Vienna Union Hall, $2,500
Vienna Union Hall, $2,500

To provide program support

Waterfall Arts, $7,500
Waterfall Arts, $7,500

To support general operations

York County Community College, $7,500
York County Community College, $7,500

To support the visiting artists series

Augusta Colonial Theater, $5,000
Augusta Colonial Theater, $5,000

To support YOUR Theater youth program

Snow Pond Community Music, $10,000
Snow Pond Community Music, $10,000

To support Music & Performing Arts Make ME Smart! after school program

2017 AUTHOR VISIT Grantees

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