2022
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2022 ARTS
240 Strings
$15,000 over two years to support free music education for Maine youth
317 Main Community Music Center
$40,000 over two years to support general operations
Acorn Productions
$11,000 over two years to support general operations
A Company of Girls
$20,000 over two years to support general operations
Alfond Youth and Community Center
$10,000 to support an afterschool music program
Arts Farmington
$5,000 to support general operations
ArtWaves
$15,000 over two years to support general operations
Bagaduce Music
$10,000 to support general operations
Bangor Symphony Orchestra
$30,000 over two years to support Young People’s Concerts
Bar Harbor Music Festival
$10,000 to support general operations
Bates Dance Festival
$40,000 over two years to support the Bates Dance Festival
Bay Chamber Concerts & Music School
$25,000 over two years to support Bay Chamber Music School Programming
Belfast Flying Shoes
$15,000 over two years to support general operations
Blue Hill Concert Association
$12,000 over two years to support general operations
Bowdoin International Music Festival
$11,000 to support the 2023 Community Concert Series
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine
$10,000 to support music and arts programs
Celebration Barn Theater
$30,000 over two years to support general operations
Classical Uprising
$30,000 over two years to support general operations
Continuum Arts Collective
$10,000 to support music education
Collins Center for the Arts
$10,000 to support jazz and dance outreach performances for K-12 students
Crosby Community Band
$5,000 to support general operations
Denmark Arts Center
$10,000 over two years to support general operations
East Shore Arts LLC
$8,500 to support the Portland Theater Festival (fiscal sponsor: Creative Portland)
Eastport Arts Center
$15,000 to support general operations (final installment of grant awarded in 2020)
Engine, Inc.
$25,000 over two years to support general operations
Ethereal Roots LLC
$5,000 to support the Joyous Exploratorium Project (fiscal sponsor: Fractured Atlas)
Farnsworth Art Museum
$30,000 over two years to support arts education
Friends of Congress Square Park
$10,000 over two years to support general operations
Friends of Fort Gorges
$5,000 to support Fortation
Friends of the Strand Theatre
$10,000 to support general operations
Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center
$10,000 to support New Mainers on Stage
Haystack Mountain School Of Crafts
$15,000 to support an afterschool program
Heart of Ellsworth
$5,000 to support the downtown Ellsworth public mural project
Hudson Museum
$5,500 to support the Contemporary Wabanaki Market
Illustration Institute
5,000 to support free workshops and presentations
Independence Association
$10,000 over two years to support Spindleworks
ISLE Theater Company
$5,000 to support 2022 performing arts programs (fiscal sponsor: Blue Hill Community Development)
Johnson Hall, Inc.
$25,000 over two years to support the Johnson Hall on the Road series
Kennebec Performing Arts Company
$5,000 to support general operations
Leaps of Imagination Inc
$17,000 over two years to support general operations
Lights Out Gallery
$10,000 to support their programs
Mad Horse Theater Company
$5,000 to support general operations
Maine Academy of Modern Music
$40,000 over two years to support general operations
Maine Humanities Council
$14,000 over two years to support Poetry Express
Maine Inside Out
$20,000 over two years to support general operations
Maine State Music Theatre
$5,000 to support two sensory-friendly children’s theatre performances
MaineTransNet
$10,000 to support arts programming for transgender Mainers
Mechanics' Hall
$30,000 over two years to support performance & literary arts programming
Midcoast Symphony Orchestra
$10,000 over two years to support general operations
Opera House Arts
$30,000 over two years to support general operations
Opera Maine
$14,000 over two years to support the Studio Artist Program
Palaver Strings
$40,000 over two years to support general operations
Penobscot Theatre Company
$10,000 to support general operations
Pihcintu
$30,000 over two years to support general operations
Points North Institute
$30,000 over two years to support general operations
Portland Chamber Music Festival
$10,000 to support general operations
Portland Conservatory of Music
$5,000 to support general operations
Portland Museum of Art
$40,000 over two years to support learning and community collaboration
Portland Ovations
$40,000 over two years to support Ovations Offstage (O2)
Portland School of Ballet, DBA Portland Ballet
$5,000 to support general operations
Portland Stage
$40,000 over two years to support K-12 education programs
Portland Symphony Orchestra
$20,000 to support education programs
Portland Youth Dance
$5,000 to support the Community Program
Project Freewill
$10,000 over two years to support general operations
Rangeley Friends of the Performing Arts
$20,000 over two years to support general operations
River Tree Arts
$10,000 to support general operations
STAGES Youth Theater
$14,000 over two years to support general operations
Saco River Theatre
$5,000 to support general operations
Salt Bay Chamberfest
$20,000 over two years to support general operations
Schoodic Arts for All
$40,000 over two years to support general operations
Searsmont Town Library / Town of Searsmont
$5,000 to support a concert series
Side x Side Inc.
$36,000 over two years to support general operations
Subcircle Inc.
$16,000 over two years to support public arts programming
Tender Table
$17,000 over two years to support community programming (fiscal sponsor: SPACE Gallery)
The Dance Hall
$10,000 over two years to support general operations
The Forty Hour Club
$20,000 to support the a social advocacy theater project (fiscal sponsor: Fractured Atlas)
The Public Theatre
$25,000 over two years to support youth education and outreach
The Telling Room
$40,000 over two years to support general operations
Theater at Monmouth
$30,000 over two years to support statewide education tours
Tree Street Youth
$5,000 to support culturally responsive arts programming
Vigorous Tenderness
$8,000 to support an experimental outdoor concert series centering diverse composers (fiscal sponsor: SPACE Gallery)
Waldo Theatre
$10,000 to support general operations
Waterfall Arts
$35,000 over two years to support general operations
Waterman's Community Center
$15,000 over two years to support general operations
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts
$18,000 over two years to engage K-12 educators and students in the ceramic arts
Waterville Creates!
$40,000 over two years to support general operations
Wayfinder Schools
$20,000 over two years to support the Passages arts program
Wendell Gilley Museum
$5,000 to support public engagement programs
Wintergreen Arts Center
$30,000 over two years to support general operations
Zillman Art Museum
$10,000 to support engagement and education programs
2022 ENVIRONMENT
30 Mile River Watershed Association
$30,000 over two years to support general operations
350 Maine
$20,000 over two years to support Maine Youth for Climate Justice
A Climate to Thrive
$30,000 over two years to support general operations
Acadia Center
$15,000 to support activities to ensure Maine agencies advance climate & equity goals
Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation
$15,000 to support the Youth on the Allagash Initiative
Androscoggin Valley Soil & Water Conservation District
$7,500 to support environmental education
Apex Youth Connection
$15,000 to support outdoor youth programs
Appalachian Mountain Club
$30,000 over two years to support the Maine Woods Community Youth and Environment Program
Bicycle Coalition of Maine
$15,000 to support general operations
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
$12,500 to support general operations (final installment of grant awarded in 2020)
Blue Hill Heritage Trust
$15,000 to support general operations (final installment of grant awarded in 2020)
Boothbay Sea and Science Center
$30,000 over two years to support general operations
Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust
$30,000 over two years to support general operations
Cathance River Education Alliance Inc.
$15,000 to support general operations
Center for an Ecology Based Economy
$20,000 to support general operations
Chebeague & Cumberland Land Trust
$5,000 to support general operations
Chewonki Foundation Inc.
$20,000 to support Waypoint in the Woods
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
$20,000 to support the Gardens For All School Program
Coastal Mountains Land Trust
$15,000 to support general operations (final installment of grant awarded in 2020)
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust
$30,000 over two years to support general operations
Cobbossee Watershed District
$10,000 to support general operations
Cobscook Community Learning Center DBA Cobscook Institute
$10,000 to support outdoor recreation and ecological exploration summer programs
College of Education and Human Development
$7,900 to support Bringing the Classroom Outdoors: A Course for Pre-Service and In-Service Educators
Cultivating Community
$15,000 over 18 months to support capacity building and organizational development
Downeast Coastal Conservancy
$10,000 to support stewardship and environmental education
Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research and Education
$15,000 to support marine environmental education (final installment of grant awarded in 2020)
Downeast Lakes Land Trust
$35,000 over two years to support general operations
Eastern Woodlands Rematriation
$15,000 to support general operations
Educare Central Maine
$15,000 to support outdoor nature play and learning for Maine children
Falmouth Land Trust
$10,000 to support general operations
Fit Girls of Wilton Maine
$12,000 over three years to support general operations
Food AND Medicine Jobs with Justice Education Fund
$5,000 to support the Collective Garden Program
Freeport Conservation Trust
$20,000 over two years to support general operations
Frenchman Bay Conservancy
$30,000 over two years to support the nature-based education program
Friends of Katahdin Woods & Waters
$15,000 to support place-based learning in the Katahdin Region
Friends of Baxter State Park
$35,000 over two years to support general operations
Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed
$40,000 over two years to support general operations
Friends of Quarry Road
$12,500 to support the Youth Skiing Program at Quarry Road Trails
Friends Of The Presumpscot River
$10,000 to support an Education and Outreach Coordinator
Greater Franklin Food Council
$10,000 to support school gardens in Franklin County
Greater Lovell Land Trust
$25,000 over two years to support general operations
Growing to Give
$7,500 to support general operations
Gulf of Maine Research Institute
$15,000 to support a program to empower Maine’s middle schoolers as community scientist pioneers (final installment of grant awarded in 2020)
Hancock County Soil & Water Conservation District
$7,000 to support regional invasive aquatic plant prevention
Harpswell Heritage Land Trust
$10,000 to support general operations
Healthy Lincoln County
$10,000 to support Lincoln County Gleaners (fiscal sponsor: Medical Care Development, Inc)
Hearty Roots
$30,000 over two years to support general operations
High Peaks Alliance
$30,000 over two years to support general operations
Hirundo Wildlife Trust
$7,500 to support general operations
Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership
$10,000 to support place-based environmental and STEM education programs
Hurricane Island Outward Bound School
$10,000 to support Maine youth wilderness courses
Inland Woods + Trails
$15,000 to support general operations (final installment of grant awarded in 2020)
Intercultural Community Center
$12,500 to support outdoor education for immigrant, refugee and first generation students
JustME for JustUS
$40,000 over two years to support JustME for JustUS (fiscal sponsor: Maine Environmental Education Association)
Kennebec Estuary Land Trust
$10,000 to support nature-based Education Program
Kennebec Land Trust
$12,500 to support general operations
Ketcha Outdoors dba Portland Gear Hub
$35,000 over two years to support Bikes for All Mainers
Kittery Land Trust
$10,000 to support general operations
Lake Stewards of Maine
$15,000 to support general operations (final installment of grant awarded in 2020)
Lakes Environmental Association
$30,000 over two years to support general operations
Land in Common
$15,000 to support general operations
Loon Echo Land Trust
$30,000 over two years to support general operations
Mahoosuc Land Trust Inc.
$25,000 over two years to support general operations
Main Street Skowhegan
$25,000 over two years to support Skowhegan Outdoors
Maine Adaptive Sports & Recreation
$15,000 to support general operations
Maine Appalachian Trail Club, Inc
$30,000 over two years to support the Appalachian Trail Ridgerunner education program
Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust
$7,500 to support general operations
Maine Audubon
$15,000 to support the Stream Explorer Program
Maine Climate Action Now
$10,000 to support general operations
Maine Conservation Alliance
$40,000 over two years to support general operations
Maine Environmental Education Association
$40,000 over two years to support general operations
Maine Huts & Trails
$15,000 to support general operations
Maine Lakes
$10,000 to support general operations (final installment of grant awarded in 2020)
Maine Math and Science Alliance
$20,000 to support professional learning for outdoor education
Maine Mountain Collaborative
$20,000 over two years to support general operations
Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
$15,000 to support healthy soil solution to climate change
Maine School Garden Network
$10,000 to support general operations
Maine TREE Foundation
$20,000 to support forest-based education
Merryspring Nature Center
$7,500 to support environmental education outreach
Midcoast Community Alliance dba Midcoast Youth Center
$15,000 to support outdoor youth adventures
Midcoast Conservancy
$40,000 over two years to support nature-based program manager at Hidden Valley Nature Center
Midcoast Outdoor Leadership Initiative
$10,000 to support general operations
Millinocket Memorial Library
$30,000 over two years to support the Katahdin Gear Library
Natural Resources Council of Maine
$10,000 to support general operations
Nature Based Education Consortium
$40,000 over two years to support general operations
New England Grassroots Environment Fund
$15,000 to support the Maine grassroots climate action partnership (final installment of grant awarded in 2020)
New Learning Journey
$20,000 to support general operations
Northern Forest Canoe Trail
$5,000 to support general operations
Our Climate Common
$15,000 to support Youth on Boards / Action on Climate
Peninsula Tomorrow
$7,500 to support climate resilience (fiscal sponsor: Hancock County Planning Commission)
Pine Tree Society, Inc.
$10,000 to support barrier-free access to the outdoors for Maine people with disabilities
Piscataquis County Soil & Water Conservation District
$5,000 to support youth conservation programming
Portland Parks Conservancy
$20,000 to support Portland Youth Corps
Presumpscot Regional Land Trust
$30,000 to support expanding access and connection to nature through partnership
Portland Trails
$30,000 over two years to support general operations
Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust
$30,000 over two years to support general operations
ReTreeUS
$35,000 over two years to support general operations
Rise and Shine Youth Retreat
$10,000 to support general operations
Royal River Conservation Trust
$12,500 to support general operations
Rural Community Action Ministry
$6,000 to support the gardening program
SailMaine
$10,000 to support the family sailing program
Sanford Springvale Mousam Way Land Trust
$5,000 to support general operations
Scarborough Land Trust
$12,500 to support general operations
Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park
$15,000 to support a program to build community stewardship of intertidal resources
Sierra Club Foundation
$15,000 to support Sierra Club Maine Chapter’s Rural Community Climate Organizing
Southern Maine Conservation Collaborative
$15,000 to support general operations
Teens to Trails
$20,000 to support general operations
The Ecology School
$10,000 to support accessible environmental education for Maine schoolchildren (final installment of grant awarded in 2020)
Three Rivers Land Trust
$7,500 to support general operations
Trekkers
$30,000 over two years to support the Core Expedition Program
Twin Villages Foodbank Farm
$10,000 to support Twin Villages Foodbank Farm education programs (fiscal sponsor: Coastal River Conservation Trust)
UMaine 4-H Centers
$40,000 over two years to support general operations
Upper Saco Valley Land Trust
$7,500 to support general operations
Veggies to Table
$7,500 to support general operations
Viles Arboretum
$8,500 to support general operations
Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness
$20,000 to support a traditional outdoor skills program
White Pine Programs
$15,000 to support general operations
Wild Seed Project
$12,500 to support School & Youth and Applied Ecology Programs
WinterKids
$15,000 to support general operations
Western Foothills Land Trust
$25,000 over two years to support general operations
Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment
$30,000 over two years to support general operations
Woodlawn Museum
$12,500 to support their environmental science program
Young Mens Christian Association Auburn-Lewiston Maine
$20,000 to support the Outdoor Learning & Education Center
YWCA Central Maine
$7,500 to support youth gardens
2022 DISCOVERY GRANTS
Appalachian Mountain Club
$3,000 to support their Climate Change Workshop for Piscataquis County Teachers
Barn Arts Collective
$5,000 to support their Middle School Shakespeare Project
Blue Hill Heritage Trust
$5,000 to support an educational edible landscape program
Downeast Coastal Conservancy
$2,500 to support a community outdoor gear library
Healthy Rivers Ogunquit, Inc.
$3,500 to support their Youth Citizen Science Invasive Crab Population Survey (fiscal sponsor: Laudholm Trust)
Maine Coast Heritage Trust
$3,300 to support their Maine Land Trust Network Accessibility Workshop
Maine Conservation Alliance
$4,000 to establish a planned giving program
Open Table MDI
$5,000 to support Open Table MDI (fiscal sponsor: College of the Atlantic)
Peninsula Tomorrow
$4,950 to support interlocal climate change adaptation (fiscal sponsor: Hancock County Planning Commission)
Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust
$4,788 to support acknowledgment of Wabanaki history and culture in the Rangeley Region
2022 SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES
Cultural Alliance of Maine
$50,000 to support general operations (fiscal sponsor: Maine Association of Nonprofits)
Governor's Office of Innovation and the Future
$25,000 to secure federal infrastructure funds
Kennebec Estuary Land Trust
$50,000 over two years to support the Maine Trails Coalition
Maine Association of Nonprofits
$10,000 to support general operations
Maine Conservation Alliance
$1,000 to support Evening for the Environment
Maine Environmental Education Association
$10,000 to support the Relearning Place Program 2022 Convening
Maine GearShare
$30,000 to support general operations (fiscal sponsor: Quimby Family Foundation)
Maine GearShare
$40,000 to support personnel costs connected with its provision of free gear to enable young people to participate safely in outdoor expeditions
Maine Initiatives
$50,000 to support seeding the Maine Outdoor Equity Fund
Maine Philanthropy Center
$5,000 to support general operations
Southern Maine Conservation Collaborative
$40,000 to support land trust program planning
Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness
$15,000 to support grant writing to secure federal funds