2023
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2023 ARTS PROGRAM
Arts Education & Public Engagement
Abbe Museum
$40,000 over two years to provide general operating support
Apogee Arts
$10,000 to provide general operating support
ArtsFarmington
$5,000 to support general operations
Artsworth
$15,000 over two years to support general operations
ArtVan
$30,000 over two years to provide general operating support
Atlantic Harmonies Youth Choirs
$15,000 over two years to support general operations
Augusta Colonial Theater
$5,000 to support public arts programming
Bagaduce Music
$10,000 to provide general operating support
Bar Harbor Historical Society
$7,500 to support arts education programs that intersect with the history of Bar Harbor
Barn Arts
$7,500 to support after school theater education in four Hancock County elementary schools
Bethel Area Arts & Music
$10,000 to provide general operating support
Blue Hill Bach
$5,000 to support educational events and concerts promoting Baroque music
Bowdoin International Music Festival
$30,000 over two years to support community music concerts
Brick Store Museum
$15,000 over two years to support education and outreach activities
Center for Maine Contemporary Art
$20,000 over two years for robust hands-on arts education programs
Center Theatre Inc.
$5,000 to support its after school youth theater program
Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine
$7,500 to support the mainstage productions of its Centennial Season
Choral Art Society (D/B/A ChoralArt)
$5,000 to support a Spring choral performance of music by Brahms
Community Plate
$6,000 to support Community Plate's storytelling workshops in communities around Maine (fiscal sponsor: Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance)
DaPonte String Quartet Foundation
$15,000 to support general operations
Documentary Songwriters
$7,000 to help members of Maine's immigrant community tell their stories through songs
DownEast New Music
$2,500 to present a concert series of contemporary chamber music (fiscal sponsor: Fractured Atlas)
East Shore Arts
$15,000 to build bold and inclusive theater in Portland (fiscal sponsor: Creative Portland Corporation)
Eastport Arts Center
$60,000 over three years to support general operations
Ellsworth Community Music Institute
$7,500 to provide general operating support
Ethereal Roots LLC
$6,500 to support mobile arts programs in Piscataquis County (fiscal sponsor: Central Hall Commons)
Franco Center
$5,000 to support a paper art workshop for adults
Friends of Bear Mountain Music Hall
$5,000 to support its 2023 season of arts programs
Gateway Milbridge
$6,000 to support its summer concert series
Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center
$7,500 to support free immigrant artist music concerts in Portland
Halcyon Music
$3,000 to support youth art workshops that reflect on climate change
Hardy Girls
$7,500 to support its arts and activism camp for girls and nonbinary youth
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
$40,000 over two years to support local children and adults using technology in creative learning
Heart of Biddeford
$15,000 over two years to support free music programs
Hewnoaks
$4,000 to support events showcasing work made by Hewnoaks alumni
H O M E Inc.
$15,000 to support arts programs for underserved communities
Hudson Museum
$13,000 over two years to host the Wabanaki Winter Market
Illustration Institute
$10,000 to support free workshops and presentations with celebrated narrative artists
Indigo Arts Alliance
$40,000 over two years to provide general operating support
ISLE Theater Company
$2,500 to support an original play and storytelling event (fiscal sponsor: Blue HIll Community Development)
Islesboro Community Center
$7,500 to support youth dance and theater education
Katahdin Children and Families Foundation
$5,000 to support free arts education for children and adults in the Katahdin region
Kennebec Performing Arts Company
$10,000 over two years to provide general operating support
L/A Arts
$25,000 over two years to provide general operating support
Lamoine Community Arts
$3,000 to support general operations
Mad Horse Theater Company
$18,000 over two years to support general operations
Maine Jewish Film Festival
$16,000 over two years to support general operations
Maine MILL
$3,000 to support programs featuring Black artists
Maine Museum of Photographic Arts
$7,500 to support a series of events about photography making, collecting, and conservation
Maine State Music Theatre
$7,500 to support sensory friendly performances
Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance
$5,500 to offer free adult writing workshops for the BIPOC community in Lewiston
Mayo Street Arts
$40,000 over two years to provide general operating support
Meetinghouse Arts
$10,000 to provide general operating support
Opera in the Pines
$5,000 to support Opera in the Pines' presentation of a new opera in Maine (fiscal sponsor: Fractured Atlas)
OUT Maine
$15,000 to support an arts retreat at Haystack for Maine LGBTQ+ high school students
Penobscot Bay Language School
$7,500 to support performances in Rockland by New Mainer artists
Penobscot Theatre Company
$60,000 over three years to support general operations
Pineland Suzuki School
$15,000 over two years to support general operations
Portland Ballet
$10,000 to support general operations
Portland Chamber Music Festival
$20,000 over two years to provide general operating support
Portland Symphony Orchestra
$60,000 over three years to support youth education programs
Portland Youth Dance
$37,500 over three years to support general operations
River Tree Arts
$36,000 over three years to support general operations
Saco River Theatre
$10,000 to provide general operating support
Searsmont Town Library / Town of Searsmont
$5,000 to support free live music events at the Searsmont library
Skidompha Public Library
$3,000 to engage youth in the development of an original performance piece
Smudge Studio Incorporated
$3,000 to support a participatory exhibition
Snow Pond Center for the Arts
$10,000 to offer community arts programs to youth-serving nonprofits in Kennebec County
SPACE
$40,000 over two years to Sonic Visions Fund and other initiatives to support Maine musicians
SPEEDWELL projects
$4,500 to underwrite community discussions and workshops on the work of Alison Hildreth
St. Cecilia Chamber Choir (SCCC)
$7,500 over two years to support general operations
Tear Cap Workshops
$7,500 to create hands-on learning programs for adults
TEMPOart
$2,500 to encourage engagement with a public art piece at Portland's Western Promenade
The Strand Theatre
$60,000 over three years to support general operations
The Theater Project
$7,500 to provide general operating support
Tides Institute & Museum of Art
$2,500 to host a performance, community workshop, and exhibition featuring Wabanaki artists
Una Voce Chamber Choir
$10,000 over two years to support an auditioned community choir
Vigorous Tenderness
$7,500 to support an outdoor chamber music concert by marginalized composers (fiscal sponsor: SPACE)
Wabanaki REACH
$20,000 to create a community-devised play focusing on historic Maine Indian land claims
Waldo Theatre
$60,000 over three years to support general operations
Wendell Gilley Museum
$45,000 over three years to support arts and nature education programs for all ages
WMPG Radio
$3,000 to educate the public about jazz through film screenings (fiscal sponsor: USM Foundation)
Arts Sector Capacity Grants
Cultural Alliance of Maine (CAM)
$75,000 to support the Cultural Alliance of Maine's statewide advocacy (fiscal sponsor: Maine Association of Nonprofits)
Cultural Alliance of Maine (CAM)
$150,000 over two years to support the Cultural Alliance of Maine's statewide advocacy (fiscal sponsor: Maine Association of Nonprofits)
Data Innovation Project, Catherine Cutler Institute for Health and Social Policy, USM
$27,475 to enable the Data Innovation Project to develop a tool to help arts organizations collect and analyze demographic data about their audiences and participants
Maine Association of Nonprofits
$5,000 to enable 10 arts organizations to participate in the Oped Project workshops
Maine Crafts Association
$2,900 to convene Maine craft-serving organizations' leaders
Maine Crafts Association
$20,000 to provide general operating support
Maine Dancemakers Collaborative
$4,000 to support a weekend-long gathering for the Maine dance community (fiscal sponsor: SPACE Gallery)
OUT Maine
$30,000 to build inclusive arts organizations serving LGBTQ+ communities
2023 ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM
Advocacy and Movement Building Grants
Center for an Ecology Based Economy
$20,000 to provide general support
Maine Climate Action Now
$20,000 to provide general support
Maine Environmental Education Association
$30,000 to conduct a landscape analysis of Maine’s Youth Climate Movement
Maine Philanthropy Center
$5,000 to hire a part-time facilitator for the Environment and Climate Funders Network
Maine Youth for Climate Justice
$15,000 to support its operations and activities (fiscal sponsor: Maine Climate Action Now)
Natural Resources Council of Maine
$20,000 to advocate for climate resilience and healthy lands and waters
New England Grassroots Environment Fund, Inc.
$60,000 over two years to support grantmaking and convening in Maine
Sierra Club Maine Chapter
$50,000 over two years to support education and mobilization activities conducted by Sierra Club Maine (fiscal Sponsor: Sierra Club Foundation)
Slingshot
$30,000 over two years to enable Slingshot to provide training and other support to facilitate environmental organizing by communities in Maine (fiscal sponsor: Conservation Law Foundation, Inc.)
The Climate Initiative
$30,000 to launch the Maine Collegiate Climate Policy Institute
Equitable Outdoor Access Grants
Adaptive Outdoor Education Center
$11,500 to offer inclusive outdoor programs for people living with disabilities
Bangor Young Mens Christian Association
$20,000 to include more youth of color in its Leader School
Bicycle Coalition of Maine
$20,000 to provide general support
Center for Community GIS
$30,000 to enable Maine Trail Finder to increase access to trails for people living with disabilities (fiscal sponsor: Quebec-Labrador Foundation)
Cobscook Institute
$10,000 to ensure access to high quality youth outdoor programs
College of Education and Human Development, University of Maine, University of Maine System
$19,200 to support training for teachers to bring their classroom outdoors
East Coast Greenway Alliance
$30,000 to support trail development and connectivity in Maine
Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust
$20,000 to support Indigenous-centered interpretive planning for the Wildlands Preserve
Hurricane Island Outward Bound School
$15,000 to support wilderness expeditions for Maine youth
Intercultural Community Center
$30,000 over two years to support outdoor experiences for New Mainer youth and adults
Journey ONEderland
$15,000 to offer science and wellness outdoor experiential learning opportunities to youth (fiscal sponsor: Land in Common)
Khmer Maine
$15,000 to establish its Land & Justice Program
Kindling Collective
$10,000 to support its educational activities to encourage queer and disabled people to access the outdoors (fiscal sponsor: Mission Earth)
Kivulini Afro Yoga Studio
$10,000 to enable it to engage New Mainers in outdoor excursions (fiscal sponsor: Wounded Healers International)
Lake Stewards of Maine
$25,000 to provide general support
Land Trust Alliance
$20,000 to support a regional Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice learning cohort for land trusts
Maine Adaptive Sports & Recreation
$50,000 over two years to provide general support
Maine Community Integration
$25,000 to support outdoor and nature experiences for New Mainer youth and families
Maine Environmental Education Association
$26,000 to provide outdoor learning mini-grants to Maine public schools
Maine GearShare
$40,000 to support general operations
Maine Huts & Trails
$20,000 to support website upgrades and outreach for the Outdoor Access for All program
Maine Initiatives
$50,000 to support the Maine Outdoor Equity Fund
Maine Lakes
$30,000 over two years to provide general support
New Learning Journey
$50,000 over two years to support the First Light program to increase access to land and water for Wabanaki people
Pine Tree Society, Inc.
$20,000 to enable people with disabilities to attend its summer camp
Rippleffect
$30,000 to support its Outdoor Leadership Education program
SailMaine
$10,000 to remove transportation barriers to participation in sailing programs
Southern Maine Conservation Collaborative
$680,000 over two years to provide financial and technical assistance to land trusts in Maine
Speaking Up For Us
$40,500 over two years to increase access to the outdoor by disabled Mainers through training and partnerships with conservation organizations
Susan L Curtis Charitable Foundation
$15,000 to support general operations
Teens to Trails
$25,000 to support planning to make programs more inclusive for disabled youth and youth of color
The Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation
$22,000 to develop the canoe and leadership skills of Wabanaki Youth
The Third Place Inc.
$40,000 over two years to enable the ECO-BIPOC network to affirm the autonomy of the BIPOC community as it furthers the community's connections to nature
Tracker Certification
$14,500 to support Maine's first wildlife tracking workshop for people of color
Trekkers
$40,000 over two years to provide general support
Wells Reserve at Laudholm
$40,000 over two years to provide general support
WinterKids
$10,000 to provide general support
Women for Healthy Rural Living
$27,000 over two years to support the Outdoor Women Lead and Owlette programs
NATURE LEARNING GRANTS
Androscoggin Valley Soil and Water Conservation District
$8,000 to support free youth environmental education in Androscoggin and Sagadahoc Counties
Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust
$15,000 to support its nature-based education programs
Climate Change for All Educators Inc.
$60,000 over two years to establish the Maine Climate Education Hub
Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research and Education
$40,000 over two years to support environmental literacy programs
Friends of Katahdin Woods & Waters
$50,000 over two years to support the Katahdin Learning Project
Greater Franklin Food Council
$15,000 over two years to support its elementary school garden education program (fiscal sponsor: St. Joseph Church)
Gulf of Maine Research Institute
$40,000 over two years to support its science-based education programs
Herring Gut Coastal Science Center
$15,000 to provide general support
Maine Audubon
$30,000 over two years to expand science-based environmental education to Lewiston and Bangor schools
Maine Early Childhood Outdoors (MeECO)
$30,000 over two years to train child care providers to offer play based nature learning for pre-k children (fiscal sponsor: Maine Association for the Education of Young Children)
Maine Lakes
$20,000 over two years to establish the Maine Freshwater Education Network
Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance
$60,000 over two years to support the professional development of educators using the Teach ME Outside curriculum
Maine TREE Foundation
$30,000 over two years to support forest-based education across Maine
Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District
$25,000 over two years to support nature learning programs across Piscataquis County
Rural Aspirations Project
$15,000 to support place- and nature-based education in Piscataquis County
Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park
$25,000 to expand seasonal education staff for its Education Adventure program
St. Mary's Nutrition Center (St. Mary's Regional Medical Center)
$30,000 over two years to support school garden nature learning programs
The Ecology School
$50,000 over two years to provide Maine students with immersive ecology education
University of Maine System acting through the University of Maine
$40,000 over two years to enable Maine Sea Grant to bring marine science to inland learners
Wild Seed Project
$20,000 to support experiential ecological learning in Maine schools
2023 SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES GRANTS
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine
$10,000 over two years to support the activities of the Lewiston Clubhouse in light of the October 2023 mass shooting
Environmental Grantmakers Association
$2,200 to support the Blue Sky Funders Forum
Grantmakers in the Arts
$1,100 to support general operations
Maine Association of Nonprofits
$3,000 over two years to support general operations
Maine Philanthropy Center
$8,350 to support general operations
Maine Philanthropy Center
$2050 to subsidize grantee attendance at its biannual conference
Maine Philanthropy Center
$7,500 to provide partial support for its 2023 Foundation Giving in Maine report
Maine Public
$45,000 over two years to enable the Climate Desk to hire a full-time editor
NAMI Maine
$20,000 over two years to support in-person courses for area nonprofit organizations on trauma-informed care
New Learning Journey
$50,000 as a Solidarity Deposit to establish a Wabanaki Self Determination Fund
Roux Institute
$27,500 to pilot an entrepreneurship course for environment nonprofit organizations (fiscal sponsor: Northeastern University)
Technology Association of Grantmakers
$500 to support general operations
Tree Street Youth
$10,000 over two years in reponse to the October 2023 mass shooting
Tri-County Mental Health Services
$20,000 over two years in reponse to the October 2023 mass shooting
Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness
$40,000 over two years to support the development and sustainability of its fundraising team