2020
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Rapid response mini grants
In response to the COVID19 pandemic, the Onion Foundation awarded mini grants to 84 organizations in April. These organizations were extended an invitation based on receiving previous mission-aligned funding from the Foundation.
2020 SPRING CYCLE
2020 Fall Cycle
2020 FOUNDATION INITIATED GRANTS
2020 DISCOVERY GRANTS
Arts Farmington, Antonio Rocha School Performances, $1,000
Bates Dance Festival, Writings by Black Dance Artists on the Future of Dance, $2,500
Blue Hill Heritage Trust, Blue Hill Peninsula Local Food Conference, $2,500
Center for an Ecology Based Economy, 2020 Vision: A Climate Action Convergence, $2,500
Center for Community GIS, Promoting Responsible and Safe Trail Use During COVID, $2,500
Chesterville Center Union Meeting House, Inc., Chesterville Children's Enrichment Initiative, $2,500
Crowbait Club, King of Crows VIII, $2,500
Cultivating Community, A New Era of Development and Fundraising, $2,500
Dance Hall, Outdoor Concert Series, $2,500
Emera Astronomy Center, Free Remote/Virtual Astronomy K-12 Field Trips, $2,500
Friends of the L.C. Bates Museum, Ornithology Experiences for Rural Children, $2,000
Girls on the Run Maine, Midcoast and Downeast Expansion, $2,500
Hancock County Soil & Water Conservation District, Roving Courtesy Boat Inspector for Hancock County Lakes, $2,500
Hearty Roots, Taproot Mentorship Outing Club, $2,500
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District, Connecting Knox & Lincoln Counties to conservation through a new website, $2,500
Leaps of Imagination, Website design, $2,500
Maine Academy of Modern Music, Immigrant Music Connection, $2,500
Maine Jewish Film Festival, New Streaming/Ticketing Platform for Online Film Programs, $2,500
Maine Mountain Collaborative, Climate Change in Maine's Mountains Symposium, $2,500
Maine Rivers, Making Connections to Restore Maine's Rivers, $2,500
Merryspring Nature Center, Trail Mapping and Signage, $2,000
Midcoast Conservancy, Maguire Preserve Public Access Parking Lot, $2,500
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, “From Debris to Art” A Virtual Artist in Residence and Citizen Scientist Program, $2,500
New Beginnings, Summer Native Plants Educational Program for Homeless Youth, $1,500
Penobscot River Paddling Trail, Trail Development, $1,000
ReTreeUS, Sowing Seeds of Thought: Utilizing Technology to Provide Fruitful Education, $1,800
USM Student Senate / WMPG Radio, WMPG's Jazz at the Movies Series, $2,500
Waldo County Trails Coalition, Innovative Trail Interpretation, $2,500
Waldo County Bounty, WCB Farm-to-Pantry: Intercepting produce from markets lost due to COVID-19, $2500
2020 Author Visit GrantEES
Messalonskee High School $800
Pemetic Elementary School $800
Phippsburg Elementary School $800
Troy Howard Middle School $400
York Middle School $500
Amanda C. Rowe Elementary School $500
Bangor School Department, Fruit St. School $800
Bucksport High School $800
China Primary School $800
Hermon Middle School $800
Island Readers and Writers $10,000
COVID SOS GRANTS
The COVID Supplemental Organizational Support (SOS) grants were one-time additional grants made to invited organizations working in the Environment and Arts sectors who have a prior grant relationship with the Onion Foundation. These operating grants, ranging from $5,000 to $20,000, are intended to sustain organizations facing additional financial stress due to the COVID pandemic and related challenges in the areas of staffing, fundraising, alternative programming, etc.
240 Strings
30 Mile River Watershed Association
317 Main Community Music Center
A Company of Girls
Androscoggin Land Trust
Apex Youth Connection
Appalachian Mountain Club
ArtVan
Bangor Symphony Orchestra
Bates Dance Festival
Bay Chamber Concerts
Blue Hill Heritage Trust
Boothbay Sea and Science Center
Bowdoin International Music Festival
Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust
Camp Ketcha / Portland Gear Hub
Cathance River Education Alliance
Celebration Barn Theater
Center for Maine Contemporary Art
Chewonki Foundation
Coastal Mountains Land Trust
Cobscook Institute
Continuum Arts Collective
Cultivating Community
Denmark Arts Center
Downeast Coastal Conservancy
Downeast Lakes Land Trust
East Coast Greenway Alliance
Eastern Woodlands Rematriation
Eastport Arts Center
Ellsworth Community Music Institute
Engine, Inc.
Falmouth Land Trust
Francis Small Heritage Trust
Frenchman Bay Conservancy
Friends of Baxter State Park
Friends of Katahdin Woods & Waters
Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed
Georges River Land Trust
Great Works Regional Land Trust
Greater Lovell Land Trust
Healthy Acadia
Healthy Lincoln County
Herring Gut Learning Center
High Peaks Alliance
Hirundo Wildlife Trust
Independence Association
Indigo Arts Alliance
Inland Woods + Trails
Johnson Hall, Inc.
Kennebec Estuary Land Trust
Kennebec Land Trust
L/A Arts
Lake Stewards of Maine
Loon Echo Land Trust
Main Street Skowhegan
Maine Academy of Modern Music
Maine Adaptive Sports & Recreation
Maine Appalachian Trail Club, Inc.
Maine Conservation Alliance
Maine Crafts Association
Maine Environmental Education Association
Maine Jewish Film Festival
Maine Lakes Society
Maine Math and Science Alliance
Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
Maine State Ballet
Maine TREE Foundation
Mayo Street Arts
Merryspring Nature Center
Midcoast Conservancy
My Place Teen Center
New England Forestry Foundation, Inc.
Opera House Arts
Oratorio Chorale
Outdoor Sport Institute
Palaver Strings
Penobscot Theatre Company
Pihcintu
Portland Chamber Music Festival
Portland Ovations
Portland Stage
Portland Symphony Orchestra
Portland Trails
The Public Theatre
Presumpscot Regional Land Trust
Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust
ReTreeUS
Rippleffect
Saco River Theatre
SailMaine
Schoodic Arts for All
Somali Bantu Community Association of Maine
Southern Maine Conservation Collaborative
SPACE Gallery
STAGES Youth Theater
St. Mary's Nutrition Center
Teens To Trails
The Ecology School
The Theater Project
Theater at Monmouth
Three Rivers Land Trust
Tree Street Youth
Trekkers
Twin Villages Foodbank Farm
UMaine 4-H Centers
Veggies to Table
Waldo County Bounty
Waterfall Arts
Waterman's Community Center
Waterville Creates!
Western Foothills Land Trust
White Pine Programs
Wintergreen Arts Center
WinterKids
Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment
Women for Healthy Rural Living