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