28 Hancock County nonprofits get $164,000 in Maine Community Foundation grants
Courtesy / Island Connections
Island Connections was one of 28 nonprofits that received a grant from the Hancock County Committee of the Maine Community Foundation in the latest funding round. Island Connections will use the money to expand its services with a new, donated minivan, shown here with Trish Nolan, left, manager of the Bayview Inn in Bar Harbor, and Doreen Willett, executive director of Island Connections.
The Hancock County Committee of the Maine Community Foundation has awarded $164,133 in grants to 28 nonprofit organizations, it announced on Friday.
Recipients include Island Connections, which will get $10,000 to expand services by transporting people to medical appointments and social outings with a new, donated minivan, and Annex Arts, which will get $7,350 to add a residency and other programs for writers.
The Hancock County Fund is a permanent endowment that supports projects and nonprofits that strengthen communities in the county.
Out of 60 applications received in the latest round, 47% received grants, and the average amount awarded was $5,862, according to data shared with Mainebiz.
Grant winners
Annex Arts, to add a writer’s residency and related programs for writers: $7,350
Blue Hill Bach, to expand involvement of local high school students in choral singing during Blue Hill Bach's summer festival: $2,000
Brooksville Free Public Library, to install a counting device to more accurately count the number of people using the library: $400
Bucksport Historical Society, to create Museum in the Streets in downtown Bucksport, a series of interpretive signs that highlight the community’s history: $8,000
Camp Beech Cliff, for the Mental, Emotional, and Social Health (MESH) program to support Camp Beech Cliff campers, staff and the local community: $5,000
Deer Isle - Stonington Community School District No. 13, to develop opportunities for career exploration, skill building, internships, apprenticeships, and job placements for local high school seniors entering the workforce after graduation: $10,000
H.O.M.E. Inc., to expand H.O.M.E.'s Community Transportation and Outreach program designed for guests in H.O.M.E.’s shelters and low-income older people and residents in surrounding towns: $8,894
Hancock County Community Reparations Board, to expand its restorative justice juvenile program to young adults (ages 18-29) and to establish a pathway for school-based referrals in lieu of suspension or expulsion: $4,544
Hospice Volunteers of Hancock County, to support a capacity-building initiative that includes a new legacy gifts program, direct-referral professional relationships, and recruitment and training of new volunteers: $7,500
Island Connections, to expand services by transporting people to medical appointments and social outings with a new, donated multi-person minivan: $10,000
Island Housing Trust, to support educational and marketing materials that communicate results of the trust’s housing study and increase awareness of housing needs and Island Housing Trust’s work: $5,000
Island Workforce Housing, for a study to define the scope and depth of workforce housing needs and to complete a strategic plan to address this need: $7,500
Jesup Memorial Library, to develop a strategic plan for youth services: $3,000
Maine Granite Industry Historical Society, to create a permanent hands-on workshop area for educational programs and to purchase supplies for those programs: $4,375
MDI Racial Equity Working Group, for programming to educate community members about racial equity with a goal of greater fairness and safety for people of color in Hancock County: $3,000
New England Mountain Bike Association, to build a high-quality, sustainable, single-track mountain bike trail on Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust land in Orland: $7,800
Next Step Domestic Violence Project, to provide the board’s development committee professional support to create and execute a strategic development/donor stewardship plan: $8,500
Northeast Historic Film, to enable the Alamo Theatre to meet Greater Bucksport's growing needs for a versatile community performance and gathering center: $7,880
Opportunity Housing Inc., to cover costs of mandatory training to operate a clubhouse in Ellsworth, a vocational rehabilitation program for adults with mental illness in Hancock County: $8,500
Reversing Falls Sanctuary, to convene a conference that will bring together different sectors of the community to address climate change: $4,050
Salt Pond Community Broadcasting Company, to help fund the first five years of a newly developed WERU smartphone app to make community radio accessible to a wider range of people: $3,000
Schoodic Arts for All, for professional development activities for staff, board, volunteers, and interns to strengthen the organization during a period of planned succession of executive leadership: $7,890
Special Children's Friends Inc., to create an on-site applied behavior analysis (ABA) department to include a full-time board-certified behavior analyst and an ABA coordinator: $8,000
Swan's Island Broadband, to enable the Swan's Island Broadband Committee goals of bringing high-speed broadband to the community: $5,000
Town of Bucksport, to host a reading from the Still Mill Anthology by several contributors and guest poets laureate: $750
Town of Sullivan, for Age-Friendly Sullivan to create and expand activities that will support all residents to thrive in a diverse and sustainable community: $3,200
University of Maine System Inc., to help Hancock County volunteer fire departments develop solutions to address dwindling emergency response capability throughout the region: $7,000
Wendell Gilley Museum of Bird Carving, to bring-high quality art from the Farnsworth Art Museum and create educational programming for the public: $6,000
The next proposal deadline is February 15, 2020. Application forms, guidelines and a list of grants can be found online.
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