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September 21, 2025 2025 Giving Guide

Maine Cancer Foundation

MCF Staff at TRI 2025

 

2026 Goals

Maine Cancer Foundation (MCF) is committed to reducing the impact of cancer in all of Maine’s 16 counties. Our grantmaking focuses on the following:

• Access to Care: Everyone deserves access to the best possible care, regardless of their income level or where they live. MCF supports efforts to ensure the availability of the best treatments for all Mainers. With financial distress only increasing for cancer patients, MCF also funds programs addressing food insecurity, mortgage/rental assistance, household expenses, medical expenses, transportation, and other important basic needs.

• Prevention: The best way to beat cancer is to prevent it from occurring. MCF supports statewide prevention efforts, focusing on preventative care, healthy lifestyles, and reducing tobacco use.

• Early Detection: Finding cancer early, when it is most treatable and beatable, saves lives. MCF supports programs that improve and increase early detection and screening efforts.

In addition, MCF serves as the backbone organization for Maine’s Impact Cancer Network (MICN). This 500-member effort is dedicated to reducing cancer’s impact on individuals and communities in Maine through collaboration and systems improvement.

A critical leader in the state with a bird’s eye view of the cancer landscape locally and nationally, MCF recognizes that only through strong partnerships can true success be achieved.

FUNDRAISING/EVENTS Opportunities

Every dollar raised by our events goes directly to Maine communities.

• Sugarloaf Charity Summit Weekend, Jan. 23-25, 2026, Carrabassett Valley, ME – Join Sugarloafers for the Widowmaker Welcome Party, Charity Challenge fundraiser, Charity Gala and Live Auction.

• Mary’s Walk, March 29, 2026, Saco, ME – A family-friendly welcome to spring that fights cancer with every step the community takes together.

• Tri for a Cure, July 12, 2026, South Portland, ME – Celebrating strength, community, and hope, this all-women triathlon is Maine’s largest one-day fundraiser!

FUNDRAISING/EVENTS

• Sponsor MCF events and showcase your business’ commitment, community engagement, and passion to fight cancer.

• Host your own Community Fundraiser. We welcome creative fundraising efforts from across the state. Maybe a flotilla concert on the water, collecting cans and bottles, student snow cone sales at a school, a sporting event, you choose!

• Register to participate in our events.

• Donate in honor or in memory of a loved one, make a gift of stock, or support a participant in one of our events.

• Establish your legacy with a planned gift.

Volunteer Opportunities

• Event volunteers are critical to our success. Watch for online sign up for all of our events. It takes over 500 volunteers for Tri for a Cure alone.

• Maine’s Impact Cancer Network (MICN) is comprised of members from nonprofit organizations, the business community, those with lived experience with cancer, and government representatives and organizations. Visit JoinMICN.org today!

At A Glance

Established: 1976 / Employees: 8 / Annual revenue: $4,104,635

Top funding sources

59% MCF signature events

21% Contributions and gifts

8% Community fundraising events

8% Interest and dividends

4% Foundation grants

Contact

170 U.S. Route 1, Suite 250

Falmouth, ME 04105

(207) 773-2533

mainecancer.org 

Awards/Accolades

Maine Philanthropy Center Top 25 Funder

Mission Statement

MCF leads a statewide effort to reduce the impact of cancer in Maine. We invest in the most promising and effective programs that advance cancer prevention, increase screening, and improve access to care for all Maine people.

Service locations

Maine Cancer Foundation serves people in all 16 Maine counties.

Leadership

Ray Ruby
Executive Director

Board officers

Justin Lamontagne, Board President, Partner/Broker, NAI the Dunham Group

Laura Pfeiffenberger, Board Vice President, Vice President, ESOP Client Advisor, Spinnaker Trust

Amy Beveridge, Board Secretary, News Director, WMTW Channel 8

Katie Rutherford, Board Treasurer, Executive Director, Frannie Peabody Center

 

Board Members

John Benoit, Vice President and Senior Benefits Strategist, Cross Benefit Solutions

Devon Evans, MD, Oncologist and Partner, New England Cancer Specialists

Brenda Farnham, Associate Vice President of Oncology Services, Northern Light Cancer Institute

Linda Halleran, Community Outreach Manager, Town & Country Federal Credit Union

Kate Knox, Election Law Attorney, Bernstein Shur

Kathie Marquis-Girard, Retired, Public Education

Tina Pettingill, Director, Government Affairs, Groups Recover Together

Bethany Sanborn, Senior Director, MaineHealth

Lenroy Shaw Morgan Stanley

Carol Taranko Associate Head of School, Thornton Academy

Andrea Tetzlaff Publisher, Mainebiz

Kaitlyn Umphrey Oncology Nurse Navigator, Northern Light AR Gould

Mary Warren Libby Director of Recruiting, ProSearch