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PORTLAND — The Frances Hollis Brain Foundation Fund at the Maine Community Foundation has awarded 31 grants totaling $175,740 to nonprofit organizations that serve disadvantaged, underserved, and/or vulnerable communities in Maine.
Trinity Jubilee Center in Lewiston will use its grant to support the Feeding L-A anti-hunger programs; Tri-County Literacy of Bath, will put its grant money toward early literacy programming in partnership with Head Start.
The fund awards grants to nonprofits focusing on individuals who live in Greater Portland, Lewiston/Auburn, Bath/Brunswick, Biddeford/Saco/Sanford, or to organizations with a statewide mission. Grants support early childhood care and education, extended day learning, community health clinics, oral health initiatives, hunger prevention and food security, homelessness alleviation and legal services connected to these areas.
David and Frances Brain established the Frances Hollis Brain Foundation in 1993 to address social issues and encourage the family’s future generations to contribute to the well-being of their communities in Maine, Georgia and Kentucky.
For a complete list of grants, visit www.mainecf.org. The next deadline for applications is April 19, 2019. For more information, visit the foundation’s website or contact senior program officer Stephanie Eglinton at seglinton@mainecf.org, or by phone at 207-761-0837.
