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PORTLAND — Grants to nonprofit organizations that serve disadvantaged, underserved, and/or vulnerable communities in Maine are available from the Frances Hollis Brain Foundation Fund of the Maine Community Foundation.
The Brain Foundation Fund awards grants to nonprofit organizations that focus on individuals who live in Auburn, Bath, Biddeford, Brunswick, Greater Portland, Lewiston, Saco and Sanford, or to organizations with a statewide mission in the fund’s focus areas. Grants support early childhood care and education; extended-day learning; community clinics and oral health initiatives; hunger prevention and food security; homelessness alleviation; and legal services.
The application deadline is April 1. Online applications, guidelines and a complete list of 2021 grants are available at www.mainecf.org.
In 2021, the committee awarded grants totaling $170,000 to 33 nonprofit organizations.
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 communities in Maine, Georgia and Kentucky, where they live.
