THE BETTERMENT FUND

 2007 Grantmaking Summary (PDF)

January 1, 2007December 31, 2007

Total Number of Grants

91

           Total Number of Capital Grants

8

           Total Number of Program Grants

83

Total Grant Payments Made

$1,987,000

           Total Capital Grants

$353,000

           Total Program Grants

$1,634,000

                   Average Program Grant Payment

$19,687

                   Range of Program Grant Payments

$2,000 - $75,000

 

DESCRIPTION OF GRANTS

 

I. CIVIC AND COMMUNITY – GRANT PAYMENTS TOTALING:

                               $493,000

 

Cobscook Bay Resource Center

Sustainable Community Development in Cobscook Bay

$25,000

 

Community Concepts, Inc.

Elder Rides Well-Being Initiative

$15,000

 

Four Directions Development Corporation

Sustainable Development in Indian Country

$18,000

 

Four Square Foundation

Bridge to Independence

$20,000

 

Good Shepherd Food Bank

Matching Challenge Grant

$25,000

 

Growsmart Maine

General Operating Support

$30,000

 

Gulf of Maine Research Institute

Enabling Sectors to Revitalize Groundfishing Communities

$50,000

 

H.O.M.E., Inc.

General Operating Support

$25,000

 

Legal Services for the Elderly

Elder Access to Justice

$25,000

 

Maine Development Foundation

Maine Downtown Center Community Capacity Building

$30,000

 

Mano en Mano/Hand in Hand

Operating Support

$10,000

 

Mountain Counties Heritage, Inc.

Operating Support

$20,000

 

New Appleton Library

Capital Campaign

$15,000

 

Northeast Historic Films

Endowment to Preserve Maine's Moving Images

$50,000

 

Quebec Labrador Foundation

GIS Capacity Building in Western Maine

$35,000

 

Rumford Group Homes

The Pinewoods Supported Housing Project

$30,000

 

United Way of Greater Portland

LANA project

$25,000

 

Unity Barn Raisers

Positioning for the Next 10 Years

$10,000

 

Washington Hancock Community Agency

Central Washington County Incubator Without Walls

$35,000

 

 

 

 

II.  CREATIVE ECONOMY - GRANT PAYMENTS TOTALING:

             

                          $95,000

 

 

 

 

The Bangor Folk Festival

American Folk Festival 2006 and 2007 in Bangor

$10,000

 

Eastern Maine Development Corporation: Midcoast Magnet

Juice: Powering the Creative Economy

$15,000

 

Maine Crafts Association

Craft Curriculum at Eastern Maine Community College

$25,000

 

Maine Highlands Guild

Operating Support - Artisans Program

$15,000

 

Portland Symphony Orchestra

Strategic Financial Plan

$10,000

 

Tides Institute/Quoddy Tides Foundation

Building Regional Opportunity through Partnerships

$20,000

 

 

 

 

III.  EDUCATION - GRANT PAYMENTS TOTALING:

                        $470,000

 

 

 

 

College for Maine - Androscoggin

Raising the Bar: Creating College-Going Culture

$50,000

 

Gulf of Maine Research Institute

Next Wave: Participation of Schoolchildren of Western Maine

$15,000

 

Jobs for Maine's Graduates

JMG Research Capacity

$15,000

 

Let's Talk Language School

Operating Support

$10,000

 

Literacy Volunteers of Aroostook County

Expanding Literacy Services in Aroostook County

$10,000

 

Literacy Volunteers of Greater Portland

Operating Support

$10,000

 

Literacy Volunteers of Washington County

 Operating Support

$18,000

 

Mahoosuc Arts Council

Operating Support

$10,000

 

Maine Alliance for Arts Education

Maine Arts Education Assessment

$30,000

 

Maine Center for Educational Services

Using Student Achievement Data to Change Teaching & Learning

$15,000

 

Maine Community College System

ME Career Advantage Scholars Program Bridge Funding

$35,000

 

Maine Department of Education

WorkReady

$32,000

 

Mitchell Institute

Partnering to Improve Maine's Educational Future

$20,000

 

The Public Theatre

Educational Programming

$10,000

 

Susan L. Curtis Charitable Foundation

Arts Education Center

$15,000

 

Thomas College

Bingham Scholars Endowment

$75,000

 

University of New England

Pharmacy School Scholarship Endowment

$100,000

 

 

 

 

IV.  ENVIRONMENTAL/CONSERVATION - GRANT PAYMENTS TOTALING:

                         $459,000

 

 

 

American Rivers

Presumpscot River Renewal

$12,000

 

Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments

Androscoggin River Watershed Council Operating Support

$10,000

 

Appalachian Mountain Club

Mahoosuc Initiative

$25,000

 

Biomass Energy Resource Center

Mahoosuc Community Wood Energy Project

$35,000

 

Forest Society of Maine

Mahoosuc Initiative

$25,000

 

Friends of Merrymeeting Bay

Operating Support

  $7,500

 

Great Auk Land Trust

Preserving Public Access in Downeast Maine

$25,000

 

Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust

Wildlands Conservation Project

$15,000

 

Mahoosuc Land Trust

Mahoosuc Initiative

$30,000

 

Mahoosuc Land Trust

Rumford Whitecap

$50,000

 

Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust

Operating Support

$10,000

 

Maine Audubon Society

Beginning With Habitat

$20,000

 

Maine Farmland Trust

Operating Support

$15,000

 

Maine Lakes Conservancy and Institute

Lake Science Education Program

  $7,500

 

Maine Tree Foundation

Long-Term Education about Forests Program

$15,000

 

Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program

Moosehead Lake Invasive Plant Project

$12,000

 

Natural Resources Council of Maine

Operating Support

$10,000

 

The Nature Conservancy

Technical Support to Land Trusts

$30,000

 

New England Grassroots Environment Fund

Funding Maine's Community Environmental Grassroots

$25,000

 

Northern Forest Alliance

Mahoosuc Initiative

$30,000

 

Open Space Institute

Plum Creek Development Economic Analysis

$10,000

 

Resources First Foundation

Private Landowner Network

$15,000

 

The Wilderness Society

Mahoosuc Initiative

$25,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

V.  HEALTH - GRANT PAYMENTS TOTALING:

                         $408,000

Alzheimer's Association, Maine Chapter

Building Support for Rural Alzheimer’s Families

$15,000

 

Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice

Hospice Family Support Services

$20,000

 

Aroostook Medical Center

Healthy Women of Aroostook

$22,000

 

Bicycle Coalition of Maine

Maine Mobile Bicycle Safety Education Program

$10,000

 

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation

Health Coverage Fellowship Program for Maine Journalist

  $6,000

 

Central Maine Medical Center

Critical Care Unit Capital Campaign

$50,000

 

City of Portland, Public Health Division

Children's Oral Health Expansion

$20,000

 

Consumers for Affordable Health Care Foundation

Toll-free Helpline

$15,000

 

Eastport Health Care

Expansion of Oral Health Department

$18,000

 

Environmental Health Strategy Center, of the Tides Center

Improving Environmental Public Health in Maine

$10,000

 

Husson College

Equipment Reutilization Project

$10,000

 

Maine Center for Public Health

Maine Youth Overweight Collaborative 2

$15,000

 

Maine Community College System

Health Care Workforce Project

$75,000

 

Maine Equal Justice Partners

Protecting and Maximizing Health Care Coverage

$15,000

 

Maine Medical Center

Nurses as Teachers

$35,000

 

Medical Care Development, Inc.

Maine Eating Disorders Treatment System

$10,000

 

Miles Health Care

Telehomecare

$10,000

 

Physicians for Social Responsibility

Making the Connection: Impacts of Toxics on Children's Health

$10,000

 

Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc.

Kids Legal Medical Partnership

$20,000

 

Prevention Partners

Computers

$22,000

 

 

 

 

VI.  PHILANTHROPY - GRANT PAYMENTS TOTALING:

                        $62,000

 

 

 

 

Institute for Civic Leadership

Expansion of Nonprofit Board Programs

$10,000

 

Maine Association of Nonprofits

Nonprofit Management Support Programs

$10,000

 

Maine Community Foundation

Androscoggin County Partners Program

$25,000

 

Maine Community Foundation

Equity in Health & Education

$12,500

 

Maine Philanthropy Center

Environmental Funders Network

  $2,500

 

Maine Philanthropy Center

Operating Support

  $2,000