History of grant giving

Our funding history

JSF is a young, growing organization. In 1992, we funded two projects totaling $2000; in 1996, we funded ten projects for a total of $13,265; in 1998, we funded nine projects for a total of $18,300; and in 2000 we have funded 5 projects for a total of $24,550. Projects have ranged from a few hundred dollars to several thousand.

While we generally like to fund a variety of projects, we will consider giving the majority of our funds to a single entity in any grant cycle.

Annual Breakdown of Funding

1992	1993
Island Institute $1,500	Maine Audubon Society $1,000
Pine Tree Camps $500	Nature Conservancy, Maine Chapter $3,000
Total: $2,000	Total: $4,000

1994	1995
Unity College $500	College of the Atlantic $2,000 per year for two years
L.C. Bates Museum $1,000	Friends of the Wilhelm Reich Museum $500
A.E. Howell Wildlife Conservation Center $1,000	Children's Discovery Museum $1,000
Nature Conservancy, Maine Chapter $500	Me Organic Farmers & Gardeners Assoc. $2,000
Bigelow Laboratory scholarship fund $1,000	Congress of Lake Assoc. $1,500
Camp Kieve Science Camp scholarship fund $500	L.C. Bates Museum $500
Sheepscot Valley Conservation Assoc. $1,000	Audubon Expedition Institute $1,000
Total: $5,500	Total: $8,500

1996	June 1996
Island Heritage Trust $1,250	Sheepscot Valley Conservation Assoc. $1,500
Boothbay Region Land Trust $1,200	Audubon Expedition Institute $1,000
College of the Atlantic $2,000 and pledge of	Bigelow Labs $1,000
$2,000, to be paid later	University of Maine at Presque Isle $1,115
	Maine Audubon Society $1,500
	Camp Kieve science camp $550
	Penobscot Bay Network $1,000
	University of Maine at Presque Isle $1,150 (sent in Sept. '96)
	Sub total: $13,265
	RETURNED: Children's Discovery Museum $1,000
	Penobscot Bay $1,000
	Total: $11,265

1997 April	1997 September
Sabattus Elementary School $1,575	Morris Farm $2,000
Androscoggin Land Trust $1,500	Friends of the Wilhelm Reich Museum $2,000
Lakes Environmental Assoc. $650	Nature Conservancy, Maine Chapter $2,000
Loon Echo Land Trust $1,750	Audubon Expedition Institute $1,000
St. Joseph's College $1,500	Sub total: $7,000
National Audubon Society Shore Bird Education $1,000	Total for 1997: $16,975
College of the Atlantic $2,000
Sub total: $9,975

1998 April	1998 September
Sheepscot Valley Conservation Assoc. $2,000	Coastal Mountains Land Trust $2,500
Crystal Spring Farm $2,500	Sheepscot Wellspring Land Alliance $3,000
CURE $1,500	Downeast Salmon Federation $2,000
McLaughlin Foundation $1,600	Lake Winnecook Monitoring Project $1,200
Subtotal: $7,600	Maine Coast Heritage Trust $2,000
	Subtotal: $10,700
	Total for 1998: $18,300

1999 April	1999 September
Friends of Wilhelm Reich $1,500 Environmental education programs	Unity College, digital camera $1,000 Supports water quality monitoring
Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance $2,000 Land Purchase	Appalachian Trail Conference, Western Maine High Mountain Protection project $1,000
Friends of Craig Brook $2,000 Environmental education - river festival	Maine Coast Heritage Trust, Weskeag River project $3,500 Land Purchase
COA $1,000 Support for GIS education	St. Joseph's College, Sebago Lake $5,000 Water quality testing
Acadia Wildlife Foundation $1,500 Educational program	Vital Pathways, $1,000 Meduxnekeag River Trailhead project
Lubec Landmarks, Inc. $500 Community outreach	Laudholm Trust, Coastal Resource Library $1,000 Environmental education
Subtotal: $8,500	Subtotal: $12,500
	Total for 1999: $21,00

2000 April	2000 September
Maine Farmland Trust $1,000 Conference support	Lake George Regional Park $15,000 Land Purchase
Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust, Norwick Farm $2,500 Land Purchase	University of Maine at Presque Isle $1,050 Education project
Subtotal: $3,500	Appalachian Mountain Club $5,000 Land Purchase
	Subtotal: $21,050
	Total for 2000: $24,55

2001 March	2001 September
Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance $7500 Land purchase	Friends of Scarborough Marsh $1000 Biological inventory and planning
Lakes Environmental Association $2000 Mercury testing	Loon Echo Land Trust $3000 Land Acquisition
Quebec Labrador Foundation $2000 Environmental education intern (Greenville area)	Subtotal: $4000
Scarborough Land Trust $5000 Land purchase	Total for 2001: $27,500
Sheepscot Wellspring Land Alliance Inc. $7000 Land purchase
Subtotal: $23,500

2002 March	2002 September
Tumbledown Conservation Alliance $5,000 Land and Easement purchase	Androscoggin Land Trust $2,500 Land acquisiton (Hooper Pond Initiative)
Mt. Agamenticus Challenge (York Land trust)$5,000 Land and Easement purchase	Charles & Constance Schmid Land Preserve $2,000 Land acquisiton
St. Joseph's College $2,750 Sebago Water Quality Testing supplies	Ferry Beach Ecology School $2,500 Biddeford Middle School Ecology project
Natural Resource Council $1,000 Allagash Protection project	Friends of Casco Bay $500 Communities Strategies Initiative
Soc. for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests $2,500 PBS documentary on sprawl	Loon Echo Land Trust $2,000 Sebago Headwaters Preserve project
Maine Environmental Policy Institute $1,500 Web news project	Subtotal: $9,500
Laudholm Trust $500 Discovery Tours equipment	Total for 2002: $27,750
Subtotal: $18,250

2003 March	2003 September
Chewonki Foundation $1,000 Canoe Expedition for Maine girls	Downeast Lakes Land Trust $4,000 Organizational capacity building
Eastern Trail Alliance $1,000 Community Outreach & Newsletter	Maine Conservation Voters Education Fund $1,000 Conservation Guide to Maine government
Friends of Maine Seabird Islands $1,750 Stewardship & research	Nature Conservancy $2,000 St. John River water quality
Laudholm Trust $700 Natural history library acquisitions	Orono Land Trust $2,000 Caribou Bog - Penjajawoc Project
Maine Farmland Trust $2,400 Conservation easement costs Bessey property	York Land Trust $1,000 Parking lot & Boardwalk - site access
Maine Lakes Conservancy $1,700 Equipment for floating classroom	Subtotal: $10,000
Sheepscot Valley Consercation Association $2,500 Water quality monitoring	Total for 2003: $26,050
Unity College $5,000 White Sucker research project
Subtotal: $16,050

2004 March	2004 September
Scarborough Land Trust $4,000 Land Acquistion	Downeast Lakes Land Trust $15,000 Land Acquistion
Sebasticook River Watersed Assoc. $5,000 Land Acquistion and support	Damariscotta River Association $1,500 Land Acquistion
St Joseph's College w/ Friends of Casco Bay $3,000 Water quality monitoring program	MEPI $500 Common Ground Fair Biodiesel Project
Sheepscot Valley Conservation Assoc. $600 Learning Center project – matching grant	Lobster Conservancy $1,000 Water quality monitoring program
Bigelow Lab for Ocean Science $1,000 Keller Bloom program	Subtotal $18,000
A.E. Howell Wildlife Center $1,000 Aquatic Bird House	Total for 2004: $32,600
Subtotal: $14,600

2005 March	2005 September
Northwest Wilderness Trust $3500 Alder Stream Project	Maine Rivers $1000 Water quality monitoring program
Georges River Land Trust $5000 Land Acquistion and support	Island Heritage Trust $2500 Land Acquistion and support
Friends of Royal River $1000 River restoration work	Brunswick/Topsham Land Trust $2500 Land Acquistion and support
Coastal Mt. Land Trust $1500 Trail development	Appalachian Trail Land Trust $3000 Land Acquistion and support
	Downeast Lakes Land Trust $5000 Land Acquistion and support
	University of Maine, Fort Kent $1275 Water quality monitoring education
Subtotal: $11,000	Subtotal $15,275
	2005 Total: $26,275

2006 March	2006 September
Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust $2500 Natural Resource Inventory	Mt. Agamenticus to the Sea Conservation Initiative $2500 Land Purchase
Bayside Neighborhood Association $500 Inventory of Recreational & Open Space	Trust for Public Land $2500 Bayside Neighborhood Assoc. support
Unity Barn Raisers $1000 Brier’s beach property improvements
Friends of Unity Wetlands $2000 Easement purchase and support
Appalachian Trail Conference $1000 CARE program – leave no trace skills
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay $1979 Water quality testing
Thompson Lake Environmental Assoc. $1000 Youth Conservation Corp.
Subtotal: $11,979	Subtotal: $5,000
	2006 Total: $16,979

2007 March	2007 September
Great Auk Land Trust $10000 Land Purchase(Summit, Forest, and Seacoast Project)	New England Forestry Foundation $7500 Conservation easement - purchase
Pondicherry Park (Loon Echo Land Trust) $2000 Land Acquisition	Northeast Wilderness Trust $5000 Howland Forest acquisition
Lake George Corp. $2000 Park equipment upgrades	Bangor Land Trust $1500 Trail development
Sheepscot Valley Conservation Assoc. $2000 Land Acquisition and trail development	Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust $2500 Land Acquistion – Crystal Spring North
Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program $2000 Statewide water quality training center
St. Joseph’s College $2000 Phytoplankton database
Ferry Beach Ecology School $1000 Env. Literacy for Maine schools project Lakes Environmental Assoc. (Field Program) $2000 Env. Literacy for Maine schools project
Subtotal: $23,000	Subtotal: $16,500
	2007 Total: $39,500

2008 March

Downeast Salmon Federation $10,000

Land Acquisition

Stanton Bird Club $3,500

Land Acquisition

Subtotal: $$13,500

2008 September

Francis Small Heritage Trust $7,000

Land Acquisition

Royal River Conservation Trust $4,000

Farmland Easement Acquisition

Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program $1,000

Water quality monitoring training

Subtotal: $12,000

2008 Total $25,000

2009 March

Sheepscot Wellspring Land Alliance $8,000

Land Acquisition

Woodie Wheaton Land Trust $3,000

Land Acquisition

Androscoggin Land Trust $3,000

Land Acquisition

Friends of Unity Wetlands $1,000

Easement Acquisition

Subtotal: $15,000

2009 September

Maine Rivers $2,040

Water quality testing

Avian Haven $3,300

Owl habitat

Island Heritage Trust $2,500

Land Acquisition

Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance $3,000

Land Acquisition

Georges River Land Trust $4,000

Land Acquisition

Subtotal: $14,840

2009 Total $29,840

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