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 $10,000

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 Acquisition - 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 Environment Assoc. (Field Program) $2000

Env. Literacy for Maine schools project

 
Subtotal: $23,000

Subtotal: $16,500

2007 Total: $39,500


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