August 26, 2024 Maine Initiatives is thrilled to announce the 2024 Immigrant-Led Organizations Fund Cohort, 10 immigrant-led, community-based organizations dedicated to advancing immigrant flourishing in Maine.  Capital Area New Mainers Project Community Organizing Alliance Generational Noor In Her Presence Khmer Maine Maine Association for New Americans Maine Community Integration New England Arab American OrganizationPresente! Maine Somali Bantu Community Association  Each of these organizations […]

Join us for Changemakers, a free community celebration of Maine Initiatives’ Grantee Partners and the launch of the new MaineShare platform. Featuring emcee extraordinaire Jennifer Ceide; a performance by Viva the Sensation; delicious food, treats, and drinks prepared by Oga Suya, Oun Lidos, 111 Maine, Eighty 8 Donuts & Coffee, and The Marshmallow Cart; flowers […]

Black, Indigenous, and People of Color-led and -serving organizations in Maine receive $300,000 to expand access to the outdoors. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: oef@maineinitiatives.org July 1, 2024 Maine Initiatives and the Nature Based Education Consortium are thrilled to announce the 2024 Outdoor Equity Fund Cohort, 10 community-based organizations dedicated to improving equitable access to nature-based learning […]

This month of June holds many milestones for Maine Initiatives. We’re now a staff of eleven with Alana Dao and Stacey Tran joining the team! Alana and Stacey are already beloved members of our communities and it’s a huge honor to begin working with them both in this capacity. We’re also settling into our new […]

I like awkward. Such a human emotion. Even the word itself is awkward. Who approved that spelling? It is the platypus of words.

Our work is here in Maine. We are a community of people coming together around shared values of justice, equity, and community to build communities rooted in a vision of “right relationship.”

January is a time for new beginnings. Renewal. As we kick off the new year, I am very excited to announce that here at Maine Initiatives we are embarking on a new era in our organizational leadership.

Maine Initiatives announces its 2023 Grants for Change Cohort, awarding $540,000 in new grants to 12 community-based organizations whose work advances racial justice in Maine.