Dear Members of the Maine Initiatives Community,  We are pleased and proud to share with you the opening of the 2019 Grants for Change application process. In 2016, Maine Initiatives made a multi-year commitment to prioritizing racial justice and racial equity in all aspects of our work. As we kick off the 2019 Grants for […]

We are excited to share that we will be honoring four inspiring leaders and activists in our community as recipients of this year’s Watering Can Awards! This is our 3rd Annual Changemakers Celebration, and is a special event as it marks 25 years of grantmaking at Maine Initiatives. Join us in honoring these community leaders that are […]

We are pleased to announce that we are hiring a full-time one-year Americorps VISTA member to be our Communications Engagement and Grantmaking VISTA, starting July 2019. Are you looking to get more involved with racial justice in our state? Do you enjoy thinking critically about communications? Do you have ideas about how to engage the […]

We are excited to announce the 2018 Grants for Change grantees! Each of these organizations will receive $25,000 to support their work advancing racial equity in our state, bringing Maine Initiatives’ total racial equity grantmaking to $750,000 since 2016. The 2018 Grants for Change Cohort: Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor Abyssinian Meeting House, Portland Capital Area […]

September 21, 2018 The Honorable Susan M. Collins United States Senate One Canal Plaza, Suite 802 Portland, ME 04101 Dear Senator Collins: With the character of a Supreme Court nominee so clearly in question, we, the undersigned, are asking you to take a stand. The prevalence of sexual violence in our society is shameful and […]

Who are you? Who are we? What kind of community do we want? What are the values that our community, our state, our nation must embody and reflect? If you are like me, this is a confusing, even painful, time. Every day, it seems the values that, heretofore, seemed to unite and define us – […]

eNews: June 2018 Advancing economic, social, and environmental justice in Maine. Greetings, June has been an incredibly eventful month for us at Maine Initiatives – and we continue to stay busy. We will be sending out a series of communications in the coming weeks as we ramp up our Grants for Change 2018 program, so expect […]

Announcing the 2018 Immigrant-Led Organization Fund Grantees Dear friends:  Now, more than ever, we commit to support immigrants, refugees, and asylee communities in our state and the organizations working to ensure their well-being and success in Maine. We reject attempts to divide, isolate, or segregate our communities. We affirm that immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers […]