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May 09, 2019

News

Announcing our 2019 Watering Can Awardees!

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 […]

March 12, 2019

News

We’re Hiring an Americorps VISTA!

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 […]

December 03, 2018

Grants

Announcing the 2018 Grants for Change Grantees

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 […]

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