Abbe Museum

The mission of the Abbe Museum, Maine’s first and only Smithsonian Affiliate is to inspire new learning about the Wabanaki Nations with every visit. With two locations – in downtown Bar Harbor and inside Acadia National Park at Sieur de Monts Spring – the Abbe works closely with the Wabanaki people to share their stories, history, and culture with a broader audience. With a collection of over 70,000 archaeological, historic, and contemporary objects, the Museum’s collections conservation program is recognized nationally as a model for museums. The Abbe also holds the world’s largest and best-documented collection of Maine Native American basketry.

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Grants for Change

Action for Life

Our mission is to build immigrants self-reliance

Alpha Legal Foundation

To diversify the legal profession, starting in Maine where the first Black attorney was licensed to practice in 1844.

Bicycle Coalition of Maine

The Bicycle Coalition of Maine is a statewide organization working to make Maine a better and safer place to bike, walk, and roll.

Bomazeen Land Trust

Bomazeen Land Trust enables the Abenaki/ Wabanaki people to renew and resume their land caretaking and stewardship roles for lands and waters with historical, spiritual, and ecological significance to the Abenaki/Wabanaki people.

Community Organizing Alliance

Community Organizing Alliance (COA) is a social justice, civic engagement organization that centers the voices and experiences of BIPOC & low-income Mainers to ensure they are empowered and engaged in their communities.

Congolese Community of Maine

Consumers for Affordable Health Care

Consumers for Affordable Health Care advocates the right to quality, affordable health care for all Maine people.

Defend Our Health

Defend Our Health works to create a world where all people are healthy and thriving, with equal access to safe food and drinking water, and products that are toxic-free and climate-friendly.

Disability Rights Maine

Disability Rights Maine is mandated by the federal government to enforce and enhance the rights of Maine citizens with disabilities.

Niweskok

Eastern Woodlands Rematriation Collective (EWR) initiates and helps sustain existing community-led food and medicine projects across tribal communities in the Northeast. Our collective decision-making, organizing and cultivation practices restore traditional kinships/alliances and align with matriarchal principles of earth-centered stewardship. We restore polycultural food systems and local fisheries, assure the transmission of traditional medicine and foodways, and reengage the spiritual foundations of our livelihoods.

EqualityMaine Foundation

Our mission is to protect and advance full equality for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Mainers by creating an inclusive and intersectional movement through political action, community building, education, engagement and collaboration.

Food For All Services

Our mission is to provide food-insecure new Immigrants with respect, dignity, and appreciation through a culturally relevant market that offers and celebrates cultural food and access to resources.

Friends of Casco Bay

Friends of Casco Bay's mission is to improve and protect the environmental health of Casco Bay. We meet our mission through science, community engagement, and advocacy.

Furniture Friends

Furniture Friends is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization that provides donated furniture to people in need throughout Greater Portland. With ongoing support from the community, we are able to fulfill our mission of "Creating Homes. Rebuilding Lives."

Gateway Community Services Maine

Gateway Community Services, Maine (GCSM) seeks to encourage, support and build healthy connections within oneself and others in order to promote vibrancy and well-being, along with welcoming communities where all people feel accepted, valued and have a sense of belonging

Generational Noor

Generational Noor aims to Shed light and provide support in destigmatizing the topic of substance abuse mental health, alcoholism, and drug abuse in immigrant households leading to individuals getting the help they need leading to Rehab and Recovery

Genesis Community Loan Fund

The Genesis Fund connects communities who are creating affordable housing and other essential community resources with the capital and expertise they need to overcome barriers to opportunity and prosperity. A Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), Genesis works throughout Maine and in Northern New England to make flexible loans, deliver expert project guidance, and promote policy solutions and systemic change. Genesis offers impact investing for individuals and institutions to move resources toward community needs. As simply as possible, Genesis makes projects happen that otherwise wouldn't.

Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center

The Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center serves as a hub of collaboration that strengthens the immigrant community through language acquisition, economic integration and civic engagement.

Hardy Girls

Hardy Girls takes girls and nonbinary youth seriously and puts the power in their hands to
challenge a society that ignores their brilliance. Founded in 2000, Hardy Girls is a research-driven
organization that partners with 1200+ youth and youth-serving adults annually through its
statewide programs.

Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine

The Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine promotes universal respect for human rights through outreach and education. Using the lessons of the Holocaust and other events past and present we encourage individuals and communities to reflect and act upon their moral responsibilities to confront prejudice, intolerance and discrimination.

Hope Acts

Hope Acts offers asylum seekers access to housing and basic needs, assistance in navigating complex immigration processes, and resources for learning English to help them successfully transition to a new life in Maine.

Immigrant Resource Center of Maine

The mission of Immigrant Resource Center of Maine is to support refugee and immigrant communities by offering culturally and linguistically sensitive services to promote a healthy and equitable Maine.

In Her Presence

Organized and led by immigrant women living in Maine, we strive to bring together immigrant women from across communities and generations to ensure that MaineÕs economic agenda includes the aspirations and needs of immigrant women.

Indigo Arts Alliance

Our Mission is to build global connections by bringing together Black and Brown artists from diverse backgrounds to engage in their creative process, while building lasting relationships rooted in co-mentorship. An integral aspect of the Indigo vision is to provide Maine based artists of African descent access to a broader range of practicing artists of color from around the world.

Juneteenth Downeast

Juneteenth Downeast exists to give people of the African diaspora a place to connect, and opportunities to replenish that which was taken away. Whether through connection to the land, the water, to resources or to each other. May we find through this commemoration ways to be true to ourselves, our history, and our Heritage. May we find ways to nourish who we are amidst that which is the best of us.

Maine Access Immigrant Network

Maine Access Immigrant Network (MAIN) bridges access to health and social services for immigrants and refugees in Portland Maine. Our organization works to build a stronger multicultural community in Portland, and to address refugee health literacy, health care enrollment, and coordination of health care benefits and non-clinical care. MAIN provides resource and referral information that is culturally and linguistically appropriate in English, Arabic, Somali, and French to ensure equal access to programs and services for new Mainers from Africa and Middle East.    *** This is their "Who We Are" unsure if mission***

Maine Alliance for Arts Education

The Maine Alliance for Arts Education (MAAE) is an inclusive statewide alliance of arts educators, students, parents, community artists and arts supporters that advocates for education in and through all of the arts for all Maine students, pre-k through grade 12.

Maine Animal Coalition

Dedicated to the elimination of animal abuse and exploitation through education, advocacy, and example.

Maine Association for New Americans

MANA is an immigrant-led organization that promotes social & personal empowerment of immigrants through:

- Raising awareness of individual and collective trauma and how they affect our lives

- Expanding peopleÕs resilience building strategies by exploring various resources

- Providing trauma-aware, multilingual transportation services to address social determinants of health 

- Connecting people with their peers across cultures

Maine Audubon

Maine Audubon works to conserve Maine's wildlife and wildlife habitat by engaging people of all ages in education, conservation, and action.

Maine Black Educators Collective

The mission of MBEC is to support Black Educators in the state of Maine through educational opportunities and socio-emotional connection.

Maine Center for Economic Policy

With credible, rigorous economic research and analysis, MECEP advocates for policies that benefit low- and moderate-income Mainers.

Maine Citizens for Clean Elections

Maine Citizens for Clean Elections is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization working to ensure that MaineÕs campaign finance laws, elections, and government serve the public interest, both in principle and in practice. The LWV Education Fund is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization
conducting voter service and citizen education activities.

Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault

The Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault is organized to end sexual violence and to support high quality sexual violence prevention and response in Maine communities.

Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence

The Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence seeks to create and encourage a social, political, and economic environment that fosters communities where the diversity, dignity, and contributions of all are respected and celebrated, and domestic abuse and violence no longer exist. MCEDV advocates for the right of all people to live free from domestic
violence all forms of violence..

Maine Community Integration

Maine Community Integration is committed to integrating New Mainers into their communities while respecting and uplifting their diverse cultures, identities, and traditions.  We serve the interests of both immigrant and local communities by bridging gaps in mutual understanding in order to create social and systemic change.

Maine Council of Churches

We speak with a prophetic voice of faith, connecting people
within, through, and beyond the church to create a more just, compassionate and peaceful
world.

Maine Equal Justice

Maine Equal Justice is a nonprofit legal aid and economic justice organization working to provide economic security, opportunity, and equity for people in Maine.

Maine Farmland Trust

Maine Farmland Trust is a member-powered statewide organization that protects farmland, supports farmers, and advances the future of farming.

Maine Federation of Humane Societies

The Maine Federation of Humane SocietiesÕ mission is to provide resources and
opportunities, dedicated to promoting and advancing the humane care of all animals
throughout the state of Maine.

Maine Hospice Council and Center for End-of-Life Care

The Maine Hospice Council is the leading advocate, educator and technical resource for Hospice and end-of-life care in Maine. Our mission is to promote universal access to quality end of life care through innovation, creativity, education, advocacy and collaboration.

Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition

At the Maine ImmigrantsÕ Rights Coalition (MIRC), our mission is to improve legal, social, and economic conditions for immigrants in the state of Maine.

Maine Inside Out

Maine Inside Out is a 501 © (3) nonprofit organization founded in 2008 based in Lewiston, Maine. Maine Inside Out groups create powerful theater to inform and engage the greater community in dialogue about social change.

Maine Labor Group on Health

The purpose of Maine Labor Group on Health is to educate MaineÕs working people about health and safety in the workplace and to function as a statewide advocate for working people within the health care system.  We offer training in cooperation with OSHA training priorities as well as other workplace health and safety training.  We advocate for worker empowerment through education.

Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association

The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association is creating a food system that is healthy and fair for all of us. Through education, training and advocacy, MOFGA is helping farmers thrive, making more local, organic food available and building sustainable communities.

Maine Peace Fund

Maine Peace Fund(c3)  [Peace Action Maine(c4)] is a grassroots, membership-driven organization dedicated to disarmament & peace, to nonviolent conflict resolution, and to creating a climate for peace & peace for climate, one of the founding Maine Share organizations- MPF formed in 1982.

Maine People's Resource Center

MPRC is a statewide organization that engages, teaches and empowers everyday citizens to participate in political, legislative policy decision making that impacts their lives via grassroots organizing.

Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition

MPAC is a statewide group formed in 2007 to improve conditions for inmates, former inmates, their families, victims of crime and others.

Maine Resource Recovery Association

MRRA helps towns move their recyclables to market and provides various training opportunities to Cities and Towns across Maine.

Maine Veterans For Peace

Veterans For Peace is the one veterans organization that says no to war and informs the public on the true costs of war.

Maine Women's Lobby Education Fund

The MWL Education Fund works to build gender justice in Maine by ensuring our community has the knowledge, skills, and confidence to engage in gender-equitable public policy advocacy and civic life.

Maine Youth Justice

WE BELIEVE THAT SAFETY COMES THROUGH STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES, ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES OF HARM, AND PROMOTING INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE WELL BEING, NOT INCARCERATION.

Maine's Black Future Podcast

Maine's Black Future podcast highlights Black excellence all over Maine, showcasing Maine's Black historical figures and Black change makers today. In highlighting Maine's continuum of Black influence, we interrupt the violence of erasure, creating a grounded space for Black Mainers to actively create a fulfilling future.

Mano en Mano

To ensure that immigrants and migrant farmworkers in Maine are heard, celebrated and thriving in their communities, as determined by community members themselves.

More Women Surf

More Women+ Surf is a women-led surf organization in Maine breaking down socio-economical, physical, and emotional barriers to create surf and water access for underserved individuals. Hand in hand with allies in the community, MWS+ fosters an inclusive environment that centers women-identifying individuals in the line-up through community-based events, surf and other board sports lessons, and creative storytelling projects.

Natural Resources Council of Maine

The Natural Resources Council of Maine is a nonprofit membership organization protecting, restoring, and conserving MaineÕs environment, now and for future generations.

New Ventures Maine

Helping Maine people succeed in the changing economy and achieve economic security for themselves and their families.

Nibezun

Nibezun celebrates culture as medicine, provides an inclusive space for healing, and promotes sustainability for all people and future generations.

Presente! Maine

At Presente! Maine, we work to empower displaced indigenous and afro-Latinx peoples of Maine through survival programs, community power building, cultural celebration, and transformative healing practice.

ProsperityME

ProsperityME empowers, through education and counseling, members of refugee and immigrant communities to invest in themselves to build financial stability, careers, businesses and wealth.

Resources for Organizing & Social Change

Promoting community organizing, education, and action for nonviolent social change in Maine.

Rwandese Community of Association

Sierra Club Foundation, Maine Chapter

The Sierra Club, Maine Chapter is a volunteer-run grassroots organization working to protect Maine's wilderness heritage, fight climate change, promote smart growth, safeguard clean water and coastline, and promote clean air and energy efficiency. The Sierra Club Foundation is the 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor of the Chapter's charitable programs.

Sipayik Resilience Committee

The mission of the Sipayik Resilience Committee is to foster climate resilience and make energy efficiency technology more accessible to members of the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point following community directed goals. The SRC is a citizen-led effort that is dedicated to empowering Pleasant Point community members to engage in the decision making process concerning energy and climate actions.

Southern Maine Workers' Center

We believe that working and poor people must organize together in order to transform our workplaces and communities.

Sunlight Media Collective

The Sunlight Media Collective is an organization of indigenous and non-indigenous media makers and activists, including Wabanaki tribal members, working to document and present stories affecting Wabanaki people and highlighting Wabanaki perspectives, with a particular emphasis on the intersection between environmental issues and tribal rights.

The Third Place

Viles Arboretum

Located in Maine's Capitol City, Viles Arboreturm is a hub for environmental education and recreation through 224 acres of stunning botanical gardens, a full service Visitor Center, and an array of place-based programs and events.

Wabanaki Alliance

Wabanaki REACH

We support the self-determination of Wabanaki people through education, truth-telling, restorative justice, and restorative practices in Wabanaki and Maine communities.

Wabanaki Youth in Science

We design our structures and processes to be responsive to Wabanaki communities and beneficial to Wabanaki people.

WERU Community Radio

WERU Community Radio is an independent, listener-supported and volunteer-powered media organization, whose mission is to provide diverse programming and community engagement, to lift spirits, raise awareness and make connections.

Yetu Housing and Community Resources

York County Community Action Corporation

The mission of York County Community Action Corporation is to alleviate the effects of poverty, attack its underlying causes, and to promote the dignity and self-sufficiency of the people of York County, Maine.

Youth Led Justice

To work toward creating healthy, safer, stronger, more connected communities through educating youth in restorative justice and by giving youth respondents a second chance to be a part of this healthy, safer, stronger, more connected community.Ó

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