Once the Waterville Creates! fundraising effort passes $1 million, the foundation will match it with a $6 million grant as part of its $500 million investment in Waterville and Maine.
Harold Alfond Foundation
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Colby College receives $2 million family gift for new arts, athletics centers
Dana L. Schmaltz and Kate Enroth donated to name the Colby College Museum of Art’s gallery in the art center and the welcome pavilion in the new recreation center.
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Colby College to use $101 million Alfond grant for Waterville downtown efforts, campus athletic center
The $101 million grant to Colby College in Waterville from the Harold Alfond Foundation is part of a $500 million Alfond grant to Maine institutions.
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Thomas College receives $13.5 million Alfond grant for scholarships, new programs
The Waterville college also announced its $27 million ‘Guarantee the Future’ campaign has less than $1 million more to raise to reach its goal.
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UNE medical school will relocate to Portland with $30 million Alfond grant
The grant from the Harold Alfond Foundation will help pay for the cost of a new medical school building on the city campus.
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Portland’s Roux Institute to receive $100 million from massive Alfond grant
The donation will provide financial aid for graduate students, funding for postdoctoral research and support for cooperatives with Maine employers.
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Our View: Alfond grants are a bet on Maine’s future
A massive philanthropic commitment gives the state a chance to build its future.
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Alfond’s $240 million gift to UMaine System among largest ever to public higher ed institute
The money from the Harold Alfond Foundation will help transform the University of Southern Maine by providing most of the funding for a new graduate center and law school and access to a multi-university engineering program.