Philanthropy
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PublishedJuly 26, 2021
Campaign to preserve island off Harpswell gets $50,000 gift
Freeport-based Maine Beer Co. is making the gift toward the $1.3 million the trust needs to buy and manage Little Whaleboat Island.
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PublishedJuly 8, 2021
Bill Nemitz: A philanthropy bets the farm on kids from rural Maine
The deep-pocketed Lerner Foundation is spending all it has on its Aspirations Incubator.
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PublishedJune 19, 2021
Philanthropist Sussman donates North Haven farm to American Farmland Trust
The national conservation organization will continue using the historic 153-acre Turner Farm as working farmland.
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PublishedOctober 8, 2020
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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PublishedOctober 6, 2020
Harold Alfond Foundation pledges $500 million to boost Maine economy
A series of massive donations that is intended to strengthen the state's science and technology education includes major investments in Portland.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2020
Shaw Brothers pledges $1 million to Maine Med to honor owners’ late mother
Maine Medical Center will name an open-air causeway, to be built on Congress Street in front of a new patient care tower, in honor of Sally Shaw.
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PublishedAugust 6, 2020
Mainers remember Doris Buffett for her great warmth, philanthropy
The older sister of billionaire Warren Buffett gave millions of dollars to educational and social welfare programs in her adopted state, where she died Tuesday at age 92.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2020
Preble Street donors warned about potential hack
The nonprofit wasn't targeted, but donors' personal data was among the information stolen by hackers targeting a third-party data storage company.
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PublishedJune 26, 2020
Grant, land donation help ‘improbable’ Portland affordable housing project proceed
The Community Housing of Maine project on Middle Street recently received a donation of land valued at nearly $500,000 from billionaire philanthropist Donald Sussman.
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PublishedMay 12, 2020
Harvard Pilgrim foundation awards $900,000 in COVID-19 relief grants to Maine nonprofits
The grants support food access and meal delivery, services for older adults and immigrant families, social and community services, and emergency response.