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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 5 G I V I N G G U I D E 2 0 1 9 – 2 0 2 0 Contents Mainebiz® (ISSN# 1530-0749) is published bi-weekly 29 times a year, including special issues published in July, September, October and December by New England Business Media LLC. Periodicals postage paid (USPS# 018- 715) at Port land, ME and at additional entry points. Postmaster: Please send changes to: Mainebiz, PO Box 330, Congers, NY 10920-0330. Giving Guide is a publication of Mainebiz and is published annually. Copyright 2019. All rights reserved. R E S E A R C H D I R E C T O R Stephanie Meagher R E S E A R C H A S S I S TA N T Heide Martin A R T D I R E C T O R Matt Selva S E N I O R AC C O U N T S M A N AG E R S : Ken Hanson, Andrea Tetzlaff, Betsy VanderPloeg M A R K E T I N G / O P E R AT I O N S D I R E C T O R : Alison Nason A division of New England Business Media LLC C E O : Peter Stanton PRESIDENT: Joe Zwiebel C F O / C O O : Mary Rogers GROUP PUBLISHER: Donna Brassard DIGITAL DIRECTOR: Jan Holder P U B L I S H E R : Donna Brassard E D I T O R : Peter Van Allen D I G I TA L E D I T O R : William Hall G I V I N G G U I D E P RO J E C T E D I T O R : Laurie Schreiber C O N T R I B U T I N G W R I T E R S : Catherine Berce, Jennifer Hutchins, Katie Manter, Nancy Marshall, Bradford C. Paige ARTICLES Scaling Up: How three Maine nonprofits are increasing their reach . . . . . . . . . 6 Commentary: Maine's economy needs nonprofits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Hyper-local: Nonprofits are changing Maine's communities and economies . . . 12 Commentary: Who will step up? Maine nonprofits need leaders . . . . . . . . . . 16 How To: Create a marketing communications plan for your nonprofit . . . . . . . 17 Maine's top 15 foundations: Ranked by total giving in Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 PROFILES American Heart Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Avesta Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Camp Sunshine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Catholic Charities Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 CEI (Coastal Enterprises, Inc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Center for Grieving Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Community Concepts Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 The Ecology School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Full Plates Full Potential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Goodwill Northern New England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Greater Portland Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Hurricane Island Outward Bound School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Jobs for Maine's Graduates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 KidsPeace National Centers of New England Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Maine Association of Nonprofits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Maine Behavioral Healthcare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Maine Cancer Foundation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 The Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Maine Veterans' Homes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Pine Tree Legal Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Pine Tree Society. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Portland Media Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 ProsperityME: The Center for Financial Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Ruth's Reusable Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Sweetser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Trekkers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Unity College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 University of Southern Maine Foundation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Volunteers of America Northern New England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Waban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Waterville Creates! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Woodfords Family Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Wreaths Across America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 York County Community Action Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Stay informed, engaged and connected with a Mainebiz Classic Membership. 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