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Holder Jan Holder Jan Holder Jan Holder Jan Holder P U B L I S H E R : Donna Brassard E D I T O R : Peter Van Allen 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 : Maureen Milliken, Molly O'Connell ARTICLES How To Ramp up board recruitment with 7 key questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Women taking the lead Nonprofi ts get ready for new era with leadership changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Corporate giving Going where the need is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Maine's top 15 foundations Ranked by total giving in Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 PROFILES American Heart Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Amistad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Camp Sunshine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Catholic Charities Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Center for Grieving Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Community Financial Literacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Disability Rights Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Dollard & Priscilla Gendron Franco Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Goodwill Industries of Northern New England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Hospice of Southern Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 House in the Woods Military & Family Retreat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Kennebec Behavioral Health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 KidsPeace National Centers of New England Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 The LifeFlight Foundation/LifeFlight of Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Maine Association of Nonprofi ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Maine Behavioral Healthcare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 The Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Maine Family Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Maine Farmland Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Make-A-Wish® Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Mobius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Muscular Dystrophy Association of Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Pine Tree Society. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Spurwink Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Sweetser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 United Ways of Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Unity College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Volunteers of America Northern New England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Woodfords Family Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 YMCAs of Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

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