Responsive grants are awarded semi-annually in response to proposals submitted through the Foundation's grant application process. The Foundation accepts requests up to $50,000. To date in 2023, the Sam L. Cohen Foundation awarded 47 responsive grants totaling $868,900. In total, the Foundation considered 78 proposals requesting $1,674,108. The average grant award was $18,487; the smallest grant was $2,500; the largest grant was $50,000.
Foundation-initiated grants are awarded to projects identified by directors and staff. Applications are accepted only at the invitation of the directors. Grant amounts have no limit.
Responsive Grants
Portland
|
General Operating Support
Health and Human Services - Youth Development
|
$ 12,500 |
Biddeford
|
Apex Future Focus Center
Health and Human Services - Youth Development
|
$ 20,000 |
Westbrook
|
General Operating Support
Health and Human Services - Youth Development
|
$ 15,000
|
Portland
|
Business Advising and Technical Assistance
Civic and Community
|
$ 10,000 |
Portland
|
Visiting Artist Program
Arts and Culture
|
$ 10,000
|
South Portland
|
Direct Client Services - South Portland
Health and Human Services
|
$ 20,000
|
Saco
|
ARC Project
Education
|
$ 20,000
|
Brunswick
|
General Operating Support
Civic and Community
|
$ 15,000 |
Augusta
|
General Operating Support
Civic and Community
|
$ 20,000 |
Make It Happen! Expansion
Education
|
$ 45,000 | |
Portland
|
General Operating Support
Arts and Culture
|
$ 5,000 |
South Portland
|
A Place for Girls
Health and Human Services - Youth Development
|
$ 10,000 |
Springvale
|
General Operating Support
Education
|
$ 10,000 |
Sanford
|
Southern Maine Support Services
Health and Human Services
|
$ 10,000 |
General Operating Support
Civic and Community
|
$ 25,000 | |
Portland
|
General Operating Support
Health and Human Services
|
$ 15,000 |
Topsham
|
Weatherizing and Repair
Health and Human Services
|
$ 10,000
|
Portland
|
Critical Home Repair
Health and Human Services
|
$ 12,500 |
Waterville
|
General Operating Support
Health and Human Services - Youth Development
|
$ 10,000 |
Augusta
|
Support for Holocaust Education
Civic and Community
|
$ 50,000 |
Scarborough
|
Operating Support and Gosnell Energy Efficiency
Health and Human Services
|
$ 25,000
|
Westbrook
|
General Operating Support
Education
|
$ 25,000 |
Portland
|
Cumberland and York County Programming
Education
|
$ 10,000 |
Kennebunk
|
Healthy Partnerships
Civic and Community
|
$ 7,000 |
Falmouth
|
Living Schoolyards
Education
|
$ 18,400 |
Augusta
|
Advancing Child Health and Welfare
Civic and Community
|
$ 40,000
|
Augusta
|
General Operating Support
Civic and Community
|
$40,000 |
Bath
|
General Operating Support
Education
|
$ 10,000 |
Portland
|
Detox Expansion Program
Health and Human Services
|
$ 45,000
|
Portland
|
Expanded Services for Young Children
Health and Human Services
|
$ 25,000
|
Portland
|
General Operating Support
Health and Human Services - Youth Development
|
$ 5,000
|
Portland
|
Early Childhood Music Education
Arts and Culture
|
$ 10,000 |
Portland
|
Maine Supply Program
Health and Human Services
|
$ 15,000
|
Portland
|
General Operating Support
Arts and Culture
|
$ 10,000 |
Portland
|
Rally Portland
Education
|
$ 15,000
|
Portland
|
General Operating Support
Health and Human Services
|
$ 25,000 |
Portland
|
General Operating Support
Civic and Community
|
$ 15,000 |
Portland
|
Outdoor Community Center
Health and Human Services - Youth Development
|
$ 15,000 |
Scarborough
|
Adaptive Equipment/Assistive Technology
Health and Human Services
|
$ 20,000 |
General Operating Support
Health and Human Services
|
$ 2,500 | |
Portland
|
General Operating Support Arts and Culture
|
$ 15,000 |
Biddeford
|
Programming and Services
Health and Human Services
|
$ 40,000 |
Portland
|
General Operating Support
Arts and Culture
|
$ 18,000
|
Portland
|
Camp Susan Curtis
Health and Human Services
|
$ 15,000
|
Portland
|
General Operating Support
Civic and Community
|
$ 20,000
|
Portland
|
Center for Teaching Innovation
Education
|
$ 30,000
|
Portland
|
Wabanaki Music Collaboration
Arts and Culture
|
$ 8,000
|
Foundation-initiated Grants
Organization/Location
|
Project/Funding Category
|
Amount |
Education Funders Network
Portland
|
Consultant
Education |
$ 1,500 |
Kennebunk
|
Weatherization/Aging in Place
Health and Human Services
|
$ 10,000 |
Portland
|
Celebratory Dinner - Shabbat and Ifter
Civic and Community
|
$ 4,000 |
Portland
|
Right from the Start Coalition
Education
|
$ 32,500 |
Augusta
|
Right from the Start Coalition
Education
|
$ 32,500 |
Portland
|
Maine Asylum Seeker Crisis Support
Civic and Community
|
$ 20,000 |
Portland
|
2023 Conference Support
Civic and Community
|
$ 2,500 |
Portland
|
Heating Assistance and Weatherization
Health and Human Services
|
$ 15,000 |
Portland
|
Keep ME Warm! 2023
Health and Human Services
|
$ 10,000 |
Lewiston
|
General Operating Support - Southern Maine focus
Health and Human Services
|
$ 7,500 |
Sanford
|
Heating Assistance
Health and Human Services
|
$ 7,500 |