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Grantee Spotlight
Maine Council on Aging (MCOA), a 2024 Sam L. Cohen Foundation grantee, was recognized by the National Council on Aging with the organization’s 2025 Innovator Award. The award honors organizations that create innovative solutions to improve the health and economic security of older people. MCOA received the award at NCOA’s Age+Action Conference in May, along with...
2025 Sam L. Cohen Pioneer Scholars
The Pioneer Scholar Program, a partnership between supporters and the Mitchell Institute, provides the opportunity to recognize specific Mitchell Scholars and Alumni who, through their contributions to school and community and their demonstration of certain qualities – as students and as citizens – stand out for acknowledgement.
Congratulations to:
Saytune Abdullahi - Portland High School * University of Southern Maine
Elliott Aranovitch - Biddeford High School * Bates College
Yaqeen Hasan- Thornton Academy * Wayne State University
Grantee Survey 2024
The Sam L. Cohen Foundation conducted a Grantee Survey in March 2024. We want to thank you for your thoughtful feedback and share highlights of the findings.
The electronic survey was sent to 285 grantees and applicants in the past three years. One hundred -eighteen organizations completed the survey for a response rate of 41 percent.