The John T. Gorman Foundation has awarded 83 grants totaling $1.5 million to provide food, housing, shelter, healthcare, and other essential services to Mainers in need through its 2023 Direct Services Grant Program.

“Basic access to food, housing, and other essentials continues to be a pressing concern for too many Maine people,” said Lauralee Raymond, John T. Gorman Foundation manager, Special Initiatives, according to a news release from Jennifer Van Allen, Broadreach Public Relations for the John T. Gorman Foundation based in Portland. “Through this year’s Direct Services Grant Program, the John T. Gorman Foundation is privileged to be able to strengthen the efforts of organizations across the state to address these critical needs in their communities.”

This year, the foundation awarded more than half of its Direct Service Grants to organizations focused on food insecurity and housing. Additional grants went to fund initiatives that provide health care, legal aid, language assistance, transportation, financial support, and other services.

Full descriptions of the grants, including counties served, are available at jtgfoundation.org.

• Amistad, Portland — $20,000
• Area Interfaith Outreach, Rockland — $20,000
• Aroostook County Action Program, Presque Isle — $25,000
• Augusta Food Bank, Augusta — $15,000
• Bangor Area Homeless Shelter, Bangor — $20,000
• Bath Housing Development Corporation, Bath — $15,000
• Belfast Soup Kitchen, Belfast — $15,000
• Boys and Girls Club of Southern Maine, Portland — $25,000
• Catholic Charities Maine, Portland — $20,000
• Center for a Green Future dba Growing to Give, Brunswick — $10,000
• Central Maine Area Agency on Aging, Augusta — $25,000
• CHiP, Inc., Newcastle — $10,000
• Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust / Twin Villages Foodbank Farm, Damariscotta — $20,000
• Common Good Soup Kitchen Community, Southwest Harbor — $12,500
• Community Care, Bangor — $15,000
• Community Compass, Blue Hill v$15,000
• Eastern Area Agency on Aging, Brewer — $25,000
• Elder Abuse Institute of Maine, Brunswick — $15,000
• Ellsworth Free Medical Clinic, Ellsworth — $15,000
• Emmanuel Lutheran Episcopal Church — Bridging the Gap, Augusta — $15,000
• Family Planning Association of Maine, Augusta — $15,000
• First Congregational Church of Waterville, Maine / Waterville Area Essentials Closet — Waterville, $15,000
• Footprints Food Pantry, Kittery — $20,000
• Foundation for Portland Public Schools, Portland — $15,000
• Frannie Peabody Center, Portland — $20,000
• Friends in Action, Ellsworth — $12,000
• Greater Portland Family Promise, Portland — $15,000
• Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center, Portland — $20,000
• H.O.M.E. Inc., Orland — $15,000
• Hand in Hand, Mano en Mano, Milbridge — $25,000
• Harrison Food Bank, Harrison – $10,000
• Healthy Acadia, Ellsworth — $15,000
• Healthy Island Project, Stonington — $25,000
• Her Safety Net, Lewiston — $15,000
• Intercultural Community Center, Westbrook — $20,000
• Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine, Portland — $15,000
• Knox County Homeless Coalition, Rockland — $15,000
• Lake Region Senior Service, Bridgton — $12,000
• Legal Services for the Elderly, Augusta — $20,000
• Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry, Ellsworth — $20,000
• Locker Project, Portland — $15,000
• Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center, Bangor — $25,000
• Maine Association for New Americans, Portland — $25,000
• Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association, Brunswick — $25,000
• Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition, Portland — $25,000
• Maine Medical Center, Portland — $25,000
• Maine Needs, Portland — $15,000
• MaineHealth – Healthy Community Coalition, Farmington — $25,000
• Mainely Teeth dba Mainely Smiles, Portland — $25,000
• MCH, Inc., Rockland — $15,000
• Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program, Brunswick — $20,000
• Mid-Coast Health Net dba The Knox Clinic, Rockland — $20,000
• Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter, Waterville — $25,000
• Milestone Recovery, Portland — $25,000
• Neighbors Driving Neighbors, Mt. Vernon — $10,000
• Neighbors Helping Neighbors Downeast, East Machias — $6,000
• New Beginnings, Lewiston — $15,000
• New England Arab American Organization, Portland — $25,000
• OHI, Bangor — $15,000
• Penobscot Community Health Care, Bangor — $25,000
• Preble Street, Portland — $25,000
• Quality Housing Coalition, Portland — $25,000
• Rangeley Health and Wellness, Rangeley — $20,000
• Rockland District Nursing Association, Rockland — $20,000
• Rural Community Action Ministry, Leeds — $15,000
• Sacred Heart/St. Dominic Parish, Portland — $15,000
• SeniorsPlus, Lewiston — $25,000
• Shalom House, Portland — $15,000
• SKILLS Inc., St Albans — $25,000
• Somali Bantu Community Association of Lewiston, Maine, Lewiston — $25,000
• Southern Maine Agency on Aging, Biddeford — $25,000
• St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center (St. Mary’s Nutrition Center), Lewiston — $25,000
• St. Martin de Porres Residence, Lewiston — $15,000
• St. Vincent de Paul Soup Kitchen, Portland — $15,000
• State Street Congregational Church, Portland — $11,500
• Table of Plenty, Berwick — $11,000
• Tedford Housing, Brunswick — $20,000
• The Root Cellar, Lewiston — $15,000
• Tripp Middle School, Turner — $5,000
• Veggies to Table, Newcastle — $10,000
• Waterville Area Soup Kitchen, Waterville — $15,000
• Winslow Community Cupboard / Winslow Congregational Church, UCC, Winslow – $15,000
• YMCA Sanford-Springvale, Sanford — $10,000

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