Over $85,000 supporting 13 projects across Maine
2026’s Major Grant awardees include a series of public library presentations on the dismantling of democracy in Nazi Germany, an immigrant writing and storytelling workshop, a community theater program for Wabanaki children, and more.
Save a Life Community Resource Center
In Our Eyes: We are All Recovering from Something
Lincoln
$4,900
Spurwink Services
The Black Poster Project: Humanizing Substance Use and Strengthening Communities
Portland
$7,500
Maine Jewish Museum
Jewish Stories, Maine Stories: A Humanities Curriculum for Shared Understanding
Portland
$7,500
FLOR (Flamenco & Its Origins)
Cárcelera: Flamenco, Voice, and Cultural Memory at the Southern Maine Women’s Reentry Center
Topsham
$7,500
Wabanaki REACH
Wabanaki Children’s Community Theater
Old Town
$7,500
Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment
The Land Remembers
Freeport
$7,500
Black Travel Maine
Why It Matters: Maine’s Living History – A Statewide Humanities Podcast & Radio Series
Portland
$7,500
Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine
Dismantling Democracy: 53 Days in Nazi Germany
Augusta
$7,500
The Waldo Theatre
The Waldo Theatre’s Community Storytelling Program
Waldoboro
$3,375
Healthy Acadia
Rites of Passage
Ellsworth
$7,497
Chocolate Church Arts Center
Mythic Migrations
Bath
$7,500
Lincoln County Historical Association
Who Was Here? A Community Research Project
Wiscasset
$2,110
YWCA Central Maine
Maternal Health Across Generations & Borders: A Community Archive & Curriculum