$15,000 supporting eight projects across Maine

September 2024’s Mini Grant awardees include community storytelling projects, museum exhibitions, a series of educational workshops with writers, poets and journalists, and more.

Old Berwick Historical Society

La Fête Française: South Berwick’s French Legacy

South Berwick

$2,000

Maine Family Planning

Abortion Storytelling Project

Augusta

$2,000

I’m Your Neighbor Books

Kende, Kende, Kende StoryWalk in Maine 

Portland

$2,000

Penobscot Marine Museum

Recording Personal Histories from Maine’s Bygone Sardine Cannery Towns

Searsport

$2,000

ISLE Theater Company, Inc.

DOWNEAST SPEAKS 2024

Deer Isle

$2,000

Portland Ovations

2024-25 Scholars-in-Residence Program

Portland

$2,000

Friends of Aomori

Hashi – Bridging Sister States of Maine and Aomori, Japan 

South Portland

$1,000

Azerbaijan Society of Maine

Know Your Roots – Exploring the role of Women in Azerbaijan Society

Falmouth

$2,000