The Maine Community Foundation’s Equity Fund has awarded seven grants that total $50,687 to nonprofit organizations for projects and capacity-building work that address LGBTQ+ issues and needs in the Pine Tree State.
Grant recipients include:
- Frannie Peabody Center in Portland, to evaluate its internal practices through a diversity, equity and inclusion lens and operationalize the agency’s practices to protect and uplift BIPOC and LGBTQIA populations.
- Maine Transgender Network in Portland, to ensure transgender people in all communities in Maine have access to spaces where they belong, and health care where they are affirmed.
- Outright Lewiston Auburn, to continue ongoing support of LGBTQ+ youth, families and schools in Western Maine.
Established in 1996 with a challenge grant from the National Lesbian and Gay Community Funding partnership, a collaborative of national LGBTQ organizations and funders, the Equity Fund strengthens LGBTQ+ organizations and supports initiatives that work toward inclusive, diverse, prejudice-free communities for all Maine people.
For more, check out the MaineCF’s Equity Fund website.
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