A Portland-based philanthropic group introduced Wednesday that it’ll distribute $1.5 million in grants to nonprofits that present meals, shelter and important providers to Mainers in want.
The John T. Gorman Basis mentioned the 2022 Direct Companies Grant Program awards embody $505,000 for packages serving older Maine residents. Lots of these packages assist older adults with companionship, transportation, dwelling restore and authorized help.
“From fuel to groceries, rising prices have made it a lot more durable for Maine folks to afford important gadgets and providers. Older adults with low incomes have been put into particularly troublesome conditions,” Lauralee Raymond, the muse’s supervisor for particular initiatives, mentioned.
The grants might be distributed to a various vary of nonprofit organizations positioned in all of Maine’s 16 counties together with meals kitchens, homeless shelters, medical clinics and youngster care packages.
Day One in South Portland might be awarded $25,000 to deliver a youth-centered substance use and psychological well being program to a neighborhood shelter in Lewiston serving homeless youth. The Maine Immigrants Rights Coalition of Portland will obtain a $25,000 grant for offering culturally applicable meals to asylum seeker arrivals sheltered briefly in Portland-area motels. And the Maine Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Illness and Associated Issues Affiliation in Scarborough might be awarded $16,500 to assist a 24/7 helpline offering data, referrals and session for households serving to a liked one who has dementia.
A extra full itemizing of the grant recipients is offered on the muse web site.
John T. Gorham, who was generally known as Tom, established the muse in 1995. He was a grandson of L.L. Bean. The inspiration invests in revolutionary concepts and alternatives that enhance the lives of Maine’s most susceptible.
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