Libra Foundation - Grant Details By Year

Grants: 2001


Public/Society Benefit
Bangor Police Dept. 35 Court Street Bangor, ME 04401 Rape Aggression Defense Systems - a self defense program for women that focuses on the dynamics of sexual assaults	$5,000.00
Bowdoinham Recreation 12 School Street Bowdoinham, ME 04008 Provide skis and snowshoes for the Bowdoinham Cross-country Ski and Snowshoe Club	$5,000.00
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Portland 277 Cumberland Avenue P.O. Box 7830 Portland, ME 04112-7830 Capital campaign for expansion and renovation of the Portland and South Portland Clubhouses	$1,000,000.00
Calais Skatepark Project Committee Calais City Building 5 Church Street Calais, ME 04619 Provide a first-class skatepark for the youth of Calais and its satellite communities	$5,000.00
Children's Center 721 Stevens Avenue Portland, ME 04103 Renovations to the Children's Center to increase class and office space and allow handicap accessibility	$25,000.00
Community Housing of Maine 72 Winthrop Street Augusta, ME 04330 Create new housing units and services for women and children who are working on rebuilding their lives after fleeing domestic abuse	$6,000.00
Community School P.O. Box 555 Camden, ME 04843 Purchase a van for the Passages Program for teenage mothers	$5,000.00
Durham Historical Society 630 Hallowell Road Durham, ME 04222 "Save the Bell" - repair and restore the bell tower that houses a Revere bell in the dome of Union Church	$2,000.00
Falmouth Conservation Trust Box 6172 Falmouth, ME 04105 Purchase 257 acres in Falmouth on Blackstrap Hill to create a 500+ acre preserve for wildlife protection and regional recreation	$5,000.00
Good Will-Hinckley Homes for Boys & Girls P.O. Box 159 Hinckley, ME 04944-1059 Construct a new youth recreation center to serve at-risk youth from all regions of Maine	$10,000.00
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland P.O. Box 10505 Portland, ME 04104 Construction of two affordable houses in Freeport during 2002, in collaboration with the Freeport Housing Trust and HFHGP	$10,000.00
Habitat for Humanity/Bath-Brunswick Area, Inc. 320 Church Road Brunswick, ME 04011 Afford qualified Maine families with the opportunity for first-time home ownership of a Habitat home	$10,000.00
John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University Cambridge, ME 02138 First year of the Fitzgerald Gubernatorial Endowment	$32,125.00
Joyful Harvest Neighborhood Center 61 Bacon Street P.O. Box 447 Biddeford, ME 04005 Youth Program, including an art class, automotive workshop and video production workshop	$5,000.00
Kelmscott Rare Breeds Foundation RR#2 Box 365 Lincolnville, ME 04849 Expansion of Community Outreach Program to include seniors	$6,000.00
Kittery Elementary PTA Playground Committee P.O. Box 682 Kittery, ME 03904 Construct a fun, safe and handicapped accessible playground at Frisbee Elementary School	$2,500.00
Maine Businesses for Social Responsibility 200 High Street Portland, ME 04101 Development of membership resources	$10,000.00
Maine Citizens Against Handgun Violence Foundation P.O. Box 4501 Portland, ME 04112 Support the trigger lock giveaway program to reduce gun violence	$16,000.00
Maine Children's Alliance 303 State Street Augusta, ME 04330 Design and print 4,000 Maine KIDS COUNT Data Books	$5,000.00
Maine Handicapped Skiing, Inc. 8 Sundance Lane Sunday River Ski Resort Newry, ME 04261 Casco Bay Challenge: a fun, competitive relay race in which athletes with physical disabilities can compete alongside nondisabled athletes	$10,000.00
Maine Public Libraries Gift of a copy of Pineland's Past: The First 100 Years to each of the 215 public libraries in the State of Maine	$2,580.00
Maine Winter Sports Center P.O. Box 457 Limestone, ME 04750 Development of world-class biathlon and cross-country ski facilities; addition of alpine ski areas and programs	$2,435,000.00
MaineHealth 465 Congress Street Suite 600 Portland, ME 04102-3537 Raising Readers program	$484,729.00
MSAD Community Awareness Committee Enfield Station School P.O. Box 288 West Enfield, ME 04493 Integrated Arts Program: full-day workshop for 5 weeks in the areas of music, art, dance and movement	$2,000.00
National Center for Student Aspirations 5766 Shibles Hall Orono, ME 04469-5766 Evaluation of the Summer Camp Scholarship Program	$61,583.34
New Beginnings, Inc. 436 Main Street Lewiston, ME 04240 Dorothy Larrabee Youth Development Project	$10,000.00
New Gloucester Historical Society P.O. Box 13 New Gloucester, ME 04260 Donation of "Pineland's Past" books by Richard Kimball	$2,400.00
North Street Playground Association 145 Silver Street Waterville, ME 04901 Purchase & install playground equipment for the North Street Recreation Area	$10,000.00
North Yarmouth Fire Department 463 Walnut Hill Road North Yarmouth, ME 04097 Purchase an imaging camera	$3,000.00
Northern York County Family YMCA 3 Pomerleau Court P.O. Box 1001 Biddeford, ME 04005 Purchase 12 kayaks and safety equipment for therapeutic and recreational adventure programs	$10,000.00
Penobscot Bay YMCA 50 Chestnut Street Camden, ME 04843 Construct a Warm Water Therapeutic Pool for the new YMCA	$50,000.00
Peoples Beach to Beacon 10K P.O. Box 9540 Portland, ME 04112-9540 Annual road race to benefit a different Maine-based children's charity each year - Kids First Center in 2001	$10,000.00
Pineland Farms P.O. Box 17516 Portland, ME 04112 Organization, development, operation and staffing of Pineland Farms, Inc., a start-up charitable organization designed to preserve and reestablish historical farm properties and to educate the public about agricultural practices. Farm operations include the start-up operation and staffing of an indoor/outdoor therapeutic horse riding center and stables.	$561,312.23
Rippleffect, Inc. P.O. Box 441 Portland, ME 04112 In partnership with the Maine Coast Heritage Trust, buy Cow Island in Casco Bay and create a "living classroom"	$10,000.00
Saint Mark's Episcopal Church 9 Summer Street Augusta, ME 04330 Renovation of Parish Hall to serve community needs, including area food bank, clothing bank and self-help groups	$10,000.00
Spindleworks 7 Lincoln Street Brunswick, ME 04011 Open Spindleworks to a wider community by offering a series of collaborative workshops with nationally known artists	$25,000.00
Students Baking a Living 28 High School Drive Suite A Fort Fairfield, ME 04742 Improve the community by providing jobs for students in baking and supplying food products to local food pantries and homeless shelters	$20,000.00
Union 106 Robbinston Grade School Route 1 Robbinston, ME 04671 Lifelong Physical Fitness Program for students and their families	$10,000.00
United Way of Androscoggin County 66 Ash Street P.O. Box 888 Lewiston, ME 04243-0888 TOPS summer camp program	$680,042.00
United Way of Eastern Maine 268 Sylvan Road Suite 1 Bangor, ME 04401-4221 Camp Bangor summer camp program	$856,834.00
United Way of Greater Portland 400 Congress Street P.O. Box 15200 Portland, ME 04112 CHAMPS summer camp program	$873,891.60
University of Southern Maine Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence 96 Falmouth Street P.O. Box 9300 Portland, ME 04104-9300 Provide small, rural schools in Maine with a program to reduce bias, harassment and prejudice	$50,000.00
Waterville Area Boys & Girls Club and YMCA 126 North Street Waterville, ME 04901 After-school program for all children, especially those from underprivileged circumstances	$10,000.00
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