Hospice Fund

Hospice Fund is sponsored by Maine Community Foundation Inc.. Supports hospice services in Cumberland and York counties.

Hospice Fund – Maine Community Foundation Interest Areas : Health Care; Human Services Geographic Area : Cumberland County, York County Types of Funding : Project Application Opens : Dec. 15 Deadline : Feb. 17, 11:59 p.

m. Staff Contact : Katie Howard , khoward@mainecf. org , 207-412-0832 Apply: Click on the orange “Apply” button at the top right of this page.

Applications received : 6 Amount requested : $53,000 Number of grants awarded : 5 Grant dollars awarded : $29,860 Percentage of applicants that received grants : 83% Additional grants by donors : none Recent Grants : Click here to view the last three years of grants. The Hospice Fund supports hospice services, especially programs that support volunteer and bereavement services, in Cumberland and York counties.

The fund is not intended to support general operations. All applicants must meet the Maine Community Foundation’s grant eligibility requirements. Please read our eligibility and grant guidelines before submitting an application.

To receive a grant, an organization or project must: Support hospice services in Cumberland and/or York county. This grant program will give additional priority to organizations and projects that: Raise community awareness of hospice and bereavement services Increase the utilization and/or the quality of end-of-life services Support hospice volunteers and the recruitment of volunteers, including outreach, training, and recognition.

Project support grants for new or expanding projects and ongoing programs. Funds may not be used for: Activities outside of Cumberland and York counties Capital projects or endowments See also “What we will not fund, without exception” on our eligibility and grant guidelines page . For over 30 years, Hospice of Maine provided hospice volunteers and bereavement services to clinical hospice programs in southern Maine.

Based on the changing environment and in an effort to strengthen and unify hospice services, in January 2006, the Board of Directors transferred Hospice of Maine’s direct service programs to VNA Home Health Care and Hospice of Southern Maine, which allowed these organizations to create and expand their full-service hospice programs.

As part of this transition, Hospice of Maine decided to use its remaining assets to create this Hospice Fund in a manner consistent with the mission and philosophy of Hospice of Maine and the intention of its supporters. Funding Types: General versus Project Support Katie Howard , a MaineCF community partner, explains the differences between general and project support funding and provides helpful grant application tips.

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