Grantees

Area Interfaith Outreach Food and Energy Assistance

Reduce food insecurity and socioeconomic-related stressors by providing Weekend Meals throughout the school year, after-school snacks, and summer Weekend Meals to elementary, middle-school, and high-school students in Knox County.

Organization Website

Camp CaPella

A specialized, financially accessible camp experience for children with physical and developmental disabilities from under-resourced families.

Organization Website

Camp No Limits

Expand winter season camp programs to continue fostering learning and sharing among families of children with limb difference.

Organization Website

Count ME In

Reduce chronic absenteeism in eight rural Maine high schools through collaborative sessions, professional development and coaching, youth and family engagement, and community partnerships to develop or refine multi-tiered systems of support focused on attendance.

Organization Website

Healthy Island Project

Two school-based Deer Isle-Stonington Maine food pantries and weekend meal kit backpacks actively reduce food insecurity and help families living in a very remote, under-resourced area.

Organization Website

Knox Clinic

Launch a pediatric primary care program to provide medical care to children living in Knox, Lincoln, and Waldo Counties, a region with limited accessible healthcare options.

Organization Website

Locker Project

Provide 2,500 children at risk of going hungry in Greater Portland with nutritious food including fresh produce, meat, bread, and healthy staples, much of which is quality food redirected from the waste stream.

Organization Website

Maine Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics

A statewide effort to engage parents and pediatricians to inform, develop, and implement gun safety tools and materials to combat the recent rise in gun-related deaths among Maine children and youth, including firearm lock boxes for distribution during pediatric office visits.

Organization Website

Messalonskee High School

New kitchen equipment for the school's life skills program, which promotes skill-development and diminishes feelings of isolation among students living with developmental disabilities.

Organization Website

Next Step Domestic Violence Project

The "Prevention/Youth Services Program" helps youth in Hancock and Washington Counties break the cycle of domestic violence by offering evidence-based interventions that focus on creating relationships based on equality and respect instead of power and violence.

Organization Website

Portland Wheelers

Provide free adaptive biking experiences for children with disabilities in the Greater Portland area.

Organization Website

Tedford Housing

The emergency family shelter program provides a stable environment, case management services, and essential day-to-day items for families and children facing homelessness in Androscoggin, Cumberland, Lincoln, and Sagadhoc Counties.

Organization Website

Trinity Jubilee Center

The Center's "Food Pantry and Diaper Bank" provides families in Androscoggin County with nutritious grocery boxes and diapers and connects families with wrap-around support.

Organization Website

Patricia D. Klingenstein Grants Program

2025 Grantees

Area Interfaith Outreach Food and Energy Assistance

Reduce food insecurity and socioeconomic-related stressors by providing Weekend Meals throughout the school year, after-school snacks, and summer Weekend Meals to elementary, middle-school, and high-school students in Knox County.

Camp CaPella

A specialized, financially accessible camp experience for children with physical and developmental disabilities from under-resourced families.

Camp No Limits

Expand winter season camp programs to continue fostering learning and sharing among families of children with limb difference.

Count ME In

Reduce chronic absenteeism in eight rural Maine high schools through collaborative sessions, professional development and coaching, youth and family engagement, and community partnerships to develop or refine multi-tiered systems of support focused on attendance.

Healthy Island Project

Two school-based Deer Isle-Stonington Maine food pantries and weekend meal kit backpacks actively reduce food insecurity and help families living in a very remote, under-resourced area.

Knox Clinic

Launch a pediatric primary care program to provide medical care to children living in Knox, Lincoln, and Waldo Counties, a region with limited accessible healthcare options.

Locker Project

Provide 2,500 children at risk of going hungry in Greater Portland with nutritious food including fresh produce, meat, bread, and healthy staples, much of which is quality food redirected from the waste stream.

Maine Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics

A statewide effort to engage parents and pediatricians to inform, develop, and implement gun safety tools and materials to combat the recent rise in gun-related deaths among Maine children and youth, including firearm lock boxes for distribution during pediatric office visits.

Messalonskee High School

New kitchen equipment for the school's life skills program, which promotes skill-development and diminishes feelings of isolation among students living with developmental disabilities.

Next Step Domestic Violence Project

The "Prevention/Youth Services Program" helps youth in Hancock and Washington Counties break the cycle of domestic violence by offering evidence-based interventions that focus on creating relationships based on equality and respect instead of power and violence.

Portland Wheelers

Provide free adaptive biking experiences for children with disabilities in the Greater Portland area.

Tedford Housing

The emergency family shelter program provides a stable environment, case management services, and essential day-to-day items for families and children facing homelessness in Androscoggin, Cumberland, Lincoln, and Sagadhoc Counties.

Trinity Jubilee Center

The Center's "Food Pantry and Diaper Bank" provides families in Androscoggin County with nutritious grocery boxes and diapers and connects families with wrap-around support.

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