Alfond Foundation Grant

Overview

_NOTE: The Harold Alfond Foundation is not welcoming new grant applications at this time. Please check back in mid-2025 for further guidance on the Foundation’s capacity to consider new investment._

Areas of Giving

Consistent with Harold Alfond’s own giving pattern and philanthropic principles, the Harold Alfond Foundation favors charitable organizations in three broad program areas: education, health care, and youth development.

Education

Harold Alfond believed that every person in the 21st century should aspire to and have access to higher education. Over the course of his lifetime, he supported many educational causes.

He understood that higher education attainment is necessary to build a skilled workforce, and a skilled workforce is indispensable to economic prosperity.

Today, the Foundation furthers this goal through capital, endowment, scholarship, and programmatic grants, primarily to public and private colleges and universities. Such grants are designed to enhance the student experience, from pre-k to adult learners, and to ensure an educational institution’s long-term growth, sustainability, and prosperity. Respecting Mr. Alfond’s love of sports, the Foundation continues to support athletic facilities and programs.

Health care

The Harold Alfond Foundation’s health care grants are intended to pay important long-term dividends for the health and well-being of those living in the state of Maine.

The Foundation makes capital and program grants which improve health care delivery and quality, promote centers of excellence, and advance education for Maine’s future health care professionals. In Central Maine, large scale grants have been awarded to increase operational efficiency, promote collaboration among health care entities with similar missions, and improve the delivery of and access to health care services.

Youth & Community Development

Harold Alfond was inspired by many philanthropic causes, especially those which invest in our youth and communities. He and his wife Bibby had a deep love for their community, and for the institutions within the community so important to its health and well-being. They believed every young person, regardless of socio-economic circumstances, should have opportunities necessary to succeed. They knew that strong, vibrant communities were not only necessary to help our youth succeed, but were critical to the future prosperity of Maine. Over the course of their lifetimes, Harold and Bibby supported many charitable causes in the Central Maine communities in which the Alfond family lived and worked.

Today, in the spirit of Harold and Bibby Alfond, the Foundation supports organizations whose missions are to inspire, empower, and serve our youth, and to revitalize the cultural, educational, economic, and geographic assets of our state.

Eligibility

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* The Harold Alfond Foundation funds grant projects in the areas of education, health care, and youth and community development, primarily in the State of Maine.
* Grants are made to only those organizations that are public charities and/or qualifying tax exempt organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service Code.

Ineligibility

* In general, the Foundation will not make grants to:
* Individuals; 
* Religious organizations for religious purposes;
* Start-up organizations ;
* Political campaigns or causes ;
* Legislative lobbying efforts ;
* Organizations or programs that provide benefit outside of the United States;
* Private foundations.