Mattina R. Proctor Foundation Grant: Environmental Stewardship

The Mattina R. Proctor Foundation Grant focuses on environmental stewardship by supporting charitable organizations that enhance community well-being in Maine and Massachusetts. With grant amounts ranging from $2,500 to $50,000, the foundation prioritizes projects that protect land and promote sustainable practices. Successful applicants must demonstrate a specific need and align their initiatives with the foundation's focus on education, healthcare, arts, and environmental conservation, ensuring a lasting positive impact on local economies.

NOTE: MRPF is currently considering applications for funding that directly impact communities and populations in Maine, Massachusetts, and beyond. Applicants must qualify as 501(c)(3) charitable organizations to be considered for funding.
Our Focus
MRPF supports organizations and initiatives primarily in Maine and Massachusetts that focus on education, healthcare, music, and environmental stewardship. Grants from MRPF typically range in size from $2,500 to $50,000. Grants are usually made for a specific project in a single year.
Multi-year grants may occasionally be made.
Need Based Giving
MRPF strives to make a difference with the grants we make. We prefer to focus our giving on particular projects rather than on general program support. Successful applicants are generally those who demonstrate a specific need related to our focus areas in Maine, Massachusetts and beyond.
Focus Areas:

• Education

We support organizations that provide educational opportunities in music, performance, and in traditional trades and crafts. The foundation has supported projects at the university and secondary school levels, and programs that engage younger students. We are especially interested in projects that support music and trades education in traditionally underserved populations in Maine and Massachusetts.
The Arts
We supports organizations and initiatives that bring fine music, arts, and media to the people primarily in Maine and Massachusetts with a special focus on opera. We generally focus our funding on performance and education organizations. In this focus area we tend to concentrate on funding opportunities where major foundation support is critical to the ongoing success of the applicant.
Healthcare
We support healthcare initiatives predominantly in Maine and the Boston area, for public health and medical research. Funding is provided for initiatives in diabetes research and care, dental care, and projects that seek to provide preventative healthcare to underserved populations in Maine.
We support organizations and campaigns that seek to acquire and protect land in the Midcoast region of Maine, both through direct acquisitions and via conservation easements. We tends to give to conservation organizations that demonstrate a desire to support rural economies through multiple-use management objectives, providing for continued agricultural and recreational uses, along with sustainable timber management programs. In all of our grants, the economic impact on jobs and the regional economy are important factors in the decision-making process.

Eligibility

Applicants must qualify as 501(c)(3) charitable organizations.