Recent Grants

In 2024, the P.W. Sprague Memorial Foundation awarded grants totaling $215,000 to forty-six deserving non-profit organizations. While the Foundation has supported many of these organizations in the past, thanks to the sponsorship of Sprague family members, two organizations became first-time recipients this year and are marked with an asterisk. Recipients are listed below.

Arts & Culture

Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine

Friends of Seguin Island Light Station *

Greater Portland Landmarks

Maine College of Art & Design

Maine Historical Society

Maine Maritime Museum

Palaver Strings

Portland Ballet

Portland Museum of Art

Prouts Neck Historical Society

Tate House Museum

Victoria Mansion

Education

Camp Susan Curtis

Cape Elizabeth High School

Charles E. Thomas Memorial Library

Chewonki Foundation *

Gulf of Maine Research Institute

Ketcha Outdoors

Kids Connect, Inc.

Maine Seacoast Mission

Pond Cove Parents Association

Sailing Ships Maine

SailMaine

Wayfinder Schools

Environmental & Agricultural Preservation

American Chestnut Foundation, Maine Chapter

Cape Elizabeth Land Trust

Farms for Food Equity *

Maine Audubon

Maine Farmland Trust

Maine Huts & Trails

Maine Island Trail Association

Maine Preservation

Maine Woodland Owners

Manomet *

Scarborough Land Trust

Social Services

Good Shepherd Food Bank

Maine Health - Glickman Lauder Center

Maine Medical Center - PIER Program

Maine Medical Center - Spiritual Care Program

Maine Medical Center - Track Program

Planned Parenthood of Northern New England

Portland Community Squash

Riding to the Top

Salvation Army of Northern New England

Southern Maine Agency on Aging

United Way of Southern Maine

 
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“Press forward! If you are standing still you are going backwards!”
— P.W. Sprague