Libra Foundation

Established 1989

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Libra Future Fund

Public-Society Benefit

 

Recipient

Amount

Year

2-1-1 Maine

25,000

2003

Abnaki Girl Scout Council

15,000

1997

Abnaki Girl Scout Council

30,000

1999

Acadia University

100,000

2004

American Friends Service Committee

7,500

1994

American Friends Service Committee

5,000

1998

American Lung Association of Maine

25,000

1999

Amistad

10,000

2000

Aroostook Mental Health Services, Inc.

5,000

2000

Arthur A. Mann Memorial Library

5,000

2005

Arthur A. Mann Memorial Library

5,000

2009

Assoc culturelle et historique du Mont-Carmel

25,000

1997

Bagaduce Music Lending Library

10,000

2000

Bagaduce Music Lending Library

80,000

2004

Bangor Police Department

5,000

2001

Bangor Public Library

200,000

1995

Bangor YMCA

2,000

1997

Bangor YMCA

2,000

1998

Bangor YMCA

150,000

2000

Bangor-Brewer YMCA

25,000

1997

Bates College (On Behalf of L/A Excels)

50,000

1999

Bates College (On Behalf of L/A Excels)

50,000

1999

Bath Area Family YMCA

3,000

1994

Bath Area Family YMCA

250,000

1998

Bath Area Family YMCA

50,000

1999

Battered Women's Project

5,000

1992

Baxter Memorial Library

10,000

2000

Belfast Free Library

10,000

1999

Berwick Library Association

10,000

2004

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hancock County

10,000

2000

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maine

10,000

2006

Big Rock

145,000

2000

Big Rock

454,150

2003

Big Rock

187,500

2005

Big Rock

150,000

2006

Big Rock

19,000

2007

Blue Hill Public Library

20,000

1999

Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library

5,000

1993

Boothbay Region YMCA

3,500

1995

Boothbay Region YMCA

10,000

1998

Bowdoin Central School Ecology Club

4,000

2002

Bowdoinham Recreation

5,000

2001

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Portland

2,500

1990

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Portland

1,000,000

2001

Brooksville Free Public Library

300

1992

Brownfield Public Library

10,000

2003

Buck Memorial Library

5,000

2005

Bucksport High School's Student Leadership Aspiration

3,000

2003

Calais Skatepark Project Committee

5,000

2001

Camden Public Library

20,000

1996

Camp Beech Cliff

10,000

1997

Camp Fire Boys and Girls Hitinowa Council

10,000

2002

Camp Jordan/Bangor YMCA

400,000

1998

Camp Ketcha

25,000

1999

Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake, Inc.

15,000

1997

Cancer Community Center

10,000

2000

Carver Memorial Library

10,000

1997

Casco Bay YMCA

100,000

1996

Central Lincoln County YMCA

25,000

1998

Charles J. Loring Memorial Park

5,000

1997

Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library

5,000

2006

Cherryfield Free Public Library Association

3,000

2005

Children's Center

25,000

2001

Children's Odyssey

7,000

1999

Christian Record Services

5,000

1996

City of Portland

50,000

2003

City of Rockland

19,750

2008

Climbing New Heights Playground Committee

2,000

2003

Coastal AIDS Network

25,000

2000

Coastal Economic Development Corporation

5,000

2000

Coastal Enterprises, Inc.

25,000

2003

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Inc.

10,000

1996

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Inc.

25,000

2002

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Inc.

5,000

2007

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Inc.

30,000

2009

Colby College

25,000

2006

Committee to Restore the Abyssinian Meeting House

25,000

1999

Community Concepts

5,000

2008

Community Housing of Maine

6,000

2001

Community School

5,000

2001

Cumberland County Affordable Housing Venture

10,000

1994

Cumberland County YMCA

100,000

2002

Cumberland County YMCA

287,690

2003

Cumberland County YMCA

150,000

2005

Cumberland County YMCA

100,000

2006

Cumberland County YMCA

50,000

2007

CyberSeniors.org

25,000

1999

Dorcas Library

5,000

2003

Down East Family YMCA

10,000

1995

Dunnybrook Historical Foundation, Inc.

5,000

2000

Durham Historical Society

2,000

2001

Falmouth Conservation Trust

5,000

2001

Falmouth Memorial Library

10,000

1993

Family Ice

25,000

1998

Family Planning Association of Maine, Inc.

10,000

2000

Family Planning Association of Maine, Inc.

50,000

2002

Food Rescue Program of the Wayside Evening Soup Kitchen

12,000

1999

Freeport Community Services d/b/a Freeport Community Center

15,000

2005

Friends of Cumston Hall

25,000

2000

Friends of Deering Oaks

10,000

2004

Friends of Fort Knox

10,000

2000

Friends of Fort Knox

10,000

2002

Friends of Montpelier

2,500

1997

Friends of Montpelier

10,000

1999

Friends of the Blaine House

5,000

2004

Friends of the Blaine House

25,000

2008

Friends of the Julia Adams Morse Memorial Library

5,000

2003

Friends of the Lewiston Public Library

25,000

1997

Friends of the Lewiston Public Library

25,000

2003

Friends of the Lisbon Library

10,000

2000

Friends of the Southport Memorial Library

5,000

2005

Friends of the St. Lawrence Church

15,000

1999

Friends of the Waterboro Public Library

5,000

2007

Friends of the Zorach Fountain

5,000

2004

Friends of Vinalhaven Public Library

5,000

2005

Galilee House Ministry

5,000

2002

Gary's House

10,000

2000

Golden Moments Assistance Dogs

10,000

2003

Good Shepherd Food Bank

10,000

1994

Good Shepherd Food Bank

5,000

1995

Good Shepherd Food Bank

250,000

1998

Good Shepherd Food Bank

25,000

2009

Good Will-Hinckley Homes for Boys & Girls

10,000

1999

Good Will-Hinckley Homes for Boys & Girls

10,000

2001

Gorham Community Playground

5,000

1997

Gorham-Sebago Lake Regional Land Trust

10,000

1997

Greater Eastport Ecumenical Churches Association d/b/a Labor of Love Food Pantry/Nutrition Center

5,000

2006

Greater Portland Big Brothers Big Sisters

15,000

1998

Greater Portland Landmarks

20,000

1997

Greater Portland Landmarks

8,767

1997

Guilford Memorial Library

10,000

1999

H.O.M.E. Incorporated

25,000

2002

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland

10,000

1990

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland

10,000

1999

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland

5,000

2000

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland

10,000

2001

Habitat for Humanity/Bath Brunswick Area

10,000

1999

Habitat for Humanity/Bath Brunswick Area

10,000

2001

Harrington Library Association

10,000

2000

Harrison Village Library

10,000

2004

Hartland-St. Albans-Palmyra Center Task Force

20,000

1999

Harvard University

56,131

1999

Have a Seat Please

15,000

1997

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

5,000

1994

Henry D. Moore Parish House and Library

15,000

2002

Holbrook Community Foundation

15,000

2008

HOPE

15,000

1999

I Care Ministries Food Pantry

10,000

2003

Ingraham

10,000

1997

Ingraham

11,000

1999

Ivan O. Davis-Liberty Library

5,000

1996

Jewish Community Center

25,000

1999

John F. Kennedy School of Government

32,125

2001

Joyful Harvest Neighborhood Center

5,000

2001

JUMP/Playground of Greater Ellsworth

500

1998

Junior Achievement of Maine, Inc.

9,500

1997

Junior Achievement of Maine, Inc.

10,000

2003

Katahdin Area Council, Boy Scouts of America

2,000

1996

Katahdin Area Council, Boy Scouts of America

50,000

2005

Katahdin Area Council, Boy Scouts of America

25,000

2000

Kelmscott Rare Breeds Foundation

6,000

2001

KES-PTO

4,000

1997

Kids First Center

10,000

2000

KidsPeace New England

5,000

2003

Kittery Elementary PTA Playground Committee

2,500

2001

Laura E. Richards Library

10,000

2002

Libra Future Fund

26,300

2005

Libra Future Fund

58,400

2006

Libra Future Fund

52,000

2007

Libra Future Fund

58,500

2008

Libra Future Fund

41,000

2009

Libra Future Fund

20,000

2010

Life Jackets

1,000

1999

Lincoln County Children Services

1,800

1995

Lincoln County Community Theater & Orchestra

10,000

2000

Literacy Volunteers of America-Bangor

10,000

1996

Long Island Community Library

50,000

2000

Lubec Historical Society / West Quoddy Head Light Keepers

30,000

1999

Lubec Memorial Library

25,000

1998

Lubec Memorial Library

6,250

2009

Lubec Safe Kids Coalition

15,000

1999

Ludden Memorial Library

10,000

2000

Maine Association of Nonprofits

5,000

2002

Maine Businesses for Social Responsibility

10,000

1999

Maine Businesses for Social Responsibility

10,000

2001

Maine Center for Enterprise Development

50,000

1999

Maine Center for the Blind

10,000

1994

Maine Children's Alliance

19,000

2000

Maine Children's Alliance

5,000

2001

Maine Children's Alliance

1,000

2008

Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers

5,000

1999

Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers

15,000

2006

Maine Citizens Against Handgun Violence Foundation

16,000

2001

Maine Coalition for Safe Kids

10,000

1999

Maine Community Foundation

150,000

1989

Maine Community Foundation

150,000

1990

Maine Community Foundation

150,000

1991

Maine Community Foundation

10,000

1995

Maine Community Foundation/Marion Kane Fund

10,050

1999

Maine Composites Alliance

20,000

1999

Maine Crafts Association

25,000

2007

Maine Handgun Violence Education Foundation

25,000

2000

Maine Handicapped Skiing, Inc.

10,000

2001

Maine Historical Society

1,000

1990

Maine Historical Society

25,000

2000

Maine Huts & Trails

20,000

2010

Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association

50,000

1997

Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association

25,000

2000

Maine Public Broadcasting

20,000

1992

Maine Public Broadcasting

20,000

1993

Maine Public Broadcasting Network

10,000

2008

Maine Public Broadcasting Network

10,000

2009

Maine Public Broadcasting Network

10,000

2010

Maine Public Libraries

2,580

2001

Maine Robotics

10,000

2008

Maine Speakout Project

5,000

1999

Maine State Museum

34,900

2005

Maine Street '90

1,000

1990

Maine Winter Sports Center

465,000

1999

Maine Winter Sports Center

3,025,000

2000

Maine Winter Sports Center

2,185,000

2001

Maine Winter Sports Center

2,030,141

2002

Maine Winter Sports Center

2,516,654

2003

Maine Winter Sports Center

5,659,865

2004

Maine Winter Sports Center

1,827,037

2005

Maine Winter Sports Center

1,576,715

2006

Maine Winter Sports Center

1,679,591

2007

Maine Winter Sports Center

1,671,637

2008

Maine Winter Sports Center

1,241,174

2009

Maine Winter Sports Center

792,633

2010

Maine Youth Alliance

25,000

1998

MaineHealth - Raising Readers

484,729

2001

MaineHealth - Raising Readers

854,187

2002

MaineHealth - Raising Readers

1,627,718

2003

MaineHealth - Raising Readers

1,323,119

2004

MaineHealth - Raising Readers

693,856

2005

MaineHealth - Raising Readers

1,712,319

2006

MaineHealth - Raising Readers

1,294,322

2007

MaineHealth - Raising Readers

864,833

2008

MaineHealth - Raising Readers

1,164,586

2009

MaineHealth - Raising Readers

564,696

2010

Mainely Girls

15,000

1996

Mainely Girls

10,000

2002

Make a Wish Foundation

2,500

1994

MAPS/My Choice

110,000

2000

May Center for Child Development

10,000

1998

McAuley Residence

10,000

1990

McAuley Residence

5,000

1999

Mid Coast Chapter American Red Cross

15,000

2000

Mid-Coast Hunger Prevention Program

15,000

2008

Mid-Coast Retired Senior Volunteer Program

1,500

1991

MSAD 15

638

2000

MSAD 31 Community Awareness Committee

2,000

2001

Morrison Development Center

150,000

2007

Muscular Dystrophy Association

5,000

2003

Naples Public Library

5,000

1997

National Center for Student Aspirations

20,000

2000

National Center for Student Aspirations

61,583

2001

National Center for Student Aspirations

21,417

2002

National Scholarship Fund

5,000

2009

New Beginnings National Disaster Relief

5,000

2004

New Beginnings, Inc.

10,000

2001

New Gloucester Fire and Rescue

9,800

2002

New Gloucester Historical Society

2,400

2001

New Strategies for Youth d/b/a The Game Loft

10,000

2004

NFI North

10,000

1999

North Street Playground Association

10,000

2001

North Yarmouth Fire Department

3,000

2001

Northeast Fellows Association

5,000

1996

Northern York County Family YMCA

10,000

2001

Northern York County Family YMCA

40,000

2003

Norway Memorial Library

15,000

2001

Oakland Public Library

10,000

2000

Ofelia's Community Resource Center

9,000

2005

Old Town - Orono YMCA

10,000

2000

Old York Historical Society

20,000

1996

Ossipee Fire Tower, US 187, Maine 09

2,750

2003

Parent Resource Center, Inc.

15,000

2000

Peabody Memorial Library

10,000

2004

Peaks Island Children's Workshop

10,000

1994

Pembroke Library Association

10,000

2004

Penobscot Bay YMCA

50,000

2001

Penobscot Nation Boys & Girls Clubs

100,000

2002

Peoples Beach to Beacon 10K

10,000

2001

Peoples Regional Opportunity Program

20,000

1993

Pine Tree Council, Boy Scouts of America

15,000

1998

Pine Tree Council, Boy Scouts of America

10,000

2000

Pine Tree Council, Boy Scouts of America

200,000

2003

Pine Tree Council, Boy Scouts of America

1,500

2007

Pineland Farms

1,228,285

2001

Pineland Farms

1,785,953

2002

Pineland Farms

4,371,875

2003

Pineland Farms

5,182,300

2004

Pineland Farms

4,632,863

2005

Pineland Farms

3,886,326

2006

Pineland Farms

3,926,000

2007

Pineland Farms

4,532,000

2008

Pineland Farms

4,500,000

2009

Pineland Farms

2,095,000

2010

Piscataquis YMCA

40,000

1990

Pittsfield Public Library Centennial Building Committee

10,000

2005

Planned Parenthood of Northern New England

25,000

2002

Porter Memorial Library

10,000

1995

Portland Observatory Restoration Trust

10,000

1997

Portland Police Department

25,000

1996

Portland Police Department

25,000

1998

Portland Police Department

25,000

2000

Portland Police Department

10,000

2000

Portland Police Department

10,000

2005

Portland Public Library

6,000

1991

Portland Public Library

65,000

1992

Portland Public Library

25,000

2000

Portland Public Library

100,000

2003

Portland Shoreway Access Coalition

3,500

1990

Portland West Neighborhood Planning Council

5,000

1992

Portland YWCA

15,410

1995

Positive Turning Points for Youth

25,000

2000

Preble Street Resource Center

10,000

1991

Project Opportunity

15,000

1989

Rangeley Library Association

10,000

1999

Rebuilding Together, Greater Portland

3,000

2003

Rippleffect, Inc.

10,000

2001

Rippleffect, Inc.

10,000

2005

Robert A. Frost Memorial Library Expansion Committee

10,000

2000

Rockland Public Library Endowment Association

25,000

1999

Ruggles House Society

10,000

2000

Rural Living Center

16,500

1999

Ruth's Resusable Resources

25,000

2007

Sagadahoc Preservation, Inc.

10,000

1999

Saint Mark's Episcopal Church

10,000

2001

Saint Mark's Home for Women

10,000

2000

Saint Martin de Porres Residence, Inc.

10,000

2000

Salt, Inc.

5,000

1998

Salvation Army, Northern New England Division

25,000

2002

Sanford Library Association

3,670

1999

Sanford-Springvale YMCA

1,000

1993

Seeds of Peace

10,000

1999

Shakespeare & Company

5,000

2000

Shaw House

25,000

1997

Sign-N-Kids

 3,200

2003

Sixty-Three Washington Street, Inc.

12,000

1999

Skidompha Public Library

20,000

1998

Society for the Preservation of Antiquities

10,000

1997

Southwest Harbor Public Library

10,000

1997

Spindleworks

25,000

2001

Spurwink

1,500

2006

Stand By Me, Inc.

10,000

1993

Stanton Bird Club

10,000

1995

State YMCA Camp

10,000

1992

State YMCA Camp of Maine

10,000

1996

State YMCA Camp of Maine

150,000

1999

State YMCA Camp Winthrop

10,000

1992

Stetson Playground Committee/Stetson Elementary School

5,000

2002

STRIVE

15,000

2005

Students Baking A Living

2,000

2001

Sunshine Activity Center

25,000

1992

Susan L. Curtis Foundation

25,000

1995

Susan L. Curtis Foundation/ Camp Susan Curtis

5,000

1999

Susan L. Curtis Foundation/ Camp Susan Curtis

50,000

2000

The Bangor Halfway House, Inc. & Wellspring, Inc.

10,000

2003

The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy

25,000

1996

The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy

50,000

2005

The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy

50,000

2006

The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy

50,000

2007

The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy

50,000

2008

The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy

50,000

2009

The Bethel Historical Society

10,000

1999

The Center for Grieving Children

17,000

1999

The Children's Center

25,000

2002

The Jackson Laboratory

500,000

2003

The Jason Program

15,000

2000

The Lovell Historical Society

5,000

1999

The New Gloucester Historical Society

2,375

2005

The Spurwink Institute

25,000

1999

The Stage

5,000

2005

Thomaston Public Library

4,800

2002

Thompson Free Library

5,000

2005

Town of Machiasport

5,000

1999

Trinity Church

100

2009

Trust for Public Land

50,000

2005

Turning Point Farm

15,000

1999

Union 106 Robbinston Grade School

10,000

2001

United Cerebral Palsy of Northeastern Maine

20,000

1999

United Methodist Church Camp Mechuwana

25,000

2000

United Methodist Church Camp Mechuwana

10,000

2002

United Way of Androscoggin County

2,050

2000

United Way of Androscoggin County - TOPS

681,777

2000

United Way of Androscoggin County - TOPS

680,042

2001

United Way of Androscoggin County - TOPS

789,761

2002

United Way of Androscoggin County - TOPS

885,442

2003

United Way of Androscoggin County - TOPS

1,005,991

2004

United Way of Androscoggin County - TOPS

1,041,140

2005

United Way of Androscoggin County - TOPS

1,055,276

2006

United Way of Androscoggin County - TOPS

1,052,748

2007

United Way of Androscoggin County - TOPS

846,144

2008

United Way of Androscoggin County - TOPS

360,860

2009

United Way of Androscoggin County - TOPS

12,000

2010

United Way of Eastern Maine - Camp Bangor

678,773

2000

United Way of Eastern Maine - Camp Bangor

856,834

2001

United Way of Eastern Maine - Camp Bangor

852,013

2002

United Way of Eastern Maine - Camp Bangor

833,946

2003

United Way of Eastern Maine - Camp Bangor

808,797

2004

United Way of Eastern Maine - Camp Bangor

746,226

2005

United Way of Eastern Maine - Camp Bangor

706,740

2006

United Way of Eastern Maine - Camp Bangor

755,128

2007

United Way of Eastern Maine - Camp Bangor

662,431

2008

United Way of Eastern Maine - Camp Bangor

282,805

2009

United Way of Greater Portland

100,000

2007

United Way of Greater Portland - Summer Champs

873,892

2001

United Way of Greater Portland - Summer Champs

1,526,295

2002

United Way of Greater Portland - Summer Champs

1,517,028

2003

United Way of Greater Portland - Summer Champs

1,607,440

2004

United Way of Greater Portland - Summer Champs

1,420,443

2005

United Way of Greater Portland - Summer Champs

1,406,826

2006

United Way of Greater Portland - Summer Champs

1,410,252

2007

United Way of Greater Portland - Summer Champs

1,315,153

2008

United Way of Greater Portland - Summer Champs

604,749

2009

University of Maine at Farmington

100,000

2007

University of Maine at Machias

150,000

2000

University of Maine at Presque Isle

50,000

2004

University of Southern Maine Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence

50,000

2001

Waldo County YMCA

25,000

1999

Waldo County YMCA

15,000

2005

Waldoboro Public Library

10,000

2004

Washburn-Norlands Foundation

10,000

1992

Waterville Area Boys & Girls Club and YMCA

5,000

1995

Waterville Area Boys & Girls Club

10,000

2001

Well Suited, Inc.

10,000

1999

Well Suited, Inc.

5,000

2002

West Bath Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department

25,000

2000

Western Maine Youth Athlete Support Association

10,000

2008

Western Maine Youth Athlete Support Association

5,000

2009

Western Mountains Foundation

50,000

2006

Wilderness Rescue Team, Inc.

2,000

1997

Windham Public Library

5,000

1993

Wolfe's Neck Farm Foundation, Inc.

100,000

2003

Yarmouth Day Care

5,000

2002

YMCA/YWCA Joint Campaign

25,000

1993

York County Community Action Corporation

5,000

1998

York County Parent Awareness

5,000

1998

York Hospital

5,000

2000

York Public Library Association

100,000

1999

Youth Alternatives, Inc.

100,000

2003

YWCA Bangor-Brewer

10,000

2004

YWCA of Central Maine

10,000

2002

YWCA of Greater Portland

10,000

2004

YWCA of Portland, Inc.

20,000

2004

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