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Arts, Culture & Humanities

 

Recipient

Amount

Year

317 Maine Community Music Center

$5,000

2018

317 Maine Community Music Center 5,000 2021

Abbe Museum

1,000

2008

Abbe Museum

1,000

2009

Abbe Museum

1,000

2010

Abbe Museum

2,000

2011

Abbe Museum

2,000

2012

Abbe Museum

2,000

2013

Abbe Museum

2,000

2014

Abbe Museum

2,000

2015

Abbe Museum

2,000

2016

Abbe Museum

2,000

2017

Abbe Museum

5,000

2018

Abbe Museum

5,000

2019

Abbe Museum 5,000 2020
Abbe Museum 5,000 2021

Actors Theatre of Maine

2,000

1993

Andover Public Library

10,000

2001

Arcady Music Society

10,000

1999

Aroostook Arts and Education Center DBA Wintergreen Arts

5,000

2018

Auburn Public Library

100,000

2001

Bagaduce Music Lending Library

50,000

2014

Bagaduce Music Lending Library

50,000

1990

Bagaduce Music Lending Library 5,000 2020

Bangor Symphony Orchestra

20,000

1996

Bangor Symphony Orchestra

10,000

2000

Bangor Symphony Orchestra

10,000

2007

Bangor Symphony Orchestra

2,000

2008

Bangor Symphony Orchestra

2,000

2009

Bangor Symphony Orchestra

2,000

2010

Bangor Symphony Orchestra

4,000

2011

Bangor Symphony Orchestra

4,000

2012

Bangor Symphony Orchestra

4,000

2013

Bangor Symphony Orchestra

4,000

2014

Bangor Symphony Orchestra

4,000

2015

Bangor Symphony Orchestra

4,000

2016

Bangor Symphony Orchestra

4,000

2017

Bangor Symphony Orchestra

5,000

2018

Bangor Symphony Orchestra

5,000

2019

Bangor Symphony Orchestra 5,000 2020
Bangor Symphony Orchestra 5,000 2021

Bates Dance Festival

5,000

1999

Bay Chamber Concerts

10,000

1995

Bay Chamber Concerts

1,000

2008

Bay Chamber Concerts

1,000

2009

Bay Chamber Concerts

1,000

2010

Bay Chamber Concerts

2,000

2011

Bay Chamber Concerts

2,000

2012

Bay Chamber Concerts

2,000

2013

Bay Chamber Concerts

2,000

2014

Bay Chamber Concerts

2,000

2015

Bay Chamber Concerts

2,000

2016

Bay Chamber Concerts

2,000

2017

Bay Chamber Concerts

5,000

2018

Bay Chamber Concerts

5,000

2019

Bay Chamber Concerts 5,000 2020
Bay Chamber Concerts 5,000 2021

Bowdoin College/Bowdoin Museum of Art

25,000

2011

Bowdoin College/Bowdoin Museum of Art 10,000 2019

Bowdoin Summer Music Festival

1,475

1997

Brewer Public Library

1,500

2001

Calais Free Library

25,000

2001

Casco Library Association

10,000

2001

Castine Historical Society

10,000

1995

Center for Maine Contemporary Art

25,000

2015

Center for Maine Contemporary Art

5,000

2018

Center for Maine Contemporary Art

5,000

2019

Center for Maine Contemporary Art 5,000 2020
Center for Maine Contemporary Art 5,000 2021

Center for the Arts at the Chocolate Church

30,000

1989

Center for the Arts at the Chocolate Church

10,000

1998

Center for the Arts at the Chocolate Church

5,000

2001

Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library

5,000

2001

Children's Museum of Maine

5,000

2001

Children's Museum of Maine

1,000

2008

Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine

1,000

2009

Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine

1,000

2010

Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine

2,000

2011

Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine

2,000

2012

Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine

2,000

2013

Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine

2,000

2014

Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine

2,000

2015

Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine

2,000

2016

Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine

102,000

2017

Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine

5,000

2018

Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine

55,000

2019

Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine 5,000 2020
Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine 5,000 2021

Children's Theatre of Maine

2,000

1996

Children's Theatre of Maine

10,000

1998

Citizens for Auditorium Restoration

100,000

1992

Collins Center for the Arts

5,000

2009

Deertrees Theatre & Cultural Center

15,000

1999

Down East Resource Conservation & Development

5,000

1999

Down River Theater Company

500

1991

Eastport Arts Center

3,500

2016

Eastport Public Library Association

10,000

2001

Farnsworth Art Museum

25,000

2004

Farnsworth Art Museum

25,000

2006

Farnsworth Art Museum

5,000

2008

Farnsworth Art Museum

5,000

2009

Farnsworth Art Museum

5,000

2010

Farnsworth Art Museum

15,000

2011

Farnsworth Art Museum

10,000

2012

Farnsworth Art Museum

10,000

2013

Farnsworth Art Museum

10,000

2014

Farnsworth Art Museum

10,000

2015

Farnsworth Art Museum

10,000

2016

Farnsworth Art Museum

10,000

2017

Farnsworth Art Museum

20,000

2018

Farnsworth Art Museum

20,000

2019

Farnsworth Art Museum 20,000 2020
Farnsworth Art Museum 45,000 2021

Fiddlehead Center for the Arts

5,000

2003

Figures of Speech Theatre

3,000

1994

Foothills Art Center

5,000

1997

Franco-American Heritage Center

10,000

2006

Friends of the Searsmont Library

10,000

2001

Friends of St. Lawrence Church

50,000

2000

Friends of St. Lawrence Church

7,500

2013

General Henry Knox Museum 5,000 2021

Greater Portland Landmarks

10,000

2007

Guilford Memorial Library

15,000

2001

Heartwood Regional Theatre Company

10,000

2004

Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine

10,000

1991

Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine

50,000

2006

Islesford Historical Society

10,000

1996

L/A Arts

50,000

2002

L/A Arts

1,000

2008

L/A Arts

1,000

2009

L/A Arts

1,000

2010

L/A Arts

2,000

2011

L/A Arts

2,000

2012

L/A Arts

2,000

2013

Lincoln Academy

25,000

2003

Lincoln County Community Theater & Orchestra

5,000

2007

Lincoln County Community Theater & Orchestra

2,000

2011

Lincoln County Cultural & Historical Association

1,800

1991

Louis B. Goodall Memorial Library

10,000

2001

Mad Horse Theatre Company

5,000

1994

Madison Before/After School Program

5,000

1998

Maine Academy of Modern Music

5,000

2014

Maine Art Gallery

2,500

1991

Maine Art Sponsors Association

2,000

1991

Maine Arts (Tim Sample Project)

18,000

1999

Maine Center for Deafness

10,000

1998

Maine Center for the Arts

5,000

2008

Maine Citizens for Historic Preservation

15,000

1995

Maine Coast Artists

5,000

1998

Maine Discovery Museum

100,000

2000

Maine Discovery Museum

1,000

2008

Maine Discovery Museum

1,000

2009

Maine Discovery Museum

1,000

2010

Maine Discovery Museum

2,000

2011

Maine Discovery Museum

2,000

2012

Maine Discovery Museum

2,000

2013

Maine Discovery Museum

2,000

2014

Maine Discovery Museum

2,000

2015

Maine Discovery Museum

2,000

2016

Maine Discovery Museum

2,000

2017

Maine Discovery Museum

5,000

2018

Maine Discovery Museum

5,000

2019

Maine Discovery Museum 5,000 2020
Maine Discovery Museum 5,000 2021

Maine Historical Society

1,400

1993

Maine Historical Society

50,000

1994

Maine Historical Society

15,000

1998

Maine Historical Society

1,000

2008

Maine Historical Society

1,000

2009

Maine Historical Society

1,000

2010

Maine Historical Society

20,000

2010

Maine Historical Society

2,000

2011

Maine Historical Society

2,000

2012

Maine Historical Society

2,000

2013

Maine Historical Society

2,000

2014

Maine Historical Society

2,000

2015

Maine Historical Society

2,000

2016

Maine Historical Society

7,000

2017

Maine Historical Society

10,250

2018

Maine Historical Society

10,000

2019

Maine Historical Society 10,000 2020
Maine Historical Society 10,000 2021

Maine Jewish Film Festival

6,000

2000

Maine Lighthouse Museum

10,000

2004

Maine Maritime Museum

25,000

1994

Maine Maritime Museum

500,000

1998

Maine Maritime Museum

10,000

2000

Maine Maritime Museum

200,000

2000

Maine Maritime Museum

1,575

2007

Maine Maritime Museum

102,000

2008

Maine Maritime Museum

2,000

2009

Maine Maritime Museum

25,000

2010

Maine Maritime Museum

4,000

2011

Maine Maritime Museum

6,000

2012

Maine Maritime Museum

4,000

2013

Maine Maritime Museum

14,000

2014

Maine Maritime Museum

4,000

2015

Maine Maritime Museum

4,000

2016

Maine Maritime Museum

10,200

2017

Maine Maritime Museum

20,000

2018

Maine Maritime Museum

10,000

2019

Maine Maritime Museum 10,000 2021
Maine Maritime Museum 10,000 2020

Maine State Ballet

2,000

2015

Maine State Ballet

2,000

2016

Maine State Ballet

2,000

2017

Maine State Ballet

5,000

2018

Maine State Ballet

5,000

2019

Maine State Ballet 5,000 2021
Maine State Ballet 5,000 2020

Maine State Museum

1,000

2008

Maine State Museum

1,000

2009

Maine State Museum

1,000

2010

Maine State Museum

2,000

2011

Maine State Museum

2,000

2012

Maine State Museum

2,000

2013

Maine State Museum

2,000

2014

Maine State Museum

2,000

2015

Maine State Museum

2,000

2016

Maine State Museum

2,000

2017

Maine State Museum

5,000

2018

Maine State Museum

5,000

2019

Maine State Museum 5,000 2020
Maine State Museum 5,000 2021

Maine State Music Theatre

10,000

1997

Maine State Music Theatre

10,000

2000

Maine State Music Theatre

1,000

2008

Maine State Music Theatre

1,000

2009

Maine State Music Theatre

1,000

2010

Maine State Music Theatre

2,000

2011

Maine State Music Theatre

2,500

2012

Maine State Music Theatre

2,500

2013

Maine State Music Theatre

2,500

2014

Maine State Music Theatre

2,500

2015

Maine State Music Theatre

2,500

2016

Maine State Music Theatre

2,500

2017

Maine State Music Theatre

5,000

2018

Maine State Music Theatre

5,000

2019

Maine State Music Theatre 5,000 2020
Maine State Music Theatre 5,000 2021

Maine Summer Dramatic Institute

5,000

1996

Maine Summer Dramatic Institute

10,000

1998

Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance 5,000 2019

Maine's First Ship

15,000

2006

Monhegan Historical & Cultural Museum

5,000

2003

Monhegan Historical & Cultural Museum Association

35,000

2000

Monhegan Historical & Cultural Museum Association

6,000

2008

Monhegan Historical & Cultural Museum Association

1,000

2009

Monhegan Historical & Cultural Museum Association

1,000

2010

Monhegan Historical & Cultural Museum Association

2,000

2011

Monhegan Historical & Cultural Museum Association

2,000

2012

Monhegan Historical & Cultural Museum Association

2,000

2013

Monhegan Historical & Cultural Museum Association

2,000

2014

Monhegan Historical & Cultural Museum Association

2,000

2015

Monhegan Historical & Cultural Museum Association

2,000

2016

Monhegan Historical & Cultural Museum Association

2,000

2017

Monhegan Historical & Cultural Museum Association

5,000

2018

Monhegan Historical & Cultural Museum Association 5,000 2019
Monhegan Historical & Cultural Museum Association 5,000 2020
Monhegan Historical & Cultural Museum Association 5,000 2021
Monson Arts 647,000 2018
Monson Arts 860,000 2019
Monson Arts 511,463 2020
Monson Arts 599,464 2021

Monson Historical Society

500

2018

Moosehead Marine Museum, Inc.

10,000

2017

Mount Desert Island Historical Society

15,000

1998

Museum of Glass & Ceramics

50,000

2002

Northeast Historic Film

5,000

2001

Norway Memorial Library

10,000

1999

Ogunquit Museum of American Art

1,000

2010

Ogunquit Museum of American Art

5,000

2010

Ogunquit Museum of American Art

2,000

2011

Ogunquit Museum of American Art

2,000

2012

Ogunquit Museum of American Art

2,500

2013

Ogunquit Museum of American Art

2,500

2014

Ogunquit Museum of American Art

2,500

2015

Ogunquit Museum of American Art

2,500

2016

Ogunquit Museum of American Art

2,500

2017

Ogunquit Museum of American Art

5,000

2018

Ogunquit Museum of American Art 5,000 2019
Ogunquit Museum of American Art 5,000 2020
Ogunquit Museum of American Art 5,000 2021

Ogunquit Museum of Art

5,000

2007

Ogunquit Museum of Art

1,000

2008

Ogunquit Museum of Art

1,000

2009

Ogunquit Playhouse

2,500

2012

Ogunquit Playhouse

2,500

2013

Ogunquit Playhouse

2,500

2014

Ogunquit Playhouse

2,500

2015

Ogunquit Playhouse

2,500

2016

Ogunquit Playhouse

2,500

2017

Ogunquit Playhouse

5,000

2018

Ogunquit Playhouse 5,000 2019
Ogunquit Playhouse 5,000 2020
Ogunquit Playhouse 5,000 2021

Old York Historical Society

5,000

2002

Old York Historical Society

5,000

2005

Orion Performing Arts Center

5,000

2002

Orr's Island Public Library

5,000

2001

Palaver Strings 5,000 2019

Pembroke Library Association

10,000

2001

Penobscot Marine Museum

15,000

1997

Penobscot Marine Museum

10,000

2001

Penobscot Marine Museum

1,000

2008

Penobscot Marine Museum

1,000

2009

Penobscot Marine Museum

1,000

2010

Penobscot Marine Museum

2,000

2011

Penobscot Marine Museum

2,000

2012

Penobscot Marine Museum

2,000

2013

Penobscot Marine Museum

2,000

2014

Penobscot Marine Museum

2,000

2015

Penobscot Marine Museum

2,000

2016

Penobscot Marine Museum

2,000

2017

Penobscot Marine Museum

5,000

2018

Penobscot Marine Museum 5,000 2019
Penobscot Marine Museum 5,000 2020
Penobscot Marine Museum 5,000 2021

Penobscot Theatre

5,000

1997

Penobscot Theatre Company

10,000

2002

Penobscot Theatre Company

1,000

2013

Penobscot Theatre Company

1,000

2014

Penobscot Theatre Company

1,000

2015

Penobscot Theatre Company

1,000

2016

Penobscot Theatre Company

1,000

2017

Penobscot Theatre Company

5,000

2018

Penobscot Theatre Company 5,000 2019
Penobscot Theatre Company 5,000 2020
Penobscot Theatre Company 5,000 2021

Phillips Public Library

4,000

2001

Pihcintu Multinational Children's Chorus

2,000

2013

Portland Ballet

1,000

2009

Portland Ballet

1,000

2010

Portland Ballet

2,000

2011

Portland Ballet

2,000

2012

Portland Ballet

2,000

2013

Portland Ballet

2,000

2014

Portland Ballet

2,000

2015

Portland Ballet

2,000

2016

Portland Ballet

2,000

2017

Portland Ballet

5,000

2018

Portland Ballet 5,000 2019
Portland Ballet 5,000 2020
Portland Ballet 5,000 2021

Portland Ballet Company & School of Ballet

2,780

1998

Portland Ballet Company/The Choral Art Society

5,000

2003

Portland Ballet Company/The Choral Art Society

8,000

2006

Portland Ballet Company/The Choral Art Society

1,000

2008

Portland Concert Association

5,000

1991

Portland Concert Association

1,000

2008

Portland Concert Association

1,000

2009

Portland Concert Association

1,000

2010

Portland Conservatory of Music

1,000

2014

Portland Conservatory of Music

1,000

2015

Portland Conservatory of Music

1,000

2016

Portland Conservatory of Music

1,000

2017

Portland Conservatory of Music

5,000

2018

Portland Conservatory of Music 5,000 2019
Portland Conservatory of Music 5,000 2020
Portland Conservatory of Music 5,000 2021

Portland Museum of Art

1,000,000

1999

Portland Museum of Art

1,000,000

2000

Portland Museum of Art

10,000

2008

Portland Museum of Art

10,000

2009

Portland Museum of Art

10,000

2010

Portland Museum of Art

20,000

2011

Portland Museum of Art

20,000

2012

Portland Museum of Art

20,000

2013

Portland Museum of Art

20,000

2014

Portland Museum of Art

20,000

2015

Portland Museum of Art

25,000

2015

Portland Museum of Art

20,000

2016

Portland Museum of Art

20,000

2017

Portland Museum of Art

25,000

2018

Portland Museum of Art 20,000 2019
Portland Museum of Art 20,000 2020
Portland Museum of Art 20,000 2021

Portland Ovations

2,000

2011

Portland Ovations

2,000

2012

Portland Ovations

2,000

2013

Portland Ovations

2,000

2014

Portland Ovations

2,000

2015

Portland Ovations

2,000

2016

Portland Ovations

2,000

2017

Portland Ovations

5,000

2018

Portland Ovations 5,000 2019
Portland Ovations 5,000 2020
Portland Ovations 5,000 2021

Portland Partnership/Arts in Education

5,000

1999

Portland Performing Arts

10,000

1998

Portland Stage Company

5,000

1998

Portland Stage Company

100,000

2000

Portland Stage Company

5,000

2008

Portland Stage Company

5,000

2009

Portland Stage Company

5,000

2010

Portland Stage Company

10,000

2011

Portland Stage Company

10,000

2012

Portland Stage Company

10,000

2013

Portland Stage Company

10,000

2014

Portland Stage Company

10,000

2015

Portland Stage Company

10,000

2016

Portland Stage Company

10,000

2017

Portland Stage Company

20,000

2018

Portland Stage Company 20,000 2019
Portland Stage Company 20,000 2020
Portland Stage Company 20,000 2021

Portland Symphony Orchestra

25,000

1995

Portland Symphony Orchestra

75,000

1999

Portland Symphony Orchestra

10,000

2008

Portland Symphony Orchestra

10,000

2009

Portland Symphony Orchestra

10,000

2010

Portland Symphony Orchestra

20,000

2011

Portland Symphony Orchestra

20,000

2012

Portland Symphony Orchestra

20,000

2013

Portland Symphony Orchestra

20,000

2014

Portland Symphony Orchestra

20,000

2015

Portland Symphony Orchestra

20,000

2016

Portland Symphony Orchestra

20,000

2017

Portland Symphony Orchestra

20,000

2018

Portland Symphony Orchestra 20,000 2019
Portland Symphony Orchestra 20,000 2020
Portland Symphony Orchestra 20,000 2021

Ram Island Dance Company

3,000

1999

Ricker Memorial Library

8,000

2001

River Tree Arts

10,000

2002

Robert Abbe Museum of Stone Age Antiquities

15,000

1991

Robert Abbe Museum of Stone Age Antiquities

10,000

1993

Robert Abbe Museum of Stone Age Antiquities

10,000

1993

Robert Abbe Museum of Stone Age Antiquities

100,000

1999

Robert Abbe Museum of Stone Age Antiquities

25,000

2002

Round Top Center for the Arts

25,000

1998

Round Top Center for the Arts

10,000

2003

Seaglass Performing Arts/Maine Music Society

5,000

1998

Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture

15,000

2017

Skyline Farm, Inc.

5,000

2004

The Choral Arts Society

7,500

2009

The Maine Artists' Space

5,000

1999

The Maine Highlands Guild

10,000

2005

The Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture

10,000

2001

The Theater at Monmonth

21,960

1993

The University of Maine Foundation/Collins Center for the Arts

5,000

2010

The University of Maine Foundation/Collins Center for the Arts

10,000

2011

The University of Maine Foundation/Collins Center for the Arts

10,000

2012

The University of Maine Foundation/Collins Center for the Arts

10,000

2013

The University of Maine Foundation/Collins Center for the Arts

10,000

2014

The University of Maine Foundation/Collins Center for the Arts

10,000

2015

The University of Maine Foundation/Collins Center for the Arts

10,000

2016

The University of Maine Foundation/Collins Center for the Arts

10,000

2017

Tides Institute

10,000

2004

University of Maine

500,000

2005

University of Maine Humanities Center

734

2013

University of Maine Press 10,000 2019
University of Massachusetts Press 6,250 2020
University of Massachusetts Press 6,250 2021

Very Special Arts of Maine

1,000

1993

Victoria Mansion

15,000

1998

Victoria Mansion

10,000

2004

Victoria Mansion 7,500 2021

Victoria Society of Maine

15,000

1992

Walter T.A. Hansen Memorial Library

10,000

2001

Waterville Opera House Improvement Association

10,000

2008

Waterville Public Library

25,000

2001

William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum

1,000,000

1996

William Fogg Public Library

10,000

2001

Windover Art Center

5,000

2001

Wood Island Life Saving Station Association 25,000 2019
Wood Island Life Saving Station Association 25,000 2021

York Public Library Association

25,000

2001

Young at Art

500

1994


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