Making A Difference
The Recompense Fund is a community asset that brings resources to island nonprofits to support their efforts to sustain Chebeague Island as a year-round community.
Latest News from Recompense
Its that time to think about ways to improve your nonprofit and help the sustainability of our island community with a grant request. If you submit a draft before MAY 15th, our rapid response team will do a technical review and give you feedback before the final application is needs to be submitted on May 31st.
The Recompense Fund is pleased to announce that granted $46,900 of funds to our nonprofits in 2019. In July, we had a wonderful gathering of some of our nonprofits who shared information about their organizations and how the grants would help them. The Recreation Center, Kids’ Place, Commons, Chebeague Methodist Church, Historical Society, MacBeth program, and Chebeague Island School have all benefited from our funding this year. We also offered an opportunity for the community to take part in a NAMI (National Alliance for Mental Health) conference. We are working now on our 2019 annual report that you will be receiving this fall.
The Recompense Fund is poised to respond quickly at any time to the immediate needs of all Chebeague Non-Profits through its special small grants of $500. Submit a single-page request at any time and expect a quick decision. Applications can address emergencies or unexpected opportunities.
Simply email your request letter to recompensefund@gmail.com
(Please see details in section III item d in Recompense Fund Grant Guidelines)
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