2011 Quimby Family Foundation Grantees and funded projects...
30 Mile River Watershed Association
General operating support to help fund core staff salaries. The added staff capacity will result in raising the organization’s profile within the community, leveraging more volunteer support, expanding the donor base and further developing already successful programs.
A Company of Girls 
For general operating expenses. The QFF grant will fund a broad base of arts based programming for girls including all costs associated with this programming.
Bangor Symphony Orchestra
Program support for the Know Your Orchestra! voucher program. This program encourages children to become acquainted with classical music and allows families to attend orchestra concerts for less than the cost of a night at the movies.
Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust
Capacity support to assist in hiring a part-time Associate Director for one year.
Camden International Film Festival
To help with general operating costs for the annual festival and to help strengthen and sustain the burgeoning Points North Documentary Forum, a conference component running concurrently with the festival.
Casco Bay High School for Expeditionary Learning
Program support to help sustain and expand the impact of the Casco Bay Quest. Casco Bay Quest is an innovative orientation experience based on Cow Island for all freshmen and seniors at Casco Bay High School that promotes community, citizenship and leadership through writing, kayaking and adventure-based learning.
Center for Maine Contemporary Art
General operating support to strengthen curatorial staffing, education and artistic programming, and audience services.
Chewonki Foundation for the ELLMS Project
Program support for the ELLMS Project. Four outstanding providers of residential environmental education in Maine have partnered to establish Environmental Living and Learning for Maine Students: the ELLMS Project, a financial-aid fund for Maine public schools. 
Coastal Mountains Land Trust
General operating support to assist in permanently conserving land for the benefit of the natural and human communities of Western Penobscot Bay. As Coastal Mountains Land Trust celebrates its 25th of conserving land to benefit the natural and human communities of western Penobscot Bay, strengthening the volunteer program is a crucial element of continued success.
Cobscook Community Learning Center
General operating support to fund programming including a new alternative high school program, art camps, other community-level programs, and a week-long art, music, and craft festival this October.
Community Television Network
Program support toward the production of Spotlight, a collaborative project of the Community Television Network. Spotlight promotes local arts and artists through community media in the form of a television magazine supplemented by a companion webpage.
Cultivating Community
General operating support for the Growing Access, Growing Communities initiative. Cultivating Community is convening farm stands in and near low-income neighborhoods that accept Federal nutrition benefits such as WIC and SNAP.
Downeast Salmon Federation
Project support for an expanded outreach program. This project will directly support endangered salmon recovery and salmon watershed conservation in Washington County.
Friends of Casco Bay
Program support for the Casco Baykeeper Program. Whether on the water or in meeting halls, Friends of Casco Bay seeks to prevent pollution and protect Casco Bay through science-based advocacy, collaborative alliances, and public education.
Friends of Maine Seabird Islands
Project support to Fabricate and install a 28’ mural of the Maine coast in the central orientation room of the new Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge visitor center.
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Friends of Maine Seabird Islands |
Friends of the Eastern Promenade
General operating support to hire a part-time Coordinator to assist with the organization’s growth and development.
The Good Life Center
For capital support to assist the Good Life Center in their endeavor to create an economically and environmentally sustainable learning center.
Ground Productions
Project support to bring PLAY AGAIN, a new documentary about children’s increasing time behind screens and their decreasing time in the natural world, to public schools throughout Maine.
ICA and MFA at Maine College of Art
Project support for a collaborative visiting artist series and exhibition between the Institute of Contemporary Art and the Master of Fine Arts in Studio Arts program.
Kennebec Valley Art Assoc./Harlow Gallery
General operating support to build capacity for the Kennebec Valley Art Association and the Harlow Gallery, Year 3: Investment in programming, planning and sustainability.
Kennebunkport Conservation Trust
Project support for the collaborative campaign to forever protect and preserve Timber Point and Timber Island. The desired impact is to preserve it for generations of visitors, protect critical habitat, and provide access-by-foot for the general public.
L/A Arts
Program support for the 2011-2012 Arts-in-Education (AIE) programs, which serve students in all 14 of Lewiston and Auburn’s public elementary and middle schools.
Lucid Stage
For the salary of a development director. Having a Development Director will ensure success in continuing to provide an affordable and accessible arts venue.
Maine Audubon
Program support for the expansion of Maine Audubon’s school collaborations. Maine Audubon works with local schools to integrate high quality classroom and outdoor environmental education into the curriculum.
Maine Chapter of the International Appalachian Trail
Project support to assist volunteers with the costs associated with trail improvement and maintenance activities by volunteers for the next three years.
Maine Discovery Museum
General operating support for visiting artists, to increase attendance and diversity of workshops and classes, to collaborate on projects within BangorArts, and increase awareness and utilization of the museum’s Main Street Gallery space.
Maine Farmland Trust
Program support to elevate young farmers to a whole new level, because young farmers need more support if they are to drive the agricultural renaissance that is possible in Maine.
Maine Huts & Trails
General operating support for marketing, program, and product development efforts to bring additional people into the woods.
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Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance |
Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance
General operating support to assist the Executive Director in working with Four Directions Development Corporation, the Maine Crafts Association and the Hudson Museum.
Maine Jewish Film Festival
General operating funds will assist with the cost of the annual festival. These costs include an overall increase in film programming costs and bringing independent filmmakers to the Festival.
Maine Rivers
General operating funds to support Maine River’s work on two priority rivers, the Mousam River and Royal River, and to develop an action plan connecting river health to the Gulf of Maine.
Maine Songwriters Association
Project support for a pilot program in partnership with Maine’s RSU-1 (Bath region) for middle school and high school students. This partnership will allow students to learn the art and business of songwriting from local professionals, with opportunities to perform in their works in public venues.
Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program
Project support for the development of educational resource information to be used in training the public to monitor the effect of climate change and watershed development on Maine lakes.
Marsh River Theater
Project support to replace the handicap ramp to meet ADA regulations and to install a concrete walkway to the ramp.
Monhegan Artists Residency
General operating support to expand the donor base and increase the level of donations of current supporters.
Monhegan Museum
Project support to build a complete electronic database detailing every one of more than 30,000 objects in its collections and archives.
Nasson Community Center/Little Theatre
Project support for messaging to the public the many events taking place in the theatre. Signage will result in furnishing the theatre with its last, requisite, big ticket item towards completion.
New Surry Repertory Theatre and Acting School, Inc.
Program support to subsidize Performing Arts classes for teens and families and assist with the hiring of a part-time office manager.
North Haven Arts & Enrichment
General operating support to assist with North Haven Arts and Enrichments continuing support of visual arts, music, drama, and other enrichment activities at North Haven Community School.
Northern Forest Canoe Trail
Project support to assist with building a bridge between the innovative and fully-funded rural youth summer paddling program and the participants’ year-round lives and communities.
Patten Lumbermen's Museum
Start up costs to bring the history of the Seboeis River to life. The Seboeis River Gorge, T5-R7, is a pristine historic watershed feeding the East Branch of the Penobscot River, once used for transporting logs, later used as a scenic hiking trail is in much need of maintenance and upgrades.
Penobscot River Restoration Trust
General operating support to assist in the purchase of three dams and the implementation of dam decommissioning, removal and bypass construction.
Pierre Monteux School for Conductors and Orchestra Musicians
Project support for scholarships for twelve conductors and instrumentalists to attend the 2011 orchestral training program.
Portland Arts and Cultural Alliance
General operating support to upgrade and develop the organization’s digital initiatives.
Portland Ballet
Program support to continue an infrastructure update project and specifically to replace the aging ‘marley’ dance floors. This is the industry specific non-skid flooring used for both studio and stage.
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Portland Chamber Music Festival |
Portland Chamber Music Festival
Program support for the Portland Chamber Music Festival’s “Bringing Chamber Music to New Audiences.” This project comprises two parts; both designed to provide young people in the community access to the highest quality live chamber music at no cost.
Presumpscot Regional Land Trust
Project support to help designate the next section of trail from downtown Westbrook to Riverside Street in Portland. This includes a River Route section on the Presumpscot River from Mallison Falls Dam in South Windham to the City of Westbrook.
Tides Institute & Museum of Art
Capital support for visiting artist housing and studio art production/workshop facilities that will link arts programming to communities and schools of the Washington County region.
RESTORE: The North Woods
Program support for maintaining Maine Environmental News as the most comprehensive online source for summaries of and links to Maine conservation and natural resource news, stories, and events.
Rippleffect
General operating support for Rippleffect’s Outdoor Leadership Expeditions. The environmental leadership programs provide leadership training, environmental education, and outdoor adventure to at-risk seventh graders at three area middle schools.
River City Cinema
General operating support to achieve a stabile, sustainable presence in the Greater Bangor community, where a broad diversity of independent and foreign films are shown that otherwise would not play in this region.
Royal River Conservation Trust
Program support to plan and provide public trails and access for the Pisgah Hill Preserve, a large block of undeveloped land in New Gloucester, Maine.
Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium
Program support for the artist in residency program for the 2011 symposium. These funds will be used for stipends for the six international sculptors who will be on the Schoodic Peninsula for six weeks while they complete their large-scale, hard-stone sculptures.
School Ground Greening Coalition
Program support for greening projects through how-to workshops, a guidebook, and mini-grants. The mini grants provide funding, design, educational, logistical, construction and community involvement support.
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School Ground Greening Coalition |
Seven Eagles Media Production
General operating support to help seed the organization as it begins operation.
University of Maine
Program support. The area east of Mt. Katahdin is of special significance historically documented by original survey field notes containing flora, fauna, topographic features, and measurement (bearing & distance) information. The original survey field notes will be reduced into Geographic Information Systems (GIS) format including overlap on modern map and orthophoto information.
TEDxDirigo
General operating support for the production of and local access to the second annual performance event in 2011, and to enable TEDxDirigo to explore additional opportunities to cultivate a vibrant creative community in Maine.
The Bay School
Program support to maintain the farmer teaching position.
The Friends of Cumston Hall
Project support to complete the interior restoration of the Cumston Hall Opera Hall. This work includes finishing the restoration of the original painting beneath the Opera Hall balcony and plaster work in the Caucus Hall and Back Hall.
The Grand
General operating support for program expansion through long-term planning to implement strategic goals for increasing program revenues and for audience development.
The Summer Camp, Inc.
Program support to provide seed funding for the Environmental Stewardship program. This program is a place and project based environmental awareness activity that will encourage youth at-risk to create relationships with their peers and the environment.
The Western Maine Art Group
Project support for an architect’s feasibility study to proceed with renovations on the 19th century former one-room schoolhouse. It is in need of major structural renovations, updated heating, plumbing and electrical systems and handicap access to the second floor.
Trekkers, Inc.
Program support for Trekkers Wild 2011, a 5-day canoe expedition in the Maine wilderness that will be offered to nine Trekkers alumni students from midcoast Maine in late August. Students begin by participating in an outdoor training program that develops the leadership, communication and decision-making skills required in an outdoor experience.
University of Maine
Project support to engage undergraduate science majors in field-based research on the subalpine ponds of western Maine. They are building a high-resolution dataset characterizing these remote locations that can be used to manage and conserve these habitats.
University of New England Art Gallery
Project support to mount a series of three exhibitions of contemporary Maine women art pioneers. Artists in all mediums as well as art professionals such as gallerists, curators and writers in all terrains of artistic expression will be included.
University of Maine
Project support for the completion of the County-wide non-motorized trail GPS and GIS mapping project. Additional support will go towards the development of the goaroostookoutdoors.org website, to publication of the interactive trail maps and information, and necessary installation of trail signage and trail markers for improving access and trail conditions.
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Waterville Opera House |
Wabanaki Writers Project
Program support to continue to provide writing workshops for Wabanaki students during the 2011-2012 school year and a writing camp during summer 2012.
Waterville Opera House
Project support for a comprehensive renovation of our historic and treasured facility. This support will expand our role as a center for the arts and help us increase our offerings and collaborations.
Wayside Theatre, Inc.
Project support to pave the driveway and parking area.
Wintergreen Arts Center
General operating support to help create a paid Executive Director position. Since Wintergreen’s inception in 2006, the organization has been entirely volunteer-led.