FUND FOR GOOD

Wiscasset Creative Alliance’s Fund for Good supports community initiatives which further the Alliance’s mission of advancing and connecting the cultural, historical, and creative communities within Wiscasset.

Banner photo: Dedication of the James Weldon Johnson memorial bench, 6-17-22.

FUNDING REQUEST APPLICATION

CALENDAR DETAILS

  • Current grant applications are due by October 15, 2024.

  • Grant recipients will be notified by December 18, 2024, by mail.

  • Funds to be disbursed after February 15, 2025.

About Wiscasset Creative Alliance and Fund for Good

Wiscasset Creative Alliance is pleased to announce a new fund to support community initiatives which further the Alliance’s mission of advancing and connecting the cultural, historical, and creative communities within Wiscasset.

 When the Alliance was founded in 2019, its primary purpose was to provide a non-profit home base for several community initiatives, none of which were non-profits, already underway in the community. Those original activities, Wiscasset Art Walk, Museum in the Streets, Marketfest, and Friends of Wiscasset Village, became the Alliance’s programs and have benefitted from being under the umbrella of a 501c3 incorporated non-profit.

 Several new initiatives have since joined the Alliance’s roster including Wiscasset Homes on Tour, Schoonerfest, and Wormfest; the Friends group disbanded after the conclusion of the multi-year Rte.1 construction project in Wiscasset Village.

 With the Alliance programs thriving and offering their community-building activities locally and regionally, the Alliance board of directors recently considered new ways to expand the non-profit’s reach into the community. The board decision was to support the good work of others in Wiscasset through philanthropy. According to board president, Alissa Eason, “Our programs know how to raise funds to support their events and activities. Revenue from Homes on Tour gives us funds to support additional charitable activities, and we chose to support other programs throughout our community with goals similar to ours.”

Earlier in 2024, the Alliance tested the philanthropy world by sending small grants, unsolicited, to a small selection of local groups. These included Feed Our Scholars for general support; the Organ Society of the Congregational Church for the purchase of menstrual products which they place, free of charge, in public locations; Partners in Education (PIE) for a teacher appreciation event; Alive on the Common to support its series of free public concerts, and others. Each group responded with appreciation for the injection of new funds to more easily accomplish a specific charitable goal, and Alliance board members were hooked.

 Applicants may be organizations, cohort groups, or individuals. A grant maximum is not being specified at this time, but grants are likely to be within a modest range. “We’ll learn more by doing,” Eason said, “and we look forward to it.” To receive an application by email, please send a message to Alliance Secretary, Lucia Droby.