ConSERVE Maine Mini-grants
General information
Volunteer Maine is inviting applications for a series of Betterment Fund and Maine Volunteer Foundation supported ConSERVE Maine grants of up to $10,000 to support conservation projects that build community action through service and volunteerism to address needs related to energy efficiency, environmental education, flood resilience, and community health in Oxford, Franklin, and Somerset counties.
Grants are anticipated to be awarded by mid-August with start dates as early as September 1, 2026 and as late as November 1, 2026. Projects can be up to nine months in duration.
Funding details
Funding application timeline
Grant eligibility
Must be a municipal government, non-profit organization, tribal government, individual community, plantation, township, or unorganized territory in or that serves Oxford, Franklin, or Somerset Counties
Must meet the following requirements:
1. Have a community-centered conservation project that focuses on energy efficiency, environmental education, flood resilience, and community health
2. Promote service and volunteerism as a component of that project to increase sustainability of the project. All funded projects must have at least two individuals engaging in service which can be a combination of any of the following: interns engaged in service-based projects or service learning, volunteers that commit to specific tasks whether or not they are stipended, fellows that engage in service projects, and/or Corps members from other Corps programs.
3. Non-profit organizations must include, as a supplementary document, a letter of support from the municipality where the proposed project will be implemented
Projects must be located in Franklin, Oxford, and/or Somerset Counties