About Maine Children's Trust
Maine Children's Trust works to strengthen families, promote healthy relationships, and support communities to prevent child abuse and neglect.
Focus Areas
Child abuse preventionFamily support servicesHome visiting (Maine Families)Infant safe sleepParenting educationTraining and technical assistancePublic awareness and advocacy
Who They Fund
children (youth)parents and caregiversschools and teachersfamilies and communities
Funding Style
direct service delivery (education programs)
About Maine Children's Trust
Maine Children's Trust directs its funding toward child abuse prevention education in Maine, with repeated large awards to local community action agencies and health organizations that deliver that work on the ground. The recent grants list shows a clear pattern of multi-year support for county and regional providers rather than one-off project awards. Community Concepts Inc received $1,782,110 in 2025 for education for child abuse prevention, after a $1,577,835 grant in 2024 and a $1,342,175 grant in 2023. Kennebec Valley Community Action Program and Kennebec Valley Cap also appear across multiple years, reflecting the Trust’s use of sustained contracts and recurring program support. The foundation’s active grant programs reinforce that structure: it funds Maine Families home visiting, county Prevention Councils, and local family-strengthening efforts tied to parenting education, infant safe sleep, and community prevention. Recipient organizations include statewide and regional intermediaries such as the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, The Opportunity Alliance, and Southern Maine Health Care. Across the available grant records, the Trust’s work is concentrated on prevention-focused services for children, parents and caregivers, families, and the professionals who support them.
What Maine Children's Trust Funds
Child abuse prevention education is the clearest thread in the grant record. The Trust gave $1,126,893 to the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in 2025 and $967,014 to Southern Maine Health Care in 2025 for education for child abuse prevention. Family-serving agencies are another major channel. It awarded $774,570 to Aroostook Council for Healthy Families in 2025 and $688,429 to Franklin County Children's Task in 2025, both also listed under education for child abuse prevention. The Trust also supports work with parents and young families. Maine Family Planning Association received $459,639 in 2025 for the same purpose, following a $444,370 grant in 2023. Across these awards, the common pattern is direct service and public education delivered through local organizations in Maine.
How Maine Children's Trust Gives
The typical grant size is relatively large: p25 is $237,562, median is $702,136, and p75 is $959,750. Recent grants also show repeat support across multiple years for the same organizations, including Community Concepts Inc, Kennebec Valley Community Action Program, Penquis Cap, and Southern Maine Health Care. That pattern fits the Trust’s structure as a regular funder that uses contracts and sub-recipient funding for statewide and county-level programs. It does not fund individuals. The active programs described for Maine Families and Prevention Councils also indicate that much of its giving is tied to ongoing service delivery, technical assistance, and coordinated local implementation rather than open application grants.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$12.1M
Total Assets
$4.7M
Total Revenue
$14.2M
Total Expenses
$14M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $238K and $960K, with a median of $702K.
25th Percentile
$238K
Median
$702K
75th Percentile
$960K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
HEIDI AAKJER
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