PORTLAND & ELLSWORTH — More than $105,000 in Maine Community Foundation grants are set to help strengthen nonprofit organizations and projects in Franklin and Somerset counties.

MaineCF’s Western Mountains Grantmaking Committee awarded $94,450 to 14 regional organizations through the foundation’s Community Building Grant Program. MaineCF donors with advised funds made three additional grants totaling $11,477.

This year’s grantees include:

Franklin County Children’s Task Force, project support, for a community chest freezer, washer and dryer to assist families with frozen food storage and clean clothing.
Friends of L.C. Bates Museum, general support, to support educational partnerships and experiences for under-resourced rural classrooms and families.
Maine Forestry Museum, general support, for program and operational support.
Skowhegan Farmers Market, project support, to expand Maine Harvest Bucks and for new partnerships and outreach activities with food security organizations.

For a complete list of grantees, visit mainecf.org/recentgrants.

Grants from the Western Mountains Committee include:

Bomazeen Land Trust, general support, to enable Wabanaki people to resume land stewardship: $10,000.
Farmington Historical Society, project, to discover, procure and preserve the history of Farmington: $3,000.
Friends of L.C. Bates Museum, general support, to support educational partnerships and experiences for under-resourced rural classrooms and families: $2,000
Greater Franklin Food Council, general support, for hands-on gardening and nutrition lessons: $10,000.
High Peaks Creative Council¸ general support, to connect regional cultural organizations around creative placemaking projects that increase the quality of life and support a resilient, creative economy: $10,000.
Hospice Volunteers of Somerset County, general support, to support those with life-limiting illness and their families: $3,000.
Main Street Skowhegan, project support, to provide free gear and outdoor education opportunities to low-income, at-risk youth: $2,000.
Maine Forestry Museum, general support, for program and operational support: $4,700.
Phillips Historical Society¸ general support, to collaborate with the Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum to preserve, display and communicate the 200-year history of the upper Sandy River valley region: $7,500.
Rangeley Region Health and Wellness Partnership, project support, to collaborate with neighboring towns to provide physical therapy and wellness services in satellite locations for rural, underserved communities: $10,000.
Skills, project support, to increase driving readiness skills for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities and autism: $10,000.
Skowhegan Farmers Market, project support, to expand Maine Harvest Bucks and for new partnerships and outreach activities with food security organizations: $8,850.
United Way of the Tri Valley Area, general support, to create a community space in Livermore Falls: $5,000.
Western Maine Paper & Heritage Museum, general support, to restore its historic building and expand exhibit offerings: $7,500.

Grants from donor-advised funds (as of April) include:

Farmington Historical Society, general support, to discover, procure and preserve the history of Farmington: $5,000.
Franklin County Children’s Task Force, project support, for a community chest freezer, washer and dryer to assist families with frozen food storage and clean clothing: $3,477.
Hospice Volunteers of Somerset County, general support, to support those with life-limiting illness and their families: $3,000.