United Midcoast Charities

Nominations Deadline for Unsung Hero Award
2019-08-07 - 2019-09-02 | ME
NONPROFITS, tell us about that one amazing volunteer who is quietly going about getting the job done!
Nominations for the “Unsung Hero Award” are accepted under the following criteria:

Nominee(s) must be an individual who volunteers in Knox and/or Waldo County, Maine.
Nominations must be made by a nonprofit. Employees and paid staff of the nonprofit may not be nominated for work at their organization.
Board and staff of United Midcoast Charities and staff of Courier Publications are ineligible for nomination.

Awards are determined by an Award Selection Committee based on award criteria. Award will be presented on September 19 at UMC’s Community Celebration at the Samoset.
To nominate a volunteer for the Unsung Hero Award, please follow this link to the Unsung Hero Award Nomination Form.
ALL NOMINATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 2, 2019.
If you have questions, please email Megan Williams, megan@unitedmidcoastcharities.org
The award recipient will be selected from nominations by a panel made up of UMC’s Nonprofit Advisory Council, UMC’s Board Members and Courier Publications Editorial staff. Their decisions are based on reviews of each application and assessment of the following criteria:
IMPACT – How significant is the impact of the nominee’s service on beneficiaries? Tell us about the volunteer’s impact on organizations, their community and others. How has the volunteerism impacted this individual? Reviewers look at whether the service is exemplary or unique.
INSPIRATION – Tell us how your volunteer stands out from others doing the same or similar things. Do they serve as a strong role model for others, and inspire others to serve?
COLLABORATION – Does this volunteer encourage community members or organizations to work together to solve problems/get things done? How is their service collaborative in nature?

2019 Community Celebration!
2019-09-19 17:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Samoset Resort, 220 Warrenton St, Rockport, ME, 04856, United States
**Online ticket sales are now closed. Purchase tickets at the door for $30 cash/check.**
Join us for a celebration of good work happening in our communities!
We will announce UMC’s 2019 grant recipients for the first time, and the public is invited to come enjoy and evening of fun, dancing and delicious food and drink. Join us to celebrate our community of supporters and the hard work of local nonprofts!
Be the first to know as you celebrate with UMC’s newly-minted 2019 grantees!

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4th Annual UMC Day of Giving - Belfast, Camden/Rockport & Rockland
2019-12-14 | ME
Shop Local, Support Many! You can support local businesses and local charities all while doing some holiday shopping – Mark your calendar to shop at participating businesses on Saturday, Dec. 14!
UMC has been funding local organizations in Knox and Waldo counties for 77 years, providing vital funding for service agencies whose work betters our communities and in turn enhances local economies. For the fourth year in a row, Day of Giving participants (merchants and service providers in Belfast, Camden, Ropckport and Rockland) will donate a percentage of their sales from the December date to UMC.

Participating merchants as of 12/9/19:
BELFAST
Belfast Co-op
Brambles
City Drawers
Colburn Shoe Store
Ducktrap River of Maine
Heavenly Yarns
Loyal Biscuit Co.
Man on Main
Old Professor’s Bookshop
Out on a Whimsey Toys
Quench
Rollie’s Bar & Grill
the good table
The Sail Locker
CAMDEN/ROCKPORT
40 Paper Italian Bistro & Bar
Antiques at 10 Mechanic
Camden Jewelry Company
Carver Hill Gallery
FatFace Camden
Flatbread Company Rockport Maine
Fresh Off The Farm
Graffam Bros. Seafood Market
House of Logan Camden
Leonard’s
Loyal Biscuit Co.
Offshore Restaurant Inc
Once A Tree
Planet Toys
Serendipity Fine Consignment
Small Wonder Gallery & Frameshop
Sugar Tools
Surroundings
Thomas Michaels Designers, Inc.
The Waterfront Restaurant
Uncle Willy’s Candy Shoppe – Camden
Zoot Coffee
ROCKLAND
C’est La Vie
Clan MacLaren
clementine
Eastern Tire & Auto Service Inc.
Flowers by Hoboken
Grasshopper Shop of Rockland
Huston-Tuttle
In Good Company
Loyal Biscuit Co.
Park Street Car Wash
Puffin’s Nest
Rock City Coffee
Seagull Cottage
Sidecountry Sports

Day of Giving 2019 is generously sponsored by Allen Insurance and Financial and Camden National Bank. UMC’s yearlong partner Media Sponsor is VillageSoup – Courier Gazette & Camden Herald.

Funding Your Nonprofit: A New Year’s Resolution You Can Keep
2020-01-23 08:30 - 10:30 (America/New_York) | United Midcoast Charities Conference room, 87 Elm St, #208, Camden, ME, 04843, United States
Announcing the First 2020 Learn with UMC Event – **THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL – Please call 207-236-2299 to be put on the wait list.
Learn with UMC: Grantseeking with Foundation Directory Online (FDO) workshop will be offered at 8:30 am on Thursday, Jan. 23 at 87 Elm St, Camden. Certified Expert FDO Trainer Kelly Carey will offer an interactive, hands-on workshop to introduce the grant prospecting tools available through UMC’s partnership with Foundation Center Online.
There are over 140,000 charitable foundations in the United States, and 80% of them don’t have a website. Finding funders who are the right fit may seem impossible, especially to small organizations who rely on volunteers. Foundation Directory Online grantseekers’ database offers incredible tools to make this process approachable. FDO offers up-to-date insight on grantmakers working in every part of the country, in every field and interest. In-depth funder profiles and details on past giving can help nonprofits craft a strong case for the foundations most likely to give to their cause.
In 2019, more than 50 nonprofit representatives used FDO at UMC to seek funding. 100% of surveyed respondents say they identified strong new prospects, 60% said they will change how they ask current or lapsed funders based on their learning, and 80% have recommended this resource to others.
This workshop is free but enrollment is limited. Register at unitedmidcoastcharities.org/events or call 207-236-2299 with additional questions. Attendees will access the database on UMC’s network with their own laptop or tablet, so please bring a fully charged device adequate for about 90 minutes of online work. Coffee and morning snacks will be provided.
About the presenter:
Kelly Carey is administrative coordinator at United Midcoast Charities as well as the primary coach of the Foundation Directory Online database at UMC. She loves the magic moment when a grant seeker realizes that there is LOTS of grant funding available for their work.
**THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL – Please call 207-236-2299 to be put on the wait list.

Grantseeking with FDO Workshop
2020-02-11 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Social Capital, 28 Spring St., Belfast, ME, 04915, United States
Learn with UMC: Grantseeking with Foundation Directory Online (FDO) workshop will be offered at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb 11 at Social Capital, 28 Spring St, Belfast Maine.
This workshop is ideal for anyone in a fundraising role who has not yet had a one-on-one FDO tutorial with UMC staff. Certified Expert FDO Trainer Kelly Carey will offer an interactive, hands-on workshop to introduce the grant prospecting tools available through UMC’s partnership with Candid’s Foundation Center Online.
There are over 140,000 charitable foundations in the United States, and 80% of them don’t have a website. Finding funders who are the right fit may seem impossible, especially to small organizations who rely on volunteers. Foundation Directory Online grantseekers’ database offers incredible tools to make this process approachable. FDO offers up-to-date insight on grantmakers working in every part of the country, in every field and interest. In-depth funder profiles and details on past giving can help nonprofits craft a strong case for the foundations most likely to give to their cause.
In 2019, more than 50 nonprofit representatives used FDO at UMC to seek funding. 100% of surveyed respondents say they identified strong new prospects, 60% said they will change how they ask current or lapsed funders based on their learning, and 80% have recommended this resource to others.
This workshop is free but enrollment is limited. Registration is required. Call 207-236-2299 with additional questions. Attendees will access the database on UMC’s network with their own laptop or tablet, so please bring a fully charged device adequate for about 90 minutes of online work. Snacks will be provided.
***CANCELLATION/NO SHOW POLICY
Please note that while this event is free, the experience is valuable and wait-lists are long. We require cancellation at least 48 hours in advance to fill your seat from the wait-list. If you are unable to attend at late notice, please arrange for a substitute to attend in your place. If you cancel without a substitute within 48 hours or otherwise don’t show, you will be charged a fee of $50.00.
About the presenter:
Kelly Carey is program coordinator at United Midcoast Charities as well as the primary coach of the Foundation Directory Online database at UMC. She loves the magic moment when a grant seeker realizes that there is LOTS of grant funding available for their work.
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Learn With UMC: Goals & Objectives for Grantseeking Success
2020-02-28 15:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Camden Public Library Picker Room, 55 Main St, Camden, ME, 04843, United States
UMC program coordinator Kelly Carey will offer hands-on coaching on how to write a winning grant application with concrete goals and objectives at 3pm, February 28th, at the Picker Room of the Camden Public Library.
All around the nation, funders are increasingly moving to data-informed, outcome-focused grantmaking strategies. That means that it’s critical for nonprofits to clearly and concretely explain what they expect to do, and why they expect their activities will make difference to a social problem.
This workshop is recommended for anyone with grant-writing responsibilities, but especially for those who plan to apply for a UMC grant in 2020. Pre-learning resources and post-workshop support are included in registration.
The workshop is free but we request that attendees register in advance to assist in planning. Refreshments will be provided.
Kelly Carey is program coordinator at United Midcoast Charities. She is the primary contact for questions about the 2020 grant cycle and may be reached at kelly@unitedmidcoastcharities.org.
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2020 Grant Applications Open
2020-03-03 12:00 - 2020-03-31 17:00 UTC | ME
The 2020 UMC grant cycle begins with online applications open on March 3. The online application must be submitted by 5 pm on Tuesday, March 31, 2020.
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Please call 207-236-2299 with any questions!

POSTPONED -Learn With UMC: Endowment Managers as Effective Partners for Your Nonprofit
2020-03-13 09:00 - 10:30 (America/New_York) | 16 Bayview (Downstairs), 16 Bayview St, Camden, ME, 04843, United States
**THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED, LOOK FOR A NEW DATE SOON.
This interactive panel will take place at 16 Bayview (downstairs) in Camden on Friday, Mar 13 from 8:30-10:30 a.m. Breakfast will be provided. This session is sponsored by First National Wealth Management.
Once you’ve determined an endowment is right for your organization, there are a number of questions to be asking yourself like: Who is the best investment manager to oversee the administrative and fiduciary requirements to properly maintain the endowment? How do you go about finding services to manage your endowment? What other things should you be considering?
In this session, First National Wealth Management panelists, along with the Treasurer of the Bangor Area Homeless Shelter, will share insights and lessons on how effective a successful relationship with your investment manager can be for the nonprofit.
***CANCELLATION/NO SHOW POLICY
Please note that while this event is free, the experience is valuable and wait-lists are long. We require cancellation at least 48 hours in advance to fill your seat from the wait-list. If you are unable to attend at late notice, please arrange for a substitute to attend in your place. If you cancel without a substitute within 48 hours or otherwise don’t show, you will be charged a fee of $50.00.
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About the Panel:
Shareen Palmacci: Shareen is a Senior in the firm’s Not-For-Profit Group. She works with a variety of clients throughout Maine, where she helps them with audits, accounting, Uniform Guidance, and MAAP compliance audits. With a specialization in federal and state compliance auditing, Shareen helps her clients understand the complex requirements unique to their specific funding models. She utilizes internal and external resources to determine and focus on the elements that are crucial to the organization’s audit. Shareen is an active volunteer in her local community. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Bangor Area Homeless Shelter.
Gary E. Stone, Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Senior Business Development Officer: Gary joined First National Wealth Management in 2010, bringing with him 25 years’ experience in the financial services industry including stints at Liberty Brokerage and Cantor Fitzgerald Securities in New York, Banknorth Investment Management and Camden National in Maine. A graduate of Bowdoin College, Gary serves on the board of and is active in many local non-profits including the Salt Bay Chamberfest, Camp Kieve, Rising Tide Cooperative Market, and the Damariscotta Newcastle Rotary Club. Gary and his family reside in Newcastle.
Christopher J. Shelton, Portfolio Manager: Joining First National Wealth Management in 2019, Chris is pleased to be back in the Ellsworth area after living and working in Southern Maine. Prior to joining FNWM, Chris worked as a Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management in Portland for over 7 years. Chris graduated from the University of Maine with a BS in Business Administration with a Finance Concentration in 2010. Chris has completed his Series 7, 63 and 65 licenses. Chris currently resides in Ellsworth with his wife, son and their two dogs.
Nazrin Dixon, Vice President, Business Development Officer: Nazrin Dixon joined First National Wealth Management with the opening of First National Bank’s Bangor branch in 2013. Nazrin brought five years of retail banking experience to her new role. Prior to joining First National Wealth Management, Nazrin worked as a Branch Manager in the Key Bank system, overseeing the Skowhegan, Waterville and Newport locations during her time at Key. Nazrin has a bachelor’s degree from Colorado College and enjoys volunteering in the Greater Bangor community. Nazrin and her family live in Newport.
Necole Dabrio Janczura, Business Development Officer: Joining First National Wealth Management in 2017, Niki Dabrio Janczura was born and raised in Mid-coast Maine. Niki attended the University of Maine and brings 25 years of non-profit experience to her role as Business Development Officer. During her career at two world-class museums, Niki played a vital role during transitions of leaderships and in many new initiatives. Donor cultivation, volunteer resource and event management round out her experience and underscores her commitment to building relationships. Niki and her family reside in Cushing.

POSTPONED: Learn With UMC: Data Collection Tools
2020-04-16 09:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | United Farmers Market, 18 Spring St, Belfast, ME, 04915, United States
Funders often ask nonprofits to demonstrate their impact through internal data. Nonprofits trying to meet this expectation sometimes collect disorganized, unwieldy information that is expensive and difficult to use. In the best cases, well-conducted and managed data can radically improve program results and improve funding prospects.
Your own program research can return robust information to inform and improve your program’s impact, but lean organizations know it is critical to make research efforts count. In this workshop you will learn how to design simple and effective interviews, focus groups, and surveys that get the information you need.
Join us at United Farmer’s Market in Belfast from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Thursday, April 16 to learn how to design simple, low-cost data collection methods with the Data Innovation Project. There is no cost to participate, but space is limited so pre-registration is required.
***CANCELLATION/NO SHOW POLICY
Please note that while this event is free, the experience is valuable and wait-lists are long. We require cancellation at least 48 hours in advance to fill your seat from the wait-list. If you are unable to attend at late notice, please arrange for a substitute to attend in your place. If you cancel without a substitute within 48 hours or otherwise don’t show, you will be charged a fee of $50.00.
About the presenters:
The Data Innovation Project was founded with support from the Maine Economic Improvement Fund and is housed within the Cutler Institute for Health and Social Policy at the Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine. The Data Innovation Project improves Maine’s capacity for data-informed decision making by providing access to affordable information and instruction, skilled technical assistance, and open access to a growing body of resourcesFill out my LGL form!

UMC (Virtual) Coffee Chat
2020-07-09 09:30 - 10:00, 2020-07-23 09:30 - 10:00, 2020-08-06 09:30 - 10:00, 2020-08-20 09:30 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | ME
We invite UMC supporters and interested community members to join us for short interactive conversations/Q & A with our leadership. A chance to connect virtually this summer! The schedule is as follows:
Thurs July 9 at 9:30 am- UMC’s response to the needs of the pandemic with Betsy Saltonstall, President
Thurs July 23 at 9:30 am – Grantmaking amidst a pandemic with Dr. Jim Hengerer, UMC Grants Chair
Thurs Aug 6 at 9:30 am – How UMC enacts the values of Integrity & Transparency through financial management with Steve Kemple, Treasurer and Frank Hackett, finance committee member
Thurs Aug 20 at 9:30 am – UMC’s values of Service & Collaboration at work with Nonprofit Advisory Council guests
(Please send us a note after registering if you need help downloading or connecting via zoom!)
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LEARN @ UMC: AI For Nonprofits
2025-05-12 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | Camden Public Library Picker Room, 55 Main St, Camden, ME, 04843, United States
United Midcoast Charities’ next installment of our LEARN@UMC workshop series will be held on Monday, May 12th from 12noon – 1:30pm in the Jean Picker Room at the Camden Public Library. Please note due to scheduling conflicts May’s workshop will be held on a Monday, not our typical Wednesday. We are really excited about this one! Presented by Patrick Gotham, Vice President at CCS Fundraising, this hands-on session will introduce nonprofit professionals to practical ways AI can enhance their daily work–from writing prompts that yield better results to integrating AI into workflows for content creation, donor strategy, and more.

Participants will explore key AI tools and terminology while learning how to build confidence and momentum around AI adoption within their organizations. This interactive session is designed to make artificial intelligence accessible, actionable, and immediately useful. Make sure to bring your lunch as this will be a brown bag session!

Free for 2024 UMC grantee organizations. $20 for anyone else wishing to attend. We are expecting a great turnout for this one, which is why we are moving it to a larger space. Please email admin@unitedmidcoastcharities.org to register. Your registration confirmation email will include a link to a google form with a couple of quick questions to gauge the audience’s comfort level with AI so Patrick can better tailor the presentation and hands-on examples to meet folks where they are – whether that’s beginner level or a bit more advanced.
