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FThe John Sage Foundation is a young, growing organization. In 1992, we funded two projects totaling $2000; in 1996, we funded ten projects for a total of $13,265; in 1998, we funded nine projects for a total of $18,300; and in 2000 we have funded 5 projects for a total of $24,550. Projects have ranged from a few hundred dollars to several thousand.
While we generally like to fund a variety of projects, we will consider giving the majority of our funds to a single entity in any grant cycle. Annual Breakdown of Funding 1992 Island Institute $1,500 Pine Tree Camps $500 Total: $2,000 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 1993 Maine Audubon Society $1,000 Nature Conservancy, Maine Chapter $3,000 Total: $4,000 __________________________________________________________________________________________ 1994 Unity College $500 L.C. Bates Museum $1,000 A.E. Howell Wildlife Conservation Center $1,000 Bigelow Laboratory scholarship fund $1,000 Nature Conservancy, Maine Chapter $500 Camp Kieve Science Camp scholarship fund $500 Sheepscot Valley Conservation Assoc. $1,000 Total: $5,500 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 College of the Atlantic $2,000 (per year for two years) Me Organic Farmers & Gardeners Assoc. $2,000 Children's Discovery Museum $1,000 Congress of Lake Assoc. $1,500 Friends of the Wilhelm Reich Museum $500 L.C. Bates Museum $500 Audubon Expedition Institute $1,000 Total: $8,500 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 1996 Island Heritage Trust $1,250 Boothbay Region Land Trust $1,200 College of the Atlantic $2,000 June 1996 Sheepscot Valley Conservation Assoc. $1,500 Audubon Expedition Institute $1,000 Bigelow Labs $1,000 University of Maine at Presque Isle $1,115 Maine Audubon Society $1,500 Camp Kieve science camp $550 Penobscot Bay Network $1,000 University of Maine at Presque Isle $1,150 (sent in Sept. '96) Sub total: $13,265 RETURNED: Children's Discovery Museum $1,000 Penobscot Bay $1,000 Total: $11,265 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 1997 April Sabattus Elementary School $1,575 Androscoggin Land Trust $1,500 Lakes Environmental Assoc. $650 Loon Echo Land Trust $1,750 St. Joseph's College $1,500 National Audubon Society Shore Bird Education $1,000 College of the Atlantic $2,000 Sub total: $9,975 1997 September Morris Farm $2,000 Friends of the Wilhelm Reich Museum $2,000 Nature Conservancy, Maine Chapter $2,000 Audubon Expedition Institute $1,000 Sub total: $7,000 Total for 1997: $16,975 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 1998 April Sheepscot Valley Conservation Assoc. $2,000 Crystal Spring Farm $2,500 CURE $1,500 McLaughlin Foundation $1,600 Subtotal: $7,600 1998 September Coastal Mountains Land Trust $2,500 Sheepscot Wellspring Land Alliance $3,000 Downeast Salmon Federation $2,000 Lake Winnecook Monitoring Project $1,200 Maine Coast Heritage Trust $2,000 Subtotal: $10,700 Total for 1998: $18,300 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 1999 April Friends of Wilhelm Reich Friends of Wilhelm Reich $1,500 Environmental education programs Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance $2,000 Land Purchase Friends of Craig Brook $2,000 Environmental education - river festival COA $1,000 Support for GIS education Acadia Wildlife Foundation $1,500 Educational program Lubec Landmarks, Inc. $500 Community outreach Subtotal: $8,500 1999 September Unity College, digital camera $1,000 Supports water quality monitoring Appalachian Trail Conference, Western Maine High Mountain Protection project $1,000 Maine Coast Heritage Trust, Weskeag River project $3,500 Land Purchase St. Joseph's College, Sebago Lake $5,000 Water quality testing Vital Pathways, $1,000 Meduxnekeag River Trailhead project Laudholm Trust, Coastal Resource Library $1,000 Environmental education Subtotal: $12,500 Total for 1999: $21,000 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 2000 April Maine Farmland Trust $1,000 Conference support Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust $2,500 Land Purchase Subtotal: $3,500 2000 September Lake George Regional Park $15,000 Land Purchase University of Maine at Presque Isle $1,050 Education project Appalachian Mountain Club $5,000 Land Purchase Subtotal: $21,050 Total for 2000: $24,550 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 2001 March Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance $7500 Land purchase Lakes Environmental Association $2000 Mercury testing Quebec Labrador Foundation $2000 Environmental education intern (Greenville area) Scarborough Land Trust $5000 Land purchase Sheepscot Wellspring Land Alliance Inc. $7000 Land purchase Subtotal: $23,500 2001 September Friends of Scarborough Marsh $1000 Biological inventory and planning Loon Echo Land Trust $3000 Land Acquisition Subtotal: $4000 Total for 2001: $27,500 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 2002 March Tumbledown Conservation Alliance $5,000 Land and Easement purchase Mt. Agamenticus Challenge (York Land trust) $5,000 Land and Easement purchase St. Joseph's College $2,750 Sebago Water Quality Testing supplies Natural Resource Council $1,000 Allagash Protection project Soc. for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests $2,500 PBS documentary on sprawl Maine Environmental Policy Institute $1,500 Web news project Laudholm Trust $500 Discovery Tours equipment Subtotal: $18,250 2002 September Androscoggin Land Trust $2,500 Land acquisition (Hooper Pond Initiative) Charles & Constance Schmid Land Preserve $2,000 Land acquisiton Ferry Beach Ecology School $2,500 Biddeford Middle School Ecology project Friends of Casco Bay $500 Communities Strategies Initiative Loon Echo Land Trust $2,000 Sebago Headwaters Preserve project Subtotal: $9,500 Total for 2002: $27,750 __________________________________________________________________________________________ 2003 March Chewonki Foundation $1,000 Canoe Expedition for Maine girls Eastern Trail Alliance $1,000 Community Outreach & Newsletter Friends of Maine Seabird Islands $1,750 Stewardship & research Laudholm Trust $700 Natural history library acquisitions Maine Farmland Trust $2,400 Conservation easement costs Bessey property Maine Lakes Conservancy $1,700 Equipment for floating classroom Sheepscot Valley Consercation Association $2,500 Water quality monitoring Unity College $5,000 White Sucker research project Subtotal: $16,050 2003 September Downeast Lakes Land Trust $4,000 Organizational capacity building Maine Conservation Voters Education Fund $1,000 Conservation Guide to Maine government Nature Conservancy $2,000 St. John River water quality Orono Land Trust $2,000 Caribou Bog - Penjajawoc Project York Land Trust $1,000 Parking lot & Boardwalk - site access Subtotal: $10,000 Total for 2003: $26,050 __________________________________________________________________________________________ 2004 March Scarborough Land Trust $4,000 Land Acquistion Sebasticook River Watersed Assoc. $5,000 Land Acquistion and support St Joseph's College w/ Friends of Casco Bay $3,000 Water quality monitoring program Sheepscot Valley Conservation Assoc. $600 Learning Center project – matching grant Bigelow Lab for Ocean Science $1,000 Keller Bloom program A.E. Howell Wildlife Center $1,000 Aquatic Bird House Subtotal: $14,600 2004 September Downeast Lakes Land Trust $15,000 Land Acquistion Damariscotta River Association $1,500 Land Acquistion MEPI $500 Common Ground Fair Biodiesel Project Lobster Conservancy $1,000 Water quality monitoring program Subtotal $18,000 Total for 2004: $32,600 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 2005 March Northwest Wilderness Trust $3500 Alder Stream Project Georges River Land Trust $5000 Land Acquistion and support Friends of Royal River $1000 River restoration work Coastal Mt. Land Trust $1500 Trail development Subtotal: $11,000 2005 September Maine Rivers $1000 Water quality monitoring program Island Heritage Trust $2500 Land Acquistion and support Brunswick/Topsham Land Trust $2500 Land Acquistion and support Appalachian Trail Land Trust $3000 Land Acquistion and support Downeast Lakes Land Trust $5000 Land Acquistion and support University of Maine, Fort Kent $1275 Water quality monitoring education Subtotal $15,275 2005 Total: $26,275 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 2006 March Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust $2500 Natural Resource Inventory Bayside Neighborhood Association $500 Inventory of Recreational & Open Space Unity Barn Raisers $1000 Brier’s beach property improvements Friends of Unity Wetlands $2000 Easement purchase and support Appalachian Trail Conference $1000 CARE program – leave no trace skills Friends of Merrymeeting Bay $1979 Water quality testing Thompson Lake Environmental Assoc. $1000 Youth Conservation Corp. Subtotal: $11,979 2006 September Mt. Agamenticus to the Sea Conservation Initiative $2500 Land Purchase Trust for Public Land $2500 Bayside Neighborhood Assoc. support Subtotal: $5,000 2006 Total: $16,979 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 2007 March Great Auk Land Trust $10,000 Land Purchase(Summit, Forest, and Seacoast Project) Pondicherry Park (Loon Echo Land Trust) $2000 Land Acquisition Lake George Corp. $2000 Park equipment upgrades Sheepscot Valley Conservation Assoc. $2000 Land Acquisition and trail development Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program $2000 Statewide water quality training center St. Joseph’s College $2000 Phytoplankton database Ferry Beach Ecology School $1000 Env. Literacy for Maine schools project Lakes Environmental Assoc. (Field Program) $2000 Env. Literacy for Maine schools project Subtotal: $23,000 2007 September New England Forestry Foundation $7500 Conservation easement - purchase Northeast Wilderness Trust $5000 Howland Forest acquisition Bangor Land Trust $1500 Trail development Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust $2500 Land Acquisition – Crystal Spring North Subtotal: $16,500 2007 Total: $39,500 ____________________________________________________________________________ 2008 March Downeast Salmon Federation $10,000 Land Acquisition Stanton Bird Club $3,500 Land Acquisition Subtotal: $13,500 2008 September Francis Small Heritage Trust $7,000 Land Acquisition Royal River Conservation Trust $4,000 Farmland Easement Acquisition Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program $1,000 Water quality monitoring training Subtotal: $12,000 2008 Total $25,500 ______________________________________________________________________________ 2009 March Sheepscot Wellspring Land Alliance $8,000 Land Acquisition Woodie Wheaton Land Trust $3,000 Land Acquisition Androscoggin Land Trust $3,000 Land Acquisition Friends of Unity Wetlands $1,000 Easement Acquisition Subtotal: $15,000 2009 September Maine Rivers $2,040 Water quality testing Avian Haven $3,300 Owl habitat Island Heritage Trust $2,500 Land Acquisition Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance $3,000 Land Acquisition Georges River Land Trust $4,000 Land Acquisition Sheepscot Wellspring Land Alliance $10,000 Land Acquisition (matching grant) Subtotal: $24,840 2009 Total $39,840 ______________________________________________________________________________ 2010 March No grants were made during this period Subtotal: $0 ______________________________________________________________________________ 2010 September Three Rivers Land Trust $7000 Land Acquisition (matching grant) pending match Ferry Beach $2000 Environmental Education program for local schools Reeds Brook Middle School $2000 Environmental Education program support Subtotal: $11,000 2010 Total $11,000 ______________________________________________________________________________ 2011 March St. Joseph’s College $2000 Maine Milfoil Initiative Down East Coastal Conservancy $2000 GIS Internship Project Down East Lakes $2500 Conservation Easement support Big Mushquash Woodie Wheaton $5000 Green Island stewardship fund Sebasticook Regional LT $2500 Land acquisition - Junction Preserve Subtotal: $14,000 2011 September Three Rivers Land Trust $7000 Land Acquisition (matching grant June 2011) Great Works Land Trust $2,500 Land Acquisition – Granite State Property Androscoggin Land Trust $7,500 Land Acquisition – Verso Paper land Trekkers $1,000 Experiential learning scholarship Subtotal: $18,000 2011 Total $32,000 ______________________________________________________________________________ 2012 March Downeast Coastal Conservancy $8,000 Land Acquisition Forest Society of Maine $4,000 Conservation Easement Friends of the Cobbessee Watershed $1,000 Environmental Education Program Biodiversity Research Institute $2,000 Conservation Research Subtotal: $15,000 2012 September Friends of Merrymeeting Bay $1,500 Conservation Research Avian Haven $4,300 Conservation Remediation Subtotal: $5,800 2012 Total $20,800 ______________________________________________________________________________ 2013 March Coastal Mountains Land Trust $7,000 Land Acquisition Somerset Woods Trustees $3,000 Land Acquisition Trust for Public Land $7,000 Land Acquisition Georges River Land Trust $2,000 Trail remediation Friends of Blue Hill Bay $4,000 Research – baseline documentation of acidification Friends of Casco Bay $2,500 Clam flat acidification monitoring Ferry Beach Ecology School $2,500 Environmental curriculum development Friends of Maine’s Seabird Islands $2,000 Environmental Education displays TOTAL $30,000 _____________________________________________________________________________ 2014 April Friends of Merrymeeting Bay $2,700 Water quality testing Harpswell Heritage Land Trust $10,000 Land Acquisition Maine Rivers $2,900 Water quality testing Natural Resource Council of Maine $2,500 Environmental Education Sheepscot Wellspring Land Alliance $10,000 Land Acquisition Trust for Public Land $5,000 Land Acquisition York Soil and Water Conservation District $2,500 Invasive Aquatic Species project TOTAL $35,600 _______________________________________________________________________________________ 2015 May Appalachian Mountain Club $3,500 Land Acquisition Boothbay Regional Land Trust $4,000 Water Quality Monitoring Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research and Education $7,500 Environmental Education Friends of Baxter State Park $4,000 Plant inventory and field guide Mahoosuc Land Trust $10,000 Land Acquisition Sheepscot Wellspring Land Alliance $5,000 Land Acquisition Thompson Lake Environmental Association $2,000 Water Testing and Environmental Education Trust for Public Land $5,000 Land Acquisition TOTAL $41,000 _______________________________________________________________________________________ 2016 May Avian Haven $5,000 Aquatic Bird facility Bangor Area Stormwater Group $4,000 Water Quality remediation Boothbay Regional Land Trust $6,530 Water Quality Monitoring Coastal Mountains Land Trust $15,000 Land Acquisition Georges River Land Trust $10,000 Land Acquisition St. Joseph’s College $6,160 Environmental Education TOTAL $46,690 ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2017 May Forest Society of Maine $5,000 Easement Support Friends of Baxter State Park $3,500 Baxter Youth Conservation Corp Kennebec Estuary Land Trust $1,200 Water Quality Monitoring Medomak Valley Land Trust $2,500 Land Acquisition Midcoast Conservancy $14,000 Land Acquisition Sanford Springvale Mousam Way Land Trust $8,000 Land Acquisition York Land Trust $4,000 Land Acquisition TOTAL $38,200 ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2018 May 30 Mile River Watershed Association $6,000 Water Quality Monitoring AgAllies $8,000 Grassland bird habitat rehabilitation Bigelow Lab $3,500 Environmental Education BLOOM project Brunswick Topsham Land Trust/ MCHT $5,000 Land Acquisition Center for Wildlife $2,000 Environmental Education Downeast Instititute for Applied Marine Research $5,000 Environmental Education / Research Frenchman Bay Conservancy $5,000 Land Acquisition Kennebunk Conservation Trust/Arundel $5,000 Conservation Trust Land Acquisition Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust $6,000 Land Acquisition Phippsburg Land Trust $1,500 Water Quality testing Trust for Public Land $6,000 Land Acquisition TOTAL $53,000 ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2019 May 30 Mile River Watershed Association $3,000 Water quality testing Androscoggin River Watershed Council $2,500 Water quality testing Blue Hill Heritage Trust $5,000 Property appraisal and review for acquisition Center for Wildlife $2,500 Environmental Education Coastal Mountains Land Trust $5,000 Land acquisition College of the Atlantic $4,000 Environmental education Coyote Center for Carnivore Ecology and Co-existence $1,000 Environmental Education Downeast Salmon Federation $7,500 Land acquisition Eastern Trail Alliance $2,500 Public access trail development Friends of Wilson Lake $3,000 Water quality testing Georges River Land Trust $3,000 Land easement stewardship Gulf of Maine Research Institute $3,000 Environmental research - mussels Mahoosuc Pathways $5,000 Land acquisition MidCoast Conservancy $7,500 Land acquisition Nibezun (Wabanaki Cultural Preservation Coalition) $2,500 Environmental education & public access Saint Joseph’s College $6,000 Environmental research - green crabs Thompson Lake Environmental Association $1,000 Water quality testing Unity College $7,500 Environmental research - wood turtle TOTAL $71,500 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2020 May 30 Mile River Watershed Association $3,000 Water quality testing AgAllies (Somerset County Soil & Water) $4,500 Grassland bird habitat rehabilitation China Region Lakes Alliance $3,500 Water Quality - Lakesmart Program Downeast Salmon Federation $5,000 Land Acquisition Friends of Baxter State Park $4,000 Baxter Youth Conservation Corp Greater Lovell Land Trust $7,000 Land Acquisition Gulf of Maine Research Institute $5,000 Environmental research - mussels Kennebec Estuary Land Trust $5,000 Citizen Science research projects Laudholm Trust $4,000 Environmental research - microplastic / lobsters Maine Audubon $4,000 Environmental Education - Loon Project Maine Natural History Observatory $5,000 Environmental Research - Nightjar New England Mineral Association $2,500 Environmental Education MidCoast Conservancy $7,500 Land Acquisition Nibezun $3,000 Environmental Education - herbal plant trail Trust for Public Land $5,000 Land Acquisition Woodie Wheaton Land Trust $5,000 Land Acquisition TOTAL $73,000 ______________________________________________________________________________ June 2021 Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation. $5,000 Environmental Research - Inventory and Monitoring Cobscook Institute $6,500 Water quality testing Forest Society of Maine $7,500 Land Acquisition Friends of Baxter State Park $4,000 Baxter Youth Conservation Corp Greater Lovell Land Trust $5,000 Land Acquisition Maine Council of the Atlantic Salmon Federation $3,500 Environmental Education Maine Master Naturalist Program $3,000 Environmental Education Maine Rivers $4,750 Environmental Research - Dam Assessment Maine TREE $3,000 Environmental Research Marine Mammals of Maine $7,750 Wildlife Rehabilitation Nature Links Maine $1,000 Environmental Education Northeast Wilderness Trust $5,000 Land Acquisition Saco Valley Land Trust $5,000 Land Acquisition Southern Maine Conservation Collaborative $2,500 Environmental Research Three Rivers Land Trust $7,500 Land Acquisition TOTAL $71,000 ______________________________________________________________________________ June 2022 Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation $6,000 Natural Resource Inventory and Monitoring Androscoggin Land Trust $8,000 Land Acquisition Appalachian Mountain Club $3,000 Environmental Education Atlantic Salmon Federation $2,000 Environmental Education Blue Hill Heritage Trust $7,500 Land Acquisition Brunswick Topsham Land Trust $8,000 Land Acquisition Coastal Mountains Land Trust $5,000 Land Acquisition Cobscook Institute $6,000 Environmental Education Friends of Baxter State Park $5,000 Environmental Education & Trail Development Kittery Land Trust $3,500 Water Quality Monitoring Lake Stewards of Maine $2,600 Water Quality Testing Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust $5,000 Land Acquisition Maine Audubon $2,500 Wildlife Habitat Rehabilitation Maine Coast Heritage Trust $5,000 Land Acquistion Midcoast Conservancy $10,000 Land Acquisition Saint Joseph's College $5,460 Water Quality Testing Wells Reserve $2,500 Wildlife Research White Pine Program $2,500 Environmental Education Wild Seed Project $2,500 Landscape Rehabilitation Women for Healthy Rural Living $2,500 Environmental Education Leadership Total $94,560. |