2026 Goals
Maine Cancer Foundation (MCF) is committed to reducing the impact of cancer in all of Maine’s 16 counties. Our grantmaking focuses on the following:
• Access to Care: Everyone deserves access to the best possible care, regardless of their income level or where they live. MCF supports efforts to ensure the availability of the best treatments for all Mainers. With financial distress only increasing for cancer patients, MCF also funds programs addressing food insecurity, mortgage/rental assistance, household expenses, medical expenses, transportation, and other important basic needs.
• Prevention: The best way to beat cancer is to prevent it from occurring. MCF supports statewide prevention efforts, focusing on preventative care, healthy lifestyles, and reducing tobacco use.
• Early Detection: Finding cancer early, when it is most treatable and beatable, saves lives. MCF supports programs that improve and increase early detection and screening efforts.
In addition, MCF serves as the backbone organization for Maine’s Impact Cancer Network (MICN). This 500-member effort is dedicated to reducing cancer’s impact on individuals and communities in Maine through collaboration and systems improvement.
A critical leader in the state with a bird’s eye view of the cancer landscape locally and nationally, MCF recognizes that only through strong partnerships can true success be achieved.
FUNDRAISING/EVENTS Opportunities
Every dollar raised by our events goes directly to Maine communities.
• Sugarloaf Charity Summit Weekend, Jan. 23-25, 2026, Carrabassett Valley, ME – Join Sugarloafers for the Widowmaker Welcome Party, Charity Challenge fundraiser, Charity Gala and Live Auction.
• Mary’s Walk, March 29, 2026, Saco, ME – A family-friendly welcome to spring that fights cancer with every step the community takes together.
• Tri for a Cure, July 12, 2026, South Portland, ME – Celebrating strength, community, and hope, this all-women triathlon is Maine’s largest one-day fundraiser!
FUNDRAISING/EVENTS
• Sponsor MCF events and showcase your business’ commitment, community engagement, and passion to fight cancer.
• Host your own Community Fundraiser. We welcome creative fundraising efforts from across the state. Maybe a flotilla concert on the water, collecting cans and bottles, student snow cone sales at a school, a sporting event, you choose!
• Register to participate in our events.
• Donate in honor or in memory of a loved one, make a gift of stock, or support a participant in one of our events.
• Establish your legacy with a planned gift.
Volunteer Opportunities
• Event volunteers are critical to our success. Watch for online sign up for all of our events. It takes over 500 volunteers for Tri for a Cure alone.
• Maine’s Impact Cancer Network (MICN) is comprised of members from nonprofit organizations, the business community, those with lived experience with cancer, and government representatives and organizations. Visit JoinMICN.org today!