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Updated: September 17, 2024

Maine Cancer Foundation distributes grants to 7 organizations

By Renee Cordes

Seven Maine organizations will share $316,000 grants from the Maine Cancer Foundation for cancer prevention efforts across the state.

Cancer remains a leading cause of death in Maine, affecting thousands of residents each year. However, there are numerous ways to reduce risk for the disease and prevent certain types of it, according to MCF.

Over the past decade, Maine Cancer Foundation has invested more than $5.2 million in prevention efforts, including the various evidence-based initiatives undertaken by the seven grant recipients. 

“Cancer continues to have a grip on our state, but luckily there are impactful ways to reduce our risk,” said Katelyn Michaud, Maine Cancer Foundation’s programming director.

The Falmouth-based nonprofit “is proud to work with partners statewide to stop cancer before it starts, so fewer of our Maine neighbors are faced with a cancer diagnosis,” she added.

Grant recipients and amounts

  • Healthy Androscoggin (Lewiston), Community Immunity: A Collaborative Effort to Raise HPV Vaccinations Rates in Androscoggin County, $50,000.
  • Defend Our Health (Portland), Primary Cancer Prevention via Well Testing and Mitigation, $49,996.
  • Jefferson Cary Foundation (Caribou), Detecting Radon in ME, $22,324.
  • Maine Indoor Air Quality Council (Augusta), Reducing the Risk of Lung Cancer from Exposure to Radon Gas Within a School Community, $50,000.
  • Maine Public Health Association (Augusta), Investing in Cancer-Free ME, $50,000.
  • MaineHealth Pen Bay Medical Center (Rockport), Pharmacist-Engaged Pilot to Increase Access to Tobacco Cessation Resources, $49,687.
  • Northern Light AR Gould Hospital (Presque Isle), Aroostook County Sun Safety Collaborative, $43,682.

Maine Cancer Foundation said it is on track to award over $2.6 million in grants to organizations across Maine this year. All funded programs support cancer prevention, early detection and improved health outcomes statewide. The nonprofit is led by Executive Director Ray Ruby, who was honored on the Mainebiz 40 Under 40 list in 2023.

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