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- Economic Opportunity - The Environment - Safety and Health - Social Justice & Peace - Education, Cultural Diversity, & the Arts Maine causes you care about

Workplace Giving MaineShare gives you an easy way to donate to over 40 statewide organizations working everyday to make Maine a better place to live. Through your payroll giving contribution , you support good health, environmental protection, safe communities, economic opportunity, human rights, animal welfare, peace, and much more for the State of Maine and its residents. Your year-round giving at work provides these groups with a steady flow of dollars to keep important programs going. Your yearly commitment to MainShare ensures long-term impact .

Long-Term Solutions MaineShare donors fund Member Groups working to address root cause issues and sustainable solutions to those issues. Member Groups advocate for policies, and deliver programming which - Increases Economic Opportunity ● Defends Social Justice and Peace ● Ensures Safety and Health ● Sustains Environmental Health, ● Implements and Stewards Education, ● Cultural Diversity and the Arts - For Maine, and all Maine residents.

Economic Opportunity

New Ventures Maine offers career, business, and financial education.

Community Financial Literacy teaches New Mainers financial skills for a better future.

Genesis Community Loan Fund provides funding and technical assistance to community initiatives

The Environment

Maine Farmland Trust supports farmers and protects farmland.

Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association of Maine. Workshops, apprenticeship programs, organic certification, agricultural advocacy.

Chewonki uses the outdoors to educate students on Maine ecology and natural history.

Safety and Health

Consumers for Affordable Health Care advocates for affordable health care.

Maine Labor Group on Health provides workplace training for health and safety

Environmental Health Strategy Center works to keep our homes and environment safe from toxins.

Education, Cultural Diversity, and the Arts

Mano en Mano (Hand-in-Hand) Blueberry Harvest School for Maine’s immigrant children.

Hardy Girls Health Women programs and service to empower girls & women

WERU is community driven radio & news

Social Justice and Peace

Maine Animal Coalition works to eliminate animal abuse and exploitation

Disability Rights Maine provides legal support for individuals with disabilities

ACLU Maine defends freedoms guaranteed in the U.S. Bill of Rights

Values As an organization, MaineShare values integrity/ethics/fairness/truth, compassion, justice, inclusiveness, commitment, community, stewardship, respect, diversity, and fostering tolerance . These values correspond to how we do our work everyday, and how our members do their work. 85% of all donations to MaineShare go to the member groups selected by the donor. MaineShare retains 15% to cover a portion of our administrative costs, including processing and fundraising fees. We aim to keep our overhead low. MaineShare respects the donor. All decisions about how to designate funds are made by the donor.

Donor Choice You Choose one or more member groups, or choose to distribute your donation equally among all groups. You choose how you want to give - As a payroll deduction ● As a one-time direct gift ● As a recurring credit card contribution ● All of your dollars stay in Maine to support organizations working for Maine people, Maine Communities, and the Maine environment.

- Economic Opportunity - The Environment - Safety and Health - Social Justice & Peace - Education, Cultural Diversity, & the Arts Maine causes you care about