The Maine Health Access Foundation is the state’s largest private nonprofit health care foundation dedicated to promoting access to quality health care and improving health.
Many of our current programs focus on building the capacity of community-led organizations to create health outcomes that are more equitable for every person in Maine. Past and current grantees have helped to improve systems to address critical health needs, coverage, and access to quality care.
Funding Opportunities & More
The 2026 Community Responsive Grants Program is Now Open!
Applicants may apply for either a one-year planning grant up to $30,000 or an implementation grant for one or two-years up to $50,000 per year.
Health inequities result when some groups are favored with extra resources or advantages and other groups run into barriers that result in them getting less than they need. This might have happened in the past, or may be happening now. We can move toward health equity first by identifying those barriers that some groups run into in our health systems and services, and second by working to remove them. This work can lead to health systems that are fair and just for everyone.
The Community Responsive Grants (CRG) program is based on the idea that those closest to a problem often have the best ideas about potential barriers and solutions. The purpose of this program is to use those community-led solutions to respond to community needs. These may be to address emerging opportunities, or to test new, or creative ideas. They may also be solutions that are based on the community’s experience and what it sees as the best ways to overcome the barriers to health equity it experiences.
MeHAF Announces Grantees for our 2026 Systems Improvement and Innovations Responsive Grants Program
MeHAF is pleased to announce $648,100 in funding for the 2026 Systems Improvement and Innovation Responsive Grants (SIIRG) program. CommonSpace, Healthy Peninsula, Maine State Breastfeeding Coalition, and United Community Living Center will each receive planning grants; HealthReach Community Health Centers, Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence, Midcoast Youth Center, Swan’s Island Education Society, Volunteers of America Northern New England, and Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness will receive implementation grants.