Community Matters More winners

BANGOR — The Bangor Savings Foundation has announced the 2016 grant recipients in the Community Matters More program. The ninth annual grant program awards $100,000 to 68 Maine nonprofit organizations chosen by a public ballot voting process. Thousands of Mainers voted during February for 2,897 nonprofits located in every Maine county.

The top vote-getters, including write-ins, in eight regions of the state each receive a $5,000 grant. Forty other organizations listed on the ballot receive a $1,000 grant, and the 20 write-in candidates earning the most votes also win $1,000.

The 2016 Community Matters More $5,000 grant recipient in the Aroostook/Northern Penobscot/Piscataquis region is the Dover-Foxcroft Area Food Cupboard.

Receiving a $1,000 grant is Friends of Community Fitness in Guilford, the Greenville Junction Depot Friends and the Aliza Jean Family Cancer Foundation of Harmony.

“Each year it is wonderful to see the variety of nonprofit organizations that receive support during the Community Matters More program,” said Bangor Savings Bank President and CEO Bob Montgomery-Rice. “From small home-based entities to large organizations providing services to thousands, Maine has no shortage of nonprofits that play an essential role in their communities.”

Community Matters More s a partnership of the Bangor Savings Bank Foundation, WLBZ-2, WCSH-6, WGAN 560 Newsradio and Blueberry Broadcasting. In addition to the grant money, the 48 nonprofits included on the ballot received substantial exposure about their missions.