MaineCF scholarships recognize emerging college leaders

The Maine Community Foundation’s Chet Jordan Leadership Awards were given to eight college students totaling $25,000. The awards are given annually to emerging college leaders with the ability to turn a vision into reality and engage others to make lasting impacts on their community.

Scholarship recipients include: Hannah Boone, Patten: University of Maine at Machias; Lillian Bray, Woodland: University of Maine at Presque Isle; Casey Raymond, South Paris: University of Maine at Augusta; Lily Belanger, Pittston; Gabriel DosReis, Harrison; Jasper Makowski, Dover-Foxcroft; Emerson Morris, Charlotte: and Edgelynn Venuti, Robbinston: University of Maine.

Students who graduated from Maine high schools are eligible to apply for the Chet Jordan Leadership Awards. The scholarships support post-secondary study in a certificate, two-year, or four-year undergraduate program through the University of Maine System, Maine Community College System, Maine Maritime Academy, or Maine vocational and technical schools.  

The next deadline for the Chet Jordan Leadership Award is April 15, 2025. For more information about scholarship opportunities from MaineCF, visit www.mainecf.org/scholarships.   

Friends and family established the scholarship in 1995 to honor Chet Jordan, a Portland-based businessman who had a deep sense of civic responsibility for his community and home state of Maine.  

MaineCF has worked with donors and educators since 1983 to provide Maine students access to educational opportunities. MaineCF manages more than 700 scholarship funds. 

The Maine Community Foundation brings people and resources together to build a better Maine through strategic giving, community leadership, personalized service, local expertise and strong investments. To learn more about the foundation, visit www.mainecf.org.