List of GIEF grants in 2019
The list below will give you some examples of the kinds of projects we fund. Please feel free to get in touch with GIEF (grants@giefme.org) if you would like to discuss an idea before you apply.
Grants to Teachers
| Field trip to the UNE Brain Fair in Gorham | $510 |
| Field trip to Engineering Expo at the University of Maine | $214 |
| For a Storytelling with Pictures (purchase of digital cameras for 2nd graders to use to take photos as a way to tell a story | $1175 |
| Boat Safety, and Merrymeeting Bay | $300 |
| Art teacher grant- scrapbook club | $1000 |
Grants to Students
| 4-6th graders(brothers)-building a treehouse | $600 |
| 4-6th grader- for Camp North Woods | $300 |
| 4-6th grader for piano lessons | $300 |
| 4-6th grader for guitar lessons | $300 |
| 4-6th grader for USM Music Camp | $500 |
| 3rd grader for The Monarch Hatchery (development of monarch habitats in Georgetown and writing a book on monarchs) | $300 |
| 3rd grader for a scrapbooking project | $214 |
Grants to the Community
| Artist Studio Program | $500 |
| Freedom Tour | $350 to any student who applies |
| Re-grant to the Georgetown Working League Scholarship Fund | $1000 |
| Midcoast Community Alliance for its Set for Success program | $10/student |
| Carlos Barrionuevo for Heifitz on Tour | $1000 |
| Adult Led Grant- KELT educational staff member, for outdoor classroom program on vernal pools and clam flats for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades (included the purchase of 20 copies of The Secret Pool) | $990 |
| GCS-1-week workshop with Michael Wingfield, Artist-in-Residence, on rhythm and song of the African New World | $2500 |