Behind the Scenes

Cooking for Community was a collective impact initiative involving multiple partners across different sectors - restaurants, farms, social service agencies, local government, foundations, businesses, coalition groups, volunteers and donors - who together provided a solution to a multifaceted need that, during this unprecedented time, no single one had the capacity to deliver alone.

Our amazing Donors, a collective of Individuals, Foundations, and Businesses, were our most important contributors. Gifts ranged in size from under $10 to over $50,000, and EVERY GIFT MATTERED. Donors made our work possible and ensured there was a place at the table for everyone.

Donors

FOUNDATIONS

$50,000 and over

  • Hannaford

  • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation

  • The Falcon Fund Foundation

$25,000 and over

  • Anonymous

  • The John T. Gorman Foundation

$10,000 and over

  • Bank of America Charitable Foundation

  • Davis Love III Foundation

  • Elmina B. Sewall Foundation

  • KeyBank Assists

  • United Way of Greater Portland

  • The Morse Hill Trust

$5,000 and over

  • Camden Rotary Foundation

  • Freygish Foundation

  • Horizon Foundation

  • Maine Community Foundation

  • TD Charitable Foundation

$1,000 and over

  • Anne and Jack Spiegel Fund

  • Hawn Family Fund - Minneapolis Foundation

  • Heron Foundation

  • Kirby Family Foundation

  • Kochav Katan Philanthropic Fund

  • Maine Credit Union Campaign for Ending Hunger

  • The Larsen and Jennings Charitable Fund

  • Todd Family Fund

  • Wellin Family Fund

  • Vanguard Charitable

  • York Rotary Charitable Foundation

BUSINESSES and ORGANIZATIONS

  • Adorn Craft and Design

  • Androscoggin Bank

  • Atlantic Sportswear/ Maine Unites

  • Back Bay Brides

  • Bank of America

  • Belleville

  • Bennett Radio Group, Alex Lally & Stan Bennett

  • Berman & Simmons

  • Brann & Isaacson

  • Chocolats Passion

  • Colby Co. Engineering

  • Curry Printing

  • Drummond Woodsum

  • Evergreen Credit Union

  • Friends of Sally Lincoln

  • Foreside Community Church

  • Hardy, Wolf & Downing

  • The HoamPule Football Pool

  • Joey & Spencer’s

  • Landry Consulting

  • Leeds Community Church

  • Legacy Properties & Sotheby's International Properties Limited

  • Lincoln & Maine

  • Maine Bicentennial Community Cookbook

  • Maine Masonic Charitable Foundation

  • Maine Spirits

  • The Mahjongg Mavens

  • Malone Commercial Brokers

  • Mechanics Bank

  • Old Port Spirits and Cigars

  • Old Port Wine Merchants LLC

  • Patriot Subaru

  • Pierce Atwood

  • Portland Bach Experience

  • Portland Buy Local

  • Portland Radio Group and Danny Martignetti

  • Print: A Bookstore

  • Random Acts of Kindness

  • Rising Tide Brewing Company

  • Rose Foods

  • RSVP Discount Beverage

  • Shinebolt

  • State 23 Media & Maine Magazine

  • Tanja Hollander, Artist

  • Unitil

  • Walmart

  • Yarmouth Chiropractic

  • Yelp Maine

Audio/Visual Production

  • E.C. Gregg

  • Theron Powell

  • Jeffrey Griecci

  • Mariah Bergeron

  • Gregoire Pearce

  • Jocelyn Leighton

  • Tadin Brown

  • Grace Brown

  • Aaron Flacke

INDIVIDUALS

Gifts range from $5 to $50,000 and all amounts matter equally

  • Anonymous x 59

  • Holly Abell

  • Lauren Adey

  • Beth Ahearn

  • Peggy Akers

  • Maria Alcalde

  • Magda Alden

  • Molly Aldrich

  • Justin Alfond

  • Cheryl and Allan Alterman

  • Charleton and Eleanor Ames

  • Ann Anderson

  • Paige Anderson

  • Isabel Andrews

  • Suzy Andrews

  • Joe Appel

  • Tom and Linda Archambault

  • Rameen Armajani

  • Helen Armide

  • Joy Ash

  • Barbara Asnes

  • Abby Austin

  • Amy Austin

  • Ricki Schechter Avant

  • Greta Averbach

  • Patty Axelsen

  • Louise Backer

  • Margaret and Douglas Baird

  • Thomas Bander

  • Celeste and Mark Baranyi

  • Susan Barker

  • Frank Barley

  • Betsy Barrett

  • Monique Barrett

  • Eric Barthold

  • Deirdre Barton

  • Kerri Barton

  • Dustin Batley

  • Michael Baumann and Linda Schwindt

  • Alex Beal

  • Eileen Beasley

  • Patty Beattle

  • Lisa Beck

  • Amy Beers

  • Jane Begert

  • Lisa and Don Belanger

  • Christine Bennett

  • Spencer Bennett

  • Nathan Bergeron

  • Claire Berkowitz

  • Ben Bernard

  • Marilyn Berry

  • Julie Biggers

  • Maria Bills

  • Donna Bird

  • Cindy Bishop

  • Catherine Bloom

  • Peter Bloom

  • Joseph Bohan

  • Zara Bohan

  • Cheri Bonawitz

  • Victoria & Erno Bonebakker

  • Forrest and Pamela Bonney

  • Martha Booth

  • Dirk Bowles

  • Petra Bowman

  • Peter Bowman

  • Emily Brackett

  • Craig Bramley

  • Elizabeth and Chip Brewer

  • Elizabeth Brewington

  • Shari Broder

  • Brian Brooks

  • Theresa Brower

  • Barbara Brown

  • Gaye Brown

  • Emily Bruce

  • Daniel and Dale Bryant

  • Sissy and Sandy Buck

  • Brenda Buchanan

  • Barbara Burgess

  • Natalie Burns

  • Malcolm Burson

  • Gail Butson

  • Susan Cabot

  • Robert Caldwell

  • Marcia Campbell

  • Sarah Campbell

  • Kimberlee Capelle

  • Ivan Cardona and Erica Schair-Cardona

  • Gregg Carine

  • Julie Carlin-Sasaki

  • Heather Carlisle

  • Joan Carrigan

  • Steven Carroll

  • Priscilla (Lalla) Carrothers

  • Laura Carlson

  • Carol Carter

  • Katheryn Casale

  • Allison Casey

  • Rebecca Chagrasulis

  • Stanley and Emily Chaleff

  • Matt Chappell

  • Mandy Chardoul

  • Barbara Chenowth

  • Kate Stoodley Chittim

  • Vermillon Christopher

  • Diane Churchill

  • Robert Cianchette

  • Pamela Clarke

  • Jennifer Civiello

  • Gail Clark

  • Catherine Clay

  • Susan Clement

  • Catherine Cloudman and Ralph Good

  • Patrick Chandler

  • Anna Cloutier

  • Charles Coes

  • Diane and Charles Coit

  • Dorian Cole

  • Linda & John Coleman

  • Martha Coleman

  • Sandra Comstock

  • Whitney Condit

  • Susan Conley

  • Catherine Connolly

  • Eric Conrad

  • Steven Constantino

  • Richard Cook

  • Carly Cope and Ben Alexander

  • Kay Corbin

  • Kelly Corbin

  • Jenna, Howard & Andrew Cotter

  • Lisa Cotter

  • Paul Cousins

  • Susan H Crimmins

  • Joanna Crispe

  • Anita Crofts

  • Michael Crosby

  • Allison Crosscup

  • Catherine Crute

  • Dick Curry

  • Eliot and Melanie Cutler

  • Sarah Daignault

  • Clare Dalton

  • Lynn-Eve Davis

  • Katherine Day

  • Zachary Dayno

  • Charles J de Sieyes

  • June Delano

  • Blair and Jeff Demers

  • Glenda Demers

  • Linda Demers

  • Bill and Marie Demicco

  • Catherine Dempsey

  • Steff Deschenes

  • Beth De Tine

  • Yvonne Devine

  • Meadow Dibble

  • Pete Didisheim

  • Mark Dorsett

  • Deborah Downs

  • Michelle Doyle

  • Suzanne DuBois

  • Juliana Dubovsky

  • Molly Dugas

  • Kelsey Dulac

  • Joanna Dumont

  • Christopher Dunn

  • Meggan Dwyer

  • Brittany Earley

  • Jake Edwards

  • Jon Edwards

  • Brian Eng and Renee Bourgeois

  • Elizabeth Eng

  • Jill Epstein

  • Kelley Erickson

  • Alicia Fagan

  • Fred Farber

  • Cristy and Coleen Farkler

  • Laura Faure

  • Fiona Fein

  • Betts FitzGerald

  • Mary Floyd

  • Louise Fontaine

  • Ann Foster

  • Anestes Fotiades

  • Debra Fox (in honor of Jake Edwards)

  • Nancy Fox

  • Elise Foxall

  • Karen Foxwell

  • Susan Fraser

  • Skeek Frazee

  • Virginia French

  • Dorothea Frey

  • Christopher Fuller

  • Dominique Gabel

  • Katie Gagne

  • David Gallagher

  • Claire Gamache

  • Gina Garey

  • Susan Garfield

  • Kate Garrett

  • Karen Geraghty

  • Leslie Gibbons

  • Shelly Gibson

  • Mary Giknis

  • Rebecca Gilbert

  • Traci and Scott Giles

  • Thomas Gioa

  • Amanda Giroux

  • Jane Glass

  • Mary-Frances Gleason

  • Eleanor Goldberg

  • Jessica Gonzalez-Bricker

  • Mark Googins

  • Elizabeth Gosselin

  • James Gotz

  • Yvonne Graffam

  • Patti Gramse

  • Rhonda Green

  • Carine Gregg

  • Layne Gregory

  • Marie Gresik

  • Kate Griffin

  • Louise Griffin

  • Kirsten Griffith

  • Margaret Groban

  • Kaite Haaland

  • Sarah and Bryce Hach

  • Stephanie Haines

  • Liane Hamann

  • Suzanne Hamilton

  • Peter Hamm

  • Mark Hampton

  • Kristin Hanczar

  • York-Chi Harder

  • Alexandra Harney

  • Brad Harnois

  • Allison Harper

  • RJ Harper

  • Emily Harradon

  • Gray Harris

  • Margaret Harrison

  • Joan Hatch

  • Truth Hawk

  • Alison Hawkes

  • Pamela Hawkes

  • Karli Hayden

  • Christy Heckler

  • Meagan Hennessey

  • Lynne Herman

  • Jennifer Higgins

  • Marianne Hill

  • Matthew Hodal

  • Matthew Hogan

  • Randi Hogan

  • Tanja Hollander

  • Claire Holman

  • Jennifer Holsinger

  • Nina Hope

  • David Houde

  • Katie Howard

  • Monica Howard

  • Susan Howe

  • Holland Howell

  • Patty and Eddie Howells

  • Dinah Hubley

  • Melinda Hull

  • Lynne Hunter

  • Susan Inches

  • Anne Jackson

  • David and Kat Jackson

  • Paula Jalbert

  • John Jennings

  • Maureen Jennings

  • Emily Johansen

  • Norma Johnsen

  • Eric Johnson

  • Terry Judkins

  • Anne Just

  • Jeffrey Kane

  • Robert Kaplus

  • Bill Karl

  • Candace Karu

  • Janice Kavanagh

  • Alisan Kavookjian

  • Amy Kayne

  • Debora Keller

  • Tracy Keller

  • Regina Kelly

  • Sophie Kelmenson

  • Robert Kempner

  • Paul Kendrick

  • Melanie Kent

  • Lisen and Jason Kern

  • Matt and Carmensol Kesselhaut

  • Issac Kestenbaum

  • Diane Kidder

  • Jamie and Beth Kilbreth

  • Kwangrog Kim

  • Angus King

  • Diane King

  • Lily King and Tyler Clements

  • Penelope Kinney

  • John Kipp

  • Jessica Kirby

  • Jen and John Kirkham

  • Elizabeth Kitchen

  • Kristina Knight

  • Amy Koo

  • Stacey Kors

  • Karen Kovich

  • Rob Krauser

  • Tyler Kuhn

  • Anne and Geoff Lafond

  • Laurel Lake

  • Megan Lam

  • Leigh LaMartina

  • Jaimee Lambert

  • Barbara Lamont

  • Joanne Lamothe

  • Ann Lamport Hammitte

  • Barbara Lamson

  • Alison Landes

  • Amanda Langley

  • Pamela Lanz

  • Jon Larson

  • Bridget and Dan Laskey

  • Roberta and Matthew Lavey

  • Mark and Lyndell Lavigne

  • Kate Law

  • Catherine Lebel

  • Martha Leggat

  • Alan Lehotsky

  • Jean and Alison Leonard

  • Sarah Levesque

  • Miriam Levy

  • Harrison Lewin

  • Robin Lincoln

  • Samantha Lindgren

  • Cameron Linen

  • Christopher and Robin Linen

  • Jonathan and Leila Linen 

  • Linda Linnell

  • Gregg Lipton and Sara Crisp

  • Laurianne Listo

  • Julie Littell

  • Vicki Littell

  • Katie Littlefield

  • Sandra and Brian Livingston

  • Susan Livingston

  • Amber Lofthouse

  • Rachel Lomas

  • Judith Long

  • Seth and Anne Low

  • Candy and David Low Sr.

  • Ellie Linen Low and Dave Low

  • Howard Lowell

  • Ronald Lucas

  • Tom and Alicia Luna

  • Eric Lund

  • Lynn and Mike Lynch

  • Kristina MacCormick

  • Kevin MacDowell

  • Jan Macleod

  • Dottie Macomber

  • Nathan Madeira

  • Jeffrey and Sally Madore

  • James and Elizabeth Maier

  • Ian Malin

  • Gigi Mall

  • Kate Mann

  • Berry Manter

  • David Marchese

  • Nancy Savage Marcus

  • Lisa Marin

  • Paul Marks (in Honor of Zoe Gallate and Anna Maheu)

  • Joseph Marro

  • Chelsea Marshall

  • Christopher Marshall

  • Carrie Martin

  • Laurel Martin

  • Elizabeth & Encoh Mason

  • Zac and Amy McBee

  • Martha Brace McEvoy

  • Judith McFaul

  • Amy McGann

  • Kelly McGinty

  • Susan and Frank McGinty

  • Elizabeth McGrady

  • Molly McGuire and Joe Malone

  • Erin McNeill

  • Sarah Meads

  • Justin Mecham

  • Ellie Mercer

  • Ann Merrill

  • Irene and Grier Merwin

  • Liza and Anthony Meyer

  • Molly Meyer

  • Elizabeth Miller

  • Carol Miller

  • Heather Miller

  • Nathan Miller

  • Margaret Mills

  • Jocelyn S Mitchell

  • Melinda Molin

  • Nancy Montgomery

  • Kimberly Monaghan

  • Missi Monahan

  • Jessica Montanez

  • Bonnie Moran

  • Patricia Moran

  • Laura Morcom

  • M Jane Moriarty

  • Melinda Mullin

  • Elizabeth Murphy

  • Robert Murray

  • Susan Myers

  • Kelsey and Prescott Nadeau

  • Diane and Steve Neal

  • Megan Nelson

  • Arthur Nichols

  • Caroline and Paul Nickerson

  • Jay Norris & Doug Fillmore

  • John Norris

  • Karen and Rich O'Connor

  • Karine Odlin

  • Sheri Olstein

  • Melissa O’Neal

  • Fritz and Susan Onion

  • Constance Ortolani

  • Leslie Oster

  • Michelle Packhem

  • Lisa Paparella

  • Anna and Kit Paschal

  • Toni L Passerman

  • Sarah Park

  • Jessica and Jonathan Parker-Stafford

  • Carlton Parsons

  • Valerie Paul

  • Michelle Pelkey

  • Brenda Peluso

  • Carrie Penrose

  • Karen Perry

  • Bernadette Pesce

  • Jeff Peterson

  • Christina Petra

  • Julie Butcher Pezzino

  • Charlotte Phillips

  • Jack and Jane Phillips

  • Lydia Pillsbury

  • Melissa Pimentel

  • Michael Pistrang

  • Dana Plagenhoef

  • Barbara Thacher Plimpton

  • Sarah Plimpton & Parke Burmeister

  • Laena Pomeroy

  • Wendy Poole and Chris Price

  • Crowley Pooler Family Charitable Fund

  • Elizabeth Pope

  • Jackie Potter & Bill Black

  • Matthew Powell

  • Gail Presley

  • Jennifer Quigley

  • Hannah Quimby

  • Erica Rafford Noyes

  • Elizabeth Reardon

  • Allison Rector

  • Skyler and Hugh Redford

  • John Reese

  • Addy Reiman

  • Theodore and Linda Renna

  • Marlies Reppenhagen

  • Kathleen Reyering & Larry Giddings

  • Gabrielle Ricaux

  • Karen Rich

  • Adelyn Richter

  • Jennifer Ridley

  • James and Michelle Rines

  • Gail Ringel

  • Robert Rippe

  • Ann and Pete Robbins

  • Katherine Roberts

  • Susan Rogers

  • Jillian Roland

  • Wilfrid Rollman

  • Jonathan Roscoe

  • Julie Rosenthal

  • Dan Ross

  • Oliver and Hugo Ross

  • Robert Rossi

  • Kathryn Rotroff

  • Jennifer Rottmann

  • Dave Rowland

  • Constance Russell

  • Ellen Sanborn

  • Michael Sanborn

  • Arline Saturdayborn

  • Sharon Scannell

  • Emily Scarpa

  • Karl Schatz

  • Cory & Robyn Schnaible

  • Elizabeth Schoch

  • Amy Woodhouse Schrag

  • Sarah and Thomas Scola

  • Barbara and Scott Seaver

  • Lisa Beck Seider

  • Ellen Seidman

  • Hilary Schaffner

  • Mary Schenker

  • Bruce Schermerhorn

  • George Shaler

  • Juliet and Steve Shane

  • Miriam Shark

  • Jean Shaw

  • Jere Shaw

  • Pamela Shaw

  • Sybil Shiland

  • Kelley Shimansky

  • Sarah J Sherbrooke & Peter A Thacher

  • Lora Shreve

  • Deborah and Jason Silberstein

  • Kelsey Silfvenius

  • Kent Simmons

  • Kimberly Simmons and Craig Bramley

  • Andrew Sinauer

  • Shannon Sirois

  • Linda Skinner

  • Robert Slater

  • Paula Slayton

  • Jane Sloven

  • Angela Smith

  • Gordon Smith

  • Kathleen Smith

  • Mary Smith

  • Polly Smith

  • Bethany Snow

  • Sue Snow

  • Tammie Snow

  • Joanna Sobolewska

  • Esley Sonnikson

  • Christine Spanger

  • Alice and Dick Spencer

  • Kenneth Spirer and Joan Leitzer

  • Corwin St. Pierre

  • Heather Peavey

  • Carol St. Pierre

  • Jean St. Pierre

  • Tracy St. Pierre

  • Stasia Salvucci

  • Aurelia Scott

  • Elizabeth Stanley

  • Kate Stanton

  • David Stein

  • Mike Stern

  • Lia Steuerwalt

  • Raquel Stevens

  • Colles Stowell

  • Jaime Stowell

  • Carol Strecker

  • Karen Sudbay

  • Nancy Sun

  • Ragnar Sundstrom

  • Karen Suprenant

  • Michael Swords

  • Jean Tansey

  • Charles and Anne Target

  • Caroline Teschke

  • Catherine and Stanley Tetenman

  • Hugh Thacher

  • Lori Thayer

  • Thomas Tipton

  • Betsy and Rob Tod

  • Amy Tolk and Christopher Blaisdell

  • Carla Tracy

  • Amy Trapp

  • Marjorie Traub

  • Laura Tseng and Trey Katzenbach

  • Robin and David Turnbull

  • Leslie Tuttle

  • Linda Tuxen

  • Cricket and Ben Twining

  • Christopher Uzzi

  • Kristin and Warren Valdmanis

  • Richard and Kelly Valdmanis

  • Robert Valdmanis

  • Desi Van Til & Sean Mewshaw

  • Justin Velgos

  • Mary Velgos

  • Anne Wade and Gil Hagan

  • Geoff and Alice Wagg

  • Liz and Robert Wagner

  • Philip Walsh

  • Garold Wark

  • Lee and Hans Warner

  • Stuart Watson

  • Karen Watterson

  • Greg Wehn

  • Danny Weilandt

  • Tracy Weinrich

  • Elizabeth Weintz Cerf

  • Anna Welch

  • Michael and Mary Welch

  • Tricia Welsch

  • Peter Wellin

  • Abigail Wentworth

  • Erin Wetherell

  • Joel White

  • Jean Wiecha

  • Catherine Wiersema

  • K. Lynn Wildnauer

  • Jim Wiley

  • Jan Wilkinson

  • K Williams

  • Susan and Doug Williams

  • Brent Wilson

  • Karin Wilson

  • Alexis & Laurence Wintersteen

  • Carol and Joe Wishcamper

  • Bruce Wood (In Memory of Geoff and Betsy Gattis)

  • Amy Woodhouse

  • Deborah Wray

  • Shannon Wright

  • Hannah Wurgaft

  • Kathryn A Yates

  • Thea Youngs

  • Kathryn Yung

  • Emily Zarookian

  • Jane Zimmy