$25,000 Gorman Grant Awarded to Cooking for Community

Cooking for Community is thrilled to announce that on May 27 the John T. Gorman Foundation awarded us a $25,000 grant to expand our important work.

“Cooking for Community offers an innovative strategy with the double benefit of providing meals to thousands of people in need while boosting local small businesses that have been hit hard by the crisis. It’s been remarkable to see the community rally around this initiative so quickly, and the Foundation is proud to contribute to it,” said John T. Gorman Foundation Program Associate Lauralee Raymond.

The funding comes at a critical time, enabling us to support the local food economy and reach more people in need. Just last week, we funded the preparation and delivery of more than 2,000 meals for our hungry neighbors.

We are grateful to receive this prestigious award. We hope this encourages other major donors to join in supporting our initiative.

About the Foundation
John T. Gorman, known as Tom, was a grandson of L.L. Bean and established the Foundation in 1995 to help disadvantaged Mainers. In recent years, the independent, statewide foundation has moved to focus strategically on four key areas: improving educational achievement for children; promoting successful transitions to adulthood for vulnerable older youth; helping struggling parents to support their families and enabling low-income seniors to remain in their homes as long as possible.