Areas of Interest

 
The Foundation will support programs and organizations that aspire to create and maintain sustainable and livable communities by:

  • Protecting and conserving land and water resources
  • Educating children and adults about being good stewards of the environment
  • Promoting vibrant, child-oriented arts
  • Teaching respect for and preservation of historic assets
  • Enabling children and adults to lead their communities in thoughtful, creative, and healthy ways
  • Encouraging service to others

Horizon particularly favors programs that combine more than one of the above criteria, have measurable goals and are collaborative in deed and spirit. Grant funding concentrates on building organizational and community-wide effectiveness, developing opportunities, raising aspirations, and generally making a positive and lasting difference.


    Geographic Area: Horizon Foundation will only consider grant proposals from non-profit organizations that support projects primarily in Cumberland, Franklin, Lincoln and York Counties in Maine; Barnstable County, Massachusetts; Mercer County, New Jersey; and Fairfield County, Connecticut. We recognize that a parent organization affiliated with the grant seeker may not be in one of the listed counties, but the projects we fund must have a direct effect on these counties. Any exceptions must be agreed to by the Trustees and specifically invited by Horizon's President.