Networks and Peer Groups

We are committed to helping nonprofit staff connect with and learn from one another. Nonprofits and their employees benefit greatly from considering collaborative approaches to solving problems and from sharing information and solutions for common challenges.

Find a Network or Peer Group

Below are resources to help your nonprofit staff find and connect with peers doing similar work. We also have a page dedicated to advocacy-related alliances and coalitions.

Arts & Cultural

• Arts & Cultural Alliance of Freeport
• Arts & Culture L/A
• Cultural Alliance of Maine 
• Maine Arts Commission
• Maine Memory Network

Environmental

• Casco Bay Estuary Partnership
•  Cumberland County Food Security Council
• Gateway to Maine: Outside
• Maine Conservation Alliance
• Maine Land Trust Network
• Maine Woods Consortium
•  Northern Forest Center
•  Portland North Land Trust Collaborative (Contact Jessica Burton)

Community & Economic Development

• CA$H Maine
• Maine Jumpstart (Financial Literacy)
• Main Street Maine
• Realize Maine (Attracting/Retaining Young People)       

Education

• Maine Campus Compact
• Maine School and Library Network
• Maine Spark         

Food/Nutrition/Agriculture

• Farmworker Resource Network
• Food Security Coalition of Mid Coast Maine
• Maine Network of Community Food Councils

Health & Human Services

• Community Caring Collaborative
• Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition 
• Maine Primary Health Association
• Maine Sex Trafficking and Exploitation Network
• Maine Transgender Network (MaineTransNet)
• Maine Cancer Impact Network

Individuals

• BIPOC Educators (coordinated by The Third Place – Maine )
• BIPOC Healthcare workers (coordinated by The Third Place – Maine)
• Maine ECO-POC (coordinated by The Third Place – Maine)
• Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of Maine (YNPNmaine)

Regional Nonprofit Networks

• DownEast Nonprofit Network (Contact Deb Burwell)
• Mount Desert Island Nonprofit Alliance

Youth Development

• Maine Youth Action Network (MYAN)
• Maine Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers
• Maine Summer Camps
• Portland Works for Kids (coordinated by Portland ConnectED)
• Portland Youth
• York County Collaborative & York County Youth Financial Literacy Network

Volunteer Coordinator Groups

VolunteerMaine maintains a list of active groups that bring together volunteer program staff and managers in specific regions of the state. Find a group near you.

Add Your Network to This List

We know there are many other networks – formal and informal – across the state. Please contact our Membership Manager by email or at 871-1885 to share information about yours so MANP can continue to develop this resource page.