Connect

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.

Regional + Sub-Sector Networks

• Arts & Culture L/A
• Bethel Area Nonprofit Collaborative
• Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine
• Benefits Bank Coalition (Contact Rick McCarthy)
• Bridge to Independence (Contact Jim Pierce)
• Cumberland County Food Security Council (Contact Jim Hanna)
• Casco Bay Estuary Partnership
• CA$H Maine
• College for ME, Androscoggin
• Community Caring Collaborative
• DownEast Nonprofit Network (Contact Deb Burwell)
• Eat Local Foods Coalition
• Farmworker Resource Network (Contact Jan Morrill)
• Food Security Coalition of Mid Coast Maine (Contact Mary Turner)
• Franklin County Community College Network
• Franklin County Tourism Network (Contact Bruce Hazard)
• Gateway to Maine: Outside
• Iris Network (Blind and Visually Impaired)
• Maine Campus Compact
• Maine Cancer Impact Network
• Maine Conservation Alliance
• Maine Jumpstart (Financial Literacy)
• Maine Land Trust Network
• Maine Memory Network
• Maine Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers
• Maine Network of Community Food Councils
• Maine Partners for Cool Communities
• Maine School and Library Network
• Maine Sex Trafficking and Exploitation Network
• Maine Transgender Network (MaineTransNet)
• Maine Woods Consortium
• Maine Woods Discovery
• Maine Youth Action Network (MYAN)
• Northern Forest Center
• Northern Lighthouse
• Portland North Land Trust Collaborative (Contact Jessica Burton)
• Portland Out of School Time Group (coordinated by Portland ConnectED)
• Realize Maine (Attracting/Retaining Young People)
• Transportation Network (Contact Jim Pierce)
• York County Collaborative & York County Youth Financial Literacy Network
• Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of Maine (YNPNmaine)
• Youth Development Greater Portland (Contact Barrett Takesian)

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.