1% for the Planet Staff Scholarship
Employee-directed giving
Everybody at Maine Beer Company is welcome (and encouraged) to nominate a nonprofit that is meaningful to them.
Each month a rotating panel of employee volunteers reads, researches, discusses, and, ultimately, votes on submissions from the previous month.
After voting is complete we send a donation to the selected nonprofit.
February's Selection: Elakha Alliance
Elakha Alliance is invested in "an Oregon coast 50 years from now where our children and grandchildren co-exist along with a thriving sea otter population and a robust and resilient marine ecosystem."
Nominated by Duane T
This program is based in a small town in Oregon on the Siletz river, near where I grew up. Oregon is known for its commitment to environmental causes and this would be an excellent program to return a native species that has been taken out of the environment...
February — Elakha Alliance
January — Blue Ocean Society
December — Maine GearShare
November — Peace Ridge Sanctuary
October — Americares (Hurricane Response)
September — COBALT
August — Women’s Wilderness
July — Maine Federation of Farmers’ Markets
June — Maine Lakes
May — Veggies to Table
April — The Bee Conservancy
March — Center for Costal Studies
February — Brunswick Topsham Land Trust
January — Mountain Area Preservation
December — Sea Meadow Marine Foundation
November — First Light
October — Seed Savers Exchange
September — Friends of Baxter State Park
August — Hawaii Community Foundation-Maui Strong
July — Portland Gear Hub
June — The Venture Out Project
May — Maine Needs
April — Marine Mammals of Maine
March — Friends of the Mississippi River
February — Avian Haven
January — Teens to Trails
December — HEAL Utah
November — Appalachian Trail Conservancy
October — Friends of Presumpscot
September — Maine Adaptive
August — Native Conservancy
July — Homeless Garden Project
June — Global Fund for Women
May — Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
April — Maine Farmland Trust
March — World Central Kitchen
February — Tiny Seed Project
January — Friends of Scarborough Marsh (now Scarborough Land Trust)
December — Seaside Sustainability
November — Portland Gear Hub
October — Megunticook Watershed Association
September — NY-NJ Trail Conference
August — Morro Bay National Estuary Program
July — Alaska Conservation Foundation
June — American Alpine Club
May — Bowdinham Community Development Initiative
April — MOFGA
March — Friends of Maine Coastal Islands
February — Leave No Trace
January — Elevate Youth
June — Outdoor Afro
February — Ecology School
January — Wires
This year is incomplete due to COVID-19.
December — The Woony (WRWC)
November — New York Restoration Project
October — The Waterwheel Foundation
September — Boston Harbor Now
August — Hawai’i Wildlife Fund
July — Maine Farmland Trust
June — Maine Grain Alliance
May — Rozalia Project
April — Woodie Wheaton Land Trust
March — Cultivating Community
February — Ducks Unlimited
January — Access Fund