Corporate Giving
Mission
To improve the quality of life of our communities by delivering exceptional communications services, supporting education and cultural enrichment and promoting safe and healthy communities.
FairPoint will focus philanthropic efforts on the education, culture, safety and health of our communities—four areas where we believe our technology can make the greatest impact.
Focus
The focus of FairPoint Communications Community Giving is to fund programs to support the following areas:
- Education
- Culture
- Community Safety and Health
Education
Technology has revolutionized how we live, learn and work. To participate in today’s knowledge economy, people need a level of literacy and education that is unprecedented in history. FairPoint will support initiatives that address our communities’ educational readiness from elementary school through the professional work force.
We are a proud sponsor of the Maine statewide literacy program, which is dedicated to teaching every kindergarten child in Maine to read and write.
Culture
We recognize the importance of cultural programs and the contributions they make toward improving our daily lives. We support organizations that enrich the cultural development of our communities.
Safety and Health
Safety and health are among the greatest challenges families and communities currently face. FairPoint supports safety and health organizations primarily through our donations to the United Way. We also continue to support initiatives that contribute to the safety and well-being of families.
Criteria for grant requests
FairPoint Communications prioritizes its community giving to partners and programs that will achieve meaningful results in education, culture, healthy and safe communities. Grant applicants must meet the following criteria in order to be eligible:
- Only proposals from eligible tax-exempt organizations in certain 501(c)(3) subs defined by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will be considered.
- The organization must be based in a FairPoint service area and/or provide programs to its service areas.
- The services of the organization should not duplicate or significantly overlap government agencies on the federal, state or local level.
- The organization must report its outcomes and results to FairPoint Communications.
Ineligible Purposes
For the most part, only nonprofit public organizations operating in FairPoint communities are eligible to receive donations. In addition, FairPoint has determined that it will not make donations to the following:
- Individuals
- Non-tax-exempt organizations
- National or regional organizations, unless their programs address specific local FairPoint communities
- Programs or initiatives where the primary purpose is the promotion of religious tenets
- Political campaigns, candidates, causes or organizations, political action or legislature groups
- Any person or organization which the donation of monies would directly benefit, general operating expenses or non-specific projects normally funded by the federal government and/or by agencies such as the United Way
Application Process
All requests should be submitted in writing and provide the following information:
- Name/contact information of your organization
- Your organization’s mission statement and/or a brief description of your purpose
- A detailed description of the project or program for which you are requesting support
- The amount of funding requested
- The timing, implementation and evaluation of the project or program
- A brief description of how this fits within your annual budget
- A list of other organizations from which you obtain funding
- A statement that you will follow up with FairPoint, should you receive funding, and provide an update regarding the effectiveness of the program or the result of the project
For more information or to submit a request, please contact: