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MDF is a non-partisan, statewide driver of sustainable economic growth in Maine. We connect people, decision-makers, and communities through trusted research, leadership development, and creative partnerships to stimulate new ideas, solve problems, and improve lives


Need funding for preservation, restoration, and/or rehabilitation of historic properties in your downtown community?
MDF’s Maine Downtown Center is pleased to offer a new round of REvitalizeME Downtown Grants.


Indicator in Action Blog: Gender Wage Equity
As Maine and the entire country honor Women’s History Month, we dig into the data around gender wage equity and how one Maine leader helped further the cause.
Hear why Alumni of MDF’s ICL (Institute for Civic Leadership) describe how the program experience and the Alumni Network are career-and-life changing. Applications & nominations are being accepted for the next 2025-2026 Class!
Maine Downtown Center Annual Awards Nominations
Annual Awards nominations now open!
MDF Alumni Connector Newsletter – March 2025
Click here to read the March 2025 edition of MDF’s Alumni Connector newsletter. This edition includes updates on what the…“MDF is a special creature of state law, enabled to integrate private sector thinking and experience with state government planning and data. There is no other entity like it.”
Kay Rand, Former Chief of Staff, Governor Angus King
Need funding for work on an historic building? Apply for 2025 REvitalizeME Grants!