This week, the Sadie & Harry Davis Foundation announced a grant that will support the nonprofit, nonpartisan journalism of The Maine Monitor for the next two years.
The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, publisher of The Maine Monitor, will receive a total of $400,000 in general operating support to sustain its in-depth and investigative public interest journalism for Maine.
“We are so grateful to the trustees of the Sadie & Harry Davis Foundation for their commitment to the public service journalism of The Maine Monitor and the role it plays in keeping Mainers informed about the critical issues facing our state,” said Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm, executive director of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting. “This is the largest grant we have ever received and is a humbling vote of confidence in the important work our newsroom is doing here in Maine.”
The Sadie & Harry Davis Foundation has supported The Maine Monitor since 2023. It was established in 2007 through the will of Sadie Davis, who died in 2005. Sadie grew up in Bath, Maine, then lived in Portland. There, she and her husband, Dr. Harry E. Davis, raised their daughter Patricia. Since its inception, the foundation has been especially interested in improving the oral health of young children.
The Sadie & Harry Davis Foundation is led by Andy Klingenstein, chairman and CEO, and Eliot Brenner, executive director of Klingenstein Philanthropies. Other trustees include Andy’s siblings Nancy and Sally, and his wife Julie. Patricia Klingenstein served on the board of the foundation from 2007 until she passed away in 2023.
