Opportunity Overview
First National Bank’s Dream First Community Grant is a Maine food-security funding opportunity for eligible nonprofits, municipalities, and schools serving residents in Lincoln, Knox, Waldo, Hancock, Penobscot, or Washington County.
Funding and Deadline
One award of $5,000 is available. Applications opened September 15, 2026 and the official program page lists an application deadline of October 31, 2026. The controlling source does not publish an exact closing time or time zone, so Atlas does not infer one. Publication is separate from applicant outreach, and any applicant-specific action near the 48-hour cutoff must remain fail-closed unless the exact deadline controls are authoritatively established.
Eligibility
Applicants must be a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, municipality, or school; serve residents within First National Bank’s listed Maine footprint; demonstrate financial responsibility; submit a completed application and project budget; and use funds exclusively for food-security programming rather than general operating expenses.
Eligible Project Examples
Examples listed by the funder include mobile food distribution, backpack and weekend meal programs, school and youth nutrition initiatives, senior meal programs, community gardens, fresh-produce access, community refrigerators, farm-to-food-pantry partnerships, nutrition education, rural food-access programs, and innovative hunger-reduction pilots.
Atlas Assessment
Atlas Opportunity Score: 62/100. This is a legitimate Maine food-security grant with direct school, youth nutrition, rural access, and community-health relevance. The narrow $5,000 award and food-security-only use restriction limit broader Atlas fit.
N9+ Fit Score: 0/100. This is a food-security and nutrition program rather than a clinical-device or remote-exam funding path.
Dr. Miltie direct-vendor fit: 0/100. This is an applicant grant, not a vendor procurement.
Applicant Control
Before any applicant-specific outreach or package work, reverify the current Kadince application path, current application requirements, organization eligibility, and deduplication. Do not infer an unpublished deadline time or time zone.