Ways to Give - Engine

Feed the Engine

Make Your Tax Deductible Gift Today!

As a non-profit 501c3 organization, Engine relies on the generosity of supporters like you. Your gift today will have a direct impact on connecting and inspiring our community through art, design, and education. Your support cultivates our community’s civic imagination, creativity, and curiosity through hands-on experiential education and celebration–skills that are more important than ever for free expression in our democratic society. We invite folks to share in their many gifts and capacities – financial, creative, skilled labor, time, energy, and leadership!

Engine’s Tax ID/EIN number is 27-2463118. You can view our GuideStar profile here. Your donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.

Join Our Community: Become A Member

Become a member and join a community of people who are helping to impact social change by creating cultural vitality in southern Maine by committing to ongoing financial support of our work. For those able to feed the engine in this way, we are grateful! Memberships for individuals, familities, artists, and advocates are available.

Become a Member

Make a Donation

You can donate online or by check made payable to Engine, Inc. and mailed to: Engine, Inc. PO Box 1681 Biddeford, ME 04005

Donate Online

Make a Gift in Honor of someone special

Engine will gladly help you target your gift for a specific purpose or as a tribute to a particular person. This can be done via our online donation form or via email.

Donate Online

Matching Gifts

Matching gifts are a great way to increase your giving! Talk to your employer and see if they will match your donation to Engine. Engine is proud to be registered with Benevity, one of the most respected purpose-driven giving platforms.

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Gifts of Securities

Engine gratefully welcomes gifts of securities, and provides guidelines and contacts to minimize delays and expenses. For instructions, please contact us.

Contact Our Director

Recommend a grant from your donor advised fund

A donor-advised fund (DAF) provides donors with a centralized charitable giving vehicle. Recommend a gift to Engine or contact us [email protected] with any questions.

Recommend a gift

Charitable Bequest

Although it can be a bit strange to think about, your will allows you to support the people and organizations you love after you’ve passed. By including Engine in your will, your awesome legacy ensures that creativity always has a place to thrive. Engine is honored to recognize the generosity of those who have named Engine (EIN 27-2463118) in their will or estate plans.

Wills & Living Trusts

Name Engine Inc as a charitable bequest in your will or living trust.

Beneficiary Designations

Name the Engine as a beneficiary of your assets – retirement plans, life insurance policies DAFs, bank or brokerage accounts. Simply list Engine (tax ID EIN 27-2463118) on your beneficiary designation form.

Join Our Community: Get Involved

There are more ways to get involved. Your time, talent, expertise and in-kind donations are also an important part of feeding the Engine and we welcome them!

Volunteer

Gifts of time, talent, and expertise are an important part of feeding the Engine. Learn more about current volunteer opportunities by visiting the link below.

Current Volunteer Opportunities

Wish List

In addition to financial support, Engine welcomes in-kind gifts that directly support our operations in service of our mission. Please contact us to check in with our current dreams and wishes for our work.

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Fuel the Engine: Become a Sponsor

We invite you to join us at one of these levels and imagine what your support will allow us to accomplish together. Each level of sponsorship comes with a boatload of gratitude and opportunities to share your work with our community.

Sponsors are essential to the success of Engine. Financial and in-kind support from our sponsors ensures that Engine can plan for the future and continue to offer the vital programs that enrich life in Biddeford and beyond. We call this the fuel because it fills our tank and allows us to focus on what we do best, and hopefully help make us both shine while connecting creatively and meaningfully with the folks we serve.

$250 - $499

BiDDEFORD

Contribute to our shared mission of keeping Biddeford a vibrant and creative place to live!

$500 - $999

Door Opener

Offset the costs of participating in our youth programs for families who can’t afford it.

$1000 - $2499

Spark Plug

Underwrite artist fees and presenting costs of one of our free community events.

$2500 - $4999

Propeller

Sustain a community engaged artist-in-residence program that inspires youth and families and connects us with our neighbors.

$5000 - $9999

Catalyst

Seed a new creative idea in our IGNITE Arts Business Incubator!

Contact Our Executive Director to Connect and Inspire our community Today!

CURRENT FUEL

Pension Professionals
Chase Small Craft
Deering Lumber
PGM Accounting
Berman & Simmons
Banded Brewing
Elements: Books, Coffee, Beer & Elements Coffee Roasters
Victoria Gordon
MADE Maine Ad & Design
East Point Consulting
Starboard Consulting
Mahoney Signs & Furniture
WEX
Oakpoint Associates
Texas Instruments
Biddeford Saco Rotary
Godbout Plumbing & Heating
Saco Biddeford Savings Institution / P&C Insurance
M. Christy Bergland, LLC
Ocean View Properties
GWI
Angelrox
Furman Gregory Deptula
ThinkTank Biddeford
Volk Packaging
F. O. Goldthwaite & Pool Lobster Company

FUNDERS & PARTNERS

We are thrilled to work in collaboration with our ecosystem of nonprofit, municipal, and private funders & partners to connect and inspire our community through art, design, and education. The following collaborative and creative partners support our ongoing work:

Heart of Biddeford
City of Biddeford
Biddeford School Department
Alternative Pathways Center
Biddeford Cultural Coalition
Subcircle and Subcircle Residency
The McArthur Library
Apex Youth Connection
Common Roots

We could not carry out our mission without a number of program delivery partners in our community: Thank you!

By supporting Engine, you are propelling the creative community.
Thank you for your generosity!

FOUNDATIONS

Thank you to our generous foundations and agencies who have provided critical support over the years:

Allagash Foundation
Apple Lane Foundation
Bangor Foundation
Belvedere Handcraft Fund
Belvedere Historic Preservation
Betterment Fund
Captain Raymond Thombs Memorial Fund
Eunice Frye Home Foundation
Horizon Foundation
James & Betty Jacobs Family Charitable Trust
Kate Libby Endowment for the Arts
Key Bank Foundation
Maine Community Foundation
Maine Community Foundation Salmon Falls Donor Advised Fund
Maine Community Foundation StartUp ScaleUp
Maine Development Foundation Grants to Green
Margaret E. Burnham Charitable Trust
Morton Kelly Charitable Trust
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
Nichols Fund
Onion Foundation
Paul & Virginia Cabot Charitable Trust
Quimby Family Foundation
Reny’s Charitable Trust
Samuel L. Cohen Foundation
Spinnaker Trust
Stewart Mott Foundation
Virginia Hodgkins Somers Foundation
Warren Memorial Foundation
WestWind Foundation
Winfield Foundation

REGIONAL & STATE AGENCIES

Maine Arts Commission
Maine Department of Economic and Community Development
New England Foundation for the Arts

FEDERAL AGENCIES

National Endowment for the Arts
Environmental Protection Agency
Economic Development Authority

What people are saying about Engine...

Partnering with UNE, Engine has offered professional level gallery and classroom experiences for undergraduate and local students enrolled in arts classes as well as a venue to see art by both regionally and nationally recognized artists.

Stephen Burt

University of New England

Engine is and has been a focal point of downtown Biddeford for many years for so many artists and creative spirits. It is a go-to for me: a retreat, a destination, a source for connection and ideas and community.

Laura Dunn

Artist

Engine is a wonderful place to work surrounded by wonderful people who have infused so much love and light into the downtown of Biddeford. I cannot imagine a bright future in the town without this wonderful organization.

Savanna Pettengill

Artist & Arts Teacher

Engine fuels the creativity of our city, making it the hub for youth and adults alike to feed their spirits, expand their skills, and create a better future for all of us.

Stephanie Edwards

Community Action Committee