CHARITY IMPACT
Shutterbugs for Charity Is entering into the 4th year of fundraising for nonprofits and grassroots organizations. Shutterbug concluded 2021 with our annual note card and calendar fundraiser, which is our primary fundraiser. Thanks to all of our purchasers and “donor level” donations ( Lovebug-$100, Dragonfly- $300, Lightning bug- $500, Monarch- $1000, & Golden Monarch- $2000), participants in “Amazon Smiles”, Provencher Fuels purchases, and B2B accounts we have raised $76,939.42. Additionally we have pledges to be received bringing the grand total to $87,275.62.
Latest Donations: 2025
Thomas Behen Casting Camp
Locker Project
Cumberland Community Food Pantry
- Latest Donations: 2024
Adoptive and Foster
Rotary District 7780 Recovery Initiative Families of Maine
Warren Brook Wildlife
Volunteers of America
Olin’s Fundraiser / F.A.S.T.
Best Buddies
Kennebec Valley Humane Society
I am Because We Are
CS3
Courage Lives
Reboot Outdoors
No Bowl Empty
Bruno Project
Woodford Family Services
Sexual Assault & Intervention Center
Special Surfers
Maine Meals Program
Yellow Tulip
York County Shelter
Peas and Carrots
Adaptive Outdoor Education Center
Cromwell Center
Habitat for Humanity
Tuckers House
Sexual Assault Crisis and Support Center
Madeline’s Mission
Sad Dad’s Club
Jump$tart Maine
Sweetser
Volunteers of America
Design Wall Housing
The Cromwell Center
Maine Big Brothers Big Sisters
The Sanctuary at Maple Hill Farm
Tee It Up for a Vet
Operation Game Thief, Maine Chapter
Gizzim Photography
Northern Lighthouse
People Plus
Shutterbug 4 Charity has donated to the following causes in 2021:
- Good Shepherd Food Bank
- Ronald McDonald House
- Courage Lives (addresses human trafficking in ME)
- The Human Nature Hostel (Supports Veterans & individuals with PTSD)
- Families in Transition (Provides basic household and hygiene supplies to families in need)
- Immigration Legal Aid Project (ILAP)
- Maine Immigrant & Refugee Services (MEIRS)
- Katie Spotz /Water for Life, Clean water projects
- Center for Grieving Children
- Kennebec Valley Human Society
- Saco River Wildlife Rescue
- Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust
- Holiday Donations- Adoption of a family with 12 foster children
Shutterbugs 4 Charity has kicked of donations for 2022 and has donated to the following causes thus far:
Homelessness:
Fair Tide- Kittery, ME York County
Families in Transition-Manchester, NH
Maine Needs-Portland,ME, Cumberland County
Seeds of Hope (also mental health, vets, families, minorities…)-Biddeford,ME, York County
Hope Squad- Portland, ME Cumberland County
Design Wall Housing- Bangor, ME, Penobscot County
Tedford Housing
Animal Welfare:
Saco River Wildlife-Limington, ME, York County
Kennebec Valley Humane Society, Augusta, ME, Kennebeck County
Bruno Project-St. Lucia, CaribbeanNo Bowl Empty, East Waterboro, ME York County
Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland (Ales for Tails event)
Mental Health:
Service Dogs Strong (Vets & Animal Welfare as well)-Denmark, ME Oxford County
Caring Unlimited-Sanford, ME, York County
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention-Chris Bennett sponsorship-National
National Alliance for the mentally Ill (NAMI)-Chris Bennett sponsorship-National
Esther Residence-female/substance abuse/corrections, Biddeford, ME York County
Biddeford/Saco Rotary Club, school drug prevention program- York County
Finding our Voices, Statewide
Acadia Family Center- Substance Abuse & Addiction.
Services for entire family, Southwest Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Hancock county
Children & Families:
Royal Families Kids Camp- Saco, ME, York County
Camp Capella-Dedham, ME, Hancock County
The Center for Grieving Children-Portland and Sanford, ME- York & Cumberland County
Safe Passage- New Gloucester, ME- Corporate, Cumberland County, Program is in Guatemala
Courage Lives-Biddeford, ME, York County
Girls on the Run- Westbrook, ME, Cumberland County
Adopted a family at Gray Schools-Xmas, Cumberland County
Adopted a family through Darylann-Xmas,
Adopt 3 families, Saco, ME, York County
Sponsor a camper at camp Susan Curtis, Portland, ME , Cumberland County
Special Surfers- Kennebunk, ME, York County
Riding To The Top- Therapeutic Riding Center, Windham, ME, Cumberland County
South Portland Food Cupboard (also likely includes homelessness and mental health, vets…), Cumberland County
Good Shepard Food Bank (homelessness, mental health, vets), Maine, All Counties
Families Feeding Families, Westbrook, ME, Cumberland County
Katie Spotz-Water for Life program, Uganda, Haiti, Peru,- Global project
Ronald McDonald House, Portland, ME, Cumberland County
Wille-Pema Christmas Program, NH
Project Grace- Scarborough, Cumberland County
Wayside Food Programs, Portland, ME, Cumberland County
Furniture Friends, Westbrook, ME, Cumberland County
Youth:
My Place Teen Center, Westbrook ME, Cumberland County
Equality Maine Teen outreach, Program at large, Portland, ME Cumberland County
Appex Youth Connection- Biddeford, ME, York County
Environmental:
Kennebunk Climate Initiative- Kennebunk, ME, York County
Maine Island Trail, Statewide
Brunswick/Topsham Land Trust (also addresses minority groups/immigrants ie the garden project), Brunswick, ME, Cumberland County
Minority groups:
ILAP, Porland ME, Cumberland County
MEIRS, Lewiston, ME, Androscoggin County
Equality Maine, Portland, ME, Cumberland County
Holocaust & Human Rights Center, Augusta, ME -Statewide
Veterans:
Human Nature Hostel (and mental health related), Roxbury, ME, Oxford County
Vet2Vet Maine- Statewide
Operation Reboot Outdoors, Turner, ME , Androscoggin County
Volunteers Of America, BrewQue- Veteran fundraiser
Seniors:
Equality Maine seniors program-Sage, Statewide
Community:
New England Parkinsons Disease/Michael J Fox Foundation
*Please check out our nominate button and provide us with suggestions of donations to a nonprofit your passionate about. Please keep in mind that S4C is a small nonprofit and focuses a large part on grass roots nonprofits, as well as, those not already supported by larger corporate donors. We do however provide items for silent and online auctions to causes as well and are able to help in this way as a means of donation to support the organizational mission