JMG Partnership Opportunities
JMG relies on and is grateful for the financial, volunteer, and resource support we receive year-round from businesses, foundations, and individual donors. Our supporters are instrumental in ensuring JMG can continue to provide a continuum of support to 12,000+ Maine students annually and help fuel their future success.
JMG Employer Partner Program
Help navigate Maine’s future workforce
Together, we will equip students with a clearer perspective on career opportunities through meaningful workforce experiences and hands-on opportunities. This collaboration fortifies our community and establishes a pivotal connection, educating young individuals about their prospective careers and aligning education with the dynamic demands of Maine’s workforce.
To become a JMG Employer Partner, contact:
Charity West, VP of Innovation and Development
Email: cwest@jmg.org
Partner Voices
Harold Alfond Foundation - The Foundation hears from many of our education partners on the front lines that the social, emotional, and financial barriers facing today’s young people are numerous and increasingly complex, threatening to derail even the most resilient students. To help address these challenges, the Foundation has partnered with JMG. In 2014, with Harold Alfond Foundation support and in partnership with Thomas College, JMG launched the College Success program. Early outcomes captured the attention of Maine’s legislature, and in 2016, Public Law 466 mandated JMG as a partner of the community college and university system.
Unum - Unum began its partnership with JMG over 20 years ago. It was the first organization to give a six-figure gift to JMG and has since then invested more than $2 million. “JMG is an organization that is student-centered and results-driven, and offers solutions to students to ensure they graduate from high school and attain higher education that will help them pursue meaningful careers,” said Cary Olson Cartwright, Assistant Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility at Unum. “Unum’s philosophy of our charitable giving is to go beyond the checkbook. This support with JMG is an example of how to build an education and business partnership.”
Avangrid Foundation - The Avangrid Foundation is proud to deepen a demonstrated commitment to Maine’s workforce and economy, which has resulted in thousands of young people, who were once marginalized, receiving the opportunities, guidance, skills, and experience all young people need to be successful in careers, in their communities, and in their personal lives through JMG.
To become a partner please contact:
Charity West, VP of Innovation and Development
Email: cwest@jmg.org
Volunteer Opportunities
There are many ways in which you can make a difference in the lives of our students:
Volunteer at a student event
Provide student internships
Invite students on a company tour
Volunteer to speak in a classroom (find JMG schools here)
Offer job shadowing experience at your place of work
Contact Us to Get Involved | Email: JMG@JMG.org
You can have a stake in the success of Maine students
JMG inspires and motivates students through a variety of adventure-based and experiential learning activities that use the real world as a classroom. By connecting students to employers and community-based organizations outside of school, students begin to see life through a different lens. Students learn and are able to demonstrate leadership, decision-making, and team-building skills. They learn to take risks and to succeed in environments free from the day-to-day social constraints of school. They begin working in teams and gain insights into the value of their contributions. For JMG students, these experiences often become touchstones for personal growth, as well as motivators for learning.
JMG’s success is dependent on the involvement of hundreds of stakeholders and rests upon the strong foundation of an unwavering commitment to our core student centered values. Involvement can be a financial investment or time investment. Partners help provide everything from financial investments to support our students, to job shadowing and internship opportunities, as well as facility tours. They come into the classroom and talk with the students about what it takes to succeed in the workforce. Our network of business and community leaders directly connects our students with life after high school – keeping them inspired and engaged. Please join us in supporting the futures of Maine's students.
Our Supporters
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Coulombe Family Foundation
Doree Taylor Charitable Foundation
Elizabeth Ann Leach Charitable Trust
Family Planning Association of Maine
Jana Fund
Lloyd G. Balfour Foundation
Nellie Mae Education Foundation, Inc.
People's United Community Foundation
The Frances Hollis Brain Foundation Fund
The Helen And George Ladd Charitable Corporation
The Virginia Hodgkins Somers Foundation
W.R. Berkley Corporation Charitable Foundation
William and Joan Alfond Foundation
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Andrew and Melanie Bond
Cary Olson-Cartwright
Chris Amann
Chris Cimino
Chris Howell
Chuck and Allyson Karter
Daniel Rose and Ann Beatty-Rose
Danielle Ahern
David and Karen Packhem
Dirk Lesko
Eric Haley
Heather Perry
Howard Sevey
Jeremy Fischer, Esq.
Jessie B. Cox CLT - Cox Family Fund
Joe Cassidy, Esq.
Jon Doyle and Terry Arford
June Koegel
Kathy Germani
Kim and Larry Sterrs
Lawrence Caruso
Leona Michelsen
Marjorie and Bill Medd
Matt Bevin
Megan Ouellette
Michael Archer
Nicki Pellenz
Patricia Hopkins
Rick Malinowski
Robert Kump
Ryan Low
Ryan Moore
Scott Hamilton
Steven Byrnes
Tim Doak
Tom Howard and Shelly Strauss
Truc Huynh
Virgel Hammonds
William and Karen Burke
William Williamson