Maine nonprofits try to navigate funding cuts, unclear rules and an uncertain future
Portland Press Herald
PORTLAND — The staff at Victoria Mansion in Portland found out about the loss of federal funding in degrees.
First came the news that President Donald Trump had signed an executive order declaring the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the primary federal support for libraries and museums nationwide, was “unnecessary.” Then the entire staff of the federal agency was placed on a 90-day leave.
Finally, Timothy Brosnihan, executive director of the mansion, got a short email last week saying the organization’s grant from the IMLS “is no longer consistent with the agency’s priorities and no longer serves the interest of the United States and the IMLS Program.”
That loss leaves a $90,000 hole in the budget for an ongoing restoration project at the 19th-century mansion.