Who We Are

Established in 2012, the Hatch Community Youth Fund is a board-administered charitable organization serving the resident youth in the communities of Brooksville, Castine, & Penobscot by awarding individual scholarships to help underwrite participation through the seasons in sport and recreational physical activity and awarding program grants to help underwrite organizational proposals that support our mission.

Board of Directors

Leah Tenney Keating, President

Marianne Buchanan, Vice President

Emerson Bruns, Vice President-Secretary | Andrew Fisher, Treasurer

Robert Fisher | Andrea Hatch | Shelley Borror Jackson | Sara Kneisel

Katie Mankiewicz | Sonja O’Donnell | Greer Pearce

Diane Salter | Beth Simms | Mary Tobey | Serena Whitridge

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  • "Fund is supporting more activities than ever"

    Hatch Fund sees change of leadership

    —Castine Patriot

    August 26, 2021

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  • "Hatch Fund sees post-pandemic increase in scholarship applicants"

    —Castine Patriot

    July 15, 2021

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  • "Fund expands kids' summer horizons"

    —The Ellsworth American

    April 30, 2020

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  • "Hatch Fund supports community through youth rec programs"

    Three years of good works

    —The Ellsworth American

    December 17, 2015

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  • "A revived Backshore Pond is celebrated"

    —Castine Patriot

    September 10, 2015

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  • "Hatch Youth Fund announces Caldy Award"

    —Castine Patriot

    July 3, 2013

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