The Equality Community Center (ECC) is Maine’s first and only LGBTQ+ and social justice-focused community center. With your support we will be able to:

  • open Maine’s first affordable senior housing complex with services for LGBTQ+ older adults in the summer of 2026

  • finish renovations at our new home in downtown Portland

  • develop new, dynamic, and impactful programs to support the most marginalized in our community, including but not limited to LGBTQ+ youth and elders, trans and non-binary folks, immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers, and BIPOC Mainers.

  • sustain the operations of the Center which provides quality office, meeting and event space for 16 LGBTQ+ and allied social justice-focused non-profit organizations and community programs.

Please consider joining our Stronger Together Giving Circle by pledging a monthly gift to support the Center Our sustaining donors make it possible for us to plan for the future to ensure the continuation of our vital programming and operations by helping us establish an on-going reliable source of revenue to support our work.

Your gift in any amount is greatly appreciated! 

If you’d like to support us by writing a check: thank you! You can mail your donation to the Equality Community Center and mail to P.O. Box 3587, Portland, ME 04104.

Questions?  Please contact Chris O'Connor at chris@eccmaine.org or call 207-613-9633.

The Equality Community Center (ECC) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization and contributions are tax-deductible for income, gift, and estate taxes. Our EIN is 82-3939533.