How much does Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation give?

Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation reported 120 grants totaling $865,654 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 84 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.

What does Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (14%), Youth Development (13%), Human Services (11%).

Who are Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Way of Kennebec Valley ($376k), Alfond Youth & Community Center ($365k), Kennebec Valley Humane Society ($250k).

Does Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

Which funders back the same organizations as Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Onion Foundation, Elsie & William Viles Foundation.

Where is Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation based?

Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation is based in ME.

Foundation Dossiers

Maine · Private foundation

Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$866k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 120
Grants FY2025: 84
Organizations funded FY2024: 38%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $3,050
Largest grant, FY2025: $50,000
Organizations funded a year: 31 to 84; FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $19M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $282k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	113	$866k	42%
FY2024	84	$824k	38%
FY2023	59	$683k	27%
FY2022	61	$682k	51%
FY2021	45	$683k	53%
FY2020	39	$558k	44%
FY2019	31	$495k	61%
FY2017	44	$422k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$746kYouth Development$675kHuman Services$556kHealth$552kEnvironment$489kPhilanthropy$419kRecreation & Sports$400kEducation$369kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
United Way of Kennebec Valley	$375,786	8	5%
Alfond Youth & Community Center	$365,000	7	3%
Kennebec Valley Humane Society	$250,000	3	5%
The Childrens Center	$167,500	4	10%
Kennebec Valley YMCA	$159,000	8	3%
Children's Center Early Intervention & Family Support	$115,000	1	2%
Cobbosseecontee Lake Association	$102,500	5	13%
Waterville Creates	$100,000	1	3%
Boys&Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley	$81,000	4	1%
Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed	$78,500	6	4%

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All grantees of Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
United Way of Kennebec Valley	$375,786	8	5%
Alfond Youth & Community Center	$365,000	7	3%
Kennebec Valley Humane Society	$250,000	3	5%
The Childrens Center	$167,500	4	10%
Kennebec Valley YMCA	$159,000	8	3%
Children's Center Early Intervention & Family Support	$115,000	1	2%
Cobbosseecontee Lake Association	$102,500	5	13%
Waterville Creates	$100,000	1	3%
Boys&Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley	$81,000	4	1%
Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed	$78,500	6	4%
Young Mens Christian Association	$70,000	2	3%
The Kennebec Land Trust	$61,000	4	3%
Augusta Food Bank	$54,500	7	3%
Senator George J Mitchell Scholarship Research Institute	$54,500	7	0%
Educare Central Maine	$52,500	6	5%
Camp Kv for Kids	$50,000	2	94%
Royal River Conservation Trust	$43,500	7	5%
Viles Arboretum	$43,500	7	5%
Tedford Housing	$35,000	2	1%
Worromontogus Lake Association	$35,000	2	10%
Waterville Area Soup Kitchen	$34,000	4	11%
Maine GearShare	$33,500	4	5%
Freeport Community Services	$33,200	6	1%
United Way of Mid-Maine	$30,501	4	1%
State of Maine	$30,000	1	n/a
Foundation for Portland Public Schools	$30,000	2	1%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine	$29,687	4	3%
Winthrop Maine Historical Society	$29,000	2	n/a
LifeFlight Foundation	$27,850	2	0%
Children's Discovery Museum	$27,500	2	10%
Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter Inc	$26,500	3	2%
Windsor Fair Agricultural Education Inc	$25,000	1	n/a
Portland Parks Conservancy	$25,000	1	2%
Johnson Hall Inc	$25,000	1	5%
Town of Readfield	$25,000	1	n/a
Victoria Mansion	$25,000	1	2%
Friends of Quarry Road	$25,000	1	8%
Gardiner Library Association	$25,000	1	n/a
Winthrop Athletic Complex Committee	$25,000	1	n/a
Kennebec Valley Community College Foundation	$25,000	3	2%
Waterville Historical Society	$25,000	1	11%
Awesome Bear Society	$25,000	1	n/a
Maine Arts Academy	$25,000	2	0%
Augusta Downtown Alliance	$25,000	2	13%
Bearnstow	$22,500	3	5%
Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting	$22,500	4	1%
Good Shepherd Food Bank	$22,500	6	0%
City of Gardiner	$19,000	1	n/a
Waterville Area Habitat for Humanity	$18,000	3	12%
Annabessacook Lake Improvement Association	$16,500	1	n/a
Maine Appalachian Trail Club	$16,000	2	2%
Family Violence Project	$16,000	3	0%
Embers Paws of Hope	$15,000	1	n/a
National Digital Equity Center	$15,000	1	1%
Neighbors Driving Neighbors	$15,000	3	4%
Kennebec Historical Society	$15,000	6	2%
Hallowell Foodbank Inc	$14,500	5	n/a
Gardiner Main Street	$14,000	5	3%
Readfield Union Meeting House Co	$13,200	3	5%
Kennebec Montessori School	$13,000	2	1%
Restorative Justice Institute of Maine	$13,000	2	4%
Maine Skateboard Association	$11,500	3	n/a
Island Institute	$10,600	2	0%
Friends of Cumston Hall	$10,000	1	n/a
Kennebec Valley Mental Health Cente D/B/A Kennebec Behavioral Health	$10,000	1	0%
Meetinghouse Arts	$10,000	1	3%
China Lake Association	$10,000	2	8%
Friends of Starling Hall Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Preble Street	$10,000	2	0%
Maranacook Education Foundation	$10,000	1	n/a
Spectrum Generations	$10,000	1	0%
Southern Kennebec Child Development	$10,000	1	0%
Greater Portland Business Education Collaborative	$10,000	1	n/a
Maine Rivers	$10,000	1	1%
317 Main St Community Center Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Augusta Symphony Orchestra	$9,500	4	n/a
Chrysalis Place	$9,500	3	5%
The Theater at Monmouth	$8,500	1	2%
Ketcha Outdoors	$8,500	2	0%
Hubbard Free Library	$8,400	2	2%
Maine Mathematics & Science Alliance	$8,000	2	0%
Vaughan Woods and Historic Homestead	$8,000	4	1%
Freeport Conservation Trust	$8,000	5	1%
Junior Achievement of Maine Inc	$7,500	1	1%
Bread of Life Ministries Inc	$7,500	3	0%
Locker Project	$7,500	3	0%
Literacy Volunteers of Kennebec	$7,500	4	3%
Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers	$7,500	1	0%
Maine Farmland Trust	$7,500	3	0%
Growsmart Maine	$7,000	1	1%
Humane Society Waterville Area	$7,000	3	0%
Kennebec Valley Community Action Program	$6,500	2	0%
Youth in Action Incorporated	$6,000	1	n/a
Friends of Belgrade Lakes Village	$6,000	2	1%
Winthrop Public Library Foundation	$5,500	2	11%
Little League Baseball Inc Yarmouth Little League	$5,500	1	6%
Sustain Wayne	$5,000	2	n/a
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Inc	$5,000	2	0%
Portland Conservatory of Music	$5,000	2	0%
Finding Our Voices	$5,000	1	n/a
Women in Need Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
Maine Dental Health Out-Reach Inc	$5,000	1	5%
The Genesis Fund	$5,000	5	0%
Row House Inc	$5,000	1	47%
Freeport Historical Society	$5,000	5	1%
Honor Flight Maine Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
Town of Oakland	$5,000	1	n/a
30 Mile River Watershed Association	$4,500	2	1%
Emergency Action Network	$4,000	4	5%
Kennebec Performing Arts Company	$4,000	2	n/a
Mount Merici Academy	$3,050	1	n/a
Maine Tree Foundation	$3,000	3	0%
Friends of the Kennebec River Rail Trail Inc	$3,000	2	12%
Kennebec Valley Family Dentistry	$3,000	1	0%
University of Maine System Inc	$3,000	3	n/a
Portland Trails	$3,000	1	n/a
Maine College of Art and Design	$3,000	1	0%
Vision Hallowell	$2,500	1	n/a
Bicycle Coalition of Maine	$2,500	1	n/a
Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake Inc	$2,500	1	n/a
Falmouth Conservation Trust Dba Falmouth Land Trust	$2,500	1	0%
The Telling Room	$2,500	2	0%
Sportsman's Alliance of Maine	$2,500	1	1%
Maine Justice Foundation	$2,000	2	0%
Independence Association Inc	$2,000	2	0%
Shutterbugs 4 Charity	$2,000	2	1%
Elm City Community Music School	$2,000	1	2%
Maine Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program	$2,000	2	0%
Maine Academy of Modern Music	$2,000	1	0%
Monmouth Community Players	$1,500	1	2%
Kennebec Valley Garden Club	$1,500	1	n/a
Good Will Home Association	$1,500	1	0%
Camp to Belong Maine Inc	$1,300	1	n/a
Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program	$1,000	1	0%
Maine Crafts Association	$1,000	1	0%
Women Veterans Glamping	$1,000	1	n/a
Maine Boys to Men	$1,000	1	0%
Friends of Lithgow Library	$1,000	1	n/a
Yarmouth Village Improvement Society	$1,000	1	n/a
Mount Vernon Community Partnership Corporation	$1,000	1	n/a
Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland	$1,000	1	n/a
Mainegenral Medical Center	$1,000	1	n/a
Young Mens Christian Association of Southern Maine	$1,000	1	n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches	$1,000	1	0%
Kenneth Workman Youth Sports Program	$1,000	1	n/a
Western Prom Sunset Concerts	$1,000	1	n/a
Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine	$1,000	1	0%
Pine Tree Society Inc	$1,000	1	0%
Colonial Theater Inc	$1,000	1	0%
Merrill Memorial Library	$750	1	0%
Winthrop Food Pantry	$500	1	n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 79 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.

Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 109 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 109.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Maine Community Foundation IncME116.6× affinity89 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Onion Foundation · Elsie & William Viles Foundation · Davis Family Foundation · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · John T Gorman Foundation · Franklin Savings Bank Community Development Foundation · Bill and Joan Alfond Family Foundation · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Fisher Charitable Foundation · Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation

How much does Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation give?: Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation reported 120 grants totaling $865,654 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 84 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (14%), Youth Development (13%), Human Services (11%).
Who are Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Way of Kennebec Valley ($376k), Alfond Youth & Community Center ($365k), Kennebec Valley Humane Society ($250k).
Does Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Onion Foundation, Elsie & William Viles Foundation.
Where is Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation based?: Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation is based in ME.