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Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$536k
Granted FY2023
39
Grants FY2023
37
Organizations funded FY2023
32%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$61,413
Organizations funded a year
37 to 46
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
2
Total assets, FY2023
$3.8M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 32% of the organizations Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $228k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesArts & CultureHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202337$536k32%
FY202239$570k26%
FY202145$614k49%
FY202046$539kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$589kHousing & Shelter$342kHealth$299kPhilanthropy$248kEducation$232kEnvironment$135kArts & Culture$135kFood & Nutrition$116kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Avesta Housing Development Corporation$175,00031%
United Way Inc$120,62821%
York County Community Action Corporation$118,00030%
Southern Maine Agency on Aging$87,50040%
Hope on Haven Hill Inc$85,00041%
United Recovery Fund$80,00044%
Good Shepherd Food Bank$67,00030%
United Way of York County$59,04414%
Waypoint Maine Inc$56,85020%
Greater Seacoast Community Health$55,00030%
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All grantees of Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Avesta Housing Development Corporation$175,00031%
United Way Inc$120,62821%
York County Community Action Corporation$118,00030%
Southern Maine Agency on Aging$87,50040%
Hope on Haven Hill Inc$85,00041%
United Recovery Fund$80,00044%
Good Shepherd Food Bank$67,00030%
United Way of York County$59,04414%
Waypoint Maine Inc$56,85020%
Greater Seacoast Community Health$55,00030%
Rice Public Library$50,000250%
Habitat for Humanity York County Maine$50,00012%
Strawbery Banke Museum$50,00020%
Fair Tide$50,00013%
New Museum of Portsmouth Inc$50,000216%
The Center for Wildlife$47,50022%
Animal Welfare Society Inc$45,00031%
Sha Development Corporation$40,0001n/a
York Hospital$39,00020%
Age Friendly Saco$37,150320%
University of New Hampshire Foundation Incorporated$36,14210%
Community Action Partnership of Strafford County$30,00010%
Early Learning New Hampshire$30,00015%
Kittery Land Trust Inc$25,00014%
Hospice of Southern Maine$25,00020%
Great Works Regional Land Trust$25,00012%
Spaulding Center for Active Living$25,00018%
Great Bay Stewards Inc$25,00013%
York Land Trust$25,00012%
Pinetree Institute$25,000124%
William Fogg Public Library$25,0001n/a
Richie McFarland Children's Center$20,00013%
Sweetser$20,00010%
Three Rivers Land Trust$20,00025%
New England Electric Railway Historical Society$20,00011%
Footprints Inc Footprints Food Pantry$20,00013%
Mainehealth Care at Home$16,80010%
Caring Unlimited$15,00020%
Step Up Parents$15,00026%
Children's Museum of New Hampshire$15,00021%
Kennebunkport Heritage Housing Trust$15,00015%
York County Elderly Abuse Task Force$13,3002n/a
The Opportunity Alliance$13,00010%
Youth Full Maine$12,00022%
Southern Maine Health Care$10,0001n/a
Maine Farmland Trust$10,00010%
White Pine Programs$10,00011%
Carlisle Charitable Foundation$9,80024%
York County Community College Foundation$6,50017%
A Place to Start$6,00014%
Table of Plenty$5,00015%
Hospice Help Foundation$5,00013%
Triangle Club Inc$5,00011%
Kids Free to Grow$5,00012%
Malley Farm for Women$5,00014%
Town of Kennebunk$5,0001n/a
Young Mens Christian Association Sanford-Springvale$5,00010%
Young Mens Christian Association of Southern Maine$5,0001n/a
Volunteers of America Northern New England$5,00010%
Chase Home for Children$5,00011%
University of New England$3,00010%
Annie's Angels Memorial Fund Inc$2,50010%
York Senior Housing Inc$2,1651n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($275k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 56 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAvesta Housing Development Corporation: $175,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetUnited Way Inc: $120,628 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetYork County Community Action Corporation: $118,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Maine Agency on Aging: $87,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHope on Haven Hill Inc: $85,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetUnited Recovery Fund: $80,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank: $67,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of York County: $59,044 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetWaypoint Maine Inc: $56,850 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Seacoast Community Health: $55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRice Public Library: $50,000 over 2y, 50% of budgetHabitat for Humanity York County Maine: $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetStrawbery Banke Museum: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFair Tide: $50,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetNew Museum of Portsmouth Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetThe Center for Wildlife: $47,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetAnimal Welfare Society Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetYork Hospital: $39,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAge Friendly Saco: $37,150 over 3y, 20% of budgetUniversity of New Hampshire Foundation Incorporated: $36,142 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Action Partnership of Strafford County: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEarly Learning New Hampshire: $30,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetKittery Land Trust Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetHospice of Southern Maine: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGreat Works Regional Land Trust: $25,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetSpaulding Center for Active Living: $25,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetGreat Bay Stewards Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetYork Land Trust: $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetPinetree Institute: $25,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetRichie McFarland Children's Center: $20,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetSweetser: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThree Rivers Land Trust: $20,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetNew England Electric Railway Historical Society: $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetFootprints Inc Footprints Food Pantry: $20,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetMainehealth Care at Home: $16,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCaring Unlimited: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetStep Up Parents: $15,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetChildren's Museum of New Hampshire: $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetKennebunkport Heritage Housing Trust: $15,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetThe Opportunity Alliance: $13,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Full Maine: $12,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetMaine Farmland Trust: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWhite Pine Programs: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCarlisle Charitable Foundation: $9,800 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetYork County Community College Foundation: $6,500 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetA Place to Start: $6,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetTable of Plenty: $5,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetHospice Help Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budget

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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 56.

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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 Found…A Caring Community IncSaco & Biddeford Savi…New Hampshire Charita…Elmina B Sewall Found…Bangor Savings Bank F…Virginia Hodgkins Som…Sam L Cohen FoundationUnited Way IncAtlantic Federal Cred…Stephen & Tabitha Kin…Foundation for Seacoa…
Maine Community Foundation IncME60.7× affinity34 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · A Caring Community Inc · Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Virginia Hodgkins Somers Foundation Inc · Sam L Cohen Foundation · United Way Inc · Atlantic Federal Credit Union Foundation · Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc · Foundation for Seacoast Health

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 Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation

How much does Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation give?
Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation reported 39 grants totaling $535,913 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 46 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Human Services (20%), Housing & Shelter (12%), Health (10%).
Who are Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Avesta Housing Development Corporation ($175k), United Way Inc ($121k), York County Community Action Corporation ($118k).
Does Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, A Caring Community Inc, Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation.
Where is Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation based?
Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation is based in ME.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 90 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $690k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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