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Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$372k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
168
Grants FY2025
189
Organizations funded FY2024
16%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$50,200
Organizations funded a year
111 to 189
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$478k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 16% of the organizations Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsEducationInternationalOther
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
FY2025still arriving167$372k17%
FY2024189$360k16%
FY2023167$448k19%
FY2022161$493k27%
FY2021135$442k24%
FY2020114$441k30%
FY2019161$433k38%
FY2018111$430k29%
97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$881kEducation$659kPhilanthropy$436kYouth Development$331kHuman Services$328kFood & Nutrition$308kCommunity Improvement$207kArts & Culture$144kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

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

Show all 307 grantees
All grantees of Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Trustees of Thornton Academy$218,37640%
Hospice of Southern Maine$182,65090%
MaineHealth$135,60090%
United Way of York County$114,95042%
The Center for Grieving Children$104,09091%
York County Community College Foundation$95,450820%
Maine Behavioral Healthcare$92,80080%
My Place Teen Center Inc$75,88093%
Heart of Biddeford$66,70096%
Saco Food Pantry$64,90599%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Maine Inc$61,80061%
Saco Main Street Inc$58,77593%
Ecology Education Inc$57,20091%
Habitat for Humanity York County Maine$53,50091%
Southern Maine Health Care$47,15080%
United Way Inc$43,00040%
Good Shepherd Food Bank$41,90080%
Sweetser$41,00080%
Salvation Army National Corp$40,0006n/a
Southern Maine Agency on Aging$39,70090%
Seeds of Hope Neighborhood Center$38,75093%
Caring Unlimited$37,60090%
Ocean Park Association$33,75091%
Mercy Hospital Northern Light Mercy Hospital$32,25050%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine$31,00040%
The Opportunity Alliance$29,50070%
Biddeford Food Pantry$27,85092%
LifeFlight Foundation$26,00040%
Junior Achievement of Maine Inc$25,83051%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern ME$23,67082%
South Portland Food Cupboard$23,54390%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Maine$23,45060%
Spurwink Services Inc$21,50070%
Apex Youth Connection$21,37074%
Kids Free to Grow$21,27082%
South Portland - Cape Elizabeth Rotary Charitable Fund$19,50055%
City Theater Associates Inc$19,50082%
Project Grace$18,05092%
Creative Works$17,84070%
Maine Cancer Foundation$16,56060%
Shutterbugs 4 Charity$16,39074%
Girl Scouts of Maine$16,03080%
Kids First Center$15,95071%
Westbrook Food Pantry$15,30096%
Scarborough Kiwanis Charitable Foundation$13,5009n/a
Wayside Food Programs$13,50091%
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland$13,25050%
Dempsey Center for Quality Cancer Care$13,20050%
Bon Apetit-Community Meal Program$13,10064%
Olympia Snowe Women's Leadership Institute$12,00090%
Maine Foodscapes Inc$11,5004n/a
Locker Project$11,10050%
Gulf of Maine Research Institute$11,00090%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$11,00040%
Dyer Library Association$10,75060%
Preble Street$10,40090%
York County Community Action Corporation$10,20050%
Michael T Goulet Tbi & Epilepsy Foundation$10,0003n/a
Community Dental$10,00040%
LifeFlight of Maine LLC$10,00030%
Robbie Foundation$9,80091%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$9,40060%
American Heart Association Inc$9,02560%
South Portland Historical Society$9,00091%
Grahamtastic Connection$8,17081%
Homeworks$8,000724%
The Family Restored$8,00051%
Old Orchard Beach Community Food Pantry Inc$7,55056%
Young Mens Christian Association of Southern Maine$7,50030%
Eastern Trail Alliance$7,32591%
John C Duranceau Scholarship Fund$7,2105n/a
Milestone Recovery$7,00070%
Stone Soup Food Pantry$6,80037%
Portland Ovations$6,75050%
Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland$6,50070%
Mainely Character$6,5002n/a
Furniture Friends$6,50080%
Age Friendly Saco$6,37561%
Best Buddies International Inc$6,25060%
Esther Residence Inc$6,25061%
Maine Adaptive Sports & Recreation$6,15050%
Volunteers of America Northern New England$6,15060%
The Saco River Theatre$6,00041%
York County Shelter Programs Inc$5,95070%
Day One$5,85070%
Foundation for Portland Public Schools$5,50040%
Special Surfers$5,25041%
The Kita Centerinc$5,10030%
Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine$5,00050%
Seagull Foundation$5,0001n/a
Eleanor Clare Paye Charitable Fund$4,9007n/a
Scarborough Land Conservation Trust$4,90070%
Hoops for Hope$4,75034%
University of New England$4,60040%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$4,57540%
The Maine Womens Conference Inc$4,50032%
Cape Elizabeth Land Trust$4,50060%
Animal Welfare Society Inc$4,40070%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$4,20030%
Biddeford Youth Hockey Association$4,00040%
Engine Inc$4,00031%
Cancer Community Center$4,00020%
Tricity Community Chorus Inc$4,0006n/a
Project Feed$3,9009n/a
Maine Needs Inc$3,75030%
Pine Tree Society Inc$3,75040%
Wreaths Across America$3,75050%
Portland Players$3,75031%
Westbrook Strong$3,5007n/a
Saco Bay Lacrosse Club$3,50071%
Lymetv$3,50072%
Saco Bay Rotary Foundation$3,5002n/a
Portland Trails$3,50070%
Westbrook Historical Society Inc$3,3254n/a
Maine Fore Charity$3,30010%
Youth Full Maine$3,30041%
Adoptive & Foster Families of Maine$3,25040%
Maine Senior Games$3,00022%
Jumpstart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy$3,0002n/a
New England Parkinsons Ride$2,85070%
Saco Valley Land Trust Inc$2,77835%
317 Main St Community Center Inc$2,75020%
Vouchers for Veterans$2,75051%
Scarborough Public Library$2,75020%
Ferry Beach Park Association$2,75020%
Portland Museum of Art$2,65060%
Shalom House Inc$2,55070%
McArthur Library Association$2,50010%
Downtown Westbrook Coalition$2,50042%
Casco Bay Bluefin Bonanza$2,50050%
Maine Youth Leadership Inc$2,5005n/a
Institute for Family-Owned Business$2,50011%
Portland Lyric Theater$2,50021%
Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission$2,50010%
Kennebunk Land Trust$2,47570%
St Andre Health Care Facility$2,45030%
The Yellow Tulip Project$2,30041%
Saco Bay Trails$2,2704n/a
Frannie Peabody Center$2,25050%
Carlisle Charitable Foundation$2,20041%
AUTISM SOCIETY OF MAINE d/b/a ASM$2,05040%
Wardwell Home for the Aging Inc$2,00020%
Maine Coast Fishermens Assn$2,00040%
Northern Light Health Foundation$2,00010%
American Youth Football Inc$2,0004n/a
Cancer Registrars Association of Maine$2,0001n/a
LaDawn Quarter Horses Therapeutic RC$2,00021%
Westbrook Little League$1,95040%
Little League Baseball Inc$1,85021%
For the Children$1,75020%
American Cancer Society Inc$1,70020%
New England Electric Railway Historical Society$1,70020%
Maps Scholarship Foundation Inc$1,7006n/a
Special Olympics Maine Inc$1,65030%
Brick Store Museum Inc$1,65040%
The Dream Factory Inc$1,50030%
Camp Laughing Loon$1,50021%
The Iris Network$1,50050%
Saco River Wildlife Center$1,50020%
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$1,50030%
Westbrook Paper City Hoops$1,50041%
Scarborough Economic Dev Corp$1,50060%
Safe Passage$1,50060%
Maine Audubon Society$1,50050%
Greater Portland Landmarks Inc$1,50020%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,40030%
St Andre Home Inc$1,30030%
Southern Maine Community College Foundation$1,25050%
Arundel Historical Society$1,25051%
Thornton Academy Hockey Boosters Association Inc$1,25041%
Friendship House$1,25060%
Ruth's Reusable Resources$1,25020%
Riding to the Top$1,20020%
Warrior Legacy Foundation$1,15042%
Old Orchard Beach Alumni Association$1,1002n/a
Sea Change Yoga$1,05020%
In Her Presence$1,0001n/a
Maine Development Foundation$1,00010%
Easter Seals Maine Inc$1,00020%
Maine Military Historical Society Inc$1,0001n/a
H2o for Life$1,00010%
St Vincent DePaul Soup Kitchen$1,0001n/a
Mainehealth Care at Home$1,00010%
Friends of Lincoln Park Inc$1,0001n/a
Annie's Angels Memorial Fund Inc$1,00020%
Thornton Academy Athletic Boosters$1,00018%
Natural Resources Council of Maine Inc$1,00030%
Yamba Abaana$1,0001n/a
Asxl Rare Research Endowment Foundation$1,00010%
Riverview Foundation$1,00030%
Herphaven Reptile Rescue and Sanctuary$1,0001n/a
Westbrook Soccer League$1,00021%
Subcircle Inc$1,00011%
Step Up Parents$1,00020%
York County Elderly Abuse Task Force$1,0001n/a
Our Place Portland Inc$1,0001n/a
Southwestern Maine Activities$1,00020%
Lives in the Balance Inc$1,0001n/a
Finding Our Voices$1,00011%
Ketcha Outdoors$1,00030%
Sexual Assault Response Services of Southern Maine$80020%
Intercultural Community Center$75010%
Gateway Community Services Maine$75021%
Biddeford Youth Lacrosse$7503n/a
The School Around US$75030%
Maine Brain Aneurysm Awareness Committee$7503n/a
Scarborough Community Thanksgiving Inc$7503n/a
Abba a Women's Resource Center$75030%
A Running Passion$7503n/a
Winterkids Education Foundation$70030%
Full Plates Full Potential$70020%
Massabesic Little League$6501n/a
Portland Theater Festival$60020%
Thomas Behen Fund Inc$6002n/a
Above Board All Hands on Deck Inc$50011%
Greater Portland Family Promise$50011%
Biddeford Project Sunrise$5002n/a
Cape Robotics$5002n/a
Portland Maine Symphony Orchestra$50010%
Zonta Foundation for Women$50010%
Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc$50010%
Kennebunkport Historical Society$50020%
Captain Christopher Scott Cash Scholarship Fund$5001n/a
Outdoors Again$5001n/a
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$50010%
Maine Homeless Veterans Alliance$5001n/a
Biddeford Historical Society$5001n/a
Autism Speaks Inc$50010%
Trout Unlimited Inc$50010%
Lano Family Foundation$5002n/a
Sturdivant Island Tuna Tournament Charitable Foundation$50010%
Ever After Mustang Rescue Training and Education Center$5001n/a
Wyatt Frost Memorial Foundation$5001n/a
Camp to Belong Maine Inc$50011%
The Transformation Project$50010%
Partners for World Health$50010%
Old Orchard Beach Historical Society Inc$5001n/a
Maine Center for Creativity$50012%
Sanford Mainers Inc$50020%
Hardy Girls Healthy Women Inc$50010%
Maine Crafts Association$50020%
Association of Teachers of Mathematics in Maine$5001n/a
Friends of Biddeford Football$5001n/a
Catholic Charities Maine$45020%
American Lung Association$45020%
New Life Church Inc$4403n/a
Waddles for a Cause$4001n/a
Maine Way Inc$3501n/a
Catholic Schools Foundation Inc$35010%
The Root Cellar$35010%
The Cromwell Center for Disabilities Awareness$35020%
Pittie Posse Rescue and Sanctuary$31410%
In-A-Pinch Non-Food Pantry$3001n/a
Ryan Home Project$30010%
Continuum Arts Collective$30010%
Portland Wheelers$30010%
EqualityMaine Foundation$30010%
Westbrook Families Feeding Families$3001n/a
Maine Veterans Home$30010%
Maine Fishermens Forum$30010%
Marine Mammals of Maine$30020%
Maine Professional Drivers Association Inc$3002n/a
Friends of the St Lawrence Church$30010%
Maine Federation of Farmers Markets$2501n/a
Waypoint Maine Inc$25010%
Bonny Eagle Soccer Club$2501n/a
Gorham Youth Soccer Association$25010%
57 Stallions Youth Basketball Association$2501n/a
Maine Irish Heritage Center$25010%
Hurricane Island Outward Bound School$25010%
Cape Elizabeth Robotics Boosters$2501n/a
Portland Youth Dance$2501n/a
Epilepsy Foundation New England$25010%
Saltwater Classroom$25010%
Honor Flight Maine Inc$25010%
Westbrook Music Boosters$2501n/a
SoPo Hoops$2501n/a
Massabesic United Soccer Club$2501n/a
Swim Across America Inc$25010%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$25010%
Maine Volleyball Foundation Inc$25010%
Biddeford Wrestling Foundation$2501n/a
Gym Dandies Childrens Circus$25010%
Maine School of Science and Mathematics Foundation$25010%
Amvets National Service Foundation$20010%
Trinity Episcopal Church$2001n/a
Friends of the Preserve Inc$20010%
American Flyers Booster Club$20010%
Gary Sinise Foundation$20010%
Tidewell Foundation Inc$20010%
The William a Farnsworth Library and Art Museum Inc$20010%
Casco Bay Hockey Association$20010%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$20010%
Travis Mills Foundation$20010%
Quincy Community Action Programs Inc$20010%
The Zachary & Elizabeth M Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation$20010%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$20010%
Biddeford Mills Museum$2001n/a
Portland Firefighters Burn Foundatiion$2001n/a
Maine Baseball Hall of Fame$2001n/a
Casa Esperanza Inc$20010%
GMP Charities Inc$20010%
Irene Chadbourne Ecumenical Food Pantry$20010%
Aid for Saco Kids$2002n/a
Brendan Horton Memorial Scholarship$1751n/a
Friends of the Walker Memorial Library$1001n/a
Children's Hospital Corporation$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 97 recipients with no EIN on record ($821k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTrustees of Thornton Academy: $218,376 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHospice of Southern Maine: $182,650 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMaineHealth: $135,600 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of York County: $114,950 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetThe Center for Grieving Children: $104,090 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetYork County Community College Foundation: $95,450 over 8y, 20% of budgetMaine Behavioral Healthcare: $92,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMy Place Teen Center Inc: $75,880 over 9y, 2.8% of budgetHeart of Biddeford: $66,700 over 9y, 5.8% of budgetSaco Food Pantry: $64,905 over 9y, 9.2% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Maine Inc: $61,800 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetSaco Main Street Inc: $58,775 over 9y, 3.3% of budgetEcology Education Inc: $57,200 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetHabitat for Humanity York County Maine: $53,500 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetSouthern Maine Health Care: $47,150 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way Inc: $43,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank: $41,900 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSweetser: $41,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Maine Agency on Aging: $39,700 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetSeeds of Hope Neighborhood Center: $38,750 over 9y, 2.8% of budgetCaring Unlimited: $37,600 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetOcean Park Association: $33,750 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetMercy Hospital Northern Light Mercy Hospital: $32,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine: $31,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Opportunity Alliance: $29,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBiddeford Food Pantry: $27,850 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetLifeFlight Foundation: $26,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetJunior Achievement of Maine Inc: $25,830 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Southern ME: $23,670 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetSouth Portland Food Cupboard: $23,543 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Maine: $23,450 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSpurwink Services Inc: $21,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetApex Youth Connection: $21,370 over 7y, 4.3% of budgetKids Free to Grow: $21,270 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetSouth Portland - Cape Elizabeth Rotary Charitable Fund: $19,500 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetCity Theater Associates Inc: $19,500 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetProject Grace: $18,050 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetCreative Works: $17,840 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Cancer Foundation: $16,560 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetShutterbugs 4 Charity: $16,390 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetGirl Scouts of Maine: $16,030 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetKids First Center: $15,950 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetWestbrook Food Pantry: $15,300 over 9y, 5.5% of budgetWayside Food Programs: $13,500 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Greater Portland: $13,250 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetDempsey Center for Quality Cancer Care: $13,200 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBon Apetit-Community Meal Program: $13,100 over 6y, 4.4% of budgetOlympia Snowe Women's Leadership Institute: $12,000 over 9y, 0.1% 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 200.

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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.

Sam L Cohen FoundationME147.2× affinity76 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sam L Cohen Foundation · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Atlantic Federal Credit Union Foundation · Fisher Charitable Foundation · Simmons Foundation - PerkinsThompson · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · United Way Inc · Virginia Hodgkins Somers Foundation Inc · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · John T Gorman Foundation · Davis Family Foundation · Vincent B and Barbara G Welch Supporting Organization

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 Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation

How much does Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation give?
Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation reported 168 grants totaling $372,185 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 111 and 189 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (24%), Education (18%), Philanthropy (12%).
Who are Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Trustees of Thornton Academy ($218k), Hospice of Southern Maine ($183k), MaineHealth ($136k).
Does Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sam L Cohen Foundation, Maine Community Foundation Inc, Atlantic Federal Credit Union Foundation.
Where is Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation based?
Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable 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 404 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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