Maine · Private foundation
Skowhegan Savings Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $400k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 31
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.0M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations Skowhegan Savings Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 11 | $400k | 64% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $155k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $165k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $58k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $146k | 97% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $50k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $45k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $45k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jobs for Maine's Graduates Inc | $185,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Central Maine Growth Council | $75,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Beth Brunswick Memorial Fund for Ch | $50,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Saddleback Mountain Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Trust to Conserve Northeast Forestlands | $45,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Augusta Downtown Alliance | $25,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Maine Mountain Children's House | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Prosperityme | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Main Street Skowhegan | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce | $4,800 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jobs for Maine's Graduates Inc | $185,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Central Maine Growth Council | $75,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Beth Brunswick Memorial Fund for Ch | $50,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Saddleback Mountain Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Trust to Conserve Northeast Forestlands | $45,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Augusta Downtown Alliance | $25,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Maine Mountain Children's House | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Prosperityme | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Main Street Skowhegan | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce | $4,800 | 1 | 1% |
| Good Will Home Association | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Franklin Development Council | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Alfond Youth & Community Center | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Augusta Food Bank | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Belgrade Rome Special Needs Food Pantry | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The People Who Care Food Cupboard | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Care & Share Food Closet Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Town of Jackman | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Phillips Area Food Pantry | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Skowhegan Community Food Cupboard | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Good Shepherd Food Bank | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Town of Dexter | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tri-Town Food Cupboard | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($545k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Skowhegan Savings Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Skowhegan Savings Charitable Foundation
- How much does Skowhegan Savings Charitable Foundation give?
- Skowhegan Savings Charitable Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $400,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Skowhegan Savings Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Employment (31%), Education (28%), Community Improvement (14%).
- Who are Skowhegan Savings Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Jobs for Maine's Graduates Inc ($185k), Central Maine Growth Council ($75k), Beth Brunswick Memorial Fund for Ch ($50k).
- Does Skowhegan Savings Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Skowhegan Savings Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Skowhegan Savings Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Franklin Savings Bank Community Development Foundation, Bill and Joan Alfond Family Foundation.
- Where is Skowhegan Savings Charitable Foundation based?
- Skowhegan Savings Charitable Foundation is based in ME.
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