Machias Savings Bank Community
Machias, ME · EIN 01-0514175. Reported 102 grants totalling $737,856 to 71 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Machias Savings Bank Community did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $7,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $50,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Husson University | Bangor, ME | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Maine Lobstermen's Community Alliance | Kennebunk, ME | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The College of the Atlantic | Bar Harbor, ME | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Foundation for a Strong Maine Economy | Augusta, ME | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sunrise County Economic Council | Machias, ME | $27,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Maine Community Foundation | Ellsworth, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Northern Light House Inc | Presque Isle, ME | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mainestream Finance | Bangor, ME | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Focusmaine | Augusta, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maine Seacoast Mission | Northeast Harbor, ME | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Port Resources | South Portland, ME | $14,300 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Town of Danforth | Danforth, ME | $13,140 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Portland Ovations | Portland, ME | $11,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Adopt-a-Block of Aroostook | Houlton, ME | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Avesta Housing Development Corporation | Portland, ME | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bangor Area Homeless Shelter | Bangor, ME | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Eastern Area Agency on Aging | Brewer, ME | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Families First Community Center | Ellsworth, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lewiston Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Lewiston, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St George Municipal School Unit | Tenants Harbor, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Opportunity Alliance | South Portland, ME | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Preble Street | Portland, ME | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Penquis Cap Inc | Bangor, ME | $8,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Maine Foundation | Orono, ME | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Common Threads of Maine | Westbrook, ME | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Downeast Community Partners | Ellsworth, ME | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project | Portland, ME | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Information Technology Exchange Give It Get It | Waterville, ME | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Southern Maine Agency on Aging | Biddeford, ME | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Area Interfaith Outreach (aio) Food and Energy Assistance | Rockland, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Aroostook County Action Program | Presque Isle, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aroostook County Action Program (aka Acap) | Presque Isle, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Beth C Wright Cancer Resource Center | Ellsworth, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine | Camden, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Big Rock Mountain | Mars Hill, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Centre Street Congregational Church (fbo Machias Food Pantry) | Machias, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Christine B Foundation | Bangor, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Care | Bangor, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center | Portland, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Greater Bangor | Bangor, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Healthy Acadia | Ellsworth, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jobs for Maine Graduates Inc | Augusta, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry | Ellsworth, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lubec Community Outreach Center and Food Pantry | Lubec, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mainehealth | Portland, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital | Ellsworth, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Peregrine Corp (dba Strive) | South Portland, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rural Aspirations | Swanville, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shaw House | Bangor, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Andre Home | Bangor, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Northern Lighthouse Inc | Presque Isle, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Agassiz Village | Framingham, MA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Intercultural Community Center | Westbrook, ME | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Apex Youth Connection | Biddeford, ME | $2,666 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alfond Youth & Community Center | Waterville, ME | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maine | Westbrook, ME | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| BOOTS2ROOTS | Portland, ME | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Down East Family YMCA | Ellsworth, ME | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Katahdin Children and Families | Patten, ME | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maine Academy of Modern Music | Portland, ME | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries | Stonington, ME | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maine Development Foundation | Hallowell, ME | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mid Coast Health Net (dba the Knox Clinic) | Rockland, ME | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Ventures Maine University of Maine at Augusta | Augusta, ME | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Prosperityme | Portland, ME | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| SPCA of Hancock County | Trenton, ME | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Center for the Advancement of Rural Living (carl) | Caribou, ME | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Locker Project | Portland, ME | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Woodfords Family Services | Westbrook, ME | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lifeflight Foundation | Augusta, ME | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| My Place Teen Center | Westbrook, ME | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
24 of 71 (34%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 29%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 65 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 18 | $132,666 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 22 | $159,800 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 35 | $242,750 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 27 | $202,640 | $5,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 100% of this one's giving went to organizations in Maine. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Maine.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Machias Savings Bank Community's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 318, Machias, ME, 04654. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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