Skowhegan Savings Charitable Foundation
Skowhegan, ME · EIN 27-4318997. Reported 23 grants totalling $777,000 to 16 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. Skowhegan Savings Charitable Foundation 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 $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $4,500 and the largest $100,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skowhegan Early Childhood Education Center | Skowhegan, ME | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Agc Maine | Augusta, ME | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Central Maine Growth Council | Waterville, ME | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mid Maine Technical Center | Waterville, ME | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Beth Brunswick Memorial Fund for Children | Rangeley, ME | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kvcap Early Childhood School | Waterville, ME | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Somerset Career & Technical Center | Skowhegan, ME | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trust to Conserve Northeast Forestlands | Augusta, ME | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Augusta Downtown Alliance | Augusta, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jobs for Maine Graduates | Augusta, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maine Mountain Childrens House | Kingfield, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tri County Technical Center | Dexter, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Main Street Skowhegan | Skowhegan, ME | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Prosperityme | Portland, ME | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Good Will Hinckley Home | Hinkley, ME | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Good Will Hinckley | Hinckley, ME | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
5 of 16 (31%) 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 60%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Skowhegan Early Childhood Education Center
To help with the construction of the new Early Childhood Education Center as a part of the new Skowhegan Elementary School. - Mid Maine Technical Center
Support for purchase of computers and equipment to help establish the engineering program - Agc Maine
Support for the Maine Contruction Academy Pre-Apprenticeship and Apprenticeship programs. Programs provide students with work-ready certifications such as NCCER Core Badges, OSHA 1 hour certification, First Aid & CPR for construction and others. Students are also provided with a full set of the required personal protective gear to work on construction sites. - Beth Brunswick Memorial Fund for Children
Support for construction of new childcare development center. - Kvcap Early Childhood School
Support for a new Early Childhood Center in the new Skowhegan Elementary School. Skowhegans Early Childhood Center (ECC) will become an exemplar for embedding educational programming for the first five years of a childs life into a public school building. The Center will include 4 infant/toddler rooms (32 children aged 0-3) and 8 preschool rooms (128 children 3-5 years old) for a total of 160 children - Central Maine Growth Council
Dirigo Labs Pitch prize and Sponsorship to help support a startup initiative that scores the highest overall pitch.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 9 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | $58,000 | $29,000 |
| 2022 | 5 | $164,500 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 5 | $154,500 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 11 | $400,000 | $25,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Skowhegan Savings Charitable Foundation has 11 of them, worth $359,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Skowhegan Early Childhood Education Center | Skowhegan, ME | $150,000 |
| Skowhegan Early Childhood Education Center | Skowhegan, ME | $50,000 |
| Heart of Maine Resource Center | Dexter, ME | $50,000 |
| Trust to Conserve Northeast Forestlands | Augusta, ME | $30,000 |
| Main Street Skowhegan | Skowhegan, ME | $20,000 |
| Trust to Conserve Northeast Forestlands | Augusta, ME | $15,000 |
| Foundation for a Strong Maine Economy Dba Focus Maine | Augusta, ME | $15,000 |
| Prosperityme | Portland, ME | $10,000 |
| Good Will Hinckley Home | Hinkley, ME | $9,000 |
| Peregrine Corporation Dba Psl Services Strive | South Portland, ME | $5,000 |
| Score Maine | Portland, ME | $5,000 |
Where its money goes
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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 $25,000. 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 Skowhegan Savings Charitable Foundation'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: 13 Elm Street, Skowhegan, ME, 04976. 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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