Biddeford and Mechanics Savings Charitable Foundation

How to apply, from its 2025 IRS return

How to ask

Potential recipient organizations will be identified and examined by the Board of Directors of the Foundation. The Foundation may require written grant proposals from each potential grant recipient. If the Foundation does require a written grant proposal, the grant proposal should specify the purposes for which the grant will be used, the applicant's willingness and commitment to abide by any terms applicable to the grant, and the applicant will document their exempt status. After receipt of…

Deadlines

None stated

Limits on who can apply

All recipient organizations are required to be Section 501(c)(3) organizations. The Foundation places particular emphasis on Maine-based organizations operating in Androscoggin, Cumberland, and York Counties, and intends to make grants to such organizations for the purposes of developing and improving local communities. Without limitation, the Foundation anticipates making grants to support public education, community recreational activities and facilities, local library services, and services…

Grants paid in 2025

$166,666, to organizations

This is what the foundation told the IRS on Form 990-PF. It isn’t a confirmed open grant round, and details may have changed, so contact the foundation before applying. Its mailing address is on the full return: see it on ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer.