Open Foundations · Maine

Cianbro Charitable Foundation

Pittsfield, Maine · EIN 223020020. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $620K across 12 grants in 2025, a median of $13K each.

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$620K
paid in 2025
12
grants paid
$13K
median grant
49%
to first-time recipients
$11.8M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
Donna Jacques
Address
101 Cianbro Square, Pittsfield, ME, 04967
Phone
2074873311
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
Recipients request in writing grants for their charity which must promote charitable, scientific, literary and/or educational purposes.
Submission deadline
None
Restrictions on awards
Require proof of Section 501(c)(3) exemption.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202621119349102427. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

educationmedical

Biggest grants in 2025

All 12 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Bangor Region YmcaME$250,000Human Services
2Maine Central InstituteME$175,000Education
3The Cianbro Companies ScholarshipME$73,000Education
4The Lifeflight FoundationME$50,000Medical
5The Travis Mills FoundationME$15,000Medical
6Friends of the LibraryME$13,420Education
7Katahdin Area Boy Scouts BsaME$12,500Boy Scouts
8Associated Builders & Contractors IncDC$10,000Education
9Educate MaineME$10,000Education
10Forest Society of MaineME$5,000Conservation
11Our KatahdinME$3,700Conservation
12Curesearch for Children's CancerMD$2,500Medical

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202017$297K
202115$158K
202217$6.1M
202316$667K
202415$563K
2025 (partial year)12$620K

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Maine83%
District of Columbia8%
Maryland8%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Michael BennettTrustee · 2025
Peter G ViguePast Trustee · 2025
Peter a VigueTrustee · 2025
Thomas StoneTrustee · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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