Open Foundations · Maine

Franklin Savings Bank Community Development Foundation

Farmington, Maine · EIN 311719226. 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 $705K across 182 grants in 2025, a median of $2K each.

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$705K
paid in 2025
182
grants paid
$2K
median grant
47%
to first-time recipients
$4.0M
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
Pamala J Dixon co FSB Community Dev
Address
PO Box 825, Farmington, ME, 04938
Phone
2077783339
Form the request should take
All requests for funding from the Franklin Savings Bank Community Development Foundation should be made in writing by letter or the Charitable Request form. The formal application can be found online on the Foundation's website at: https://www.franklinsavings.bank/about/community-involvement/ The application can be mailed to the FSB Community Development Foundation at P.O. Box 825, Farmington, ME 04938. Grants are only awarded to qualifying public charities and government organizations. Applicants should include their full name, their tax ID number, and a copy of their IRS non-profit determination letter. Applicants should also provide their address and contact information, the purpose for which they are seeking a grant, a dollar-amount requested, and governance and conflict of interest disclosures.
Submission deadline
The Foundation does not list or mandate definitive deadlines for donation applications.
Restrictions on awards
Foundation only considers requests that benefit the communities of the Foundation's local business area. The Foundation favors requests that target economic development; that help low-income communities; or that assist with job retention and training. The Foundation will not assist individuals raising money for trips, personal crisis, or medical problems; additionally, the Foundation will not assist individuals seeking pledges for charity walks or runs, though it may provide corporate sponsorships to qualifying events. The Foundation provides support for scholarship programs directly with qualifying schools in its operating region, and therefore does not contribute to other personal or individual scholarship fund-raising efforts.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202640849349100324. 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.

food pantryscholarship

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 182 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Franklin Ski & Outing Club (dba Farmington Ski Club)ME$153,000Free Ski Night; T-Bar; Ski Club
2Avesta Housing Development CorporationME$25,0002 of 3 Pledge for Edgewater Village Donation
3Beth Brunswick Memorial Fund for ChildrenME$25,0002025 Child Development Center Donation (1 of 2)
4Care and Share Food ClosetME$20,000Food Pantry Donation, Floor Repairs
5Greater Franklin Development CouncilME$12,5002025 Donation
6University of Maine SystemME$12,000Western Outdoor Recreation Hub
7Main Street SkowheganME$11,5002025 Various Event Sponsorships
8Skowhegan Area High SchoolME$10,179Athletics
9High Peaks AllianceME$10,0002025 Sandy River Bridge Project PMT (4 of 5) Annually
10Mainegeneral HealthME$9,8332025 Hope and Healing Cancer Wing Expansion; Day of Hope
11Heart of EllsworthME$9,0002025 Summer Concert and Community Grant & Franklin Street Music Donation
12Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund IncVA$9,000Wall that Heals
13Children's Discovery MuseumME$8,3332025 Children's Museum Exhibit Sponsorship (2 of 3)
14Rsu 10ME$7,500Wellness Center
15Susan L Curtis Charitable FoundationME$7,500Camp Curtis Programs

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202066$299K
202167$159K
202279$238K
2023140$488K
2024135$408K
2025 (partial year)182$705K

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Maine98%
Massachusetts1%
Virginia1%
New York1%

Who decides

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

Bradford S AdleyDirector · 2025
Dylan SmithAssistant Treasurer · 2025
James L EastlackDirector · 2025
James M Witt IvDirector · 2025
Katherine W YardleyDirector · 2025
Pamala J DixonTreasurer and Secretary · 2025
Peter L JudkinsChairperson · 2025
Richard H SmithDirector · 2025
Robert L Berry IiiDirector · 2025
Timothy J ThompsonPresident · 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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