Barbara Cassidy Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is not the route in; if you have a genuine connection to it, a warm introduction is the sensible first step, and you should not send an unsolicited request.
- Its filings show a varied set of organisational recipients, including community organisations, a church, a college, a hospital, a homeless shelter, health and counselling providers, an arts centre, a high school, a library and a city government, but they state no programme field or eligibility conditions, so the filing cannot confirm whether your work fits.
- Most of its grants are modest: about 8 in 10 of its 69 grants to organisations fall between $3,500 and $24,500, and half are $9,000 or less, so a request in that region is more realistic than a large one, although its largest grant was $40,000.
- All of its grant dollars to organisations in its most recent filing went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, so an organisation it has not funded before should expect a recipient list that has been fairly stable.
- The filings show grants mainly in Maine, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, though no geographic focus is stated, and they give no timing or deadlines.
Overview
Barbara Cassidy Foundation is a US private foundation based in Biddeford, ME.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 8 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filings show a varied set of organisational recipients but do not state a programme field. Recipients include community organisations, a church, a college, a hospital, a homeless shelter, health and counselling providers, an arts centre, a high school, a library and a city government. The payments are described as required distributions, with no further purpose given. The same organisations recur across the filings. The filings do not set out eligibility conditions or explain how recipients are chosen, so the evidence supports reporting the range of organisational recipients, but not a more specific funding priority or approach.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Maine, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 100% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 69 grants to organisations were $9,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 10% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 100% of grant dollars went to organisations Barbara Cassidy Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 5% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 23 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $10,000 (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Saint Joseph's College · Required distribution$40,0002025 tax year
- Saint Mary's Church · Required distribution$40,0002025 tax year
- Caron Foundation · Required distribution$40,0002025 tax year
- Bangor YMCA-YWCA · Required distribution$40,0002025 tax year
- Saint Joseph Hospital · Required distribution$40,0002025 tax year
- City of Bangor · Required distribution$24,0002025 tax year
- Boston College · Required distribution$20,0002025 tax year
- Eastern Maine Charities · Required distribution$20,0002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- John P Flynn — Trustee
- Mary C Woodman — Trustee
- James W Cassidy — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $271,618 | $242,000 | $5,157,382 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $276,558 | $242,000 | $5,742,559 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $436,866 | $400,000 | $6,124,053 | Filing for 2025 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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- Biddeford, ME
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- Biddeford, ME