Cianbro Charitable Foundation

• Cianbro Charitable Foundation accepts written requests from charities whose work promotes charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes, with themes of education, science and literature, so a fit should be easy to judge; a charity without proof of Section 501(c)(3) exemption should not apply, because that proof is required.
• Its filing states no geographic focus, and the grants it shows are mainly in Maine, which is a pattern to weigh rather than a rule about who may apply.
• Half of its 43 grants to organisations were $10,000 or less, and about 8 in 10 fall between $2,500 and $115,000, so a modest request is the realistic choice, though the largest grant was about $305,000 and that band is typical rather than a ceiling.
• In its most recent filing, 58% of grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, so a prior relationship may matter, and the filing gives no deadlines, so timing is not something it lets you plan around, though it gives no way to judge how competitive the foundation is.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Bangor Region YMCA · Human Services
  $250,0002025 tax year
• Maine Central Institute · Education
  $175,0002025 tax year
• Cianbro Companies Scholarship · Education
  $73,0002025 tax year
• LifeFlight Foundation · Medical
  $50,0002025 tax year
• Travis Mills Foundation · Medical
  $15,0002025 tax year
• Friends of the Library · Education
  $13,4202025 tax year
• Katahdin Area Boy Scouts BSA · Boy Scouts
  $12,5002025 tax year
• Educate Maine · Education
  $10,0002025 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

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.