2024 Community Matters More Grant Recipients

Bangor Savings Bank Foundation   Community Matters More a Program of The Bangor Savings Bank Foundation

Your vote mattered. Thank you!

The Bangor Savings Bank Foundation believes in giving back to our communities, and we believe that by focusing on the needs that matter most to our neighbors and friends, we matter more in the daily lives of our fellow community members. Congratulations to the 2024 Community Matters More winners!


$5,000 Grant Recipients

Community Concepts, Lewiston, ME

Androscoggin/Franklin/Oxford Counties

Pine Tree Hospice, Dover-Foxcroft, ME

Aroostook/Northern Penobscot/Piscataquis Counties

Through These Doors, Bridgton, ME

Cumberland County

The Ark Pope Memorial Animal Shelter, Cherryfield, ME

Hancock/Washington Counties

NAMI Maine, Hallowell, ME

Kennebec/Somerset Counties

Pine Tree Camp, Bath, ME

Knox/Lincoln/Sagadahoc/Waldo Counties

Old Town Animal Orphanage, Old Town, ME

Southern Penobscot County

Saco Meals Program, Saco, ME

York County

Communities for Alcohol and Drug-Free Youth, Plymouth, NH

Coos/Carroll/Grafton Counties

Live and Let Live Farm, Chichester, NH

Belknap/Cheshire/Hillsborough/Merrimack/Sullivan Counties

Cross Roads House, Portsmouth, NH

Rockingham/Strafford Counties

 

$4,000 Grant Recipients

Literacy Volunteers-Androscoggin, Lewiston, ME

Androscoggin/Franklin/Oxford Counties

Hope and Justice Project, Presque Isle, ME

Aroostook/Northern Penobscot/Piscataquis Counties

My Place Teen Center, Westbrook, ME

Cumberland County

Down East Hospice Volunteers, Calais, ME

Hancock/Washington Counties

Kennebec Behavioral Health, Augusta, ME

Kennebec/Somerset Counties

Waldoboro Food Pantry, Waldoboro, ME

Knox/Lincoln/Sagadahoc/Waldo Counties

Adoptive & Foster Families of Maine, Bangor, ME

Southern Penobscot County

Special Surfers, Saco, ME

York County

David’s House, Lebanon, NH

Coos/Carroll/Grafton Counties

Granite State Dog Recovery, Hooksett, NH *Write-In Winner

Belknap/Cheshire/Hillsborough/Merrimack/Sullivan Counties

Austin17 House, Brentwood, NH

Rockingham/Strafford Counties

 

$3,000 Grant Recipients

Western Maine Play Museum, Wilton, ME

Androscoggin/Franklin/Oxford Counties

Moosehead Outdoor Alliance, Greenville, ME

Aroostook/Northern Penobscot/Piscataquis Counties

Girl Scouts of Maine, South Portland, ME

Cumberland County

Bar Harbor Food Pantry, Bar Harbor, ME

Hancock/Washington Counties

Crisis and Counseling Centers, Augusta, ME

Kennebec/Somerset Counties

Pay It Forward For Kids, Searsport, ME

Knox/Lincoln/Sagadahoc/Waldo Counties

The Courageous Steps Project, Milford, ME *Write-In Winner

Southern Penobscot County

York Community Service Association, York, ME

York County

The Family Resource Center of Coos & Northern Grafton, Gorham, NH

Coos/Carroll/Grafton Counties

Family Promise of Southern New Hampshire, Nashua, NH

Belknap/Cheshire/Hillsborough/Merrimack/Sullivan Counties

Our Place NH, Dover, NH *Write-In Winner

Rockingham/Strafford Counties

 

$1,000 Grant Recipients

Greater Androscoggin Humane Society, Lewiston, ME *Write-In Winner

Androscoggin/Franklin/Oxford Counties

Burlington Food Pantry, Burlington, ME *Write-In Winner

Aroostook/Northern Penobscot/Piscataquis Counties

Maine State Music Theatre, Brunswick, ME *Write-In Winner

Cumberland County

SPCA of Hancock County, Trenton, ME *Write-In Winner

Hancock/Washington Counties

Winslow Community Cupboard, Winslow, ME *Write-In Winner

Kennebec/Somerset Counties

Avian Haven, Freedom, ME *Write-In Winner

Knox/Lincoln/Sagadahoc/Waldo Counties

Some Theatre Company, Bangor, ME

Southern Penobscot County

Animal Welfare Society, Kennebunk, ME *Write-In Winner

York County

Weathervane Theatre, Whitefield, NH *Write-In Winner

Coos/Carroll/Grafton Counties

Kimball Jenkins, Concord, NH

Belknap/Cheshire/Hillsborough/Merrimack/Sullivan Counties

Greater Seacoast Community Health, Somersworth, NH

Rockingham/Strafford Counties

Special Thanks

The Bangor Savings Bank Foundation acknowledges the generous contributions of promotional support to the Community Matters More program from: