Private foundation · EIN 22-3940271 · Chicopee, Massachusetts · Philanthropy & grantmaking

Chicopee Savings Bank Charitable Foundation

Should you approach them?

Yes, approach them if you're in Massachusetts. The foundation accepts applications (See application) and its median grant is $3,000.

From the 2025 Form 990-PF: 19 grants paid, $112K total, median $3,000. 79% of grants stayed in Massachusetts. Stated restrictions: To organizations exempt under section 503(c)(3) and section 170 of the internal revenue code that further community development and contribute to the quality of life in the communitites in which legacy chicopee savings…

Accepts applications
Yes
per 990-PF Part XV
Grants paid, 2025
19
$112K
Median grant
$3,000
Stays in MA
79%
of grants
Deadline
See below
See application
Assets
$6.1M

How to apply

As prescribed by the board. Contact: Guida Sajdak, 70 Center Street, Chicopee, Ma, 4135642678 Deadlines: See application Restrictions: To organizations exempt under section 503(c)(3) and section 170 of the internal revenue code that further community development and contribute to the quality of life in the communitites in which legacy chicopee savings bank, chicopee massachusetts, maintained a banking office as well as in the communities immediately adjacent to the communities in which legacy chicopee savings bank maintained a banking office.

Quoted from Part XV of the foundation's 2025 Form 990-PF; the full text is in the filing. Confirm on the foundation's website before you write.

Grants paid in 2025

Top 7 of 19 grants by amount · from Form 990-PF Part XV

RecipientPurposeAmount
Boys & Girls Club of Greater WestfieldWestfield, MAExempt purpose$20K
Multicultural Community Services of PvSpringfield, MAExempt purpose$20K
Girls Inc of the ValleyHolyoke, MAExempt purpose$10K
Mercy Medical HospitalSpringfield, MAExempt purpose$10K
The Food Bank of Western Mass IncChicopee, MAExempt purpose$10K
Willie Ross School for the DeafLongmeadow, MAExempt purpose$5,000
Providence Ministries for the NeedyHolyoke, MAExempt purpose$1,000

By state: Massachusetts 15 · Rhode Island 1 · Maine 1 · Indiana 1 · Connecticut 1

About this foundation

Chicopee Savings Bank Charitable Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation in Chicopee, Massachusetts, administered in care of Meghan Hibner, tax-exempt since 2007. Private foundations must pay out roughly 5% of their assets each year, mostly as grants to 501(c)(3) public charities.

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Does Chicopee Savings Bank Charitable Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. On its 2025 Form 990-PF the foundation indicates it accepts applications. As prescribed by the board. Deadlines: See application.

How much does Chicopee Savings Bank Charitable Foundation give each year?

In tax year 2025 it paid $112K across 19 grants, a median of $3,000.

Where does Chicopee Savings Bank Charitable Foundation give?

Massachusetts (15 grants), Rhode Island (1 grants), Maine (1 grants) and elsewhere, per its latest filing.

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