Chicopee Savings Bank Charitable
Chicopee, MA · EIN 22-3940271. Reported 125 grants totalling $1,332,150 to 92 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Chicopee Savings Bank Charitable did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $350 and the largest $178,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contributions Paid | Chicopee, MA | $178,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| College of Our Lady of the Elms | Chicopee, MA | $91,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Westfield | Westfield, MA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Our Lady of the Elms College | Chicopee, MA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Springfield Library Foundation | East Longmeadow, MA | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Multicultural Community Services of Pv | Springfield, MA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Educare Springfield | Springfield, MA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jgs Lifecare | Longmeadow, MA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chicopee Boys and Girls Club | Chicopee, MA | $37,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame | Springfield, MA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Western New England University | Springfield, MA | $33,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ludlow Community Center | Ludlow, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Way Finders Inc | Springfield, MA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Irish Cultural Community Center | West Springfield, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the Chicopee Senior Center | Chicopee, MA | $23,100 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Girls Inc of the Valley | Holyoke, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Multiculural Community Services | Springfield, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities | New Haven, CT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Springfield Operations Ecs Inc | Springfield, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Food Bank of Western Mass Inc | Chicopee, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Sunshine Village Inc | Chicopee, MA | $19,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mercy Medical Center | Cedar Rapids, IA | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fam | Springfield, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Willie Ross School for the Deaf | Longmeadow, MA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| YMCA of Greater Springfield | Springfield, MA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Junior Achievement of Western Mass | Springfield, MA | $13,400 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of Chicopee Senior Citizens | Chicopee, MA | $11,550 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clarke Schools for Hearing & Speech | Northampton, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dress for Success | Springfield, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dress for Success of Western Mass | Springfield, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hcc Foundation | Tampa, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Holyoke Community College | Holyoke, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Holyoke Community College Foundation | Holyoke, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mercy Medical Hospital | Springfield, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Springfield Operations (dba Educare Springfield) | Chicopee, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Baystate Health Foundation Rays of Hope | Springfield, MA | $9,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Western United Pioneers | Chicopee, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lorraine's Soup Kitchen | Chicopee, MA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boston College | Chestnut Hill, MA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greater Westfield Emergency Food Pantry | Westfield, MA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House | New Haven, CT | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Stanislaus School | Chicopee, MA | $5,300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Double Edge Theatre | Ashfield, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mental Health Association | Springfield, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Revitalize Cdc | Springfield, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Roca | Chelsea, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Gray House Inc | Springfield, MA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc | Holyoke, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Assumption University | Worcester, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Carnegie Mellon University Moira Doolittle Andrew | Pittsburgh, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| College of Information & Computer Science | Amherst, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dickinson College | Carlisle, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| George Washington University | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Harvard | Cambridge, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Isenberg School of Management | Amherst, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lafayette College | Easton, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lasell University | Newton, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mount Holyoke College | South Hadley, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nova Southeastern University | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southern New Hampshire University Jesamei Gutierrez | Manchester, NH | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Springfield College | Springfield, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St John the Baptist School | Smithton, IL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Syracuse University | Syracuse, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Syracuse University Sarah Szalai | Syracuse, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Umass Amherst | Amherst, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Umass Amherst Jaycalee Santos | Amherst, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Umass Amherst Matthew Mendez | Amherst, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Massachusetts at Amherst | Amherst, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth | Dartmouth, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of New Hampshire | Durham, NH | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of New Haven Sophia Pedro | West Haven, CT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Villanova University Callie Orszulak | Villanova, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Western New England University Alexis Torres | Springfield, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Western New England University Nolan Chamberland | Springfield, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Westfield State University | Westfield, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Westfield State University Zuhal Shinwari | Westfield, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Williams College | Williamstown, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Worcester State University Sydney Emond | Worcester, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Majestic Theatre | West Springfield, MA | $2,900 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Best Buddies Challenge | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Springfield | Springfield, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Federation of Western Ma | Springfield, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Luso American Cultural Association | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Providence Ministries for the Needy | Holyoke, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Thomas J O'connor Foundation | Springfield, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Michael J Dias Foundation | Ludlow, MA | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the Chicopee Library | Chicopee, MA | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity | W Springfield, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lifepoint Baptist Church of Chicopee | Chicopee, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St John the Baptist School | Ludlow, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Exposition Area Alumni Scholarship Fund | West Springfield, MA | $350 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
24 of 92 (26%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 26%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 50 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 38 | $449,400 | $5,500 |
| 2022 | 43 | $344,700 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 36 | $284,050 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | $178,000 | $178,000 |
| 2025 | 7 | $76,000 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Chicopee Savings Bank Charitable has 36 of them, worth $1,314,650. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| College of Our Lady of the Elms | Chicopee, MA | $200,000 |
| Our Lady of the Elms College | Chicopee, MA | $80,000 |
| Multiculural Community Services | Springfield, MA | $80,000 |
| Springfield Library Foundation | East Longmeadow, MA | $80,000 |
| Multicultural Community Services | Springfield, MA | $60,000 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Westfield | West Springfield, MA | $60,000 |
| Springfield Operations Ecs Inc | Springfield, MA | $60,000 |
| Food Bank of Western Ma | Hatfield, MA | $50,000 |
| Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame | Springfield, MA | $45,000 |
| Food Bank of Western Ma | Holyoke, MA | $40,000 |
| Multicultural Community Services of Pv | Chicopee, MA | $40,000 |
| Our Lady of the Elms College | Springfield, MA | $40,000 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Westfield | West Springfield, MA | $40,000 |
| Springfield Operations Ecs | Springfield, MA | $40,000 |
| Girls Inc of the Pioneer Valley | Holyoke, MA | $30,000 |
Where its money goes
93% of its giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Massachusetts.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Chicopee Savings Bank Charitable's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 70 Center Street, Chicopee, MA, 01013. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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