Officers of the Bay State Charitable Foundation, Inc. are Treasurer: Cheri Carty and President: Seth A. Pitts; both of whom are also employees of Bay State Bank.
The Directors are Jay Z. Aframe – Attorney and Managing Partner, Philips, Silver, Talman & Aframe, P.C. and John Graham – Partner, Graham and Sheperd, P.C.
The Bay State Charitable Foundation provides charitable contributions to organizations and worthy programs that enhance the quality of life in our delineated communities.
The Bay State Charitable Foundation provides support only to non-for-profit, tax-exempt organizations as defined by Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service Code.
The Foundation does not support: Individuals Political Organizations/Candidates, Religious Institutions, Fraternal Organizations, Employment Unions, Fully Tax Supported Entities (schools, libraries, etc.)
Funding requests ranging in size from $1,000 to $2,000 will be considered. The Foundation discourages repeat requests for funding of the same programs/projects as well as requests submitted in consecutive years by the same organization. The Foundation is open to receiving requests from the same organization as long as there is a lapse of one year in approval.
The Board of Directors considers funding proposals at their meetings which are held on a schedule determined annually .
