Code Maine Coding Academy receives grant from Bangor Savings Bank Foundation 

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Bangor Savings Bank Foundation recently awarded $40,461 in grants to 13 nonprofit organizations in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.

Among the recipients is the Code Maine Coding Academy in Dover-Foxcroft, to provide nine-month, tuition-free, software development and professional skills training to under-advantaged high school graduates in the Maine Highlands region.

The foundation awards grants to nonprofits whose initiatives make communities more prosperous, more livable and more vibrant. Grant applications are reviewed quarterly for organizations located in market areas served by Bangor Savings Bank.

With more than $4.7 billion in assets, Bangor Savings Bank offers retail banking to consumers as well as comprehensive commercial, corporate, payroll administration, merchant services and small business banking services to businesses. The bank, founded in 1852, is in its 168th year with 57 branches in Maine and New Hampshire and at bangor.com. The Bangor Savings Bank Foundation was created in 1997. Together the bank and its foundation invested more than $2 million into the community in the form of nonprofit sponsorships, grants and partnership initiatives last year. Bangor Savings Bank is an equal opportunity employer. Member FDIC.