Funding search · EIN 274159707 · Golden Valley, MN

Bame Foundation

Name: Bame Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

377
grants reported: $3.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Children'S Cancer Research Fund3 grants · $445,599
Ducks Unlimited2 grants · $162,880
Provision Bridge3 grants · $123,982
Riverside Church2 grants · $120,000
Community Foundation of Collier County2 grants · $110,500
Collier Community Foundation1 grant · $100,000
Crescent Cove2 grants · $95,000
Breakaway3 grants · $94,970
Boys & Girls Club of Maui - Lahaina Clubhouse2 grants · $86,694
Angel Foundation3 grants · $85,710

Giving over time

$907,357

2022

$694,508

2023

$1.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 377 grants.

$367,073
Children'S Cancer Research Fund · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Charitable gift
$104,500
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2022
Charitable gift
$100,000
Collier Community Foundation · Naples, FL · 2022
Charitable gift
$70,000
Crescent Cove · Brooklen Center, MN · 2024
Charitable gift
$61,694
Boys & Girls Club of Maui - Lahaina Clubhouse · Lahaina, HI · 2024
Charitable gift
$60,500
Community Foundation of Collier County · Naples, FL · 2023
Charitable gift
$60,000
Riverside Church · Manhattan, NY · 2024
Charitable gift
$60,000
Riverside Church · Manhattan, NY · 2023
Charitable gift
$58,380
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2024
Charitable gift
$52,200
Provision Bridge · Tallulah Falls, GA · 2022
Charitable gift
$50,000
Community Foundation of Collier County · Naples, FL · 2024
Charitable gift
$50,000
Engage Your Destiny · St Louis Park, MN · 2024
Charitable gift
$50,000
Venn Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Charitable gift
$45,001
Provision Bridge · Tallulah Falls, GA · 2024
Charitable gift
$44,062
Children'S Cancer Research Fund · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Charitable gift
$41,500
Camp Hertko Hollow · West Des Moines, IA · 2022
Charitable gift
$36,360
Angel Foundation · Mendota Heights, MN · 2023
Charitable gift
$34,464
Children'S Cancer Research Fund · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Charitable gift
$33,100
Autism Society of Minnesota · St Paul, MN · 2023
Charitable gift
$31,820
Breakaway · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Charitable gift
$31,820
Breakaway · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Charitable gift
$31,330
Breakaway · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Charitable gift
$29,260
Angel Foundation · Mendota Heights, MN · 2024
Charitable gift
$29,220
Matter · St Louis Park, MN · 2022
Charitable gift
$29,050
Annandale Food Shelf · Annadale, MN · 2024
Charitable gift
$28,735
Autism Society of Minnesota · St Paul, MN · 2024
Charitable gift
$28,000
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2022
Charitable gift
$26,781
Provision Bridge · Tallulah Falls, GA · 2023
Charitable gift
$25,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Charitable gift
$25,000
Junior Achievement of Twin Cities · St Paul, MN · 2024
Charitable gift
$25,000
Lls Upper Plains Region · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Charitable gift
$25,000
Mpma Education Foundation · Stillwater, MN · 2024
Charitable gift
$25,000
St Mary'S Catholic Schools · Neenah, WI · 2024
Charitable gift
$25,000
Boys & Girls Club of Maui - Lahaina Clubhouse · Lahaina, HI · 2023
Charitable gift
$25,000
Crescent Cove · Brooklen Center, MN · 2023
Charitable gift
$25,000
Junior Achievement of Twin Cities · St Paul, MN · 2023
Charitable gift
$25,000
Junior Achievement of Twin Cities · St Paul, MN · 2022
Charitable gift
$25,000
Nema Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2022
Charitable gift
$23,525
Kids in Need Foundation · Roseville, MN · 2022
Charitable gift
$22,700
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2023
Charitable gift
$22,000
Orono Ice Arena · Long Lake, MN · 2022
Charitable gift
$20,090
Angel Foundation · Mendota Heights, MN · 2022
Charitable gift
$20,000
Spark-Y · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Charitable gift
$20,000
Israel Food Shelf Donation · Golden Valley, MN · 2023
Charitable gift
$20,000
Scenic Montana Trails · Seeley Lake, MT · 2023
Charitable gift
$15,750
Fishing for Life · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Charitable gift
$15,148
Autism Society of Minnesota · St Paul, MN · 2022
Charitable gift
$15,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Charitable gift
$15,000
Junior Achievement of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Charitable gift
$15,000
Junior Achievement of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Charitable gift
$15,000
Mike Sylva International · Beaverton, OR · 2023
Charitable gift
$15,000
Foundation for Essential Needs · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Charitable gift
$14,560
Matter · St Louis Park, MN · 2023
Charitable gift
$14,350
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Charitable gift
$13,732
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Charitable gift
$13,500
Teen Challenge of the Midlands · Colfax, IA · 2022
Charitable gift
$13,442
Feed My Starving Children · Coon Rapids, MN · 2022
Charitable gift
$13,000
Hippy Feet · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Charitable gift
$12,300
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Charitable gift
$12,000
Ridgeview Foundation · Waconia, MN · 2022
Charitable gift
$11,700
Minnesota Teen Challenge · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Charitable gift
$10,325
The Lift Garage · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Charitable gift
$10,200
Wilderness Inquiry · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Charitable gift
$10,000
Beth El Synagogue · St Louis Park, MN · 2024
Charitable gift
$10,000
Family & Children'S Center · Winona, MN · 2024
Charitable gift
$10,000
Folds of Honor · Owasso, OK · 2024
Charitable gift
$10,000
Project Echelon · Waukesha, WI · 2024
Charitable gift
$10,000
Bethel University · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Charitable gift
$10,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Charitable gift
$10,000
Engage Your Destiny · St Louis Park, MN · 2023
Charitable gift
$10,000
St Mary'S Catholic Schools · Neenah, WI · 2023
Charitable gift
$9,510
St Jude'S Children Research Hospital · St Louis Park, MN · 2022
Charitable gift
$9,500
Crime Prevention Fund · St Bonifacius, MN · 2024
Charitable gift
$9,440
Awaken · Reno, NV · 2024
Charitable gift
$8,500
Orono Crime Prevention Fund · St Bonifacius, MN · 2022
Charitable gift
$8,250
Feeding Our Community Partners · North Mankato, MN · 2022
Charitable gift
$8,032
Engage Your Destiny · St Louis Park, MN · 2022
Charitable gift
$8,020
The Macc Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Charitable gift
$7,860
The Macc Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Charitable gift
$7,800
Fishing for Life · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Charitable gift
$7,800
St Croix Alano · Stillwater, MN · 2022
Charitable gift
$7,600
Children'S Surgery International · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Charitable gift
$7,500
The Macc Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Charitable gift
$7,500
Make-a-Wish Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Charitable gift
$7,500
Humor To Fight the Tumor · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable gift
$7,500
Orono Foundation for Education · Long Lake, MN · 2022
Charitable gift
$7,500
Youth Frontiers · St Louis Park, MN · 2022
Charitable gift
$7,025
Fishing for Life · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Charitable gift
$6,945
The Leader Institute · Mansfield, TX · 2022
Charitable gift
$6,504
Toys for Tots Foundation · Triangle, VA · 2024
Charitable gift
$6,450
St Jude'S Children Research Hospital · St Louis Park, MN · 2023
Charitable gift
$6,270
St Jude'S Children Research Hospital · St Louis Park, MN · 2024
Charitable gift
$6,100
Make-a-Wish Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Charitable gift
$6,000
Boys & Girls Club of Central Georgia · Macon, GA · 2024
Charitable gift
$6,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Charitable gift
$6,000
Camp Fire Minnesota · Excelsior, MN · 2024
Charitable gift
$6,000
Bobby & Steve'S Youth Foundation · Edina, MN · 2023
Charitable gift
$6,000
Wilderness Inquiry · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Charitable gift
$5,720
Sepo Zambia · Oshkosh, WI · 2023
Charitable gift
$5,500
Kids in Need Foundation · Roseville, MN · 2024
Charitable gift

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.