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Bates Family Foundation

Name: Bates Family 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.

114
grants reported: $4.5M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
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.

Annie Wright School3 grants · $1.7M
Pine Island Camp3 grants · $335,000
University of Chicago3 grants · $325,000
Shattuck St Mary'S School3 grants · $230,000
University of Washington3 grants · $195,000
Whitman College3 grants · $150,000
Cornell University3 grants · $150,000
Esquestrian Land Concervation Recource3 grants · $150,000
The United States Pony Clubs3 grants · $150,000
Brookings Institute2 grants · $120,000

Giving over time

$1.5M

2022

$1.3M

2023

$1.7M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 114 grants.

$720,000
Annie Wright School · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$550,000
Annie Wright School · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$410,000
Annie Wright School · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$130,000
Pine Island Camp · Brunswick, ME · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$110,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$110,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$105,000
Shattuck St Mary'S School · Faribault, MN · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$105,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$105,000
Pine Island Camp · Brunswick, ME · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$100,000
Pine Island Camp · Brunswick, ME · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$90,000
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$75,000
Shattuck St Mary'S School · Faribault, MN · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$68,000
Trinity College · Hartford, CT · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$60,000
Brookings Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$60,000
Brookings Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$55,000
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$50,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$50,000
Esquestrian Land Concervation Recource · Lexington, KY · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$50,000
The United States Pony Clubs · Lexington, KY · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$50,000
Whitman College · Walla Walla, WA · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$50,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$50,000
Esquestrian Land Concervation Recource · Lexington, KY · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$50,000
Shattuck St Mary'S School · Faribault, MN · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$50,000
The United States Pony Clubs · Lexington, KY · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$50,000
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$50,000
Whitman College · Walla Walla, WA · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$50,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$50,000
Esquestrian Land Concervation Recource · Lexington, KY · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$50,000
The United States Pony Clubs · Lexington, KY · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$50,000
Whitman College · Walla Walla, WA · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$45,705
University of Redlands · Redlands, CA · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$36,000
Tacoma Museum of Glass · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$35,000
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$30,000
Seattle Pacific University · Seattle, WA · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$30,000
Seattle Pacific University · Seattle, WA · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$30,000
Seattle Pacific University · Seattle, WA · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$25,000
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$25,000
Tacoma Museum of Glass · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$25,000
Oakwood School · Greenville, NC · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$25,000
Tacoma Museum of Glass · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$20,000
St Paul'S School · Concord, NH · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$20,000
St Paul'S School · Concord, NH · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$20,000
St Paul'S School · Concord, NH · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$15,000
Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$15,000
St Martin'S Lutheran School · Annapolis, MD · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$15,000
Weheartseattle · Seattle, WA · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$15,000
Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$15,000
St Martin'S Lutheran School · Annapolis, MD · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$15,000
Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$15,000
National Association of Episcopal Schools · New York, NY · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$15,000
St Martin'S Lutheran School · Annapolis, MD · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$13,100
Concordia Christian Academy · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$13,000
The Sycamore School · Arlington, VA · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$12,000
Sequim City Band · Sequim, WA · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$12,000
Sequim City Band · Sequim, WA · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$10,232
Concordia Christian Academy · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$10,000
Alpha Chi Omega Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$10,000
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra · Annapolis, MD · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$10,000
Tacoma Community House · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$10,000
Alpha Chi Omega Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$10,000
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra · Annapolis, MD · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$10,000
Children'S Museum of Tacoma · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$10,000
National Association of Episcopal Schools · New York, NY · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$10,000
Oakwood School · Greenville, NC · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$10,000
Tacoma Community House · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$10,000
The Sycamore School · Arlington, VA · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$10,000
Weheartseattle · Seattle, WA · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$10,000
Alpha Chi Omega Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$10,000
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra · Annapolis, MD · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$10,000
College Success Foundation · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$10,000
Sequim City Band · Sequim, WA · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$10,000
Tacoma Community House · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$10,000
Tacoma Symphony · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$10,000
Ymca of Tacoma Pierce County · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$8,500
Amara - Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$8,000
Detroit Horsepower · Detroit, MI · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$8,000
Fordham University · New York, NY · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$8,000
Greenhill School · Addison, TX · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$8,000
Lift Me Up · Great Falls, VA · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$8,000
Detroit Horsepower · Detroit, MI · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$8,000
Fordham University · New York, NY · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$8,000
Greenhill School · Addison, TX · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$8,000
Greenhill School · Addison, TX · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$7,500
National Association of Episcopal Schools · New York, NY · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$7,500
Amara - Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$6,000
Lift Me Up · Great Falls, VA · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$5,000
Baja Community Foundation · Silverdale, WA · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$5,000
Boys & Girls Club · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$5,000
Chinese Reconciliation Foundation Project · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$5,000
Oakwood School · Greenville, NC · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$5,000
University of Chicago Booth School of Business · Chicago, IL · 2024
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$5,000
Boys & Girls Club · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$5,000
Chinese Reconciliation Foundation Project · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$5,000
College Success Foundation · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$5,000
Ymca of Tacoma Pierce County · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$5,000
Boys & Girls Club · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$5,000
Chinese Reconciliation Foundation Project · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$5,000
Detroit Horsepower · Detroit, MI · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$5,000
Fordham University · New York, NY · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization
$5,000
Lift Me Up · Great Falls, VA · 2022
Payment for the benefit of the organization

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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.