Funding search · EIN 846028054 · Conifer, CO

Mary Elizabeth Bates Foundation

Name: Mary Elizabeth Bates Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

187
grants reported: $1.4M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,400
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarship

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

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

Denver Dumb Friends League3 grants · $143,400
Mary E Bates Trust1 grant · $58,464
Ark Valley Humane Society-Sunshine Shelter4 grants · $52,400
Humane Society Pikes Peak Region4 grants · $46,800
Larimer Humane Society4 grants · $45,000
Teller County Regional Animal Center4 grants · $44,900
Upper Rio Grande Animal Societyconour Shelter4 grants · $43,900
Humane Society South Platte Valley4 grants · $42,100
Humane Colorado1 grant · $39,500
Humane Society Pagosa Springs4 grants · $38,500

Giving over time

$343,929

2022

$370,464

2023

$370,464

2024

$281,153

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 187 grants.

$58,464
Mary E Bates Trust · Conifer, CO · 2023
Donation
$49,000
Denver Dumb Friends League · Denver, CO · 2024
Donation
$47,400
Denver Dumb Friends League · Denver, CO · 2022
Donation
$47,000
Denver Dumb Friends League · Denver, CO · 2023
Donation
$39,500
Humane Colorado · Denver, CO · 2025
Donation
$34,000
Dr Bates Trust · Conifer, CO · 2022
Donation
$15,000
Scholarship Co State · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
Donation
$14,500
Ark Valley Humane Society-Sunshine Shelter · Buena Vista, CO · 2024
Donation
$13,000
Ark Valley Humane Society-Sunshine Shelter · Buena Vista, CO · 2023
Donation
$12,900
Humane Society Pikes Peak Region · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Donation
$12,700
Ark Valley Humane Society-Sunshine Shelter · Buena Vista, CO · 2022
Donation
$12,500
Teller County Regional Animal Center · Divide, CO · 2024
Donation
$12,200
Ark Valley Humane Society-Sunshine Shelter · Buena Vista, CO · 2025
Donation
$12,000
Larimer Humane Society · Fort Collins, CO · 2025
Donation
$12,000
International Hearing Dog · Henderson, CO · 2024
Donation
$12,000
Larimer Humane Society · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
Donation
$12,000
Upper Rio Grande Animal Societyconour Shelter · Monte Vista, CO · 2024
Donation
$11,800
Humane Society Pikes Peak Region · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Donation
$11,700
Humane Society Pikes Peak Region · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Donation
$11,500
Humane Society South Platte Valley · Littleton, CO · 2024
Donation
$11,100
Teller County Regional Animal Center · Divide, CO · 2023
Donation
$11,000
Freedom Service Dogs · Englewood, CO · 2024
Donation
$10,800
International Hearing Dog · Henderson, CO · 2023
Donation
$10,800
Teller County Regional Animal Center · Divide, CO · 2022
Donation
$10,700
Upper Rio Grande Animal Societyconour Shelter · Monte Vista, CO · 2025
Donation
$10,700
Upper Rio Grande Animal Societyconour Shelter · Monte Vista, CO · 2023
Donation
$10,700
International Hearing Dog · Henderson, CO · 2022
Donation
$10,600
Larimer Humane Society · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
Donation
$10,500
Teller County Regional Animal Center · Divide, CO · 2025
Donation
$10,500
Humane Society Pagosa Springs · Pagosa Springs, CO · 2024
Donation
$10,500
Upper Rio Grande Animal Societyconour Shelter · Monte Vista, CO · 2022
Donation
$10,400
Humane Society Pikes Peak Region · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Donation
$10,400
Foothills Animal Shelter · Golden, CO · 2024
Donation
$10,400
Humane Society South Platte Valley · Littleton, CO · 2023
Donation
$10,400
Larimer Humane Society · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
Donation
$10,300
Humane Society South Platte Valley · Littleton, CO · 2022
Donation
$10,200
Hamlett Spay & Neuter Clinic · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Donation
$9,900
Humane Society Pagosa Springs · Pagosa Springs, CO · 2025
Donation
$9,900
Humane Society South Platte Valley · Littleton, CO · 2025
Donation
$9,800
Second Chance Humane Society Ridgeway · Ridgeway, CO · 2024
Donation
$9,500
Longmont Humane Society · Longmont, CO · 2024
Donation
$9,500
Freedom Service Dogs · Englewood, CO · 2023
Donation
$9,400
Freedom Service Dogs · Englewood, CO · 2022
Donation
$9,200
Foothills Animal Shelter · Golden, CO · 2023
Donation
$9,100
Fort Morgan Humane Society · Fort Morgan, CO · 2024
Donation
$9,100
Hamlett Spay & Neuter Clinic · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Donation
$9,100
Humane Society Pagosa Springs · Pagosa Springs, CO · 2023
Donation
$9,000
Southern Colorado Spay & Neuter Assn · Pueblo, CO · 2024
Donation
$9,000
Foothills Animal Shelter · Golden, CO · 2022
Donation
$9,000
Hamlett Spay & Neuter Clinic · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Donation
$9,000
Humane Society Pagosa Springs · Pagosa Springs, CO · 2022
Donation
$8,800
Foothills Animal Shelter · Golden, CO · 2025
Donation
$8,800
Hamlett Spay & Neuter Clinic · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Donation
$8,800
Boulder Valley Humane Society · Boulder, CO · 2024
Donation
$8,500
Freedom Service Dogs · Englewood, CO · 2025
Donation
$8,500
Montrose Animal Protective Agency · Montrose, CO · 2025
Donation
$8,500
Montrose Animal Protective Agency · Montrose, CO · 2024
Donation
$8,500
Intermountain Humane Society · Conifer, CO · 2023
Donation
$8,400
Max Fund · Denver, CO · 2024
Donation
$8,400
Longmont Humane Society · Longmont, CO · 2023
Donation
$8,300
Second Chance Humane Society Ridgeway · Ridgeway, CO · 2023
Donation
$8,300
Intermountain Humane Society · Conifer, CO · 2022
Donation
$8,200
Longmont Humane Society · Longmont, CO · 2022
Donation
$8,125
Second Chance Humane Society Ridgeway · Ridgeway, CO · 2025
Donation
$8,000
Longmont Humane Society · Longmont, CO · 2025
Donation
$8,000
Paws for Life Animal Welfare & Protective Society · Pueblo, CO · 2024
Donation
$8,000
Second Chance Humane Society Ridgeway · Ridgeway, CO · 2022
Donation
$7,800
Boulder Valley Humane Society · Boulder, CO · 2023
Donation
$7,700
Southern Colorado Spay & Neuter Assn · Pueblo, CO · 2023
Donation
$7,600
Boulder Valley Humane Society · Boulder, CO · 2022
Donation
$7,600
Southern Colorado Spay & Neuter Assn · Pueblo, CO · 2022
Donation
$7,200
Max Fund · Denver, CO · 2023
Donation
$7,150
Scholarship Co State · Fort Collins, CO · 2025
Donation
$7,100
Max Fund · Denver, CO · 2022
Donation
$7,025
Max Fund · Denver, CO · 2025
Donation
$7,000
Montrose Animal Protective Agency · Montrose, CO · 2023
Donation
$6,800
Second Chance Lamar · Denver, CO · 2024
Donation
$6,800
Paws for Life Animal Welfare & Protective Society · Pueblo, CO · 2023
Donation
$6,700
Paws for Life Animal Welfare & Protective Society · Pueblo, CO · 2025
Donation
$6,700
Montrose Animal Protective Agency · Montrose, CO · 2022
Donation
$6,600
Paws for Life Animal Welfare & Protective Society · Pueblo, CO · 2022
Donation
$6,500
Evergreen Animal Protective League · Evergreen, CO · 2024
Donation
$6,264
Wet Mountain Wildlife Rehab · Florence, CO · 2024
Donation
$6,200
Boulder Valley Humane Society · Boulder, CO · 2025
Donation
$6,200
Scholarship Co State · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
Scholarship
$6,000
National Mill Dog Rescue · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Donation
$5,800
Fort Morgan Humane Society · Fort Morgan, CO · 2025
Donation
$5,800
National Mill Dog Rescue · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Donation
$5,800
Fort Morgan Humane Society · Fort Morgan, CO · 2023
Donation
$5,800
Scholarship Co State · Ft Collins, CO · 2022
Donation
$5,600
Fort Morgan Humane Society · Fort Morgan, CO · 2022
Donation
$5,500
Evergreen Animal Protective League · Evergreen, CO · 2023
Donation
$5,500
Second Chance Lamar · Denver, CO · 2023
Donation
$5,400
Eagle Valley Humane Society · Eagle, CO · 2024
Donation
$5,300
Evergreen Animal Protective League · Evergreen, CO · 2022
Donation
$5,300
Second Chance Lamar · Denver, CO · 2022
Donation
$5,200
Divine Feline Fix ( Rocky Mnt Alley Cat) · Denver, CO · 2024
Donation
$5,103
Wet Mountain Wildlife Rehab · Florence, CO · 2025
Donation
$5,000
Evergreen Animal Protective League · Evergreen, CO · 2025
Donation
$5,000
International Hearing Dog · Henderson, CO · 2025
Donation

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