Funding search · EIN 461338637 · Evansville, IN

Mother Bear Charitable Foundation

Name: Mother Bear Charitable 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.

71
grants reported: $513,991
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

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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.

Ymca of Southwestern Indiana3 grants · $55,476
Isaiah 117 House Vanderburgh County3 grants · $47,500
St John the Baptist Catholic School4 grants · $41,327
Highland Elementary4 grants · $36,320
St Vincent Evansville Foundation1 grant · $32,432
Boys and Girls Club of Evansville4 grants · $30,134
Albion Fellows Bacon Center3 grants · $27,540
Oakdale Elementary2 grants · $27,370
Ozanam Family Shelter Corp2 grants · $20,000
Easter Seals1 grant · $19,270

Giving over time

$94,509

2022

$129,580

2023

$146,593

2024

$143,309

2025

Grant history

All 71 reported grants, largest first.

$32,432
St Vincent Evansville Foundation · Evansville, IN · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$25,000
Ymca of Southwestern Indiana · Evansville, IN · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$22,236
Oakdale Elementary · Boonville, IN · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$20,000
Isaiah 117 House Vanderburgh County · Elizabethton, TN · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$19,270
Easter Seals · Evansville, IN · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$18,585
St James School · Haubstadt, IN · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$18,495
Ymca of Southwestern Indiana · Evansville, IN · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$17,500
Isaiah 117 House Vanderburgh County · Elizabethton, TN · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$16,911
St John the Baptist Catholic School · Newburgh, IN · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$15,000
Ozanam Family Shelter Corp · Evansville, IN · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$14,500
Highland Elementary · Evansville, IN · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$13,304
Bosse High School · Evansville, IN · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$13,247
Highland Elementary · Evansville, IN · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$13,060
St John the Baptist Catholic School · Newburgh, IN · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$13,000
Marian Education Outreach · Elizabethton, IN · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$11,981
Ymca of Southwestern Indiana · Evansville, IN · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$10,575
University of Evansville Promise Neighborhood · Evansville, IN · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$10,211
Boys and Girls Club of Evansville · Evansville, IN · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$10,170
Albion Fellows Bacon Center · Evansville, IN · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$10,000
Isaiah 117 House Vanderburgh County · Elizabethton, TN · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$9,750
Boy Scouts of America · Evansville, IN · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$9,606
Corpus Christi Catholic Church · Evansville, IN · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$9,502
Boonville Middle School · Boonville, IN · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$9,000
Boonville Middle School · Boonville, IN · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$8,868
Albion Fellows Bacon Center · Evansville, IN · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$8,502
Albion Fellows Bacon Center · Evansville, IN · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$7,764
Boys and Girls Club of Evansville · Evansville, IN · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$7,183
Lincoln School · Evansville, IN · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$7,159
Boys and Girls Club of Evansville · Evansville, IN · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$6,887
Newburgh Elementary School · Newburgh, IN · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$6,464
St John the Baptist Catholic School · Newburgh, IN · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$5,750
Evansville Christian School · Newburgh, IN · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$5,500
The Arc of Evansville · Evansville, IN · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$5,134
Oakdale Elementary · Boonville, IN · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$5,023
Stringtown Elementary School · Evansville, IN · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$5,000
Boy Scouts of America · Evansville, IN · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$5,000
Ozanam Family Shelter Corp · Evansville, IN · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$5,000
Boys and Girls Club of Evansville · Evansville, IN · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$4,921
Highland Elementary · Evansville, IN · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$4,892
St John the Baptist Catholic School · Newburgh, IN · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$4,780
Holy Rosary Catholic School · Evansville, IN · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$4,600
St Benedict Cathedral School · Evansville, IN · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$3,746
Holy Rosary Catholic School · Evansville, IN · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$3,730
Holy Rosary Catholic School · Evansville, IN · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$3,652
Highland Elementary · Evansville, IN · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$3,500
Sleep in Heavenly Peace · Martinsville, IN · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$3,254
Harrison High School · Evansville, IN · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$3,200
Annunciation Catholic High School · Evansville, IN · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$3,200
Hollys House · Evansville, IN · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$2,900
Hollys House · Evansville, IN · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$2,778
Resurrection Catholic Church · Evansville, IN · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$2,743
Good Shepherd Catholic Church · Evansville, IN · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$2,174
Evansville Christian School · Newburgh, IN · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$2,150
Annunciation of the Lord Parish · Evansville, IN · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$2,045
Lampion Center · Evansville, IN · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$2,026
St Benedict Cathedral School · Evansville, IN · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$1,502
North High School · Evansville, IN · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$1,462
Westside Catholic School · Evansville, IN · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$1,256
St Joseph Catholic School · Evansville, IN · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$1,200
McCutchanville Elementary School · Evansville, IN · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$1,065
St Joseph Catholic School · Evansville, IN · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$1,036
Hebron Elementary School · Evansville, IN · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$1,000
Habitat for Humanity of Evansville · Evansville, IN · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$795
St Wendel Catholic Church · Wadesville, IN · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$623
St Philip Catholic School · Mt Vernon, IN · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$600
St Philip Catholic School · Mt Vernon, IN · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$595
Westside Catholic School · Evansville, IN · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$501
Helfrich Park STEM Academy Media Ctr · Evansville, IN · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$500
Delaware Elementary School · Evansville, IN · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$300
Warrick County School Corporation · Boonville, IN · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$-11,304
Bosse High School · Evansville, IN · 2023
Unrestricted donations

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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.