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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “bates”
Where the money went
Largest: $600,000 to BATES COLLEGE SCHULER ACCESS INITIATIVES — general unrestricted exempt purpose of organization
Largest: $247,350 to Thomas College — scholarships - i adji, b allen, m allen, l bangs, j bartlett, b bates, a berry, n berry, a beyor, z braun, a brawn, e brewer, i campbell, m cates, a chabot, c chambers, l cirard, s…
Largest: $3,500 to PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF BATES COLLEGE — fidelity matching gifts to education
Largest: $116,000 to BATES COLLEGE — educational scholarship
Largest: $15,000 to BATES COLLEGE — summer internship stipends for environmental studies students
Ernst & Young FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $92,150 · through 2024Largest: $18,700 to PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF BATES COLLEGE — matching gifts
Largest: $10,000 to Bates College — general operating support
Largest: $425,000 to BATES COLLEGE — current use scholarships, russel street field project
Largest: $8,750 to GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES — in support of "chemistry education research and practice," a gordon research seminar on july 8 - 9, 2023 at bates college, maine.
United Way of Greater St LouisSaint Louis, MOCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $334,497 to Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House Inc — all - early childhood and youth success;awd - early childhood and youth success; ttp - early childhood and youth success
Largest: $183,572 to BATES COLLEGE — general operating
Largest: $10,000 to Bates College — to engage in the histories, economies, and cultures of asia; 1. tanaka memorial foundation student research grant. 2. partial support for one professor and two students to attend t…
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →