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12 funders with a record of paying for “bowdoin”
Where the money went
Largest: $7,000 to BOWDOIN COLLEGE — fidelity matching gifts to education
Largest: $15,000 to BOWDOIN COLLEGE — hyde scholarships/gibbons arctic studies fund
Largest: $660,250 to Bowdoin College — to support the annual fund and endowment providing scholarships for under-resourced students attending college at bowdoin.
Largest: $20,000 to BOWDOIN COLLEGE — justin foster '03 and family scholarship fund
Largest: $12,960 to BOWDOIN COLLEGE — james bowdoin scholarship
Largest: $100,000 to BOWDOIN COLLEGE — to provide support for the needs of the organization.
American Council of Learned SocietiesNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $627,000 · through 2024Largest: $191,000 to BOWDOIN COLLEGE — stipends/fellowships
Largest: $100,000 to BOWDOIN COLLEGE — educational scholarship
Largest: $22,253 to Bowdoin College — scholarships for yasmin aden ($4,500), alexandra camargo ($5,500), and carolina escobar ($12,253)
Largest: $33,435 to Bowdoin College — student scholarship
Largest: $75,000 to BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER — bowdoin street health center healthy food prescription program
Largest: $100,000 to BOWDOIN COLLEGE — kent island postdoctoral scholar program
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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 →