Idaho · Private foundation
Bates Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $567k
- Granted FY2021
- 14
- Grants FY2021
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
77% of Bates Family Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 9 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Bates Family Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $567k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $365,358
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 3
- Total assets, FY2021
- $7.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 50% of the organizations Bates Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 14 | $567k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $570k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $544k | 53% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $224k | 62% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $250k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints | $952,987 | 8 | n/a |
| St Luke's Health Foundation Ltd | $110,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Caring Hearts International | $105,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Boise River Enhancement Network Inc | $46,000 | 5 | 10% |
| Interfaith Sanctuary Housing Services Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Building Hope Today Inc | $29,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Lower Boise Watershed Council Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Lifting Hands International | $23,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Prodigal Son Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 7% |
| International Medical Relief | $15,115 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints | $952,987 | 8 | n/a |
| St Luke's Health Foundation Ltd | $110,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Caring Hearts International | $105,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Boise River Enhancement Network Inc | $46,000 | 5 | 10% |
| Interfaith Sanctuary Housing Services Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Building Hope Today Inc | $29,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Lower Boise Watershed Council Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Lifting Hands International | $23,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Prodigal Son Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 7% |
| International Medical Relief | $15,115 | 1 | 0% |
| Sobriety Foundation | $12,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Foundation for Idaho History | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Sawtooth Valley Chapel Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boise Farmers Market Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Stanley School Parents Association Incorporated | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Idaho Botanical Garden Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Salvation Army | $4,739 | 1 | n/a |
| Idaho FFA Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Adams Elementary PTO Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Surel's Place Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sawtooth Society Inc | $1,068 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bates Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Idaho Community Foundation Inc · Idaho Power Foundation Inc · Obsidian Foundation Inc · Harad Family Foundation · Simplot Company Foundation Inc · Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation Inc · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Lamb Weston Charitable Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
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About Bates Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Bates Family Foundation Inc give?
- Bates Family Foundation Inc reported 14 grants totaling $566,771 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Bates Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (45%), Religion (21%), Health (8%).
- Who are Bates Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ($953k), St Luke's Health Foundation Ltd ($110k), Caring Hearts International ($105k).
- Does Bates Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bates Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bates Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Idaho Community Foundation Inc, Idaho Power Foundation Inc, Obsidian Foundation Inc.
- Where is Bates Family Foundation Inc based?
- Bates Family Foundation Inc is based in ID.
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