Illinois · Private foundation
The George a Bates Memorial Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $350k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations The George a Bates Memorial Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $350k | 30% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $285k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $312k | 53% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $357k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $276k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $276k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $230k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $155k | 42% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oaken Acres Wildlife Center | $665,000 | 9 | 40% |
| Infant Welfare Society of Chicago | $288,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Hill School | $225,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Southern Illinois University Foundation | $122,857 | 8 | 0% |
| The Hope Light Foundation | $110,429 | 8 | 38% |
| Skaggs Foundation | $110,428 | 8 | 1% |
| Poshard Foundation for Abused Children Inc | $100,428 | 7 | 11% |
| Brehm Preparatory School Foundation | $90,429 | 6 | 10% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Homes for Our Troops Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oaken Acres Wildlife Center | $665,000 | 9 | 40% |
| Infant Welfare Society of Chicago | $288,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Hill School | $225,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Southern Illinois University Foundation | $122,857 | 8 | 0% |
| The Hope Light Foundation | $110,429 | 8 | 38% |
| Skaggs Foundation | $110,428 | 8 | 1% |
| Poshard Foundation for Abused Children Inc | $100,428 | 7 | 11% |
| Brehm Preparatory School Foundation | $90,429 | 6 | 10% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Homes for Our Troops Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Paws Chicago | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cheetah Conservation Fund | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fox Valley Wildlife Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 5% |
| K9s for Warriors Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brehm Preparatory School Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lake Forest Academy | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Groton Scholarship Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 25% |
| American Humane Association | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Anti-Cruelty Society | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Save-A-Pet Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($378k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The George a Bates Memorial Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About The George a Bates Memorial Foundation
- How much does The George a Bates Memorial Foundation give?
- The George a Bates Memorial Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $350,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The George a Bates Memorial Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (37%), Health (27%), Education (24%).
- Who are The George a Bates Memorial Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Oaken Acres Wildlife Center ($665k), Infant Welfare Society of Chicago ($288k), The Hill School ($225k).
- Does The George a Bates Memorial Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The George a Bates Memorial Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The George a Bates Memorial Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Network for Good.
- Where is The George a Bates Memorial Foundation based?
- The George a Bates Memorial Foundation is based in IL.
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