Virginia · Nonprofit
BERNIE L BATES FOUNDATION INC
BERNIE L BATES FOUNDATION INC (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $333 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($333). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $194k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $333
- Net assets
- $469k
What Bernie L Bates Foundation Inc does
Mission
The Bernie L Bates Foundation, Inc. shall award scholarships to college students and college-bound students. The Foundation shall provide support to the less fortunate by assisting to feed, clothe, house, and educate them. The Foundation will support food banks and other helping facilities in the community. The Foundation shall assist in community activities such as talent enrichment and college preparation programs. The Foundation shall seek out opportunities to support and mentor our youth in the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Scholarship Recipients: Daija Stewart-Simmons-Howard University-$5,000; Dhruv Yelisetti-University of Pittsburg-$2,500; Tariq Gibbs -SUNY College of Environmental Science-$1,750; Semi Ali-Brown University-$1,750; Cecilla Erinne-Virginia Tech University-$1,750; Walker Camille Harris-Florida A&M University-$1,750; Asiedua Adu-Gyamfi-James Madison University-$1,750; Bryce Gunn-Boston University-$1,750; Adan Eftekhari-Harvard University-$1,500; Mickhaila Murray-Temple University-$1,500; Sumaya Finney-Virginia Tech University-$1,500; Austin Harris-North Carolina A&T State University-$1,500; Anthony Thompson-Morgan State University-$1,500; Charisse Ferguson-Bell-North Carolina A&T State University-$1,500; Verniece Spraggins-Temple University-$1,500; Angelina Chapa-Florida Atlantic University-$1,500
$30,000 spent$30,000 earned by the program22% of program spendingSocial Action and Community Support: Reading for Success-$415; Community Recognition-$1,800; Fairfax County Foster Care-$2,375; Gum Springs/New Hope Housing/PATH Outreach-$295; Thanksgiving Donations/Other-$1,829; Student Awards Program-$7,095; ManUP Mentoring Program-$397; Privilege Award-$10,279; George Mason University Foundation-$1,000 (Grant)
$25,190 spentof which $1,000 as grants$25,190 earned by the program18% of program spendingTalent Hunt Awards: Mathieu Mercer-$1,000; Tariq Gibbs-$500; Robin Newhouse-$250; Miya Grimard-$50
$1,800 spent$1,900 earned by the program1% of program spendingOther Program Services
$81,327 spent$134,788 earned by the program59% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $138,317.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $382k to $476k (+25%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
92% of BERNIE L BATES FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $53 → $73.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BERNIE L BATES FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of BERNIE L BATES FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $333 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BERNIE L BATES FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BERNIE L BATES FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Psi Alpha Alpha Chapter · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BERNIE L BATES FOUNDATION INC?
- BERNIE L BATES FOUNDATION INC (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $333 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($333). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BERNIE L BATES FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $333 in grants to BERNIE L BATES FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BERNIE L BATES FOUNDATION INC?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $333 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BERNIE L BATES FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing