Atwater Kent Foundation
Palm Beach, FL · EIN 51-0081303. Reported 186 grants totalling $503,750 to 92 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Atwater Kent Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,500 and $3,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $16,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Good Soup Kitchen | Southwest Harbor, ME | $28,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bar Harbor Food Pantry | Bar Harbor, ME | $23,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Operation Food Search | St Louis, MO | $22,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Jude Children's Hospital | Memphis, TN | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Waterkeeper Alliance | New York, NY | $15,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Maine Coast Heritage Trust | Topsham, ME | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Mexico Wilderness Alliance | Albuquerque, NM | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Roadrunner Food Bank | Albuquerque, NM | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Weru Community Radio | East Orland, ME | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Buckminster Fuller Inst | San Francisco, CA | $11,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | Washington, DC | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Animal Humane New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Arch City Defenders Inc | St Louis, MO | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bi-State Pet Food Pantry | St Louis, MO | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Guardian Angel Settlement Association | St Louis, MO | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ranken Jorden Pediatric Bridge Hospital | Maryland Heights, MO | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Taller Puertorriqueno Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $9,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Womens Safe House | St Louis, MO | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Falmouth, MA | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Villalobos Rescue Center | New Orleans, LA | $8,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Seal Cove Auto Museum | Seal Cove, ME | $7,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Santa Fe Habitat for Humanity Inc | Santa Fe, NM | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Food Depot | Santa Fe, NM | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Earth Island Institute | Berkeley, CA | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Saint Louis Zoo Association | St Louis, MO | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| William Way Community Center | Philadelphia, PA | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oceana | Washington, DC | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood | St Louis, MO | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Saint Louis Art Museum | St Louis, MO | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Outward Bound | Lagrangeville, NY | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Southwest Harbor Public Library | Southwest Harbor, ME | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Environment Working Group | Washington, DC | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mt Desert Island Hospital | Bar Harbor, ME | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Asian Americans United | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harbor House | Southwest Harbor, ME | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Island Connections | Bar Harbor, ME | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Maine Granite Industry Historical Museum | Mount Desert, ME | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pflag Federation | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital | Maryland Heights, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Jude Childrens Hospital | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Womens Safe House | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Child Center Marygrove | Florissant, MO | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Clayton Community Foundation | Clayton, MO | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bi State Food Pantry | St Louis, MO | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dignity Period | St Louis, MO | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greenpeace USA | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Island Housing Trust | Mount Desert, ME | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Alliance to End Homelessness | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Children's Hospital New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank | New Orleans, LA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Youth Hostels | Philadelphia, PA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Buckminster Fuller Institute | San Francisco, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dutchess Land Conservancy | Millbrook, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Justine Petersen Housing and Renovation | St Louis, MO | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Missouri Botanical Garden | St Louis, MO | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Muse Winston-Salem | Winstonsalem, NC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Environmental Working Group | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Orleans Museum of Art | New Orleans, LA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oceanea | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Outward Bound | Baltimore, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Youth Hostels | Silver Spring, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Clothes Helping Kids Inc | Albuquerque, NM | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harbor House Community Service Center | Southwest Harbor, ME | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| LSU Health Foundation New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Maine Granite Industry History Museum | Mt Desert, ME | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Make a Wish Texas Gulf Coast and Lousiana | Stafford, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mount Desert Island Hospital | Bar Harbor, ME | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mystic Seaport | Mystic, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Dimensions Foundation | Santa Rosa, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pflag Foundation | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| ACLU Louisiana | New Orleans, LA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Albuquerque Kennel Kompadres Inc | Corrales, NM | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Espanola Humane | Espanola, NM | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Americas, GA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Justine Peterson Housing and Renovation | St Louis, MO | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Penobscot Marine Museum | Searsport, ME | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Planned Parenthood Fed of America | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| South Street Seaport Museum | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Louis Zoo Mary Perkins Society | St Louis, MO | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Temple Sinai | New Orleans, LA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Louisiana SPCA | New Orleans, LA | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Audubon Nature Institute | New Orleans, LA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Claymont Elementary PTO Co Southern Spirit Campaign | Ballwin, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| College of the Atlantic | Bar Harbor, ME | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Acadia | Bar Harbor, ME | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hopital Albert Schweitzer Haiti | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Island Housing Trust | Vineyard Haven, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mt Desert Island Biological Laboratory | Salisbury Cove, ME | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Runaway Safeline | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Taller Puertorn-Iqueno | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vermont Historical Society | Barre, VT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
45 of 92 (49%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 61%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Operation Food Search
TO FURTHER THE PURPOSE OF THE DONEE ORG.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 116 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 46 | $71,750 | $1,125 |
| 2022 | 47 | $132,000 | $2,500 |
| 2023 | 44 | $153,000 | $2,500 |
| 2024 | 49 | $147,000 | $2,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 26% of this one's giving went to organizations in Maine. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Maine.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Atwater Kent Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 246 Seminole Avenue, Palm Beach, FL, 33480. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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