Mary Elizabeth Bates Foundation
Conifer, CO · EIN 84-6028054. Reported 185 grants totalling $1,400,857 to 60 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. Mary Elizabeth Bates 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 $5,800. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $9,100; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $58,464. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Dumb Friends League | Denver, CO | $167,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mary E Bates Trust | Conifer, CO | $58,464 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ark Valley Humane Society-Sunshine Shelter | Buena Vista, CO | $52,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Humane Society Pikes Peak Region | Colorado Springs, CO | $47,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Teller County Regional Animal Center | Divide, CO | $44,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| International Hearing Dog Inc | Henderson, CO | $43,900 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Upper Rio Grande Animal Societyconour Shelter | Monte Vista, CO | $43,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Larimer Humane Society | Fort Collins, CO | $43,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Humane Society South Platte Valley | Littleton, CO | $42,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Freedom Service Dogs | Englewood, CO | $38,950 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Foothills Animal Shelter | Golden, CO | $37,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Humane Society Pagosa Springs | Pagosa Springs, CO | $37,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hamlett Spay & Neuter Clinic Inc | Colorado Springs, CO | $36,900 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dr Mary E Bates Trust | Conifer, CO | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Longmont Humane Society | Longmont, CO | $34,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dr Bates Trust | Conifer, CO | $34,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Second Chance Humane Society Ridgeway | Ridgeway, CO | $33,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boulder Valley Humane Society | Boulder, CO | $31,950 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southern Colorado Spay & Neuter Assn | Pueblo, CO | $31,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Intermountain Humane Society | Conifer, CO | $29,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Max Fund Inc | Denver, CO | $29,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Montrose Animal Protective Agency | Montrose, CO | $28,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Paws for Life Animal Welfare & Protective Society | Pueblo, CO | $27,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Scholarship Co State | Fort Collins, CO | $27,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fort Morgan Humane Society | Fort Morgan, CO | $25,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Colorado Humane Society SPCA Inc | Denver, CO | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Evergreen Animal Protective League | Evergreen, CO | $22,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Mill Dog Rescue | Colorado Springs, CO | $21,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wet Mountain Wildlife Rehab | Florence, CO | $18,164 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Second Chance Lamar | Denver, CO | $17,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Divine Feline Fix ( Rocky Mnt Alley Cat) | Denver, CO | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Eagle Valley Humane Society | Eagle, CO | $17,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Caws-Delta County | Paonia, CO | $15,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Almost Home Adpotions | Westminster, CO | $15,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Animal Rescue of the Rockies | Breckenridge, CO | $14,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Animal Friends Alliance | Fort Collins, CO | $13,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Feline Rescue (look What the Cat Brought In) | Colorado Springs, CO | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cats Alive Alamosa Co | Alamosa, CO | $11,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Breeder Release & Adoption Service | Boncarbo, CO | $11,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Front Porch Felines | Fort Lupton, CO | $10,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Canine Partners of the Rockies | Aurora, CO | $8,700 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| North Eastern Colorado Feral Cat | Fort Collins, CO | $8,300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Second Chance Wildlife Rehab--Pueblo | Pueblo, CO | $8,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Paws Crested Butte | Crested Butte, CO | $8,029 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rocky Mountain Feline Rescue | Denver, CO | $7,300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Paws Second Chance | Log Lane Village, CO | $6,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Front Range Freedom Rescue | Boulder, CO | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| College of Veterinary Medicine and Bio | Fort Collins, CO | $5,700 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Street Dog Coalition | Fort Collins, CO | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ft Collins Cat Rescue | Fort Collins, CO | $4,600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Project Vets | Boulder, CO | $4,300 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Northern Colorado Friends of Ferals | Fort Collins, CO | $3,700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Project Animal Aid | Boulder, CO | $3,700 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Slv Spay and Neuter | Alamosa, CO | $3,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Eastern Colorado Friends of Ferals | Fort Collins, CO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pet Aid Colorado (harrison Memorial Hosp) | Denver, CO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Street Dogs Coalition | Ft Collins, CO | $2,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pawsitive Recovery | Denver, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Slv Spay & Neuter Alliance | Monte Vista, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bella Pet Insurance Fund | Evergreen, CO | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
47 of 60 (78%) 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 89%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 91 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 44 | $316,000 | $5,950 |
| 2022 | 47 | $343,929 | $5,600 |
| 2023 | 48 | $370,464 | $5,500 |
| 2024 | 46 | $370,464 | $6,382 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Mary Elizabeth Bates Foundation has 1 of them, worth $3,700. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Paws Second Chance | Log Lane Village, CO | $3,700 |
Where its money goes
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,800. 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 Colorado.
- 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 Mary Elizabeth Bates 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: 8899 Black Mountain Drive, Conifer, CO, 80433. 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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