Bowdoin College

Nonprofit · Grant recipient Also a grantmaker → Brunswick, ME EIN 01-0215213

Funding Overview

From IRS Form 990 filings · 2024–2026

Total received

$25.8M

Foundation funders

128

Grants recorded

200

Years covered

2024–2026

Who funds Bowdoin College?

Bowdoin College is funded by 128 grantmakers, led by Jewish Communal Fund ($6.1M), Druckenmiller Foundation ($5.0M), National Philanthropic Trust ($1.8M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $25.8M in grants to Bowdoin College between 2024–2026.

FunderTotal givenGrantsYears
Jewish Communal Fund$6,135,00042024–2025
Druckenmiller Foundation$5,000,00012024
National Philanthropic Trust$1,839,33622024–2025
California Community Foundation$1,425,00022024–2025
The Perper Family Foundation$1,260,25022024–2025
Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc$1,030,00022024–2025
The Ayco Charitable Foundation$970,00022024–2025
GS Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc$927,00012024
Boston Foundation Inc$727,50042024–2025
Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund$546,45022024–2025
American Council of Learned Societies$321,00022024–2025
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$296,90012024
The Wolstencroft Family Foundation$275,00012024
Davis Educational Foundation$249,30012024
The Roche Family Foundation$230,00012024
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc$217,10022024–2025
Kenyon Charitable Foundation$200,00022024–2025
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc$200,00012024
The Charles Irwin Travelli Fund$197,50022024–2025
Alice S Ayling Scholarship Foundation$185,00022024–2025
J F Preston Charitable Trust$170,14122024–2025
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma$168,00012024
The George I Alden Trust$150,00012024
Johns Hopkins University$149,62522024–2025
Rowe Family Foundation$146,38822024–2025
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Devonwood Foundation 009606-007$145,00022024–2025
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory$119,37712024
Richard K Lubin Family Foundation$100,00012024
Charities Aid Foundation America$81,91422024–2025
Al Bird Est University of Maine Etal$80,92522024–2025
The Beir Foundation$77,50022024–2025
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus$75,00012024
Worthington Scholarship Foundation$74,82512024
The Roux Family Foundation$70,00012025
The Barry and Oblio Wish Family Foundation Inc$70,00022024–2025
Gordon F & Jocelyn B Linke$65,00022024–2025
The Foster Family Foundation$63,50072024–2025
Marin Community Foundation$62,50022024–2025
The Chicago Community Trust$62,50012024
The Gibbons Foundation$55,00022024–2025
Chesapeake Orthopedic Research$51,50012025
The Jake Foundation Inc$50,00022024–2025
John F & Dorothy H Magee Foundation$50,00022024–2025
Storm Castle Foundation$50,00012024
The US Charitable Gift Trust$48,10012024
IFS Family Foundation Inc$45,00022024–2025
T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc$43,55032024–2026
Gerson Family Foundation Inc$40,00022024–2025
Stowe Family Foundation$40,00012024
Kane Lodge Foundation$40,00012024
Maine Space Grant Consortium$38,86822024–2025
Philene Foundation$38,00022024–2025
Lucas Kaempfer Foundation Inc$37,13022024–2025
JA Sprague Family Foundation$36,00022024–2025
A C Bird Est University Maine Etal Tr$34,23122024–2025
Trustees of Boston University$33,21812025
George W and Lolita D Kern$32,00022024–2025
Rasmuson Foundation$31,66822024
Kouroubacalis Charitable Foundation$30,89022024–2025
Frederick F French Trust$30,16822024–2025
Mark Robert Boucher Memorial Fund$30,00022024–2025
Charles Shulman Foundation$28,25822024–2025
Silicon Valley Community Foundation$27,50012024
LaCore Family Foundation Inc$26,88022024–2025
The Bessemer Giving Fund$26,50012024
Fidelity Foundation$26,20042024
Clara B Winthrop Charitable Trust$25,33522024–2025
The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County$25,00012025
Ainslie Foundation$25,00012024
The Cabin Foundation$22,00012025
B Street Foundation$20,00022024–2025
The Richard H and M Sheila Morse$20,00022024–2025
Lytton-Kambara Foundation$20,00012024
The Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust$20,00012024
Christian Community Foundation Inc$18,38022024–2025
Ernest Wentcher Educational Fund$18,10022024–2025
Roger K Berle Charitable Trust$17,30022024–2025
Maine Community Foundation Inc$16,95012024
The Nature Conservancy$15,26712025
Ud LD Mellam for Mellam Family Foundatio$15,00022025
Fletcher Family Charitable Foundation$15,00022024–2025
The Lubar Family Foundation Inc$15,00012024
The Independent Charitable Gift Fund$15,00012024
Edith W and John a Dockray$12,50022024–2025
Jean L & Raymond S Troubh Fund$12,50022024–2025
Edelman Foundation$12,50022024–2025
Spero Charitable Foundation$11,00012024
Bronx Med Research Foundation Inc$10,79812024
TBD Foundation$10,00022024–2025
James & Betty Jacobs Family$10,00022024–2025
Whiteside Scholarship Fund Trust$10,00022024–2025
Gardner Cowles III Charitable$10,00022024–2025
Miller-Mellor Association$10,00022024–2025
The Blue Lagoon Foundation Inc$10,00012024
Peter & Rosanne Aresty Foundation$10,00012024
Geoffrey Claflin & Alison Wrigley$10,00012024
Community Foundation of New Jersey$10,00012024
Advisors Charitable Gift Fund$10,00012024
Sholley Foundation$9,50022025–2026
Bearden Foundation$8,50012024
The J Paul Getty Trust$8,00012025
Charlotte Palmer Phillips FoundationInc$8,00012024
The New York Community Trust$8,00012024
Maurice Amado Foundation$7,50012024
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc$7,50012024
The San Diego Foundation$6,50012024
Durfee Family Foundation$5,00012025
The Haldeman Family Foundation$5,00012025
Crossroads Foundation$5,00012024
Ramler Charitable Trust$5,00012024
Cynthia C and Seth W Lawry Family Foundation$5,00012024
Silvernail Family Foundation$3,75012025
Ednah M Horner Charitable Foundation$3,13512025
Awa Family Foundation$3,00012025
Ravenswood Charitable Foundation$2,50012025
Evergreen Foundation Inc$2,50012025
Conway Foundation Inc$2,50012025
Vera Grace Greenlaw Trust$2,00012025
Lubrano Family Charitable Foundation$2,00012025
Longley Scholarship Foundation$1,80012025
The Martha and Max Rubinstein Family$1,50012025
Jay Ramsdell Foundation$1,50012025
Edward Little High School Alumni as Portland Trust CO LLC$1,00012026
The Michael M & Eve K Ossoff Foundation$1,00012025
Klem Family Foundation Inc$1,00012025
Lundquist W E Scholarship Fdn$75012026
The Goldstone Fund Inc$50012025
JPMorgan Chase Foundation$10012025

Funding over time

Grant dollars and counts received per year

$0$5M$10M$15M106 grants2024 90 grants2025 4 grants2026

From 2024 to 2026, annual grant giving ranged from $28K (2026) to $14.5M (2024). In 2026 it made 4 grants totaling $28K.

What grants has Bowdoin College received?

Individual grants from IRS Form 990 filings, newest first

YearFunderPurposeAmount
2026T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving IncMULTIPLE$19,500
2026Sholley FoundationUNRESTRICTED GENERAL$7,000
2026Edward Little High School Alumni as Portland Trust CO LLCSCHOLARSHIP$1,000
2026Lundquist W E Scholarship FdnSCHOLARSHIP$750
2025Jewish Communal FundIN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE$3,036,250
2025Jewish Communal FundIN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE$3,036,250
2025Gulf Coast Community Foundation IncEDUCATION$1,005,000
2025The Perper Family FoundationTo support the annual fund and endowment providing scholarships for under-resourced students attending college at Bowdoin.$660,250
2025National Philanthropic TrustEDUCATION$500,468
2025The Ayco Charitable FoundationCOLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES$430,250
2025Boston Foundation IncOperating Support/Annual Fund$327,500
2025Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundGENERAL SUPPORT$253,700
2025American Council of Learned SocietiesSTIPENDS/FELLOWSHIPS$180,000
2025Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston IncDAF - Education$105,800
2025The Charles Irwin Travelli FundSCHOLARSHIPS$100,000
2025Kenyon Charitable FoundationPROVIDE OPERATING FUNDS$100,000
2025Boston Foundation IncScholarship$100,000
2025Rowe Family FoundationKent Island Postdoctoral Scholar program$96,388
2025Johns Hopkins UniversitySUB-AWARD$90,702
2025J F Preston Charitable TrustUNRESTRICTED GENERAL$88,226
2025Alice S Ayling Scholarship FoundationEDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP$85,000
2025The Roux Family FoundationGENERAL CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION FOR EDUCATION$70,000
2025Devonwood Foundation 009606-007GENERAL SUPPORT$65,000
2025Charities Aid Foundation AmericaCHARITABLE DONATION$64,365
2025Chesapeake Orthopedic ResearchGENERAL SUPPORT$51,500
2025The Beir FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT$50,000
2025California Community FoundationHEALTH$45,000
2025Al Bird Est University of Maine EtalGENERAL SUPPORT$39,587
2025Marin Community FoundationSUPPORT THE PARENTS FUND$37,500
2025The Barry and Oblio Wish Family Foundation IncGENERALOPERATIONS$35,000

Showing 30 most recent of 200 recorded grants.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who funds Bowdoin College?

Bowdoin College is funded by 128 grantmakers, led by Jewish Communal Fund ($6.1M), Druckenmiller Foundation ($5.0M), National Philanthropic Trust ($1.8M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $25.8M in grants to Bowdoin College between 2024–2026.

Who is Bowdoin College's largest funder?

Jewish Communal Fund is the largest recorded funder of Bowdoin College, with $6.1M across 4 grants (2024–2025).

How much grant funding has Bowdoin College received?

IRS 990 filings record $25.8M in grants to Bowdoin College across 200 grants from 128 funders between 2024–2026. Filings are published on a delay, so recent grants may not appear yet.

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