Who funds Bowdoin College?

Brunswick, Maine · EIN 01-0215213 · NTEE B420 · 501(c)(3)

162 private foundations paid Bowdoin College 374 grants on IRS Form 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $14.3M in all. Its IRS activity code (NTEE B420) places it in education.

All years on file, including returns before 2022.

Foundations that funded it

Largest total first.

Largest grants since 2022

Largest first. The purpose is what the foundation wrote on its return, for the tax year shown.

• Druckenmiller Foundation · 2023 - General use$5,000,000
• The Jim Dine Art Trust · 2023 - Educational and cultural$1,130,000
• The Perper Family Foundation · 2023 - To support the annual fund and the endowment providing scholarships for under-resourced students attending the college.$700,000
• The Perper Family Foundation · 2025 - To support the annual fund and endowment providing scholarships for under-resourced students attending college at Bowdoin.$660,250
• The Perper Family Foundation · 2024 - To support the annual fund and endowment providing scholarships for under-resourced students attending college at Bowdoin.$600,000
• The Wolstencroft Family Foundation · 2024 - For general charitable purposes$275,000
• The Roche Family Foundation · 2024 - Unrestricted$230,000
• The Roche Family Foundation · 2023 - Unrestricted$230,000
• Bittel Family Foundation Inc · 2023 - General purpose$200,000
• The George I Alden Trust · 2024 - To further education$150,000
• Kenyon Charitable Foundation · 2025 - Provide operating funds$100,000
• Kenyon Charitable Foundation · 2024 - Provide operating funds$100,000
• Richard K Lubin Family Foundation · 2024 - To provide support for the needs of the organization.$100,000
• Alice S Ayling Scholarship Foundation · 2024 - Educational scholarship$100,000
• The Charles Irwin Travelli Fund · 2024 - Scholarships$100,000
• The Barry and Oblio Wish Family Foundation Inc · 2023 - Class of 1963$100,000
• Kenyon Charitable Foundation · 2023 - Provide operating funds$100,000
• Rowe Family Foundation · 2023 - Kent Island Postdoctoral Scholar program$100,000
• The Charles Irwin Travelli Fund · 2023 - Scholarships$97,500
• Rowe Family Foundation · 2025 - Kent Island Postdoctoral Scholar program$96,388
• Trust Ui John F Preston 3 7021 · 2025 - Unrestricted general$88,226
• Alice S Ayling Scholarship Foundation · 2023 - Educational scholarship$88,000
• Alice S Ayling Scholarship Foundation · 2025 - Educational scholarship$85,000
• Trust Ui John F Preston 3 7021 · 2024 - Unrestricted general$81,915
• Devonwood Foundation · 2024 - General operating expenses$80,000

Organizations the same foundations fund

Organizations paid by many of the same foundations since 2022, by how much their lists of funders overlap.

• Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA · 30 shared funders
• Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, CT · 18 shared funders
• Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, NY · 19 shared funders
• Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PA · 20 shared funders
• University of RichmondRichmond, VA · 14 shared funders
• Connecticut CollegeNew London, CT · 15 shared funders
• Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, PA · 17 shared funders
• University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC · 15 shared funders

By tax year of the funder's return

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• Education grants in Maine
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How this page is made

Each grant comes from a foundation's IRS Form 990-PF and was linked to this EIN only when this was the single organization in the IRS Business Master File with that name in that state. Grants written under a different spelling, or where several organizations share the name, are not counted here, so the real totals can be higher. Government grants and gifts from individuals do not appear on these returns.

• IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 01-0215213
• IRS Business Master File record updated Nov 9, 2026; listed in Publication 78 (eligible for deductible contributions)

Facts on this page come from the foundation's own IRS Form 990-PF filings as published by the IRS. Grantvello does not know whether a foundation is accepting proposals right now: a past grant is not an open opportunity. Always confirm current guidelines with the funder before applying.