Atwater Kent Foundation
Palm Beach, FL · EIN 51-0081303. Reported 234 grants totalling $668,750 to 100 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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 $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,500 and $3,500; the smallest was $500 and the largest $19,000. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bar Harbor Food Pantry | Bar Harbor, ME | $42,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Common Good Soup Kitchen | Southwest Harbor, ME | $35,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Operation Food Search | St Louis, MO | $29,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Roadrunner Food Bank | Albuquerque, NM | $22,500 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Maine Coast Heritage Trust | Topsham, ME | $18,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Waterkeeper Alliance | New York, NY | $18,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| New Mexico Wilderness Alliance | Albuquerque, NM | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| St Jude Children's Hospital | Memphis, TN | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Food Depot | Santa Fe, NM | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Weru Community Radio | East Orland, ME | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Womens Safe House | St Louis, MO | $14,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Animal Humane New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM | $11,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Arch City Defenders Inc | St Louis, MO | $11,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Buckminster Fuller Inst | San Francisco, CA | $11,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Guardian Angel Settlement Association | St Louis, MO | $11,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Falmouth, MA | $10,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Santa Fe Habitat for Humanity Inc | Santa Fe, NM | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Seal Cove Auto Museum | Seal Cove, ME | $9,750 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Saint Louis Zoo Association | St Louis, MO | $9,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | Washington, DC | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bi-State Pet Food Pantry | St Louis, MO | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ranken Jorden Pediatric Bridge Hospital | Maryland Heights, MO | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood | St Louis, MO | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Saint Louis Art Museum | St Louis, MO | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Southwest Harbor Public Library | Southwest Harbor, ME | $9,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Taller Puertorriqueno Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $9,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| William Way Community Center | Philadelphia, PA | $9,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Villalobos Rescue Center | New Orleans, LA | $8,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Buckminster Fuller Institute | San Francisco, CA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Asian Americans United | Philadelphia, PA | $7,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Earth Island Institute | Berkeley, CA | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Child Center Marygrove | Florissant, MO | $6,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Oceana | Washington, DC | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Clothes Helping Kids Inc | Albuquerque, NM | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Island Connections | Bar Harbor, ME | $6,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Muse Winston-Salem | Winstonsalem, NC | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Outward Bound | Lagrangeville, NY | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House St Louis | St Louis, MO | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Environment Working Group | Washington, DC | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Environmental Working Group | Washington, DC | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Mt Desert Island Hospital | Bar Harbor, ME | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Youth Hostels | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Greenpeace USA | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Harbor House | Southwest Harbor, ME | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Island Housing Trust | Mount Desert, ME | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Maine Granite Industry Historical Museum | Mount Desert, ME | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Maine Granite Industry History Museum | Mt Desert, ME | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Pflag Federation | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital | Maryland Heights, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ranken Jorden Pediatric Hospital | Maraland Hts, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rankin Jorden Pediatric Hospital | Maraland Hts, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Jude Childrens Hospital | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Womens Safe House | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Clayton Community Foundation | Clayton, MO | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Espanola Humane | Espanola, NM | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Albuquerque Kennel Kompadres Inc | Corrales, NM | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Bi State Food Pantry | St Louis, MO | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bi State Food Pantry | Troy, IL | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Dignity Period | St Louis, MO | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Acadia | Bar Harbor, ME | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Harbor House Community Service Center | Southwest Harbor, ME | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Missouri Botanical Garden | St Louis, MO | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Mount Desert Island Hospital | Bar Harbor, ME | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| National Alliance to End Homelessness | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pflag Foundation | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| St Jude Childrens Hospital | Memphis, TN | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Dutchess Land Conservancy | Millbrook, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Justine Petersen Housing and Renovation | St Louis, MO | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Justine Peterson Housing and Renovation | St Louis, MO | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Santa Fe Animal Shelter and Humane Society | Santa Fe, NM | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Apa Adoption Center | St Louis, MO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cary Institute of Ecosystems Studies | Millbrook, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| LSU Health Foundation New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Make a Wish Texas Gulf Coast and Lousiana | Stafford, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mystic Seaport | Mystic, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Dimensions Foundation | Santa Rosa, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| ACLU Louisiana | New Orleans, LA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Americas, GA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
57 of 100 (57%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 66%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Bar Harbor Food Pantry
TO FURTHER THE PURPOSE OF THE DONEE ORG.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 149 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
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 |
| 2025 | 48 | $165,000 | $2,750 |
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
26% of its giving went to organizations in Maine. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
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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