Bascom Charitable Foundation
Clayton, MO · EIN 43-6024670. Reported 151 grants totalling $598,200 to 73 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. Bascom Charitable 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 $1,000 and $4,000; the smallest was $200 and the largest $62,500. 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Schwab Charitable | Orlando, FL | $103,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Charles Schwab Charitable Fund | Orlando, FL | $62,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Missouri Botanical Gardens | St Louis, MO | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Schwab Charitable | Orlando, FL | $38,600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sippican Historical Society | Marion, MA | $23,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Missouri Historical Society | Columbia, MO | $22,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Sippican Lands Trust | Marion, MA | $22,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Goldfarb School of Nursing | St Louis, MO | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Youth Opportunities Unlimited | Cleveland, OH | $18,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Our Sister School | New Bedford, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Community Foundation of Se Ma | New Bedford, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Elizabeth Taber Library | Marion, MA | $10,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Missouri Botanical Garden | St Louis, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| YWCA Southeastern Ma | New Bedford, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Boating Center Inc | New Bedford, MA | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| St Louis Children's Hospital Foundation | St Louis, MO | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| YWCA New Bedford | New Bedford, MA | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Sippican Land Trust | Marion, MA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New Bedford Whaling Museum | New Bedford, MA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| World Central Kitchen (north Carolina Relief) | Washington, DC | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood of the St Louis Region & Southwest Missouri | St Louis, MO | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum | New Bedford, MA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Buzzard Bay Musicfest | Marion, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Community Nurse Home Care | St Fairhaven, MA | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Dream Out Loud | New Bedford, MA | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| North Carolina Arts Foundation | Raleigh, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The St Louis Zoo | St Louis, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis | St Louis, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Women for Women | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Women for Women International | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Marion Institute | Marion, MA | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Rotch Jones Duff House & Garden Museum | New Bedford, MA | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Buttonwood Park Zoo | New Bedford, MA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Immigrants' Assistant Center | New Bedford, MA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Marion Art Center | Marion, MA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Scott Evans Foundation | Sonoma, CA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Sea Education Association | Falmouth, MA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Community Boating Center Inc of New Bedford | New Bedford, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Danforth Plant Science Center | St Louis, MO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Immigrants' Assistance Center | New Bedford, MA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Louis Childrens Hospital | St Louis, MO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Buzzards Bay Musicfest Inc | Marion, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood League of Ma | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Border Community Alliance | Tubac, AZ | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Buddhayana Foundation | Marion, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fonkoze | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center | New Bedford, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood of the St Louis Region | St Louis, MO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southcoast Children's Chorus | Marion, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Taktse International School | Sikkim | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| World Central Kitchen (hawaiian Fires) | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Max Courage | Boston, MA | $1,100 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Coastal Neighbors Network | Dartmouth, MA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of Buttonwood Park | New Bedford, MA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Gifts to Give | Acushnet, MA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hollins University | Roanoke, VA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Land With No Name | Tucson, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lloyd Center | Dartmouth, MA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mass Audubon | Lincoln, MA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New Bedford Women's Center | New Bedford, MA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Our Sisters' School | New Bedford, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Partners in Health | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pike County R-III School District | Clarksville, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army of Hyannis | Hyannis, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Land With No Name Sanctuary | Tucson, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| WGBH | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Whale | Wailuku, HI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Women's Fund Southcoast | New Bedford, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wbur | Boston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sippican Choral Society | Marion, MA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ellis School | Belleville, IL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
43 of 73 (59%) 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 73%, 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 58 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 | 34 | $131,000 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 37 | $116,200 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 26 | $113,500 | $2,500 |
| 2024 | 28 | $116,000 | $2,750 |
| 2025 | 26 | $121,500 | $3,000 |
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
34% of its giving went to organizations in Florida. 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 $2,000. 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 Florida.
- 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Bascom Charitable 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: 7701 Forsyth Blvd 1100, Clayton, MO, 63105. 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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