Bears Den Charitable Foundation
Hogansburg, NY · EIN 87-1626809. Reported 87 grants totalling $96,532 to 60 recipients 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. Bears Den 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 $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $250 and $1,400; the smallest was $50 and the largest $6,500. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Sandy Rancheria Native Youth | Auberry, CA | $10,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Akwesasne Boys and Girls Club | Akwesasne, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Snye Recreation Hall | Akwesasne, NY | $9,010 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hogansburg Akwesasne Volunteer Fire Dept | Akwesasne, NY | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Regis Mohwak Tribe | Akwesasne, NY | $6,618 | 4 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rematriation | Syracuse, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Regis Mohawk Tribe | Akwesasne, NY | $4,030 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Massena Central High School | Massena, NY | $3,550 | 6 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hogansburg Akwesasne Volunteer Fire Department | Akwesasne, NY | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Native American Law Students Association | Ann Arbor, MI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Various Minor Donations to Local Community Charities | Hogansburg, NY | $2,336 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Comanche Cares Foundation | Lawton, OK | $2,275 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Akwesasne Freedom School | Akweasne, NY | $2,138 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 4 the Future Foundation | Castle Rock, CO | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Akwesasne International Powwow | Akwesasne, Ontario | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Archdiocese of Ottawacornwal | Akwesasne, Ontario | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lummi Indian Business Council | Bellingham, WA | $1,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Salmon River Central Schools | Fort Covington, NY | $1,400 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Saint Regis Mohawk Health Services | Akwesasne, NY | $1,150 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Crow Tribal Council | Garryowen, MT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| First American Development | Toppenish, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| USA Lacrosse Inc | Hogansburg, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Massena Hospital Foundation | Massena, NY | $998 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Massena Central School District | Massena, NY | $942 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Akwesasne Tourism Working Group | Akwesasne, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Akwesasne Youth Athletes | Akweasne, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Team First Nations | Akwesasne, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Malone Minor Hockey | Glens Falls, NY | $635 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alabama-Coushatta Powwow | Livingston, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bombay Fire Department | Bombay, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Faith Keepers Montessori School | Steamburg, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| First Nations Lacrosse Association | Akweasne, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Akwesasne Freedom School | Rooseveltown, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hospice of the North Country | Plattsburgh, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Massena Basketball Association | Massena, NY | $500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Massena Figure Skating Club | Massena, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Massena Girls Varsity Hockey Team | Massena, NY | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Massena Little League | Massena, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Massena Volunteer Emegency Unit | Massena, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Massena Volunteer Fire Department | Massena, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Norwood-Norfolk School | Norfolk, NY | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pal of Massena | Massena, NY | $350 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Shamrock Figure Skating Club | Fort Covington, NY | $350 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Iakwashatste Youth Fitness | Massena, NY | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Massena Minor Hockey Association Inc | Massena, NY | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Peter's Outreach Ministry | Massena, NY | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| First Nations Lacrosse Association Inc | Cornwall, Ontario | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Salmon River Central School | Fort Covington, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Lawerence Central School Senior All Night Grad Committee | Brasher Falls, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Lawrence High School | Brasher Falls, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trinity Catholic School | Massena, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Salmon River Central School District | Fort Covington, NY | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Akwesasne Animal Society | Akwesasne, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Glenn Stratton | Madrid, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Louisville Volunteer Fire Department | Massena, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Massena Meals on Wheels | Massena, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Country Blizzard Softball | Morristown, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sons of the American Legion Squadron 1479 | Hogansburg, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Lawrence North Country Community Foundation Inc | Norwood, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Massena Central High School Musical Theater Club | Massena, NY | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
15 of 60 (25%) 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 33%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.
- Rematriation
SYMPOSIUM ON HAUDENOSAUNEE & INDIGENOUS MATRILINEALITY - Hogansburg Akwesasne Volunteer Fire Department
ANNUAL FIRE PREVENTION SCHOOL PROGRAM - St Regis Mohwak Tribe
VARIOUS COMMUNITY CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES - Archdiocese of Ottawacornwal
AKWESASNE INTERNATION POWWOW - Massena Central High School
JWL FIELD EXPERIENCE-AKWESASNE STUDENTS - First American Development
TORRES MARTINEZ DESERT CAHUILLA INDIANS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 14 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 | 3 | $400 | $100 |
| 2022 | 20 | $24,784 | $875 |
| 2023 | 30 | $30,757 | $500 |
| 2024 | 34 | $40,591 | $499 |
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
74% of its giving went to organizations in New York. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
Get funders for your state and cause by email
We email you funders that gave to organizations in your state and cause, up to five at a time each week and never the same one twice, from their own IRS filings. Free. The weekly email has not started yet.
Unsubscribe in one click from any email. We never sell or share your address. To match on your organization and typical grant size too, keep a private profile.
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 $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 New York.
- 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.
Related guides
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Bears Den Charitable Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: 26 Eagle Drive a, Hogansburg, NY, 13655. 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.
EIN 87-1626809 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
Is something here wrong about your foundation? Email [email protected] and we will correct it.