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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 34-1749094

The John C Bates Foundation

A private foundation in Toledo, OH. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 3 grants and $60,500 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Mar 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $60,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $868,832
  • Tax year 2023

    $104,500

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,282,617
  • Tax year 2022

    $12,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,513,889
  • Tax year 2021

    $41,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,428,536
  • Tax year 2020

    $5,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,271,605
  • Tax year 2019

    $52,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,030,993
  • Tax year 2018

    $52,150

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $996,953

Grants paid in 2024

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Bedford Public Schools (stadium)Temperance, MI

    Bedford public schools (stadium) general fund.

    $50,000
  2. Detroit Achievement Academy FoundationDetroit, MI

    Field studies.

    $10,000
  3. Race for the KidsGrosse Pointe Farms, MI

    Race for the kids general fund.

    $500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education1 grant $10,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Michigan3 grants $60,500

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Darlene L DotsonPRES./ DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • John C BatesDIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Rita CzerniakowskiTREAS/DIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Lindsay BatesDIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Suzaane Bates ColonDIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Shannon BatesDIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Jacque PollockSECRETARY Hours 0.25Pay $0

The return

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