A museum gallery with a large landscape painting in a gilt frame
Foundation Lookup

Grant recipient EIN 41-1838192Arts and culture

Who funds North American Bear Center?

8 private foundations gave North American Bear Center in Ely, MN $81,389 across 18 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

See which foundations fund work like yours Matching by cause, place and grant size

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

18 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Sandager Brigitte Charitable TRSaint Louis, MO 2025

    General operating

    $32,494
  2. The Baird FoundationBuffalo, NY 2024

    Unrestricted

    $5,000
  3. The Baird FoundationBuffalo, NY 2023

    Unrestricted

    $5,000
  4. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $2,014
  5. Maturi Rammohan Foundation IncCarmel, IN 2023

    Bear protection & research

    $1,000
  6. The Baird FoundationBuffalo, NY 2022

    Unrestricted

    $5,000
  7. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $2,787
  8. The Baird FoundationBuffalo, NY 2021

    Unrestricted

    $5,000
  9. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $2,936
  10. The Baird FoundationBuffalo, NY 2020

    Unrestricted

    $5,000
  11. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $2,530
  12. Chubb Charitable FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2020

    Matching Gifts

    $50
  13. IBM International FoundationArmonk, NY 2020

    Employee matching grant

    $28
  14. The Baird FoundationBuffalo, NY 2019

    Unrestricted

    $5,000
  15. Bruce & Deb Thomas FoundationSavage, MN 2019

    General

    $2,000
  16. Dare Lamberton White & William F White FoundationWinona, MN 2019

    General program costs

    $300
  17. Chubb Charitable FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2019

    Gifts of Time

    $250
  18. The Baird FoundationBuffalo, NY 2018

    Unrestricted

    $5,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other arts and culture organizations in Ely, MN and are not among North American Bear Center’s funders above.

  1. Fabricon FoundationSt Paul, MN 9 grants Preselected only $3,645 to similar organizations
  2. The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN 4 grants Accepts applications $61,000 to similar organizations
  3. C K Blandin FoundationGrand Rapids, MN 5 grants Accepts applications $57,970 to similar organizations
  4. The Meeker Rom Grausz Family FoundationWilmington, DE 4 grants Preselected only $8,500 to similar organizations
  5. Elizabeth H and Thomas H Broadus Jr Charitable FoundationNantucket, MA 8 grants Accepts applications $71,500 to similar organizations
  6. Jerome Foundation IncSaint Paul, MN 1 grant Accepts applications $31,000 to similar organizations
  7. The Musser FundMilwaukee, WI 1 grant Accepts applications $25,000 to similar organizations
  8. Mardag FoundationSt Paul, MN 1 grant Accepts applications $10,000 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 41-1838192 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.