Open Foundations · Connecticut

Anne and Rollin Bates Foundation Inc

Hartford, Connecticut · EIN 831272154. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $1.7M across 26 grants in 2025, a median of $30K each.

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$1.7M
paid in 2025
26
grants paid
$30K
median grant
20%
to first-time recipients
$8.4M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
ALEXANDER MELENEY CO SHIPMAN GOODWI
Address
1 CONSTITUTION PLZ, HARTFORD, CT, 061031919
Phone
8602515000
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
BY WRITTEN REQUEST
Submission deadline
APPLICATIONS CONSIDERED ON A ROLLING BASIS IN THE ORDER RECEIVED
Restrictions on awards
ONLY ORGANIZATIONS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501(C)(3) OF IRS CODE AND QUALIFYING AS PUBLIC CHARITIES UNDER SEC. 509(A) ARE ELIGIBLE FOR GRANTS.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202601319349101435. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

designated

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 26 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Mccall Center for Behavioral HealthCT$250,000DESIGNATED GIFT
2Salisbury AssociationCT$200,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
3Sharon PlayhouseCT$200,000DESIGNATED GIFT
4Northwest Connecticut Land ConservancyCT$175,000DESIGNATED GIFT
5Salisbury Housing CommitteeCT$150,000DESIGNATED GIFT
6Project SageCT$100,000DESIGNATED GIFT
7Susan B Anthony ProjectCT$100,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
8Salisbury Housing TrustCT$75,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
9Charlotte Hungerford Center for Youth and Families - Pet Therapy ProgramCT$70,000DESIGNATED GIFT
10Habitat for Humanity of Northwest ConnecticutCT$60,000DESIGNATED GIFT
11Salisbury Winter Sports AssociationCT$50,000DESIGNATED GIFT
12Visiting Nurse & Hospice of Litchfield CountyCT$45,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
13East Mountain FoundationCT$30,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
14Sharon Audubon CenterCT$30,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
15The Lakeville JournalCT$25,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202012$414K
202111$443K
202215$565K
202318$795K
202420$1.3M
2025 (partial year)26$1.7M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Connecticut100%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Alexander MeleneyDIRECTOR · 2025
Bryon HarmonDIRECTOR · 2025
Laura Culley-meleneyDIRECTOR · 2025
Stephen GellmanDIRECTOR AND SECRETARY · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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