Bunge Foundation
Chesterfield, MO · EIN 43-1617648. Reported 71 grants totalling $3,815,354 to 70 organizations 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. Bunge 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 $300 and $5,000; the smallest was $40 and the largest $1,115,458. 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. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See Statement 14 | Na, MO | $1,724,697 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| See Statement 12 | Na, MO | $982,051 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greater St Louis Inc | St Louis, MO | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Progressive Agriculture Foundation | Birmingham, AL | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National FFA Foundation | Indianapolis, IN | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Louis Area Foodbank Inc | Bridgeton, MO | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Agriculture Future of America | Kansas City, MO | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | Nashville, TN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Operation Food Search | St Louis, MO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Missouri Botanical Garden | St Louis, MO | $15,225 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| White House Historical Association | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Louis Zoological Park | Saint Louis, MO | $6,053 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Pauls Lutheran Church of Des Peres | Des Peres, MO | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Board of Governors of the Colorado State University System | Denver, CO | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Louis Art Museum Foundation | Saint Louis, MO | $5,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Donald Danforth Plant Science Center | Olivette, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Missouri FFA Foundation | Louisiana, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Louisiana Future Farmers of America | Baton Rouge, LA | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Staunton Community Unit School District | Staunton, IL | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alabama Future Farmers of America | Montgomery, AL | $3,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Drake University | Des Moines, IA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Emmanuel - St Michael Lutheran School | Fort Wayne, IN | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kansas State University Foundation | Manhattan, KS | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kingdom Academy of Bluffton Inc | Bluffton, IN | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mentors 4 College | Creve Coeur, MO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pulaski-Alexander Farm Bureau Foundation | Mounds, IL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Purdue Research Foundation | West Lafayette, IN | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Patricks Church | Elkhorn, NE | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Three Oaks Christian School | Decatur, IN | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kenrick-Glennon Seminary | St Louis, MO | $2,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lutheran High School Association of St Louis | St Louis, MO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reorganized District No 2 East Prairie | East Prairie, MO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stages Theatre Company | Hopkins, MN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Forsyth School Inc | St Louis, MO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cor Jesu Academy | St Louis, MO | $1,855 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St James School | St James, MO | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church | Van Wert, OH | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Xavier High School | Louisville, KY | $1,100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Heritage Classical Christian Academy | Fenton, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Montgomery County R-II School District | Montgomery City, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mote Marine Laboratory Inc | Sarasota, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Illinois Foundation | Urbana, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Pius X High School | Kansas City, MO | $900 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dartmouth College | Hancover, NH | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Peekskill Herald | Peekskill, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| One U City | St Louis, MO | $418 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Curators of the University of Missouri | Rolla, MO | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Parkway School District | Chesterfield, MO | $315 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fort Wayne Catholic Radio Group Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mccool Junction School | Mccool Junction, NE | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Uss Catholic Communications Inc | Omaha, NE | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| We Teach Think | Lincoln, NE | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Catholic High School Association of Archdiocese of St Louis | Ofallon, MO | $275 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Missouri Historical Society | Columbia, MO | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Indian College Fund | Denver, CO | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nysmith School for the Gifted Inc | Herndon, VA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Gregory the Great Seminary | Seward, NE | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas A&m University | College Station, TX | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ellis County Historical Society | Hays, KS | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Laurens County School District 56 | Clinton, SC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Neshoba County Office of the Superintendent | Philadelphia, MS | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Reed Institute Reed College | Portland, OR | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| V J & Angela Skutt Catholic High Scool | Omaha, NE | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Washington University | Saint Louis, MO | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wikimedia Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $75 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $60 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ross School Parent-Teachers Organization | Ross, CA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nunataks Ltd Greenburgh Nature Center | Scarsdale, NY | $40 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York Inc | New York, NY | $40 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
1 of 70 (1%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 29 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | $609,239 | $609,239 |
| 2022 | 1 | $982,051 | $982,051 |
| 2023 | 1 | $1,115,458 | $1,115,458 |
| 2024 | 68 | $1,108,606 | $1,677 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Bunge Foundation has 1 of them, worth $20,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $20,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 88% of this one's giving went to organizations in Missouri. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Missouri.
- 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Bunge Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1391 Timberlake Manor Parkway, Chesterfield, MO, 63017. 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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