Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME
$660.3KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
To support the annual fund and endowment providing scholarships for under-resourced students attending college at Bowdoin.
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The Perper Family Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 81-4462390 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
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This foundation reports on its 990-PF that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: The Perper Family Foundation
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | $1M |
| 2024 | 45 | $963.8K |
Where The Perper Family Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME
$600KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
To support the annual fund and endowment providing scholarships for under-resourced students attending college at Bowdoin.
William Penn Charter
Philadelphia, PA
$125KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
To support the annual fund of a college preparatory school in Philadelphia PA.
William Penn Charter
Philadelphia, PA
$100KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
To support the annual fund of a college preparatory school in Philadelphia PA.
Spoleto Festival USA
Charleston, SC
$74.9KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
To support the annual fund and transition fund of an arts festival in Charleston.
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (90 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from The Perper Family Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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