Illinois · Private foundation
B&D Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $229k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $9,650
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 15
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations B&D Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $208k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $207k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $184k | 15% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $179k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $437k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership | $600,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Chicago Sinai Congregation | $84,875 | 5 | n/a |
| The National Public Housing Museum | $72,150 | 5 | 5% |
| Chicago Youth Centers | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Camp Nebagamon | $30,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Family Focus Legacy | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Little Samaritan Mission | $8,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Family Focus | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership | $600,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Chicago Sinai Congregation | $84,875 | 5 | n/a |
| The National Public Housing Museum | $72,150 | 5 | 5% |
| Chicago Youth Centers | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Camp Nebagamon | $30,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Family Focus Legacy | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Little Samaritan Mission | $8,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Family Focus | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Southside Center of Hope | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Think Small | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Collaboration for Early Childhood | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Camp Nebagamon Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Camp Nebagamon Scholarship Fund | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($284k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget B&D Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · The Chicago Community Trust · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Kovler Family Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About B&D Foundation
- How much does B&D Foundation give?
- B&D Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $228,850 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 15 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does B&D Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (46%), Human Services (16%), International (13%).
- Who are B&D Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership ($600k), Chicago Sinai Congregation ($85k), The National Public Housing Museum ($72k).
- Does B&D Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does B&D Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as B&D Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, The Chicago Community Trust, Arie and Ida Crown Memorial.
- Where is B&D Foundation based?
- B&D Foundation is based in IL.
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