Washington · Private foundation
Bacon Legacy Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $140k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 78%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 18
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 78% of the organizations Bacon Legacy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 24 | $140k | 46% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $91k | 78% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $53k | 70% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $25k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $12k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Mercy Inc | $125,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Sacred Road Ministries | $24,230 | 5 | n/a |
| Rod's House | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Memorial Foundation | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Catholic Community Services of Western Washington | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Construction for Change | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Cowiche Canyon Conservancy | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Generating Hope Inc | $3,691 | 2 | 0% |
| Forgotten Angels Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| YWAM Cambodia Friends | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Mercy Inc | $125,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Sacred Road Ministries | $24,230 | 5 | n/a |
| Rod's House | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Memorial Foundation | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Catholic Community Services of Western Washington | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Construction for Change | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Cowiche Canyon Conservancy | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Generating Hope Inc | $3,691 | 2 | 0% |
| Forgotten Angels Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| YWAM Cambodia Friends | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Life | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Cord Ministries International | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Union Gospel Mission of Yakima Wash | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Sacred Heart | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Paws for Reflection Ranch | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rave Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Washington Mountain Rescue | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Heritage University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fresh Spirit Wellness for Women | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($105k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bacon Legacy 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: Yakima Valley Community Foundation · Seattle Foundation · The Lee and Kay Peterson Family Foundation Inc · Northwest Harvest Emm · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Bacon Legacy Foundation
- How much does Bacon Legacy Foundation give?
- Bacon Legacy Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $140,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 18 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Bacon Legacy Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (39%), Religion (20%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Bacon Legacy Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Project Mercy Inc ($125k), Sacred Road Ministries ($24k), Rod's House ($20k).
- Does Bacon Legacy Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 78% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bacon Legacy 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 Bacon Legacy Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Yakima Valley Community Foundation, Seattle Foundation, The Lee and Kay Peterson Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Bacon Legacy Foundation based?
- Bacon Legacy Foundation is based in WA.
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