California · Private foundation
Bains Family 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.
- $24k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $181k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Bains Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 4 | $24k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $19k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $20k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $23k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $27k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $25k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $25k | 80% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $22k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Storytellers | $24,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Kent Place School | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| College of the Atlantic | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Music Academy of the West | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Philharmonic Association | $13,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Summer Search | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jack Arts Inc | $10,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Strong Foodla Kitchen | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lighthouse School Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Best Buddies Inc | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Storytellers | $24,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Kent Place School | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| College of the Atlantic | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Music Academy of the West | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Philharmonic Association | $13,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Summer Search | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jack Arts Inc | $10,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Strong Foodla Kitchen | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lighthouse School Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Best Buddies Inc | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Everybody Dance La | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kcrw Foundation Inc | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Summit Speech School | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Reach Education Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Art of Elysium | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Para Los Ninos | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Midnight Mission | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Harmony Project | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Roots of Health | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Labelle Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nantucket Golf Club Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($61k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bains Family 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.
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How this is measured
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About Bains Family Foundation
- How much does Bains Family Foundation give?
- Bains Family Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $23,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Bains Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (26%), Education (25%), Youth Development (14%).
- Who are Bains Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Young Storytellers ($24k), Kent Place School ($20k), College of the Atlantic ($20k).
- Does Bains Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bains Family 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 Bains Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, American Endowment Foundation, Charities Aid Foundation America.
- Where is Bains Family Foundation based?
- Bains Family Foundation is based in CA.
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