New York · Private foundation
Balbach 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.
- $109k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $24,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Balbach Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $109k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $87k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $120k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nichols School of Buffalo | $90,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $87,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Westminster Presbyterian Church | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy Inc | $25,500 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Buffalo and Erie County | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Torn Space Theater Inc | $24,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Kleinhans Music Hall Management Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Buffalo Fine Arts Academy | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Roswell Park Alliance Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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: The Baird Foundation · Robert & Patricia Colby Foundation 115319998 · President and Fellows of Harvard College · Tower Family Fund Inc · Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc · Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Balbach Family Foundation
- How much does Balbach Family Foundation give?
- Balbach Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $109,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Balbach Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (28%), Human Services (28%), Arts & Culture (15%).
- Who are Balbach Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Nichols School of Buffalo ($90k), The Salvation Army ($87k), Westminster Presbyterian Church ($30k).
- Does Balbach Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Balbach 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 Balbach Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Baird Foundation, Robert & Patricia Colby Foundation 115319998, President and Fellows of Harvard College.
- Where is Balbach Family Foundation based?
- Balbach Family Foundation is based in NY.
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