Ohio · Private foundation
Bard-Steel 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.
- $608k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
82% of Bard-Steel Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Bryan Area Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $501,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Bard-Steel Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $107k | 60% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $55k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $212k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lifewise Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United Way of Williams County | $36,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Bryan Development Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($288k), not named here.
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About Bard-Steel Family Foundation
- How much does Bard-Steel Family Foundation give?
- Bard-Steel Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $608,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Bard-Steel Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (66%), Youth Development (11%), Community Improvement (11%).
- Who are Bard-Steel Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Lifewise Inc ($40k), United Way of Williams County ($36k), Bryan Development Foundation ($10k).
- Does Bard-Steel Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bard-Steel 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.
- Where is Bard-Steel Family Foundation based?
- Bard-Steel Family Foundation is based in OH.
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