· Private foundation
Bardes Fund
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k18 grants · $48k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $163k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BATH & TENNIS HISTORIC BLDG PRESER FDTN | $30,000 |
| SRBA HISTORIC BUILDING & ENVIRON PRES FDTN | $30,000 |
| CINCINNATI BALLET | $17,550 |
| BOSTON COLLEGE | $13,000 |
| THE SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL | $11,950 |
| ARTSWAVE | $10,000 |
| ST GEORGE'S SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF GREATER CINCINNATI | $10,000 |
| PALM BEACH DAY ACADEMY | $10,000 |
| THE ROYAL POINCIANA CHAPEL | $10,000 |
| RED SNEAKERS FOR OAKLEY | $10,000 |
| HENRY MORRISON FLAGLER MUSEUM | $6,000 |
| THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL | $6,000 |
| GEORGETOWN MISSION & MINISTRY | $5,000 |
| SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–20, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
37 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TSTHE SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL7× · 2018–2024 · $110k · revenue +47%
- PBPALM BEACH DAY ACADEMY INC7× · 2018–2024 · $92k · revenue +85%
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY4× · 2018–2021 · $82k · revenue +44%
Funded once
- TFTHE FDTN TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISMone grant, 2023 · $5k
- CFCINCINNATI FILMone grant, 2023 · $4k
- EMEARTH MEDICINE INSTITUTE TAOS FDTNone grant, 2023 · $3k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
Education and Public Service Mission: Rollins College educates students for global citizenship and responsible leadership, empowering graduates to pursue meaningful lives and productive careers. We are committed to liberal arts ethos and…
Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…
Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.
The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…
See Disclosure Above.
The university of pittsburgh, founded in 1787, is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the united states and one of the nation's top public research universities. for more than two centuries, the university of pittsburgh…
Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…
Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.
How this is measured
32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 50 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds THE SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds PALM BEACH DAY ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds BUCCAN PROVISIONS NON-PROFIT CORP ↗
- Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds The Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds United Way of Greater Cincinnati ↗
- Who funds Newport Hospital Foundation ↗
- Who funds The Society of the Four Arts Inc ↗
- Who funds Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE HENRY MORRISON FLAGLER MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds RED SNEAKERS FOR OAKLEY INC ↗
- Who funds HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY ↗
- Who funds University of Michigan ↗
- Who funds Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc ↗
- Who funds NEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds ST GEORGE'S SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER ↗
- Who funds NEWPORT FILM INC ↗
- Who funds The Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds SHARE OUR STRENGTH ↗
- Who funds Southern Methodist University ↗
- Who funds JEFFERSON SCHOLARS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc ↗
- Who funds THE LORD'S PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBC ↗
- Who funds CCN HISTORIC BUILDING PRESERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
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: Olb Foundation Inc · Frederick Henry Prince Testamentary Trust · Hamilton Family Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Anne and David B Ford Jr Foundation · The de Ramel Foundation · Van Beuren Charitable Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · Amica Companies Foundation · G Peabody & Rose Gardner Charitable Tr · Borchardt Family Foundation Inc · Gruben Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Bardes Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bardes Fund. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Lord's Place Inc: 12% of income from government
- Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
- Palm Beach Day Academy Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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