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Barnstone Foundation Inc

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.

$497k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
25
Grants FY2025
19
Organizations funded FY2024
16%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$45,000
Organizations funded a year
16 to 21
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$7.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 16% of the organizations Barnstone Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesInternationalEducationFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving20$417k30%
FY202419$377k16%
FY202321$398k24%
FY202219$411k37%
FY202116$304k56%
FY202018$237k89%
FY201921$157k19%
FY201821$145kn/a
92% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$655kHuman Services$458kEducation$373kHousing & Shelter$198kFood & Nutrition$164kInternational$157kCrime & Legal$153kEnvironment$147kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
MN
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MO
VA
MD
KS
TN
DC
HI
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 53 grantees
All grantees of Barnstone Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc$207,00050%
Good Works Inc$192,00082%
Eden Peopleplanet$150,00050%
Support Center for Child Advocates$143,03761%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation$128,00060%
Cb Community Schools$121,60042%
Chester County Food Bank$116,00060%
Dove Inc$113,00041%
Active Minds Inc$110,00040%
Maine Coast Heritage Trust$70,00020%
Victory Programs Inc$57,00020%
Gulf of Maine Research Institute$57,00020%
La Colaborativa Inc$45,00010%
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc$39,00020%
Wings for Success Inc$32,00034%
My Stuff Bags Foundation$25,00021%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$24,00020%
World Central Kitchen Inc$23,00010%
French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Inc$23,00030%
American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation$22,00020%
Charlestown Playhouse Inc$20,00041%
Shoes That Fit$20,00010%
Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation$20,00010%
New England Forestry Foundation Inc$17,00010%
Trevor Project Inc$17,00010%
Philabundance$16,00020%
Ronald McDonald House Charties of Northeastern Pensylvania Inc$15,00016%
Baby2baby$12,0001n/a
Drexel University$10,00020%
National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc$10,00010%
Lewy Body Dementia Association Inc$10,0001n/a
Philadelphia Museum of Art$10,00020%
Blood Cancer United Inc$10,00020%
Center for Humanistic Change Inc$10,00010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$10,00020%
The Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation$10,00020%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$10,00020%
Suicide Prevention & Crisis Service Inc$9,00020%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Nassau County Foundation$9,00030%
The Board of Directors of Wittenberg College$7,00030%
Brookline Food Pantry Inc$7,00010%
Habitat for Humanity Inc$6,00014%
Village Enterprise Fund$5,00010%
Prepared to Thrive$5,0001n/a
Camphill Soltane Foundation$5,00011%
Kimberton Fire Company$3,00020%
Wharton Esherick Museum$2,0001n/a
Spring of Hope International$1,00010%
The Heritage Foundation$1,00010%
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc$1,00010%
Smile Train Inc$1,00010%
Foundation for Learning in Tredyffrin Easttown$1,00010%
Childfund International USA$50410%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($457k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Barnstone Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBoston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: $207,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGood Works Inc: $192,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetEden Peopleplanet: $150,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSupport Center for Child Advocates: $143,037 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation: $128,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCb Community Schools: $121,600 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetChester County Food Bank: $116,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetDove Inc: $113,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetActive Minds Inc: $110,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMaine Coast Heritage Trust: $70,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVictory Programs Inc: $57,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGulf of Maine Research Institute: $57,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLa Colaborativa Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCenter for Disaster Philanthropy Inc: $39,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWings for Success Inc: $32,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetMy Stuff Bags Foundation: $25,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $24,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $23,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFrench and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Inc: $23,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation: $22,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCharlestown Playhouse Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetShoes That Fit: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAlexs Lemonade Stand Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew England Forestry Foundation Inc: $17,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTrevor Project Inc: $17,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charties of Northeastern Pensylvania Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetDrexel University: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhiladelphia Museum of Art: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Humanistic Change Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSuicide Prevention & Crisis Service Inc: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Nassau County Foundation: $9,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Board of Directors of Wittenberg College: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBrookline Food Pantry Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHabitat for Humanity Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetVillage Enterprise Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamphill Soltane Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKimberton Fire Company: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSpring of Hope International: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Pennsylvania Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Learning in Tredyffrin Easttown: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 49.

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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.

Td Charitable FoundationME14.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Td Charitable Foundation · Hankin Foundation · Chester County Community Foundation · Analog Devices Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Verizon Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Network for Good

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to Barnstone Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Barnstone Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Barnstone Foundation Inc

How much does Barnstone Foundation Inc give?
Barnstone Foundation Inc reported 25 grants totaling $496,637 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Barnstone Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (23%), Human Services (16%), Education (13%).
Who are Barnstone Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc ($207k), Good Works Inc ($192k), Eden Peopleplanet ($150k).
Does Barnstone Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Barnstone Foundation Inc 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 Barnstone Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Td Charitable Foundation, Hankin Foundation, Chester County Community Foundation.
Where is Barnstone Foundation Inc based?
Barnstone Foundation Inc is based in PA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 74 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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