New York · Private foundation
Bdf Rough Diamond Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $9k
- Granted FY2023
- 8
- Grants FY2023
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
71% of Bdf Rough Diamond Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Trustees Of Columbia University In The City Of New York, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Bdf Rough Diamond Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $9k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $3,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 4
- Total assets, FY2023
- $208k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Bdf Rough Diamond Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 8 | $9k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $12k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $6k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $4k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $8k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $9k | 75% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $8k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton in Africa Inc | $18,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Npr Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center of Theological Inquiry | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Developing Radio Partners Inc | $6,200 | 5 | 1% |
| The News Literacy Project Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Inc | $3,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Helen Keller International | $2,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Caritas Cubana Corp | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation | $1,750 | 1 | 0% |
| International Senior Lawyers'Corporation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton in Africa Inc | $18,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Npr Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center of Theological Inquiry | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Developing Radio Partners Inc | $6,200 | 5 | 1% |
| The News Literacy Project Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Inc | $3,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Helen Keller International | $2,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Caritas Cubana Corp | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation | $1,750 | 1 | 0% |
| International Senior Lawyers'Corporation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City Limits News Inc | $850 | 2 | 0% |
| Center for Supportive Schools Inc | $700 | 1 | 0% |
| Corpsafrica | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Historical Society of Princeton | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Rider University | $140 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($18k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bdf Rough Diamond 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.
Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Bdf Rough Diamond Foundation
- How much does Bdf Rough Diamond Foundation give?
- Bdf Rough Diamond Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $9,040 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Bdf Rough Diamond Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (28%), Education (24%), Arts & Culture (24%).
- Who are Bdf Rough Diamond Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Princeton in Africa Inc ($18k), Npr Foundation ($10k), Center of Theological Inquiry ($7k).
- Does Bdf Rough Diamond Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bdf Rough Diamond Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bdf Rough Diamond Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Bdf Rough Diamond Foundation based?
- Bdf Rough Diamond Foundation is based in NY.
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