Arizona · Private foundation
Bear Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $5k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2026
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $1,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 12
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 6
- Total assets, FY2026
- $69k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 27% of the organizations Bear Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $750 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 8 | $5k | 13% |
| FY2025 | 11 | $5k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $8k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $4k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $8k | 64% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $7k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Food Bank Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Bridgehampton Chamber Music Associates Inc | $3,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Shades of Pink Foundation | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Summer Search | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Cielo de Amor | $2,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block Inc | $1,700 | 2 | 0% |
| Youth on Their Own | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Als Foundation for Life | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Core Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Arizona Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Food Bank Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Bridgehampton Chamber Music Associates Inc | $3,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Shades of Pink Foundation | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Summer Search | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Cielo de Amor | $2,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block Inc | $1,700 | 2 | 0% |
| Youth on Their Own | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Als Foundation for Life | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Core Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Arizona Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Stony Brook Southampton Hospital | $400 | 1 | n/a |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $375 | 3 | 0% |
| The Southampton Hospital Foundation Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Misericordia University | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($14k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bear 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 · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Bear Foundation
- How much does Bear Foundation give?
- Bear Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $5,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 12 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does Bear Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Health (29%), Food & Nutrition (19%), Arts & Culture (15%).
- Who are Bear Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Community Food Bank Inc ($5k), Bridgehampton Chamber Music Associates Inc ($4k), Shades of Pink Foundation ($3k).
- Does Bear Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bear 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 Bear Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Bear Foundation based?
- Bear Foundation is based in AZ.
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