Florida · Private foundation
Beard 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.
- $32k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $55k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Beard Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $32k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $46k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $30k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $30k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $67k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $27k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $8k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Tech Foundation Inc | $73,770 | 9 | 0% |
| Tampa Museum of Art Inc | $68,800 | 5 | 0% |
| University of South Florida Foundation Inc | $46,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Tampa General Hospital Foundation Inc | $35,660 | 5 | 1% |
| The Florida Aquarium Inc | $35,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Cardiostart International Inc | $16,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Florida Council on Economic Education Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Tampa Bay History Center | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Florida Orchestra | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pepin Family Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Tech Foundation Inc | $73,770 | 9 | 0% |
| Tampa Museum of Art Inc | $68,800 | 5 | 0% |
| University of South Florida Foundation Inc | $46,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Tampa General Hospital Foundation Inc | $35,660 | 5 | 1% |
| The Florida Aquarium Inc | $35,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Cardiostart International Inc | $16,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Florida Council on Economic Education Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Tampa Bay History Center | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Florida Orchestra | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pepin Family Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 2% |
| Gold Shield Foundation Inc | $400 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($2k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Beard Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
About Beard Foundation Inc
- How much does Beard Foundation Inc give?
- Beard Foundation Inc reported 5 grants totaling $32,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Beard Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (42%), Arts & Culture (25%), Animals (13%).
- Who are Beard Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Georgia Tech Foundation Inc ($74k), Tampa Museum of Art Inc ($69k), University of South Florida Foundation Inc ($46k).
- Does Beard Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Beard 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 Beard Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Borrell Family Foundation Inc, Thomas A & Mary S James Foundation, The Saunders Foundation.
- Where is Beard Foundation Inc based?
- Beard Foundation Inc is based in FL.
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