· Private foundation
Bearden Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k32 grants · $91k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $44k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CAMP FOR ALL | $20,000 |
| TEXAS APARTMENT ASSOCIATION EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $12,000 |
| TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY | $12,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS | $9,750 |
| UH ARMY ROTC | $7,500 |
| TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY | $7,500 |
| TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY | $6,500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON - CLEAR LAKE | $6,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS | $5,250 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| BOWDOIN COLLEGE | $4,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON | $3,750 |
| TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY - GALVESTON | $3,250 |
| SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY | $3,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON - VICTORIA | $3,000 |
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 (FY23–25, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 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.
45 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Camp For All Foundation6× · 2020–2025 · $80k · revenue +547%- RFRAZORBACK FOUNDATION INC4× · 2019–2023 · $45k · revenue +95%
- BCBowdoin College5× · 2021–2025 · $33k · revenue +25%
Funded once
- UOUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTAone grant, 2019 · $8k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWAone grant, 2019 · $7k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $6k
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.
Uatx is a nonprofit dedicated to building a liberal arts university committed to freedom of inquiry, freedom of conscience, and civil discourse. to maintain these principles, the university will be fiercely independent financially,…
To provide broader recognition of the state's top achievers in medicine, engineering and science, and to build a stronger identity for texas as an important destination and center of achievement in these fields.
The texas medical association (tma), the nation's largest and one of the oldest state medical societies, represents over 59,000 physicians and medical students dedicated to enhancing the health of all texans. in collaboration with 110…
To build relationships with alumni and friends in order to secure private funds and other resources for the benefit of the university of southern mississippi (usm). the foundation receives, invests and distributes private gifts in support…
South texas college of law houston provides a diverse body of students the opportunity to obtain an exceptional legal education, preparing graduates to serve their community and profession with distinction.
To strengthen the association of former students, promote the interests and welfare of texas a&m university, perpetuate ties of affection and esteem formed in university or college days, and serve the student body.
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…
The mission of hardin-simmons university is to be a community dedicated to providing excellence in education enlightened by christian faith and values.
Wayland baptist university exists to educate students in an academically challenging, learning focused and distinctively christian environment for professional success and service to god and humankind.
Embry-riddle is the world leader in aviation and aerospace higher education. its mission is to teach the science, practice and business of aviation and aerospace, preparing students for productive careers and leadership roles in business,…
The baylor oral health foundation was established to foster and support the activities and program of the texas a&m university college of dentistry (the college) to provide financial support for excellence at the college, and to advance…
How this is measured
21 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. 21 of the 71 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 Camp For All Foundation ↗
- Who funds RAZORBACK FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Bowdoin College ↗
- Who funds THE DARTMOUTH INC ↗
- Who funds St Edwards University ↗
- Who funds FORT SMITH BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds HOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds Beloved and Beyond ↗
- Who funds TEXAS APARTMENT ASSOCIATION EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds St Mary's University ↗
- Who funds SOUTH AFRICA PARTNERS INC ↗
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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Bearden Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bearden Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- South Africa Partners Inc: 42% of income from government
How this is measured
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