New York · Private foundation
Bears Den Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $44k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 38
- Grants FY2025
- 32
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 72%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 32
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $338k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 72% of the organizations Bears Den Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 | 33 | $44k | 64% |
| FY2024 | 32 | $32k | 72% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $27k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $400 | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 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, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogansburg Akwesasne Volunteer Fire Dept | $10,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Akwesasne Boys & Girls Club | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rematriation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lummi Nation | $1,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Massena Hospital Foundation Inc | $998 | 2 | 0% |
| Massena Central School District | $942 | 1 | n/a |
| Malone Minor Hockey Assoc Inc | $635 | 2 | 0% |
| Hospice of the North Country | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Massena Volunteer Emergency Unit Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Massena Little League Inc | $500 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogansburg Akwesasne Volunteer Fire Dept | $10,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Akwesasne Boys & Girls Club | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rematriation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lummi Nation | $1,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Massena Hospital Foundation Inc | $998 | 2 | 0% |
| Massena Central School District | $942 | 1 | n/a |
| Malone Minor Hockey Assoc Inc | $635 | 2 | 0% |
| Hospice of the North Country | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Massena Volunteer Emergency Unit Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Massena Little League Inc | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of the Akwesasne Freedom School Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Massena Figure Skating Club | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| St Peters Outreach Ministry Inc | $300 | 3 | n/a |
| Massena Minor Hockey Association Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Salmon River Central School | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Massena Meals on Wheels Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| St Lawrence North Country Community Foundation Inc | $100 | 1 | 4% |
| Akwesasne Animal Society | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Louisville Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 50 recipients with no EIN on record ($71k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bears Den Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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About Bears Den Charitable Foundation
- How much does Bears Den Charitable Foundation give?
- Bears Den Charitable Foundation reported 38 grants totaling $44,091 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 32 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Bears Den Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (24%), Public Safety & Disaster (11%), Education (11%).
- Who are Bears Den Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Hogansburg Akwesasne Volunteer Fire Dept ($11k), Akwesasne Boys & Girls Club ($10k), Rematriation Inc ($5k).
- Does Bears Den Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 72% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bears Den Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Where is Bears Den Charitable Foundation based?
- Bears Den Charitable Foundation is based in NY.
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