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Bedari Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$1.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$4.6MHuman Services$3.1MInternational$1.1MEnvironment$750kHealth$696kArts & Culture$288kCommunity Improvement$50kAnimals$18kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.5M
$50,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$35M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute$1,537,500
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND$100,000
Chopra Foundation$50,000
John Hopkins University$33,334
UCSF FOUNDATION$33,333
Friends of McGill University Inc$33,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR ADDICTION RESEARCH: $100k → 11%RICHARD J CARON FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%INQUIRING SYSTEMS (SEFC): $200k → 9%THE CHOPRA FOUNDATION: $96k → 11%UCLA: $4.0M → 14%Friends of McGill University Inc: $34k → 9%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $250k → 17%RENAISSANCE YOUTH CENTER: $3k → 28%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $350k → 14%FACING ADDICTION WITH NCADD INC: $250k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $75k → 9%JAZZ HOUSE KIDS: $5k → 16%EMERALD GATE: $50k → 5%John Hopkins University: $50k → 11%Inquiring Systems (SEFC): $10k → 9%THE CHOPRA FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute: $1.5M → 14%Friends of McGill University Inc: $33k → 9%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $100k → 17%NeuroArts Resource Center: $250k → 14%JAZZ HOUSE KIDS: $5k → 16%John Hopkins University: $33k → 11%Chopra Foundation: $50k → 11%UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute: $1.5M → 14%THE STUDIO MUSEUM HARLEM: $25k → 17%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $100k → 14%JAZZ HOUSE KIDS: $3k → 16%JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $33k → 11%THE CHOPRA FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%THE INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE: $250k → 17%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $100k → 14%THE INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE: $250k → 17%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $100k → 14%THE INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE: $250k → 17%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $100k → 14%International Rescue Committee: $250k → 17%NIGHTINGALE BAMFORD SCHOOL: $25k → 17%THE INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE: $25k → 17%ST THOMAS MOORE: $3k → 17%THE INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE: $10k → 17%ST THOMAS MOORE: $3k → 17%GLASSWING INTERNATIONAL: $25k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
NY
WY
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MD
AZ
DC
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.6M · 10 repeat orgs$4.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +81% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
15

Total granted

$5.6M
$4.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+81%
+40%

Still filing today

60%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentInternationalEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $1.0M · revenue +81%
  • WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $750k · revenue +28%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF MCGILL UNIVERSITY INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $67k · revenue +169%

Funded once

  • U
    UCLA
    one grant, 2019 · $4.0M
  • FA
    FACING ADDICTION WITH NCADD INC
    one grant, 2018 · $250k
  • NR
    NeuroArts Resource Center
    one grant, 2023 · $250k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
2
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
3
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
4
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
5
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
6
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
7
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
8
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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9
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

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10
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
11
Cornell University

Education, research, medical services and other public services.

Education
12
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

14 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. 14 of the 26 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UCLA: $4,000,000 · OtherUCLAUCLA Bedari Kindness Institute: $3,075,000 · OtherUCLA Bedari Kindness Institute+12 more: $1,011,167 · Other+12 moreInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,035,000 · InternationalInternatio…WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $750,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $350,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $99,999 · EducationFRIENDS OF MCGILL UNIVERSITY INC: $67,000 · EducationTHE NIGHTINGALE-BAMFORD SCHOOL: $25,000 · EducationChopra Foundation: $221,000 · HealthAMERICAN FOUND FOR ADDICTION RESEARCH: $100,000 · HealthRICHARD J CARON FOUNDATION: $25,000 · HealthCooperatives for a Better World: $50,000 · Arts & CultureJAZZ HOUSE KIDS INC: $13,195 · Arts & CultureSANTA BARBARA EQUINE ASSISTANCE AND EVACUATION TEAM: $17,500 · Animals
Other$8,086,167International$1,035,000Environment$750,000Education$541,999Health$346,000Arts & Culture$63,195Animals$17,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,035,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $750,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $350,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChopra Foundation: $221,000 over 4y, 7.6% of budgetAMERICAN FOUND FOR ADDICTION RESEARCH: $100,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $99,999 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF MCGILL UNIVERSITY INC: $67,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCooperatives for a Better World: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NIGHTINGALE-BAMFORD SCHOOL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRICHARD J CARON FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA EQUINE ASSISTANCE AND EVACUATION TEAM: $17,500 over 1y, 18% of budgetJAZZ HOUSE KIDS INC: $13,195 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetRenaissance Youth Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBONNIE BRAE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncNY11.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Bedari Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bedari Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Bonnie Brae: 4% of income from government
  • Jazz House Kids Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Bedari Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Bedari Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 26 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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