Virginia · Private foundation
Bedford Falls 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.
- $8.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $400,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $177M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 36% of the organizations Bedford Falls Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 16 | $8.0M | 63% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $11M | 36% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $3.8M | 20% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $35M | 10% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $21M | 9% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $15M | 18% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $13M | 27% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $7.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Catholic University of America | $35,350,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $16,300,000 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc | $13,362,500 | 6 | 7% |
| Trinity College | $12,150,000 | 8 | 4% |
| John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | $7,000,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc | $2,100,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Some Inc | $1,875,000 | 3 | 2% |
| The Howard University | $1,862,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Medical College of Va Foundation | $1,500,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Children's National | $1,457,115 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 23 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($18M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bedford Falls Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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About Bedford Falls Foundation
- How much does Bedford Falls Foundation give?
- Bedford Falls Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $7,950,173 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Bedford Falls Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (76%), Health (14%), Arts & Culture (8%).
- Who are Bedford Falls Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Catholic University of America ($35M), Johns Hopkins University ($16M), University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc ($13M).
- Does Bedford Falls Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bedford Falls 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.
- Where is Bedford Falls Foundation based?
- Bedford Falls Foundation is based in VA.
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