Connecticut · Private foundation
Bedford Family Charitable Trust
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $97k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Bedford Family Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 65% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $64k 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 | 10 | $97k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $99k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $100k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $110k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $81k | 63% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $103k | 63% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $59k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $60k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Litchfield Hills Rowing Club | $153,100 | 5 | 17% |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | $45,170 | 3 | 0% |
| Princeton University Rowing Association | $37,500 | 5 | 83% |
| St Paul's School | $36,750 | 2 | 0% |
| National Rowing Foundation Inc | $32,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Pepperwood Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Muttville | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Society of Architectural Historians | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Charlotte Hungerford Hospital | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saint Mary's College of California | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Litchfield Hills Rowing Club | $153,100 | 5 | 17% |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | $45,170 | 3 | 0% |
| Princeton University Rowing Association | $37,500 | 5 | 83% |
| St Paul's School | $36,750 | 2 | 0% |
| National Rowing Foundation Inc | $32,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Pepperwood Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Muttville | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Society of Architectural Historians | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Charlotte Hungerford Hospital | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saint Mary's College of California | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bridges to Prosperity Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $9,999 | 1 | 0% |
| Diablo Regional Arts Association | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Girls Incorporated of Alameda County | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame | $6,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Barrington Library Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The Thacher School Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($251k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Bedford Family Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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
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About Bedford Family Charitable Trust
- How much does Bedford Family Charitable Trust give?
- Bedford Family Charitable Trust reported 10 grants totaling $97,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Bedford Family Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (46%), Education (22%), Animals (7%).
- Who are Bedford Family Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Litchfield Hills Rowing Club ($153k), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ($45k), Princeton University Rowing Association ($38k).
- Does Bedford Family Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bedford Family Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bedford Family Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Bedford Family Charitable Trust based?
- Bedford Family Charitable Trust is based in CT.
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