Texas · Private foundation
Bedrock Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $42k
- Granted FY2022
- 18
- Grants FY2022
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
99% of Bedrock Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Bedrock Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $42k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2022
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $4,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 26
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 9
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 31% of the organizations Bedrock Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 16 | $36k | 31% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $31k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $65k | 47% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $79k | 31% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $69k | 62% |
| FY2017 | 21 | $62k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Greater Houston | $36,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Amherst College Trustees | $32,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The United Way of Central Maryland Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hockaday School | $19,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Watson Institute | $18,007 | 1 | 1% |
| The Colorado College | $12,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Episcopal School of Dallas Inc | $9,700 | 5 | 0% |
| Friends for Life | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| High Mountain Institute Inc | $5,920 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($144k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bedrock Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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.
Open a dossier: The Abell Foundation Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Bedrock Foundation
- How much does Bedrock Foundation give?
- Bedrock Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $42,250 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 26 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Bedrock Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (77%), Education (15%), Health (2%).
- Who are Bedrock Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: United Way of Greater Houston ($36k), Amherst College Trustees ($32k), The United Way of Central Maryland Inc ($25k).
- Does Bedrock Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bedrock 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bedrock Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Abell Foundation Inc, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is Bedrock Foundation based?
- Bedrock Foundation is based in TX.
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