Michigan · Private foundation
Bella and Don Barden Foundation Inc
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.
- $136k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2024
- $27,200
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $81,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 0% of the organizations Bella and Don Barden Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $136k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $85k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $135k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $80k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $110k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hope Ignites Detroit | $176,600 | 5 | 11% |
| The Detroit Institute of Arts | $122,200 | 5 | 0% |
| Skull and Dagger Foundation | $107,200 | 5 | 29% |
| Museum of African American History | $95,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Motown Historical Musuem Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Westside German Shepherd Rescue of Los Angeles | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
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
Compare Bella and Don Barden Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About Bella and Don Barden Foundation Inc
- How much does Bella and Don Barden Foundation Inc give?
- Bella and Don Barden Foundation Inc reported 3 grants totaling $136,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2022.
- What does Bella and Don Barden Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (43%), Youth Development (32%), Education (21%).
- Who are Bella and Don Barden Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Hope Ignites Detroit ($177k), The Detroit Institute of Arts ($122k), Skull and Dagger Foundation ($107k).
- Does Bella and Don Barden Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bella and Don Barden Foundation Inc 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 Bella and Don Barden Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Bella and Don Barden Foundation Inc based?
- Bella and Don Barden Foundation Inc is based in MI.
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