California · Private foundation
Bellwether Charitable Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $125k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2026
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 33% of the organizations Bellwether Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 2 | $125k | 0% |
| FY2025 | 3 | $169k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $150k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $54k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $54k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $55k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $41k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $29k | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harbor Day School | $350,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County and the Inland Empire Inc | $257,900 | 6 | 1% |
| Duke University | $51,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Miracles for Kids Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Frick Collection | $9,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Sea Watch Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Ocean Institute | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Kootenai County Idaho Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($35k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bellwether Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Bellwether Charitable Foundation
- How much does Bellwether Charitable Foundation give?
- Bellwether Charitable Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $125,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Bellwether Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (47%), Youth Development (46%), Environment (3%).
- Who are Bellwether Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2026: Harbor Day School ($350k), Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County and the Inland Empire Inc ($258k), Duke University ($51k).
- Does Bellwether Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bellwether Charitable 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 Bellwether Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Blackbaud Giving Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Bellwether Charitable Foundation based?
- Bellwether Charitable Foundation is based in CA.
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