Delaware · Private foundation
Bellwether Charitable Fund
Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $44k
- Granted FY2018
- 10
- Grants FY2018
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2018
- Median grant, FY2018
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 4
- Total assets, FY2018
- $954k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 80% of the organizations Bellwether Charitable Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 87% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 10 | $44k | 80% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $8k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2018, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Set Beautiful Free | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Eternal Life Agape Ministries Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Collegiate School Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hopeland | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Nomi Network Inc | $3,450 | 2 | 0% |
| The Foundation for AIDS Research | $3,125 | 1 | 0% |
| Elevate New York Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Many Hopes Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| C3 Brooklyn Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New York Academy of Art | $600 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Set Beautiful Free | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Eternal Life Agape Ministries Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Collegiate School Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hopeland | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Nomi Network Inc | $3,450 | 2 | 0% |
| The Foundation for AIDS Research | $3,125 | 1 | 0% |
| Elevate New York Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Many Hopes Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| C3 Brooklyn Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New York Academy of Art | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| Georgie Badiel Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($3k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bellwether Charitable Fund 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.
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How this is measured
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About Bellwether Charitable Fund
- How much does Bellwether Charitable Fund give?
- Bellwether Charitable Fund reported 10 grants totaling $43,500 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Bellwether Charitable Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2018, its largest causes are Human Services (39%), Religion (26%), Education (12%).
- Who are Bellwether Charitable Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2018: Set Beautiful Free ($15k), Eternal Life Agape Ministries Inc ($10k), Collegiate School Inc ($6k).
- Does Bellwether Charitable Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bellwether Charitable Fund 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 Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charities Aid Foundation America, National Philanthropic Trust, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Bellwether Charitable Fund based?
- Bellwether Charitable Fund is based in DE.
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