Florida · Private foundation
Bewkes Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $300k
- Granted FY2023
- 2
- Grants FY2023
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $150,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 27
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $582k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Bewkes Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 2 | $300k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $19k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $155k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $529k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $18k | 58% |
| FY2017 | 27 | $27k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Deerfield Academy | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sankaty Head Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Usga Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Virgin Islands Relief Fund Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Gifford Youth Achievement Center Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Reservations | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dasie Bridgewater Hope Center Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Deerfield Academy | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sankaty Head Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Usga Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Virgin Islands Relief Fund Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Gifford Youth Achievement Center Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Reservations | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dasie Bridgewater Hope Center Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| 1000 Friends of Florida Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Learning Alliance Inc | $750 | 2 | n/a |
| Whole Family Health Center Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| 'Sconset Trust Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Nantucket Land & Water Council Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Smile Train Inc | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Nantucket Shellfish Association Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Fraternal Order of Police | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Historic Deerfield Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bewkes Family 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.
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How this is measured
About Bewkes Family Foundation
- How much does Bewkes Family Foundation give?
- Bewkes Family Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $300,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 27 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Bewkes Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (67%), Education (21%), Recreation & Sports (1%).
- Who are Bewkes Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Trustees of Deerfield Academy ($5k), Sankaty Head Foundation Inc ($5k), Usga Foundation ($5k).
- Does Bewkes Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bewkes Family 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 Bewkes Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc, Carverdelaney Families Foundation Inc, Indian River Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is Bewkes Family Foundation based?
- Bewkes Family Foundation is based in FL.
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