New York · Private foundation
BFL Foundation
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.
- $30k
- Granted FY2018
- 27
- Grants FY2018
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 61%
- First-time grantees FY2018
- Median grant, FY2018
- $200
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $23,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 1
- Total assets, FY2018
- $103k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 61% of the organizations BFL Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 94% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 18 | $29k | 61% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $28k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keren Yagdil Torah | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Cong Ohel Torah | $736 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Chaim V-Chesed Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Chonen Vnosen | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| Keren Vezer Inc Keren Ezer | $280 | 1 | n/a |
| Cong Ateres Naftali Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| The Mikvah Ltd | $110 | 2 | 1% |
| Mosdos Ramou | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Kollel Chatzos | $72 | 1 | n/a |
| Beer Yitzchok Ad | $18 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keren Yagdil Torah | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Cong Ohel Torah | $736 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Chaim V-Chesed Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Chonen Vnosen | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| Keren Vezer Inc Keren Ezer | $280 | 1 | n/a |
| Cong Ateres Naftali Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| The Mikvah Ltd | $110 | 2 | 1% |
| Mosdos Ramou | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Kollel Chatzos | $72 | 1 | n/a |
| Beer Yitzchok Ad | $18 | 1 | n/a |
| Bikur Cholim Inc | $10 | 1 | 0% |
| Bnei Yerushlayim | $5 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($53k), 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.
Open a dossier: The Ojc Fund · Nimlach Foundation · Kanfei Yoneh Foundation · Bochner Foundation · Blum Foundation · Lk Family Foundation · I&S Foundation · Strulovich Family Foundation Trust · Ani Mamin Foundation · The Lexicon Foundation Inc · American Friends of Bnai Levy Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About BFL Foundation
- How much does BFL Foundation give?
- BFL Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $30,411 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does BFL Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2018, its largest causes are Religion (25%), Philanthropy (2%), Arts & Culture (0%).
- Who are BFL Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2018: Keren Yagdil Torah ($3k), Cong Ohel Torah ($736), Congregation Chaim V-Chesed Inc ($500).
- Does BFL Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 61% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does BFL 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 BFL Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ojc Fund, Nimlach Foundation, Kanfei Yoneh Foundation.
- Where is BFL Foundation based?
- BFL Foundation is based in NY.
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