Texas · Private foundation
Bieneman 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.
- $68k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Bieneman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 19 | $68k | 89% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $11k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $4k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $3k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $9k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $8k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $16k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $8k | 17% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Korima Health Initiative | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lycee Francais de Chicago Inc | $21,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Sonoma Valley Hospital | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sonoma Valley Museum of Art | $14,100 | 4 | 1% |
| Acacia Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Field Museum of Natural History | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Fellowship Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Better Government Association Inc | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Illinois Policy Institute | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| La Luz Center | $3,700 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Korima Health Initiative | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lycee Francais de Chicago Inc | $21,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Sonoma Valley Hospital | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sonoma Valley Museum of Art | $14,100 | 4 | 1% |
| Acacia Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Field Museum of Natural History | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Fellowship Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Better Government Association Inc | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Illinois Policy Institute | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| La Luz Center | $3,700 | 3 | 0% |
| Sonoma Community Center | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Writers Theatre Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fit to Recover Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| InterMusic SF | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sonoma Plein Air Foundation | $1,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Mikeroweworks Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Larkin Street Youth Services | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beyond Hunger | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Exploratorium | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Redwood Empire Food Bank | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Landmark Legal Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sonoma Valley Rotary Service Fund Foundation | $500 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($14k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bieneman 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.
Open a dossier: Sonoma County Community Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Bieneman Family Foundation
- How much does Bieneman Family Foundation give?
- Bieneman Family Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $68,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Bieneman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (23%), Arts & Culture (23%), Health (21%).
- Who are Bieneman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Korima Health Initiative ($25k), Lycee Francais de Chicago Inc ($21k), Sonoma Valley Hospital ($15k).
- Does Bieneman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bieneman 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 Bieneman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sonoma County Community Foundation, The Ayco Charitable Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Bieneman Family Foundation based?
- Bieneman Family Foundation is based in TX.
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