Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Bison Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $472k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $350,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Bison Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $472k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $334k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $269k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $290k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $167k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $180k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $186k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $148k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington City Mission | $761,000 | 8 | 3% |
| United Way of Washington County | $48,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Woodlands Foundation Inc | $27,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Washington County Fair Assoc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pittsburgh Symphony Inc | $14,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Inc | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| National Aviary in Pittsburgh Inc | $11,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Family House Inc | $11,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Tarrant Area Food Bank | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington City Mission | $761,000 | 8 | 3% |
| United Way of Washington County | $48,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Woodlands Foundation Inc | $27,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Washington County Fair Assoc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pittsburgh Symphony Inc | $14,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Inc | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| National Aviary in Pittsburgh Inc | $11,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Family House Inc | $11,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Tarrant Area Food Bank | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Zoological Society of Pittsburgh | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bison 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 United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Eqt Foundation · Dsf Charitable Foundation Inc · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Hillman Family Foundations · Rossin Foundation · The Simpson Family Foundation U/A Dtd 10/19/1999 · Allegheny Foundation · Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation · Snee-Reinhardt Charitable Foundation · The Jack Buncher Foundation
How this is measured
About Bison Charitable Foundation
- How much does Bison Charitable Foundation give?
- Bison Charitable Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $472,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Bison Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (43%), Housing & Shelter (38%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are Bison Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Washington City Mission ($761k), United Way of Washington County ($48k), Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania Inc ($30k).
- Does Bison Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bison 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 Bison Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Eqt Foundation, Dsf Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Bison Charitable Foundation based?
- Bison Charitable Foundation is based in PA.
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