Kentucky · Private foundation
Bonhomme Foundation Inc
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.
- $25k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 35%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $523
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $7,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 23
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $134k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 35% of the organizations Bonhomme Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $18k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $49k | 35% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $23k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $27k | 19% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $28k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metro United Way Inc | $31,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Keneseth Israel | $27,707 | 5 | n/a |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $13,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Center for Women and Families Inc | $6,900 | 2 | 0% |
| Educational Justice Inc | $5,091 | 5 | 0% |
| Belev Echad Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Heritage Mitzvah Fund Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Congregation Adath Jeshurun | $3,882 | 5 | n/a |
| West End School Inc | $2,525 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metro United Way Inc | $31,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Keneseth Israel | $27,707 | 5 | n/a |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $13,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Center for Women and Families Inc | $6,900 | 2 | 0% |
| Educational Justice Inc | $5,091 | 5 | 0% |
| Belev Echad Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Heritage Mitzvah Fund Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Congregation Adath Jeshurun | $3,882 | 5 | n/a |
| West End School Inc | $2,525 | 5 | 0% |
| Halter (Healing and Learning Through Equine Relationships) | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Louisville Central Community Centerinc | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Congregation Anshei Sfard | $2,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Middle East Forum | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Institute for Justice | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cancer for College | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Filson Historical Society Inc | $550 | 2 | 0% |
| Temple Israel | $400 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Ramah in Wisconsin Inc | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| Palm Beach Orthodox Synagogue Inc | $103 | 1 | n/a |
| The Tikvah Fund | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($23k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bonhomme Foundation Inc 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 Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence Inc · Charles L Weisberg Family Foundation · The Gheens Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Brown-Forman Foundation · Julia & Isadore Klein Family Foundation Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · Rudd Foundation Inc · Isadore & Rose Goldstein Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Bonhomme Foundation Inc
- How much does Bonhomme Foundation Inc give?
- Bonhomme Foundation Inc reported 11 grants totaling $24,539 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 23 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Bonhomme Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (50%), Religion (20%), International (11%).
- Who are Bonhomme Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Metro United Way Inc ($31k), Keneseth Israel ($28k), Friends of the Israel Defense Forces ($13k).
- Does Bonhomme Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bonhomme Foundation Inc 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 Bonhomme Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence Inc, Charles L Weisberg Family Foundation.
- Where is Bonhomme Foundation Inc based?
- Bonhomme Foundation Inc is based in KY.
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