New Jersey · Private foundation
Bredefeld Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $84k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 61%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 18
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $30k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 61% of the organizations Bredefeld Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $62k 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 | 11 | $84k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $135k | 61% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $80k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $111k | 62% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $59k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bichon Rescue Brigade | $124,300 | 5 | 30% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pepperdine University | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Fresno Furry Friends | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $27,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $18,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Eastwood Ranch Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Paws of War Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Muttville | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bichon Rescue Brigade | $124,300 | 5 | 30% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pepperdine University | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Fresno Furry Friends | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $27,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $18,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Eastwood Ranch Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Paws of War Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Muttville | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rescue Tailz | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The James Storehouse Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Abandoned Terrier Rescue Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Kirkland Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Ghetto Rescue FFoundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Jack Brewer Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Good News Home Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Harvest Ministries Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Navarro Farm Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Center for Great Expectations Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Access Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Family Research Council | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Focus on the Family | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Freedom Dogs | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($79k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Bredefeld Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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
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About Bredefeld Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Bredefeld Family Foundation Inc give?
- Bredefeld Family Foundation Inc reported 11 grants totaling $83,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 18 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Bredefeld Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (48%), Education (12%), Public Benefit (9%).
- Who are Bredefeld Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Bichon Rescue Brigade ($124k), Turning Point USA Inc ($40k), Pepperdine University ($35k).
- Does Bredefeld Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 61% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bredefeld Family 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 Bredefeld Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Bredefeld Family Foundation Inc based?
- Bredefeld Family Foundation Inc is based in NJ.
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