Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Bridge Builders 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.
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $621,858
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $621,858
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 45
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations Bridge Builders Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 3 | $1.9M | 100% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $78k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $79k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $88k | 28% |
| FY2020 | 45 | $74k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Center for Conservation Education Inc | $37,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Urban Tilth | $26,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Bridge the Gap College Prep | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Summer Search | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Peterborough Area Community Aid Inc | $18,500 | 4 | 3% |
| 10000 Degrees | $17,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Rwanda Girls Initiative | $15,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Sweetwater Spectrum Inc | $11,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Save the Redwoods League | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| LandPaths | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 53 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bridge Builders 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: Marin Community Foundation · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Sonoma County Community Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · The Kingsbury Fund · Hidden Leaf Foundation · Merrill Family Charitable Foundation Inc · The Memton Fund Inc · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · McNabb Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc
How this is measured
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About Bridge Builders Foundation
- How much does Bridge Builders Foundation give?
- Bridge Builders Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $1,865,574 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 45 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Bridge Builders Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (86%), Environment (4%), Education (3%).
- Who are Bridge Builders Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Harris Center for Conservation Education Inc ($38k), Urban Tilth ($26k), Bridge the Gap College Prep ($25k).
- Does Bridge Builders Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bridge Builders 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 Bridge Builders Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Sonoma County Community Foundation.
- Where is Bridge Builders Foundation based?
- Bridge Builders Foundation is based in PA.
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