Connecticut · Private foundation
Bridgemill 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.
- $3.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 86%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.4M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $45,601
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $367,352
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $21M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 86% of the organizations Bridgemill Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 87% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $960k 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 | 16 | $1.4M | 88% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $1.1M | 86% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $1.1M | 93% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $3.0M | 87% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $1.1M | 89% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $3.9M | 95% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $709k | 93% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $755k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Friends of Zanaafrica Corp | $300,000 | 3 | 12% |
| Americares Foundation Inc | $222,360 | 5 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $146,363 | 2 | 0% |
| The Institute for Ethnomedicine Inc Dba Brain Chemistry Labs | $25,353 | 1 | 1% |
| Farm and Wilderness Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New Canaan Nature Center Association Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Reach Prep Inc | $10,450 | 1 | n/a |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alliance for Vermont Communities Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Read to Lead Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Friends of Zanaafrica Corp | $300,000 | 3 | 12% |
| Americares Foundation Inc | $222,360 | 5 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $146,363 | 2 | 0% |
| The Institute for Ethnomedicine Inc Dba Brain Chemistry Labs | $25,353 | 1 | 1% |
| Farm and Wilderness Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New Canaan Nature Center Association Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Reach Prep Inc | $10,450 | 1 | n/a |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alliance for Vermont Communities Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Read to Lead Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Adam J Lewis Academy Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Union Settlement Association Inc | $958 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 112 recipients with no EIN on record ($12M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bridgemill 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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Bridgemill Foundation
- How much does Bridgemill Foundation give?
- Bridgemill Foundation reported 16 itemized grants totaling $1,369,908, out of $3,060,240 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Bridgemill Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (48%), Environment (24%), Education (8%).
- Who are Bridgemill Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: American Friends of Zanaafrica Corp ($300k), Americares Foundation Inc ($222k), Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated ($146k).
- Does Bridgemill Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bridgemill 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 Bridgemill Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Bridgemill Foundation based?
- Bridgemill Foundation is based in CT.
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