Ohio · Private foundation
Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $2.2M
- Granted FY2021
- 208
- Itemized grants FY2021
- 181
- Organizations funded FY2021
- Itemized, FY2021
- $1.7M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2021
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $200,000
- States reached, FY2021
- 31
- Total assets, FY2021
- $27M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc | $180,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Merit Scholarship Corporation | $77,940 | 1 | 0% |
| National FFA Foundation Inc | $61,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Wilson County Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The University of Akron Foundation | $30,300 | 1 | 0% |
| Nashville Symphony Association | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Muscatine Iowa | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Science Center of Iowa | $16,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Central Iowa | $15,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 122 grantees
Plus 59 recipients with no EIN on record ($793k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund 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 Middle Tennessee Inc · Hca Healthcare Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Collegiate Athletic Association · The Welty Family Foundation · Sisler McFawn Foundation Pfdn · Synthomer Foundation Inc · Burton D Morgan Foundation Inc · Memorial Foundation Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Folds of Honor Foundation
How this is measured
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About Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund
- How much does Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund give?
- Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund reported 208 itemized grants totaling $1,715,569, out of $2,158,359 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing.
- What does Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2021, its largest causes are Philanthropy (3%), Education (2%), Arts & Culture (2%).
- Who are Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2021: United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc ($180k), National Merit Scholarship Corporation ($78k), National FFA Foundation Inc ($61k).
- Does Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, Hca Healthcare Foundation, United Way Worldwide.
- Where is Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund based?
- Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund is based in OH.
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