Illinois · Private foundation
Bruce Family Charitable Foundation
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.
- $148k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 8
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Bruce Family Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 12 | $148k | 58% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $101k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $98k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $108k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $107k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $106k | n/a |
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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Purdue University | $375,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Mercy Montessori Center | $38,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Matthew 25 Ministries Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Museum Center | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mariemont Players Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 74% |
| St Ursula Academy of Cincinnati Inc | $6,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Cincinnati Preservation Association | $5,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Hospice of Cincinnati Incorporated | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Parks Foundation | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Medical Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Purdue University | $375,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Mercy Montessori Center | $38,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Matthew 25 Ministries Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Museum Center | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mariemont Players Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 74% |
| St Ursula Academy of Cincinnati Inc | $6,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Cincinnati Preservation Association | $5,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Hospice of Cincinnati Incorporated | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Parks Foundation | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Medical Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Hamilton County Spca Inc Dba Spca Cincinnati | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Museum Association | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($188k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Bruce Family Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 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.
Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Bruce Family Charitable Foundation with peer funders
About Bruce Family Charitable Foundation
- How much does Bruce Family Charitable Foundation give?
- Bruce Family Charitable Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $147,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 8 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Bruce Family Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (74%), Arts & Culture (16%), Health (6%).
- Who are Bruce Family Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Trustees of Purdue University ($375k), Mercy Montessori Center ($38k), Matthew 25 Ministries Inc ($12k).
- Does Bruce Family Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bruce Family Charitable 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 Bruce Family Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Ge Aerospace Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Bruce Family Charitable Foundation based?
- Bruce Family Charitable Foundation is based in IL.
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