New York · Private foundation
Charles D & Mary a Bauer 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.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $45,955
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $164,229
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 36
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $12M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations Charles D & Mary a Bauer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $154k 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 | 24 | $1.3M | 50% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $427k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $696k | 42% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $782k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $850k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 36 | $650k | 42% |
| FY2019 | 36 | $792k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $709k | 57% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University at Buffalo Foundation Inc | $516,822 | 9 | 0% |
| Artpark & Company Inc | $377,556 | 9 | 3% |
| Museum of Ventura County | $322,238 | 8 | 2% |
| D'Youville University | $225,053 | 4 | 0% |
| Partners for Peace | $185,864 | 6 | 9% |
| Canisius High School | $173,692 | 6 | n/a |
| Restorative Justice Partners Inc | $159,627 | 7 | 7% |
| Health Care Foundation for Ventura County Inc | $121,384 | 3 | 2% |
| Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy Inc | $119,703 | 6 | 0% |
| Ventura Botanical Gardens Inc | $115,500 | 3 | 3% |
Show all 68 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 63 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Charles D & Mary a Bauer Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 55 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: Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · First Niagara Foundation · The John R Oishei Foundation · The Baird Foundation · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · The Osc Charitable Foundation · James H Cummings Foundation Inc · Tower Family Fund Inc · The Western New York Foundation · The Tyrone Heritage Foundation · Scott Bieler Foundation Inc · The Frank G Raichle Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Charles D & Mary a Bauer Foundation with peer funders
About Charles D & Mary a Bauer Foundation
- How much does Charles D & Mary a Bauer Foundation give?
- Charles D & Mary a Bauer Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $1,375,304 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 36 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Charles D & Mary a Bauer Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (35%), Health (18%), Arts & Culture (14%).
- Who are Charles D & Mary a Bauer Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University at Buffalo Foundation Inc ($517k), Artpark & Company Inc ($378k), Museum of Ventura County ($322k).
- Does Charles D & Mary a Bauer Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Charles D & Mary a Bauer 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 Charles D & Mary a Bauer Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc, First Niagara Foundation, The John R Oishei Foundation.
- Where is Charles D & Mary a Bauer Foundation based?
- Charles D & Mary a Bauer Foundation is based in NY.
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