Washington · Private foundation
Dick Bedlington Family 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.
- $41k
- Granted FY2023
- 12
- Grants FY2023
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
62% of Dick Bedlington Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Whatcom Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 6 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Dick Bedlington Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $41k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $12,400
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $936k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Dick Bedlington Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 12 | $41k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $60k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $122k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $96k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $29k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $301k | 71% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $59k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Way Ministries | $156,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Lynden Christian School | $42,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lynden School District 504 | $40,900 | 5 | n/a |
| Jansen Art Center | $30,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Africa's Kidz | $23,385 | 4 | 14% |
| Calvary Creekside | $14,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Green and Gold Football Club | $12,400 | 1 | 13% |
| Engedi Refuge Ministries | $7,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Only 7 Seconds | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lydia Place | $4,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Way Ministries | $156,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Lynden Christian School | $42,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lynden School District 504 | $40,900 | 5 | n/a |
| Jansen Art Center | $30,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Africa's Kidz | $23,385 | 4 | 14% |
| Calvary Creekside | $14,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Green and Gold Football Club | $12,400 | 1 | 13% |
| Engedi Refuge Ministries | $7,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Only 7 Seconds | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lydia Place | $4,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Wild Bird Charity | $4,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ferndale Community Services | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Dish Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Ebenezer Christian School | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($404k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dick Bedlington Family 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.
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How this is measured
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About Dick Bedlington Family Foundation
- How much does Dick Bedlington Family Foundation give?
- Dick Bedlington Family Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $40,700 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Dick Bedlington Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (39%), Philanthropy (23%), Religion (18%).
- Who are Dick Bedlington Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: New Way Ministries ($156k), Lynden Christian School ($42k), Lynden School District 504 ($41k).
- Does Dick Bedlington Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dick Bedlington Family 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 Dick Bedlington Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eleanor and Henry Jansen Foundation, Mt Baker Rotary Foundation, The Albertsons Companies Foundation.
- Where is Dick Bedlington Family Foundation based?
- Dick Bedlington Family Foundation is based in WA.
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