Maryland · Private foundation
Fred and Sherry Bargar 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.
- $31k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $175k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Fred and Sherry Bargar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 6 | $31k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $17k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $21k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $14k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $15k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $13k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $13k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Saint Joseph High School Inc | $39,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic Inc | $15,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Institute for Survivor Care Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Cancer Center Inc | $1,300 | 2 | 0% |
| BREW Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 32% |
| Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Sarasota County Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Ssos2 Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Saint Joseph High School Inc | $39,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic Inc | $15,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Institute for Survivor Care Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Cancer Center Inc | $1,300 | 2 | 0% |
| BREW Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 32% |
| Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Sarasota County Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Ssos2 Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Brain Support Network | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($90k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Fred and Sherry Bargar 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.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Fred and Sherry Bargar Foundation
- How much does Fred and Sherry Bargar Foundation give?
- Fred and Sherry Bargar Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $31,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Fred and Sherry Bargar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (66%), Health (24%), Religion (5%).
- Who are Fred and Sherry Bargar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mount Saint Joseph High School Inc ($39k), Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic Inc ($15k), Institute for Survivor Care Inc ($2k).
- Does Fred and Sherry Bargar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Fred and Sherry Bargar 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 Fred and Sherry Bargar Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, Charities Aid Foundation America, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Fred and Sherry Bargar Foundation based?
- Fred and Sherry Bargar Foundation is based in MD.
Play a game based on Fred and Sherry Bargar’s filings →