California · Private foundation
George and Ruth Bradford 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.
- $345k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 56
- Grants FY2025
- 44
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 40 to 52
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations George and Ruth Bradford Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 56 | $345k | 52% |
| FY2024 | 44 | $403k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 44 | $294k | 16% |
| FY2022 | 42 | $263k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 40 | $248k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 52 | $215k | 19% |
| FY2019 | 51 | $193k | 12% |
| FY2018 | 46 | $185k | 50% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospice of Ukiah Inc | $155,000 | 9 | 5% |
| Plowshares Peace & Justice Center | $112,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Mendocino County Farm Bureau | $107,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Ukiah Senior Center Inc | $102,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Anderson Valley Health Center Inc | $85,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Historical Society of Mendocino County | $56,000 | 7 | 9% |
| Mendocino College Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 9 | 1% |
| University of California Davis | $40,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Lake County Symphony Association Inc | $37,000 | 5 | 16% |
| Redwood Empire Food Bank | $32,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 53 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 92 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
George and Ruth Bradford Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 42 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 of Mendocino County · Tr Eriksen Trust Fund Co Shelly a Smith Trustee · East Bay Community Foundation · Tarbell Family Foundation · Ukiah Adventist Hospital · Sonoma County Community Foundation · Mendocino Coast Healthcare Foundation · Cleo Foundation · Sutter Bay Hospitals · California Fire Foundation · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Marin Community Foundation
How this is measured
Compare George and Ruth Bradford Foundation with peer funders
About George and Ruth Bradford Foundation
- How much does George and Ruth Bradford Foundation give?
- George and Ruth Bradford Foundation reported 56 grants totaling $345,300 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 40 and 52 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does George and Ruth Bradford Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (21%), Health (17%), Education (12%).
- Who are George and Ruth Bradford Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Hospice of Ukiah Inc ($155k), Plowshares Peace & Justice Center ($112k), Mendocino County Farm Bureau ($107k).
- Does George and Ruth Bradford Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does George and Ruth Bradford 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 George and Ruth Bradford Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Mendocino County, Tr Eriksen Trust Fund Co Shelly a Smith Trustee, East Bay Community Foundation.
- Where is George and Ruth Bradford Foundation based?
- George and Ruth Bradford Foundation is based in CA.
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