· Private foundation
J Michael Bodnar 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k36 grants · $73k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $112k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SHALOM FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| CORRECTIONVILLE EMERGENCY RESPONDERS | $25,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL ALABAMA | $22,000 |
| RESTAURANT GIVING CIRCLE | $10,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY OF UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE | $10,000 |
| FAMILIES SET FREE | $10,000 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA | $7,000 |
| VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $5,000 |
| HIGHLANDS SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| BUCK CARDINAL CLUB | $5,000 |
| BIG TABLE | $5,000 |
| EXCEPTIONAL FOUNDATION | $4,995 |
| NATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS | $4,000 |
| THE PHOENIX CLUB OF NASHVILLE | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 79% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
38 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HDHIGHLANDS DAY SCHOOL FOUNDATION8× · 2017–2024 · $116k · revenue +21%
- MBMONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE8× · 2017–2024 · $82k · revenue +6%
- BSBOWMAN SCHOOL8× · 2017–2024 · $46k · revenue +73%
Funded once
- WVWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +16%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $9k
- SBSTUDIO BY THE TRACKS INCone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -78%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…
Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.
At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…
The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…
Help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.
Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…
How this is measured
80 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 80 of the 127 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds HIGHLANDS DAY SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE ↗
- Who funds THE SHALOM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BOWMAN SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA ↗
- Who funds THE KILGORIS PROJECT ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL ALABAMA ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC ↗
- Who funds THE EXCEPTIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Restaurant Giving Circle Inc ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FAMILIES SET FREE INC ↗
- Who funds INDIAN SPRINGS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds The Big Table ↗
- Who funds THE PLANETARY SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds DONORSCHOOSEORG ↗
- Who funds Camp Kesem National ↗
- Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
- Who funds PIVOTAL CONNECTIONS ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds STUDIO BY THE TRACKS INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH ON SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE MORGAN PROJECT ↗
- Who funds GEORGIA TECH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds OAK HILL HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds Phoenix Benefit Inc ↗
- Who funds BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE ↗
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: Bright Funds Foundation · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Altecstyslinger Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Lisa and Alan Engel Foundation · Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation · The Sobrato Family Foundation · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization J Michael Bodnar Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from J Michael Bodnar Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
How this is measured
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