Mississippi · Private foundation
Joel and Rachel Bomgar 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.
- $218k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Joel and Rachel Bomgar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 12 | $211k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $144k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $191k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $360k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $338k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $421k | 53% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $164k | 55% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $165k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Future Foundation Inc | $266,900 | 3 | 42% |
| Mississippi History Project Inc | $234,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Mississippi Center for Public Policy | $232,596 | 4 | 12% |
| The Reason Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Startup Societies Foundation | $75,500 | 3 | 83% |
| St Augustine School | $70,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Mississippi Cannabis Patients Alliance | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Empower Mississippi Foundation | $54,250 | 2 | 3% |
| The Seasteading Institute | $50,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Social Evolution Inc | $46,900 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 30 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($472k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Joel and Rachel Bomgar Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 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: Donors Trust Inc · Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee · Sam E & Burnice C Wittel Foundation · Walker Foundation · Ergon Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Joel and Rachel Bomgar Foundation
- How much does Joel and Rachel Bomgar Foundation give?
- Joel and Rachel Bomgar Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $218,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Joel and Rachel Bomgar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (23%), Religion (17%), Human Services (16%).
- Who are Joel and Rachel Bomgar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Mississippi Future Foundation Inc ($267k), Mississippi History Project Inc ($234k), Mississippi Center for Public Policy ($233k).
- Does Joel and Rachel Bomgar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Joel and Rachel Bomgar 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 Joel and Rachel Bomgar Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donors Trust Inc, Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee, Sam E & Burnice C Wittel Foundation.
- Where is Joel and Rachel Bomgar Foundation based?
- Joel and Rachel Bomgar Foundation is based in MS.
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