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Joel and Rachel Bomgar Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Public Benefit$469kReligion$343kHuman Services$329kArts & Culture$254kHealth$219kEducation$137kCommunity Improvement$76kPhilanthropy$75kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $204k
$15,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets

Largely a single collection: about 96% of reported assets are Bitcoin.

Largest grants
RecipientAmount
END IT FOR GOOD$40,000
MISSISSIPPI HISTORY PROJECT INC$36,000
MISSION TO THE WORLD$28,000
MISSISSIPPI FUTURE FOUNDATION$25,000
MISSISSIPPI PROSPERITY FOUNDATION$20,000
REDEEMER CHURCH$20,000
COLLAGE$15,000
SAINT AUGUSTINE SCHOOL$10,000
LIBERTARIAN CHRISTIAN INSTITUTE$10,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI$7,500
DEEPER STILL MISSION$3,000
EQUIPPING LEADERS INTERNATIONAL$3,000
EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (EPC) WORLD OUTREACH$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $321k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MISSISSIPPI FUTURE FOUNDATION INC: $217k → 11%MISSISSIPPI FUTURE FOUNDATION: $25k → 18%MISSISSIPPI FUTURE FOUNDATION: $25k → 18%EMPOWER MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $30k → 11%EMPOWER MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $24k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WI
CA
UT
MO
VA
TN
DC
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 45% of Joel and Rachel Bomgar Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 68% of the giving stays in MS; by stated purpose, 44%.

Joel and Rachel Bomgar Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 20 repeat orgs$401k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
17

Total granted

$1.6M
$320k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+64%

Still filing today

60%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $82k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationReligionHuman ServicesCrime & LegalPublic BenefitPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • MC
    MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY
    4× · 2018–2021 · $233k · revenue +49%
  • SA
    St Augustine School
    2× · 2017–2024 · $70k · revenue +249%
  • EM
    EMPOWER MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION
    2× · 2019–2020 · $54k · revenue +99%

Funded once

  • TR
    THE REASON FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $150k · revenue +64%
  • TS
    The Seasteading Institutegraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +89%
  • CI
    CATO INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $27k · revenue +70%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
The Libertarian Institute

Disseminate information and education about pertinent economic, social and governmental topics, via print, web and other media to educate the public about the principles of LIbertarianism.

Education
2
Frontiers of Freedom Institute

To educate the public on constitutional issues and public policy matters. We are dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, peace through strength, limited government, free enterprise, and the values embodied in the Declaration of…

Public Benefit
3
Technology Policy Institute
International
4
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
5
Competitive Enterprise Institute

Competitive enterprise institute (cei) is a non-profit public policy organization dedicated to the principles of free enterprise and limited government. we believe that consumers are best helped not by government regulation but by being…

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6
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
7
Media Freedom Foundation

Public education on contemporary social issues and protection of the 1st amendment of the U.S. constitution.

Recreation & Sports
8
Minaret of Freedom Institute

Our mission is to our mission is to counter distortions and misconceptions about Islamic beliefs and practice to demonstrate the Islamic origins of modern values like the rule of law and sciences like market economics to advance the status…

Health
9
Contemporary Policy Institute
Philanthropy
10
Institute for Policy Innovation

It is the mission of the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) to provide education, research, analysis and recommendations to policy makers, opinion leaders and the American people designed to help solve public policy problems through…

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11
The Law & Humanities Institute
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12
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc

The manhattan institute is a community of scholars, journalists, activists, and civic leaders dedicated to advancing opportunity, individual liberty, and the rule of law in america and its great cities.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mississippi Center for Public Policy; the most unlike its peers is Mississippi Immigrant Rights Allian. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 44 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/29
Grantees still filing
16/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MISSISSIPPI HISTORY PROJECT INC: $234,000 · OtherMISSISSIPPI HISTORY PROJECT INCMISSION TO THE WORLD: $163,050 · OtherMISSION TO THE WORLDMISSISSIPPI HARM REDUCTION INTIATIVE: $108,275 · OtherMISSISSIPPI HARM REDUCTION INTIATIVEREDEEMER CHURCH: $64,800 · OtherREDEEMER CHURCHMISSISSIPPI CANNABIS PATIENTS ALLIANCE: $60,000 · OtherMISSISSIPPI CANNABIS PATIENTS ALLIANCEACTIVE IMPACT INTERNATIONAL: $44,000 · OtherREDEEMER GENERAL FUND: $37,500 · OtherREDEEMER CHURCH FAITH PROMISE: $32,500 · OtherLIBERTARIAN CHRISTIAN INSTITUTE: $32,000 · Other+21 more: $181,446 · Other+21 moreMISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $232,596 · EducationMISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR PUBLI…THE REASON FOUNDATION: $150,000 · EducationTHE REASON FOUNDATIONSt Augustine School: $70,000 · EducationSt Augustine SchoolSocial Evolution Inc: $46,900 · EducationSocial Evolution Inc+2 more: $20,000 · EducationMISSISSIPPI FUTURE FOUNDATION INC: $266,900 · Human ServicesMISSISSIPPI FUTUR…EMPOWER MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $54,250 · Human ServicesEMPOWER MISSISSIP…Startup Societies Foundation: $75,500 · EnvironmentCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI: $45,000 · PhilanthropyMISSISSIPPI PROSPERITY FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyMARIJUANA POLICY PROJECT FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyThe Seasteading Institute: $50,000 · Social ScienceEND IT FOR GOOD INC: $40,000 · Health
Other$957,571Education$519,496Human Services$321,150Environment$75,500Philanthropy$75,000Social Science$50,000Health$40,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMISSISSIPPI FUTURE FOUNDATION INC: $266,900 over 3y, 42% of budgetMISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $232,596 over 4y, 12% of budgetTHE REASON FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetStartup Societies Foundation: $75,500 over 3y, 83% of budgetSt Augustine School: $70,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetEMPOWER MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $54,250 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetThe Seasteading Institute: $50,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI: $45,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetEND IT FOR GOOD INC: $40,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $26,541 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWISCONSIN INSTITUTE FOR LAW & LIBERTY: $25,450 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetLIBERTARIAN CHRISTIAN INSTITUTE: $15,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetTHE WELL WRITERS' GUILD: $12,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetTHE REDEEMERS SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetState Freedom Caucus Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetAFRICA CHRISTIAN TRAINING INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetMISSISSIPPI IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ALLIAN: $10,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetMARIJUANA POLICY PROJECT FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLUDWIG VON MISES INSTITUTE FOR AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS INC: $9,875 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR FAITH WORK & ECONOMICS INC: $8,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetYOUNG AMERICANS FOR LIBERTY INC: $5,080 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY: $5,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetMISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR JUSTICE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDeeper Still Missions: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEquipping Leaders International Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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.

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.

Donors Trust IncVan Devender Family F…Sam E & Burnice C Wit…Walker FoundationErgon Foundation IncRaymond James Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…Natl Christian Charit…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donors Trust IncVA20.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Joel and Rachel Bomgar Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joel and Rachel Bomgar Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 44 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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