Missouri · Public charity
Panera Bread Foundation Inc
We support and strengthen our communities by investing in underserved and at-risk children and youth to become leaders.
- $2.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 30
- Grants FY2024
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 83%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 30
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 18
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 83% of the organizations Panera Bread Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 86% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 30 | $2.3M | 63% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $2.0M | 83% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $528k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 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, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Achieve Miami Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Girls Incorporated of Alameda County | $225,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Hope Ignites St Louis | $225,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Foundation for a College Education | $200,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Construction Education Foundation of Ga | $150,000 | 1 | 3% |
| College Aim Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 10% |
| An Achievable Dream Middle and High School Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Quad County Urban League Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 2% |
| An Achievable Dream Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 15% |
Show all 56 grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($325k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Panera Bread Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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: Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America · Charities Aid Foundation America · AT&T Foundation · Dollar General Literacy Foundation · Girls Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Cla Foundation · Inspire Brands Foundation Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Rite Aid Healthy Futures · Pwc Foundation Inc · Boys & Girls Clubs of America
How this is measured
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About Panera Bread Foundation Inc
- How much does Panera Bread Foundation Inc give?
- Panera Bread Foundation Inc reported 30 grants totaling $2,250,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 30 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Panera Bread Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (47%), Education (37%), Employment (5%).
- Who are Panera Bread Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc ($300k), Achieve Miami Inc ($300k), Girls Incorporated of Alameda County ($225k).
- Does Panera Bread Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Panera Bread Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America, Charities Aid Foundation America, AT&T Foundation.
- Where is Panera Bread Foundation Inc based?
- Panera Bread Foundation Inc is based in MO.
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