Florida · Private foundation
Richard and Mary Bard 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.
- $66k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
86% of Richard and Mary Bard Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Bryan Area Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 11 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Richard and Mary Bard Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $66k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $608k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Heritage Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Trinity Lutheran Church | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Conservative Partnership Institute | $21,000 | 3 | 0% |
| North Naples United Methodist Church | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hope College | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Parkview Foundation Inc | $5,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Sigma Chi Foundation | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Michigan State University | $500 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Heritage Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Trinity Lutheran Church | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Conservative Partnership Institute | $21,000 | 3 | 0% |
| North Naples United Methodist Church | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hope College | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Parkview Foundation Inc | $5,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Sigma Chi Foundation | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Michigan State University | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lenawee Humane Society | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| The Conservancy of Southwest Florida | $235 | 2 | 0% |
| Naples Botanical Garden Inc | $145 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($57k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Richard and Mary Bard Foundation 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.
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How this is measured
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About Richard and Mary Bard Foundation
- How much does Richard and Mary Bard Foundation give?
- Richard and Mary Bard Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $66,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing.
- What does Richard and Mary Bard Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (69%), Education (14%), Religion (8%).
- Who are Richard and Mary Bard Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: The Heritage Foundation ($30k), Trinity Lutheran Church ($30k), Conservative Partnership Institute ($21k).
- Does Richard and Mary Bard 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 Richard and Mary Bard Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Richard and Mary Bard Foundation based?
- Richard and Mary Bard Foundation is based in FL.
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