California · Private foundation
Robert & Alice Bridges Foundation
Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $176k
- Granted FY2018
- 33
- Grants FY2018
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2018
Read this first · the figures below need context
95% of Robert & Alice Bridges Foundation’s FY2019 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2019 names 24 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year Robert & Alice Bridges Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 20 organizations, $176k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2018
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 31 to 31
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 7
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 6% of the organizations Robert & Alice Bridges Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 31 | $176k | 6% |
| FY2017 | 31 | $181k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
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 FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Troops Direct | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pacific Legal Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| John Muir Health Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Anthony Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Ruth Bancroft Garden Inc | $21,000 | 3 | 1% |
| United Service Organizations Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Diocese of Oakland Ca Department of Education | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 28 grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($179k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert & Alice Bridges 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.
Open a dossier: Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation · Heffernan Group Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Hedco Foundation · Lowell Berry Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Twanda Foundation · Simpson Psb Fund · Coit Family Foundation · William a Kerr Foundation · San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund Inc
How this is measured
About Robert & Alice Bridges Foundation
- How much does Robert & Alice Bridges Foundation give?
- Robert & Alice Bridges Foundation reported 33 grants totaling $175,500 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Robert & Alice Bridges Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Philanthropy (88%), Human Services (3%), Health (2%).
- Who are Robert & Alice Bridges Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund ($30k), Troops Direct ($30k), Pacific Legal Foundation ($30k).
- Does Robert & Alice Bridges Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Robert & Alice Bridges 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 Robert & Alice Bridges Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation, Heffernan Group Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation.
- Where is Robert & Alice Bridges Foundation based?
- Robert & Alice Bridges Foundation is based in CA.
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