How much does The Bamford Foundation give?

The Bamford Foundation reported 156 grants totaling $1,534,718 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 84 and 141 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does The Bamford Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (22%), Arts & Culture (15%), Youth Development (14%).

Who are The Bamford Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Greentrike ($1.2M), Annie Wright Schools ($515k), Foss Waterway Seaport ($506k).

Does The Bamford Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does The Bamford Foundation accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.

Which funders back the same organizations as The Bamford Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, Fuchsg & M Fdn Tai, The Norcliffe Foundation.

Where is The Bamford Foundation based?

The Bamford Foundation is based in WA.

Foundation Dossiers

Washington · Private foundation

The Bamford Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 156
Grants FY2024: 94
Organizations funded FY2023: 13%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $7,500
Largest grant, FY2024: $166,667
Organizations funded a year: 84 to 141; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 7
Total assets, FY2024: $25M
Applications: Takes unsolicited applications; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 13% of the organizations The Bamford Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $102k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	155	$1.5M	32%
FY2023	94	$2.0M	13%
FY2022	141	$2.5M	28%
FY2021	121	$3.5M	25%
FY2020	108	$2.9M	24%
FY2019	109	$2.9M	30%
FY2018	85	$1.7M	47%
FY2017	84	$1.8M	n/a

98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$4.3MArts & Culture$3.0MYouth Development$2.7MHuman Services$2.3MHealth$1.6MPhilanthropy$1.2MCommunity Improvement$736kRecreation & Sports$599kOther$0

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
Greentrike	$1,177,125	8	15%
Annie Wright Schools	$515,200	7	1%
Foss Waterway Seaport	$505,618	8	19%
United Way of Pierce County	$441,800	7	1%
Young Men's Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties	$441,659	7	1%
Boys and Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound	$367,250	8	1%
Tacoma Community House	$363,762	8	2%
Kbtc Association	$309,324	3	72%
Safe Streets Campaign	$291,733	7	6%
Asia Pacific Cultural Center	$285,250	7	8%

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All grantees of The Bamford Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Greentrike	$1,177,125	8	15%
Annie Wright Schools	$515,200	7	1%
Foss Waterway Seaport	$505,618	8	19%
United Way of Pierce County	$441,800	7	1%
Young Men's Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties	$441,659	7	1%
Boys and Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound	$367,250	8	1%
Tacoma Community House	$363,762	8	2%
Kbtc Association	$309,324	3	72%
Safe Streets Campaign	$291,733	7	6%
Asia Pacific Cultural Center	$285,250	7	8%
Peace Community Center	$281,500	7	5%
Tacoma Arts Live	$262,225	7	2%
Foundation for Tacoma Students	$252,100	4	7%
Greater Metro Parks Foundation dba Tacoma Parks Foundation	$251,000	7	4%
Degrees of Change	$247,700	7	3%
R Merle Palmer Minority Scholarship	$245,800	8	20%
Tacoma Urban League	$233,585	8	16%
First Five Fundamentals	$228,800	7	8%
Tacoma Community Boat Builders Inc	$217,000	8	4%
Tacoma Art Museum	$181,000	7	2%
Refugee Choir Project	$169,030	6	27%
Metropolitan Development Council	$161,382	3	1%
Step by Step Family Support Center	$161,375	5	3%
Amara	$141,800	7	1%
The Trust for Public Land	$139,500	3	0%
Multicare Foundations	$126,750	5	0%
Brightspark Early Learning Services	$125,500	7	0%
Arts Impact	$125,000	6	4%
Tacid	$123,650	7	4%
College Success Foundation	$119,850	8	0%
Pierce County Aids Foundation	$114,250	6	1%
Pierce County Project Access	$110,500	5	3%
Trinity Presbyterian Church	$110,000	6	n/a
Tacoma Housing Development Group	$101,666	3	17%
Pierce County Library Foundation	$100,000	1	16%
Emergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County	$97,500	5	0%
Grand Tacoma Cine Club Dba the Grand Cinema	$97,500	5	2%
Lindquist Dental Clinic for Children	$95,877	8	1%
Symphony Tacoma	$95,500	5	4%
Humanities Washington	$95,000	6	2%
Comprehensive Mental Health Center of Tacoma-Pierce County	$93,723	5	0%
Olive Crest	$90,500	5	0%
Hilltop Artists in Residence	$89,350	8	2%
Tacoma Urban Performing Arts Center	$88,450	6	11%
Third Sector New England Inc	$79,250	4	0%
A Step Ahead in Pierce County	$77,500	6	0%
Raising Girls	$72,500	6	18%
Saint Frances Cabrini Charitable Services	$70,500	5	10%
At the Crossroads	$69,600	3	3%
Pierce College Foundation	$68,250	5	5%
HopeSparks	$67,500	7	0%
Washington State Historical Society	$66,500	5	n/a
Nw Furniture Bank	$62,000	5	1%
Helping Hand House	$60,500	2	4%
Point Defiance Zoological Society	$60,000	1	2%
Community Health Care	$56,500	6	0%
Girls on the Run of Westsound	$55,000	3	13%
Bold Solutions	$52,500	3	14%
Innovations Human Trafficking Collaborative	$48,000	3	4%
Pierce County Center for Dispute Resolut	$46,950	4	3%
Building Youth Through Music	$46,500	5	12%
Museum of Glass	$46,450	4	1%
Girl Scouts of Western Washington	$45,800	5	0%
Friends of Lakewood	$45,000	2	3%
Junior Achievement of Washington	$44,025	7	0%
Institute for Black Justice	$43,000	3	12%
Neighborhood Clinic	$42,500	5	3%
Oasis Youth Center	$41,700	2	n/a
Life Enrichment Group	$40,500	1	n/a
Korean Women's Association	$40,500	2	0%
Northwest Education Access	$40,000	2	1%
The Seabury School	$40,000	3	1%
The Beecher's Foundation	$40,000	2	3%
Communities for a Healthy Bay	$40,000	4	3%
Philanthropy Northwest	$38,740	7	0%
St Leos Parish	$38,250	4	n/a
AHAT Homecare	$37,500	5	3%
Georgetown Day School	$37,000	6	0%
Tacoma Youth Chorus	$35,500	4	5%
Edge Foundation	$35,000	2	2%
Tra Medical Imaging Foundation	$35,000	4	7%
The Trustees of Princeton University	$34,500	5	0%
Allen Renaissance	$32,465	2	n/a
Bethel Community Services	$31,500	7	10%
The Rescue Mission	$31,000	5	0%
Vibrant Schools of Puget Sound	$30,100	2	15%
The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871)	$30,000	3	0%
The University of Puget Sound	$30,000	4	0%
Tacoma Community College Foundation	$29,000	6	1%
The Coffee Oasis	$28,000	3	0%
Wonder of Women International PC	$27,750	2	3%
Girls on the Run Puget Sound	$27,500	2	3%
Our Sisters House	$25,000	2	2%
New Phoebe House	$25,000	3	2%
Nourish Pierce County	$25,000	3	0%
Tacoma Youth Symphony Association	$25,000	2	3%
Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce Foundation	$24,500	2	6%
Youth for Christtacoma Area Inc	$23,500	3	1%
Your Money Matters	$23,000	3	2%
Breakthrough T1d	$21,000	7	0%
The River School	$21,000	5	0%
Washington First Robotics	$21,000	2	1%
Ark Institute of Learning	$20,500	4	2%
Look Listen and Learn Tv	$20,200	3	2%
Peace Works United Inc	$20,132	2	n/a
Ashley House	$20,000	2	0%
Shared Housing Services	$20,000	2	3%
Exodus Housing	$20,000	3	1%
Write253	$20,000	3	7%
Mi Chiantla	$20,000	2	3%
PUSH for Dreams	$20,000	2	8%
Tacoma Historical Society	$20,000	3	5%
Children of Light Community Center	$19,500	3	1%
Puyallup Food Bank	$19,000	3	0%
Charles Wright Academy	$19,000	5	0%
Shunpike	$18,100	3	0%
Valeo Vocation	$17,000	2	0%
Sabala International Center	$16,500	3	2%
School's Out Washington	$15,000	1	0%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound	$15,000	1	0%
Morningside	$15,000	2	0%
The Washington STEM Center	$15,000	1	0%
Franklin Pierce Youth First	$15,000	1	n/a
Children's Therapy Center	$15,000	2	0%
Gig Harbor Film Festival	$15,000	1	5%
Pacific Public Media	$15,000	1	0%
Northwest Leadership Foundation	$15,000	1	n/a
Key Peninsula Healthy Community	$15,000	1	6%
Bates Technical College Foundation	$15,000	2	2%
Wishing Well Foundation	$15,000	4	2%
Brotherhood Rise Center	$13,000	2	1%
Foothills Rails-to-Trails Coalition	$12,500	1	n/a
Cjk Community Homes	$12,500	2	1%
Advocates for Immigrants in Detention Northwest	$11,500	4	2%
Kidvantage	$11,000	3	0%
Washington Alliance for Better Schools	$10,250	2	0%
Center for Independence	$10,000	1	1%
Futurewise	$10,000	1	1%
GoodRoots Northwest	$10,000	1	0%
Washington Trails Association	$10,000	2	0%
Hilltop Urban Gardens	$10,000	1	1%
American Association of University Women Inc	$10,000	1	0%
South Sound Estuary Association	$10,000	1	2%
Playworks Education Energized	$10,000	1	0%
Treehouse	$10,000	2	0%
Tacoma Public Library Foundation	$10,000	1	n/a
Moore Wright Group	$10,000	1	n/a
Franklin Pierce Foundation	$10,000	1	n/a
Pizza Klatch	$10,000	2	1%
Family Promise of Pierce County	$8,000	1	1%
Technology Access Foundation	$8,000	1	0%
Innovative Change Makers	$7,500	1	4%
World Without Hate Inc	$7,500	1	8%
Northwest Association for Blind Athletes	$7,500	1	0%
Washington Women in Need	$7,500	1	1%
Erikson Institute	$7,250	5	0%
Sumner Community Food Bank	$7,000	2	0%
Tacoma Rowing	$6,325	3	n/a
Tacoma Citizens for Schools	$6,000	3	2%
On the Road With Partnercafe	$6,000	2	29%
Downtown on the Go	$5,750	2	2%
Families Unlimited Network	$5,500	2	1%
YWCA Pierce County	$5,300	2	0%
National Alliance for the Mentally ILL Pierce County	$5,000	1	n/a
Cascadianow	$5,000	1	n/a
Hilltop Action Coalition	$5,000	1	n/a
Career Path Services Employment and Training	$5,000	1	0%
Harbor Hope Center	$5,000	1	1%
Eileen & Callies Place	$5,000	1	2%
Tacoma Ministerial Alliance	$5,000	1	1%
Gig Harbor Peninsula Historical Soc	$5,000	1	0%
Arms Around You Foundation	$5,000	1	0%
The Backstage Foundation	$5,000	1	5%
Multicultural Child and Family Hope Center	$5,000	2	0%
Gig Harbor Now	$5,000	1	2%
Krownless Kings	$5,000	1	n/a
Pacific Science Center Foundation	$5,000	1	0%
Harvest Against Hunger	$4,000	2	0%
Key Free Clinic	$4,000	1	n/a
Mountain View Community Center	$4,000	1	1%
Puget Sound Revels	$3,500	2	0%
Holy Rosary Bilingual Academy	$3,500	1	n/a
First Tee of South Puget Sound	$3,000	1	0%
Cavalcade of Authors West	$3,000	1	n/a
Listen and Talk	$3,000	1	0%
Seattle Storm Foundation	$3,000	1	n/a
Community Youth Services	$2,809	1	0%
Rainbow Center	$2,550	4	0%
Tacoma Concert Band	$2,500	1	2%
Blue Star Families Inc	$2,500	1	0%
Reboot Recovery Inc	$2,500	1	0%
Recovery Cafe Orting Valley	$2,500	1	0%
House of Ruth	$2,500	1	0%
Parkway Community Services	$2,000	1	n/a
Operation Homefront Inc	$2,000	1	0%
Pearl Foundation of Puget Sound	$2,000	1	2%
The Evergreen State College Foundation	$1,000	1	0%
Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation	$1,000	1	1%
Making a Difference Foundation	$1,000	1	0%
Tacomapierce County Habitat for Humanit	$1,000	2	0%
Tacoma South Rotary Charitable Fund	$1,000	1	n/a
University of Michigan	$750	2	0%
University Child Development School	$500	1	0%
International Conservation Caucus Foundation	$500	1	0%
Fair Housing Center of Washington	$500	1	0%
Fund a Need Inc	$500	1	4%
Center For Wooden Boats	$500	1	0%
My Tribute Gift Foundation Inc	$300	1	0%
Toys for Kids	$300	1	0%
Nantucket Boys and Girls Club Inc	$250	1	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 103 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.6M), not named here.

The Bamford Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 186 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

Tap a dot to name the grantee.

How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 186.

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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.

Greater Tacoma Community FoundationWA210.6× affinity116 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Tacoma Community Foundation · Fuchsg & M Fdn Tai · The Norcliffe Foundation · Kilworth Florence Char Tr Fndn · Woodworth Family Foundation · Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- Sunshine · Heidner Marco J Char Trust · Forest Foundation · Sequoia Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Ben B Cheney Foundation Inc · The Russell Family 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.

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About The Bamford Foundation

How much does The Bamford Foundation give?: The Bamford Foundation reported 156 grants totaling $1,534,718 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 84 and 141 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Bamford Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (22%), Arts & Culture (15%), Youth Development (14%).
Who are The Bamford Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Greentrike ($1.2M), Annie Wright Schools ($515k), Foss Waterway Seaport ($506k).
Does The Bamford Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Bamford Foundation accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Bamford Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, Fuchsg & M Fdn Tai, The Norcliffe Foundation.
Where is The Bamford Foundation based?: The Bamford Foundation is based in WA.