Colorado · Private foundation
The Bard Family 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.
- $1k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 50% of the organizations The Bard Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $1k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $23k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $16k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $18k | 63% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $171k | 22% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $184k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The LAM Foundation | $29,015 | 3 | 1% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Roundup River Ranch | $13,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Vail Jazz Foundation Inc | $8,787 | 2 | n/a |
| Vail Symposium | $5,200 | 2 | 1% |
| Walking Mountains | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mount Evans Hospice Inc Dba Mount Evans Home Health Care and Hos | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Denver Health and Hospitals Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Progressive Health Center | $2,500 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The LAM Foundation | $29,015 | 3 | 1% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Roundup River Ranch | $13,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Vail Jazz Foundation Inc | $8,787 | 2 | n/a |
| Vail Symposium | $5,200 | 2 | 1% |
| Walking Mountains | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mount Evans Hospice Inc Dba Mount Evans Home Health Care and Hos | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Denver Health and Hospitals Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Progressive Health Center | $2,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Evergreen Christian Outreach | $1,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Vail Health Services Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Colorado Foundation | $800 | 1 | 0% |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Rocky Mountain Human Services | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Small Champions Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| CaringBridge | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| March of Dimes Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| National STEM Cell Foundation Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Gay Mens Chorus of Los Angeles | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $21 | 1 | 0% |
| Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc | $15 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($312k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Bard Family 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: Colorado Gives Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · The Tang Fund · Xcel Energy Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Bard Family Foundation
- How much does The Bard Family Foundation give?
- The Bard Family Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $1,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does The Bard Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (84%), Education (4%), Arts & Culture (3%).
- Who are The Bard Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The LAM Foundation ($29k), Pennsylvania State University ($15k), Roundup River Ranch ($13k).
- Does The Bard Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bard Family 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 The Bard Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, El Pomar Foundation, The Tang Fund.
- Where is The Bard Family Foundation based?
- The Bard Family Foundation is based in CO.
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