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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
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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.

50%100%’18’19’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’21’22
HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving1$1k100%
FY20224$23k50%
FY20218$16k50%
FY20198$18k63%
FY20189$171k22%
FY201715$184kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$345kEducation$19kArts & Culture$14kRecreation & Sports$13kReligion$10kEnvironment$5kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kHuman Services$2kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The LAM Foundation$29,01531%
Pennsylvania State University$15,0002n/a
Roundup River Ranch$13,00030%
Fellowship of Catholic University Students$10,0001n/a
The Vail Jazz Foundation Inc$8,7872n/a
Vail Symposium$5,20021%
Walking Mountains$5,0001n/a
Mount Evans Hospice Inc Dba Mount Evans Home Health Care and Hos$5,00010%
Denver Health and Hospitals Foundation$2,50010%
Progressive Health Center$2,50031%
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All grantees of The Bard Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The LAM Foundation$29,01531%
Pennsylvania State University$15,0002n/a
Roundup River Ranch$13,00030%
Fellowship of Catholic University Students$10,0001n/a
The Vail Jazz Foundation Inc$8,7872n/a
Vail Symposium$5,20021%
Walking Mountains$5,0001n/a
Mount Evans Hospice Inc Dba Mount Evans Home Health Care and Hos$5,00010%
Denver Health and Hospitals Foundation$2,50010%
Progressive Health Center$2,50031%
Evergreen Christian Outreach$1,75040%
Vail Health Services Foundation$1,00010%
University of Colorado Foundation$80010%
Chai Lifeline Inc$50010%
Rocky Mountain Human Services$25010%
Small Champions Inc$2501n/a
CaringBridge$25010%
March of Dimes Inc$1001n/a
National STEM Cell Foundation Inc$5010%
Gay Mens Chorus of Los Angeles$5010%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$2110%
Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc$1510%

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.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe LAM Foundation: $29,015 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetRoundup River Ranch: $13,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVail Symposium: $5,200 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMount Evans Hospice Inc Dba Mount Evans Home Health Care and Hos: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDenver Health and Hospitals Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProgressive Health Center: $2,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetEvergreen Christian Outreach: $1,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVail Health Services Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Colorado Foundation: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChai Lifeline Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRocky Mountain Human Services: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCaringBridge: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational STEM Cell Foundation Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGay Mens Chorus of Los Angeles: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $21 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRocky Mountain Public Media Inc: $15 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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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 16.

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.

Colorado Gives FoundationCO18.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 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.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 30 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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