Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Barrist Family 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.
- $188k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Barrist Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $138k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $192k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $203k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $116k | 63% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $135k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $135k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $387k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $350k | 25% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springside Chestnut Hill Academy | $975,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Gwynedd Mercy University | $231,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Leigh Leckerman Scholarship Fund | $150,000 | 5 | 21% |
| North Penn Valley Boys and Girls Club Inc | $121,667 | 5 | 3% |
| Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia | $110,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Drexel University | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Livengrin Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The McKeown Foundation Co Joseph McKeown | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($413k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Barrist 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: The Philadelphia Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Barrist Family Foundation
- How much does The Barrist Family Foundation give?
- The Barrist Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $188,333 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Barrist Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (79%), Health (8%), Youth Development (7%).
- Who are The Barrist Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Springside Chestnut Hill Academy ($975k), Gwynedd Mercy University ($231k), The Leigh Leckerman Scholarship Fund ($150k).
- Does The Barrist Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Barrist 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 Barrist Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Foundation, Chubb Charitable Foundation, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Barrist Family Foundation based?
- The Barrist Family Foundation is based in PA.
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