Delaware · Private foundation
The Bauman 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.
- $60k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $890k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations The Bauman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 | 8 | $60k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $50k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $60k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $63k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $50k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $41k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $40k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $50k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Classical Academy | $130,000 | 3 | 0% |
| McKinney Christian School | $87,000 | 2 | 1% |
| First Presbyterian Church of Colo Springs | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| McFarlin Memorial United Methodist Church | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cheyenne Mountain Public Broadcast House | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| St Lukes Methodist Church Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mary Abbott Children's House | $16,000 | 2 | 1% |
| University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Assistance League of Norman Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Insync Exotic Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Classical Academy | $130,000 | 3 | 0% |
| McKinney Christian School | $87,000 | 2 | 1% |
| First Presbyterian Church of Colo Springs | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| McFarlin Memorial United Methodist Church | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cheyenne Mountain Public Broadcast House | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| St Lukes Methodist Church Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mary Abbott Children's House | $16,000 | 2 | 1% |
| University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Assistance League of Norman Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Insync Exotic Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| North Texas Cat Rescue | $7,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Frisco Community Band | $7,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Furry Friends Animal Rescue | $6,000 | 3 | 4% |
| North Texas Food Bank | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Wildcare Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Frisco Humane Society | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Minnies Food Pantry Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($16k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Bauman Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Bauman Foundation
- How much does The Bauman Foundation give?
- The Bauman Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $60,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Bauman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (54%), Religion (23%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are The Bauman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Classical Academy ($130k), McKinney Christian School ($87k), First Presbyterian Church of Colo Springs ($50k).
- Does The Bauman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bauman 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 Bauman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc, Texas Instruments Foundation.
- Where is The Bauman Foundation based?
- The Bauman Foundation is based in DE.
Play a game based on Bauman’s filings →