New York · Private foundation
The Bawd 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.
- $257k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations The Bawd Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 14 | $255k | 7% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $244k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $322k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $253k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $118k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $346k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $298k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $202k | 23% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Jackson Laboratory | $680,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Rockefeller University | $540,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Pssi Washington Inc | $270,000 | 9 | 26% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $150,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Liveresearch Inc | $121,500 | 8 | 100% |
| The Animal Medical Center | $65,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Delta Waterfowl Foundation | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Pleasant River Wildlife Foundation | $45,000 | 9 | 20% |
| Food Bank for New York City | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Jackson Laboratory | $680,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Rockefeller University | $540,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Pssi Washington Inc | $270,000 | 9 | 26% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $150,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Liveresearch Inc | $121,500 | 8 | 100% |
| The Animal Medical Center | $65,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Delta Waterfowl Foundation | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Pleasant River Wildlife Foundation | $45,000 | 9 | 20% |
| Food Bank for New York City | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rising Ground Inc | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $25,500 | 8 | 2% |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Christodora Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Integrate Autism Employment Advisors Inc | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Park School Corporation | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Filmmakers Collaborative Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mount Desert Island Hospital | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Savannah Country Day School Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Niswa Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($58k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Bawd Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Bawd Foundation
- How much does The Bawd Foundation give?
- The Bawd Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $257,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Bawd Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (45%), Science & Tech (19%), Health (14%).
- Who are The Bawd Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Jackson Laboratory ($680k), The Rockefeller University ($540k), Pssi Washington Inc ($270k).
- Does The Bawd Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bawd 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 Bawd Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Bawd Foundation based?
- The Bawd Foundation is based in NY.
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