· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k10 grants · $37k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $70k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE JACKSON LABORATORY | $100,000 |
| THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY | $50,000 |
| LIVERESEARCH INC | $30,000 |
| PSSI WASHINGTON INC | $25,000 |
| ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER | $15,000 |
| CHRISTODORA | $7,500 |
| PLEASANT RIVER WILDLIFE FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| TRINITY SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI | $5,000 |
| UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | $3,000 |
| INTEGRATE AUTISM EMPLOYMENT ADVISORS | $2,500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | $2,500 |
| THE SAVANNAH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL | $1,000 |
| THE WILD CENTER | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $47k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 68% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TJTHE JACKSON LABORATORY9× · 2017–2025 · $680k · revenue +74%
- TRTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY8× · 2017–2025 · $540k · revenue +33%
- PWPSSI WASHINGTON INC9× · 2017–2025 · $270k · revenue +303% · 26% of their budget
Funded once
- TFTHE FILMMAKERS COLLABORATIVE INCgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +103%
- MDMOUNT DESERT ISLAND HOSPITALgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +58%
- NWN WESTCHESTER HOSPITAL CENTER FOUNDATIONone grant, 2018 · $3k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.
Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o
Please see schedule o
The mission of the institute has remained constant since its founding in 1953. as its restated articles of incorporation state the primary purpose and objective of the howard hughes medical institute shall be the promotion of human…
For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…
The graduate school of the stowers institute for medical research ("gssimr") exempt purpose is to provide graduate education that will prepare scholars for scientific research in the biological sciences.
Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…
The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…
How this is measured
22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
- Who funds THE JACKSON LABORATORY ↗
- Who funds THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds PSSI WASHINGTON INC ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
- Who funds LIVERESEARCH INC ↗
- Who funds THE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds Delta Waterfowl Foundation ↗
- Who funds PLEASANT RIVER WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY ↗
- Who funds RISING GROUND INC ↗
- Who funds University of Michigan ↗
- Who funds ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI ↗
- Who funds Christodora Inc ↗
- Who funds INTEGRATE AUTISM EMPLOYMENT ADVISORS INC ↗
- Who funds PARK SCHOOL CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF THE ADIRONDACKS ↗
- Who funds THE FILMMAKERS COLLABORATIVE INC ↗
- Who funds MOUNT DESERT ISLAND HOSPITAL ↗
- Who funds SAVANNAH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds NISWA ASSOCIATION INC ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Bawd Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bawd Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
- The Filmmakers Collaborative Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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