Florida · Private foundation
The Bear Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 47
- Grants FY2025
- 45
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $900,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 34 to 45
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations The Bear Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 47 | $1.7M | 23% |
| FY2024 | 45 | $1.7M | 7% |
| FY2023 | 42 | $1.2M | 26% |
| FY2022 | 38 | $1.4M | 29% |
| FY2021 | 34 | $1.2M | 24% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $298k | 34% |
| FY2019 | 41 | $2.8M | 29% |
| FY2018 | 43 | $761k | 63% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Health Care Foundation Inc | $4,500,000 | 5 | 28% |
| Sacred Heart Foundation Inc | $1,780,000 | 3 | 17% |
| Rally Foundation Inc | $1,110,303 | 5 | 24% |
| University of West Florida Foundation Inc | $1,010,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Florida Inc | $635,000 | 9 | 26% |
| Pace Center for Girlsinc | $427,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Pensacola State College Foundation Inc | $255,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Southern Youth Sports Associat | $120,000 | 3 | 27% |
| Valerie's House Inc | $90,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Manna Food Bank Inc | $85,000 | 7 | 2% |
Show all 83 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Bear Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 66 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: Impact 100 Pensacola Bay Area Inc · Gulf Power Foundationinc · International Paper Company Foundation · Mb Meyer Charitable Tr · Landrum Family Foundation Inc · United Way of West Florida Inc · Robert H Kahn Jr Family Foundation Dtd 6/16/98 · Fred & Marilyn Levin Family Foundation Inc · Sansing Foundation Inc · The Kugelman Family Foundation Inc · Switzer Brothers Charitable Foundation · The Chadbourne-Demaria Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Bear Family Foundation Inc
- How much does The Bear Family Foundation Inc give?
- The Bear Family Foundation Inc reported 47 grants totaling $1,682,150 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 45 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Bear Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (62%), Education (12%), Youth Development (9%).
- Who are The Bear Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Baptist Health Care Foundation Inc ($4.5M), Sacred Heart Foundation Inc ($1.8M), Rally Foundation Inc ($1.1M).
- Does The Bear Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bear Family Foundation Inc 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 Bear Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Impact 100 Pensacola Bay Area Inc, Gulf Power Foundationinc, International Paper Company Foundation.
- Where is The Bear Family Foundation Inc based?
- The Bear Family Foundation Inc is based in FL.
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