Connecticut · Private foundation
The Bonfire Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $32k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations The Bonfire Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $32k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $48k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $43k | 54% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $35k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $52k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| School of the Holy Child | $40,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Convent of the Sacred Heart | $30,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Mater Dei High School Roman Catholic Bishop of Orange | $20,000 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Portland | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rye Country Day School | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Quinnipiac University | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pepperdine University | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Brunswick School Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Life Center of Santa Ana | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| School of the Holy Child | $40,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Convent of the Sacred Heart | $30,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Mater Dei High School Roman Catholic Bishop of Orange | $20,000 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Portland | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rye Country Day School | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Quinnipiac University | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pepperdine University | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Brunswick School Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Life Center of Santa Ana | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Vincent Hospital | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Providence College | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grace Academy | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($65k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Bonfire 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 Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 Bonfire Foundation
- How much does The Bonfire Foundation give?
- The Bonfire Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $31,700 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Bonfire Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (79%), Religion (16%), Food & Nutrition (3%).
- Who are The Bonfire Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: School of the Holy Child ($40k), Convent of the Sacred Heart ($30k), Mater Dei High School Roman Catholic Bishop of Orange ($20k).
- Does The Bonfire Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bonfire Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Bonfire Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Blackbaud Giving Fund, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Bonfire Foundation based?
- The Bonfire Foundation is based in CT.
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