· Private foundation
The Bradbury Dyer Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k10 grants · $28k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $325k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LAFAYETTE COLLEGE | $175,000 |
| LKCM CENTER FOR FINANCIAL STUDIES | $100,000 |
| SPECIAL OPERATIONS FUND | $50,000 |
| DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART | $5,000 |
| HUYCK PRESERVE & BIOLOGICAL RESEARC | $5,000 |
| HYDE HALL | $5,000 |
| RENSSELAERVILLE LIBRARY | $2,500 |
| THE ARTS CENTER OF GREENWOOD | $2,500 |
| CONKLING HALL | $2,500 |
| CAESAR KLEBURG WILDLIFE RESEARCH | $2,000 |
| BNY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND | $2,000 |
| HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL FUND | $1,000 |
| THOMAS COLE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE | $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.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 65% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $108k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LCLAFAYETTE COLLEGE6× · 2019–2024 · $333k · revenue +43%
- SOSpecial Operations Fund2× · 2020–2024 · $75k · revenue +23%
- DMDallas Museum of Art8× · 2017–2024 · $40k · revenue +396%
Funded once
- TWTHE WINSTON CHURCHILL FOUNDATION OFone grant, 2017 · $100k
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETYgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +364%- MUMEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINone grant, 2021 · $5k
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.
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."
The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)
The Frick Collection (the "Collection") operates an internationally recognized art museum and library program for the inspiration and enjoyment of the public and for the advancement of the study of fine arts and kindred subjects.
The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.
The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…
The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.
Maine Historical Society, founded in 1822, is a private non-profit whose mission is to preserve and share Maine's story. Based in Portland, we work closely with communities and partners throughout the state, and serve a statewide and…
Situated on the banks of the hudson river in yonkers, new york, the hudson river museum's mission is to engage, inspire, and connect diverse communities through the power of the arts, sciences, and history.
The founding mission of the new-york historical society ("the new york historical "tnyh") is to collect, preserve, and interpret, for the broadest possible public, material relevant to the history of the united states in general and of new…
The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 28 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 LAFAYETTE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Special Operations Fund ↗
- Who funds Dallas Museum of Art ↗
- Who funds Tom T East Sr and Alice K East and Alice H East and Robert C East Wildlife Fnd ↗
- Who funds HYDE HALL INC ↗
- Who funds MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds MOHAWK HUDSON LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds Rensselaerville Library ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF CONKLING HALL INC ↗
- Who funds ALBANY INSTITUTE OF HISTORY AND ART ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds HILLTOWN COMMONS INC ↗
- Who funds THOMAS COLE HISTORIC HOUSE ↗
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 Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Bradbury Dyer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bradbury Dyer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Massachusetts Historical Society: 22% of income from government
How this is measured
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