North Carolina · Private foundation
The Bridgewater 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.
- $119k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $17,988
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Bridgewater Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 3 | $101k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $5k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $75k | 94% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $50k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Authoracare Collective | $151,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Piedmont Land Conservancy | $129,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Greensboro Urban Ministry | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mustard Seed Community Health | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Greensboro Parks Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blue Ridge Conservancy | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Greensboro Literary Organization | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Hirsch Wellness Network Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Henderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Authoracare Collective | $151,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Piedmont Land Conservancy | $129,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Greensboro Urban Ministry | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mustard Seed Community Health | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Greensboro Parks Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blue Ridge Conservancy | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Greensboro Literary Organization | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Hirsch Wellness Network Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Henderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Royal Expressions Contemporary Ballet | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation of Holy Cross United States Province Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| HSHS Holy Family Hospital | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| You Make a Difference | $100 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($89k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Bridgewater 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: Weaver Foundation Inc · Hillsdale Fund · Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Loomis Family Foundation Inc · Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital Operating Corporation · Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Bridgewater Foundation
- How much does The Bridgewater Foundation give?
- The Bridgewater Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $119,088 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Bridgewater Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (41%), Philanthropy (33%), Environment (23%).
- Who are The Bridgewater Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Authoracare Collective ($151k), Piedmont Land Conservancy ($129k), Greensboro Urban Ministry ($5k).
- Does The Bridgewater Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bridgewater 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 Bridgewater Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Weaver Foundation Inc, Hillsdale Fund, Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc.
- Where is The Bridgewater Foundation based?
- The Bridgewater Foundation is based in NC.
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