New York · Private foundation
The Bridgewater Fund 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.
- $523k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $261,631
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $261,631
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 53
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- 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 Fund Inc 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 | 2 | $523k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $3k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $30k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 47 | $89k | 66% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $42k | 19% |
| FY2017 | 53 | $103k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antioch College Corporation | $85,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Citymeals-On-Wheels | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Anne Frank Center USA Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Metropolitan Opera Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wnet | $7,650 | 1 | 0% |
| Pomona College | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| People for the American Way Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City Harvest Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Inc | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 55 grantees
Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($601k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Bridgewater Fund Inc 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 Hyde and Watson Foundation · Open Society Institute · Amica Companies Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
About The Bridgewater Fund Inc
- How much does The Bridgewater Fund Inc give?
- The Bridgewater Fund Inc reported 2 grants totaling $523,262 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 53 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Bridgewater Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (49%), Education (12%), Arts & Culture (6%).
- Who are The Bridgewater Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Antioch College Corporation ($85k), Citymeals-On-Wheels ($10k), Anne Frank Center USA Inc ($10k).
- Does The Bridgewater Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bridgewater Fund 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 Bridgewater Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Hyde and Watson Foundation, Open Society Institute, Amica Companies Foundation.
- Where is The Bridgewater Fund Inc based?
- The Bridgewater Fund Inc is based in NY.
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