Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Byers Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $100k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 18
- FY2020 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.9M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 100% of the organizations The Byers Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $100k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $8k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $692k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doylestown Health Foundation | $120,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Bucks County Historical Society Inc | $115,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Heritage Conservancy Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| James a Michener Art Museum | $100,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Bucks Beautiful Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 40% |
| County Theater Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Ann Silverman Community Health Clinic | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Mi Refugio Es Jesus Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Washington Crossing Council Boy Scouts of America | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Williamson College of the Trades | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doylestown Health Foundation | $120,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Bucks County Historical Society Inc | $115,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Heritage Conservancy Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| James a Michener Art Museum | $100,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Bucks Beautiful Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 40% |
| County Theater Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Ann Silverman Community Health Clinic | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Mi Refugio Es Jesus Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Washington Crossing Council Boy Scouts of America | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Williamson College of the Trades | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Scripture Union | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| National Maritime Historical Society | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Doylestown Historical Society Np | $7,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Colonial Williamsburg Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cookies for Kids Cancer a New Jersey Non-Profit Corporation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Church of the Open Door | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($180k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Byers Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 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: The Marvin and Dee Woodall Charitable Foundation · Bucks County Conference & Visitors Bureau · Penn Community Bank Foundation · Max & Belle Jacoby Foundation · Morel Family Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Byers Foundation
- How much does The Byers Foundation give?
- The Byers Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $100,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 18 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2021.
- What does The Byers Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (43%), Health (19%), Environment (19%).
- Who are The Byers Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Doylestown Health Foundation ($120k), The Bucks County Historical Society Inc ($115k), Heritage Conservancy Inc ($100k).
- Does The Byers Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Byers Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Byers Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Marvin and Dee Woodall Charitable Foundation, Bucks County Conference & Visitors Bureau, Penn Community Bank Foundation.
- Where is The Byers Foundation based?
- The Byers Foundation is based in PA.
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