California · Private foundation
The Bynum Family 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.
- $22k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $79k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations The Bynum Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 13 | $20k | 23% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $20k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $12k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $12k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $9k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $9k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $10k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $11k | 29% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell University | $24,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $11,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Phillips Exeter Academy | $10,300 | 6 | 0% |
| Assistance League of San Jose | $10,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Helping Hands for South Sudan | $9,350 | 5 | 1% |
| Childfund International USA | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $6,400 | 9 | n/a |
| Child Advocates of Silicon Valley Inc | $5,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | $4,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Presbyterian Church of Los Gatos | $2,700 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell University | $24,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $11,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Phillips Exeter Academy | $10,300 | 6 | 0% |
| Assistance League of San Jose | $10,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Helping Hands for South Sudan | $9,350 | 5 | 1% |
| Childfund International USA | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $6,400 | 9 | n/a |
| Child Advocates of Silicon Valley Inc | $5,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | $4,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Presbyterian Church of Los Gatos | $2,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Silicon Valley | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Todays Youth Matter | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($18k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Bynum Family 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: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Bynum Family Foundation
- How much does The Bynum Family Foundation give?
- The Bynum Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $21,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Bynum Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (30%), International (28%), Human Services (21%).
- Who are The Bynum Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cornell University ($24k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($11k), Phillips Exeter Academy ($10k).
- Does The Bynum Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bynum Family 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 Bynum Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Bynum Family Foundation based?
- The Bynum Family Foundation is based in CA.
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