Massachusetts · Private foundation
The James L Bildner Charitable Trust
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.
- $278k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $125,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,711
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The James L Bildner Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | $278k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $34k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $41k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $10k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $75k | 56% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $13k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $41k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $131k | 75% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midland Community Development Corp | $125,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Trustees of Boston University | $79,540 | 6 | 0% |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc | $49,667 | 2 | 0% |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc | $39,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | $27,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Virgin Unite USA Inc | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Watermans Community Center | $11,250 | 5 | 1% |
| The Empowerment Plan | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bes Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Education Pioneers | $8,958 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 40 grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($329k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The James L Bildner Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 36 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.
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How this is measured
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About The James L Bildner Charitable Trust
- How much does The James L Bildner Charitable Trust give?
- The James L Bildner Charitable Trust reported 3 grants totaling $277,711 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The James L Bildner Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (36%), Education (26%), Civil Rights (8%).
- Who are The James L Bildner Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Midland Community Development Corp ($125k), Trustees of Boston University ($80k), Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc ($50k).
- Does The James L Bildner Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The James L Bildner Charitable Trust 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 James L Bildner Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The Kresge Foundation.
- Where is The James L Bildner Charitable Trust based?
- The James L Bildner Charitable Trust is based in MA.
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