Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Thomas a and Kathleen R Bruder 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.
- $56k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 78%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 18
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $935k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 78% of the organizations Thomas a and Kathleen R Bruder Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k 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 | 21 | $56k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $48k | 78% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $40k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $35k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $39k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $32k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $24k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malvern Preparatory School | $14,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $14,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Merion Mercy Academy | $11,125 | 6 | n/a |
| Marple Newtown School District | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Waldron Mercy Academy | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Riddle Healthcare Foundation | $4,625 | 1 | 0% |
| Neumann University | $4,625 | 1 | 0% |
| Youth Mentoring Partnership | $4,250 | 1 | 0% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lasalle College High School | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malvern Preparatory School | $14,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $14,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Merion Mercy Academy | $11,125 | 6 | n/a |
| Marple Newtown School District | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Waldron Mercy Academy | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Riddle Healthcare Foundation | $4,625 | 1 | 0% |
| Neumann University | $4,625 | 1 | 0% |
| Youth Mentoring Partnership | $4,250 | 1 | 0% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lasalle College High School | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Girls First | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Benchmark School | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Speakup | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saint David's Nursery School | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Squashsmarts Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Eagles Autism Challenge Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Country Day School of Sacred Heart | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Basil the Great Parish | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Florida Southern College | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($178k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Thomas a and Kathleen R Bruder 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: Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools · The Maguire Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Connelly Foundation · Central Pennsylvania Scholarship Fund · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · The Jeff and Kathy Siegfried Family Foundation · The Howley Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Equitable Foundation Inc · Chubb Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Thomas a and Kathleen R Bruder Foundation with peer funders
About Thomas a and Kathleen R Bruder Foundation
- How much does Thomas a and Kathleen R Bruder Foundation give?
- Thomas a and Kathleen R Bruder Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $55,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 18 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Thomas a and Kathleen R Bruder Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (38%), Religion (23%), Health (16%).
- Who are Thomas a and Kathleen R Bruder Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Malvern Preparatory School ($15k), Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation ($14k), Merion Mercy Academy ($11k).
- Does Thomas a and Kathleen R Bruder Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 78% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Thomas a and Kathleen R Bruder 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 Thomas a and Kathleen R Bruder Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools, The Maguire Foundation, The Philadelphia Foundation.
- Where is Thomas a and Kathleen R Bruder Foundation based?
- Thomas a and Kathleen R Bruder Foundation is based in PA.
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