Massachusetts · Private foundation
William and Bernice Bumpus Fdn
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.
- $470k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $77,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $120,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 6
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations William and Bernice Bumpus Fdn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $120k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $292k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $531k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $565k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $493k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $651k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $641k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern University | $915,696 | 6 | 0% |
| Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research | $792,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Washington University | $437,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Rockefeller University | $400,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Duke University | $196,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Yale University | $165,000 | 3 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($265k), not named here.
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About William and Bernice Bumpus Fdn
- How much does William and Bernice Bumpus Fdn give?
- William and Bernice Bumpus Fdn reported 6 grants totaling $469,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 6 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does William and Bernice Bumpus Fdn fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (58%), Science & Tech (22%), Recreation & Sports (20%).
- Who are William and Bernice Bumpus Fdn's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Northwestern University ($916k), Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research ($793k), Washington University ($438k).
- Does William and Bernice Bumpus Fdn fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William and Bernice Bumpus Fdn 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.
- Where is William and Bernice Bumpus Fdn based?
- William and Bernice Bumpus Fdn is based in MA.
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