Pennsylvania · Private foundation
William Bass Charitable 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.
- $15k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,300
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $237k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations William Bass Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 | 9 | $15k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $14k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $16k | 45% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $11k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $9k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $6k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $11k | 55% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $16k | 33% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rodeph Shalom Congregation | $20,995 | 7 | n/a |
| The Barnes Foundation | $14,712 | 6 | 0% |
| Carolina Ballet Inc | $14,300 | 6 | 0% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $10,500 | 8 | 0% |
| University of Delaware | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Thomas Jefferson University | $5,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation | $5,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia | $5,050 | 5 | 0% |
| Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends | $3,976 | 3 | n/a |
| Pocono Heritage Land Trust | $3,500 | 4 | 1% |
Show all 26 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($7k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William Bass Charitable 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.
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How this is measured
Compare William Bass Charitable Foundation with peer funders
About William Bass Charitable Foundation
- How much does William Bass Charitable Foundation give?
- William Bass Charitable Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $14,891 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does William Bass Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (39%), Education (28%), Religion (19%).
- Who are William Bass Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Rodeph Shalom Congregation ($21k), The Barnes Foundation ($15k), Carolina Ballet Inc ($14k).
- Does William Bass Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William Bass Charitable 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 William Bass Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The William Penn Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
- Where is William Bass Charitable Foundation based?
- William Bass Charitable Foundation is based in PA.
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