Massachusetts · Nonprofit
Bishstrong Foundation Inc
Bishstrong Foundation Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,125 to it, the largest being THE AMY J BARE CHARITABLE TRUST ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $66k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $77k
What Bishstrong Foundation Inc does
Mission
The Bishstrong Foundation Inc. is a 501 c 3 non-profit organization which aims to inspire and encourage individuals with spinal cord injuries and those living with paralysis to remain active. Our foundation provides resources aimed at helping individuals to become more independent and lead healthy fulfilling lifestyles. Through fundraising we provide financial grants to assist in the purchase of adaptive exercise equipment which is not covered by insurance but is vitally necessary for overall physical and mental well-being. Team
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The Foundation provides financial assistance in the form of grants to individuals with spinal cord injuries and paralysis to support the purchase of adaptive exercise equipment not covered by insurance. These grants are intended to promote independence physical activity and overall health and well-being.
$46,655 spentof which $24,671 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $46,655.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Bishstrong Foundation Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Bishstrong Foundation Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
Bishstrong Foundation Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Bishstrong Foundation Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,787 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,787 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Bishstrong Foundation Inc
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Bishstrong Foundation Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Bishstrong Foundation Inc?
- Bishstrong Foundation Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,125 to it, the largest being THE AMY J BARE CHARITABLE TRUST ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Bishstrong Foundation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $6,125 in grants to Bishstrong Foundation Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of Bishstrong Foundation Inc?
- THE AMY J BARE CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Bishstrong Foundation Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing