Funding search · EIN 276359747 · Arlington, VA
Bader Family Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 112
- grants reported
- $11.7M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $49,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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1 grant matching “chariitable” · $160,000
- $160,000
Parents Defending Education · Arlington, VA · 2022
Chariitable contribution
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Speech First3 grants · $1.3M
- Family Reunion2 grants · $917,000
- Center for Individual Rights3 grants · $900,000
- Family Reuinion1 grant · $700,000
- Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute3 grants · $700,000
- Parents Defending Education3 grants · $657,000
- Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty2 grants · $636,000
- Becket Fund for Religious Liberty3 grants · $634,000
- National Parents Organization3 grants · $503,000
- Criminal Justice Legal Foundation3 grants · $483,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 112 grants.
- $700,000
Family Reuinion · Vienna, VA · 2022
Charitable contribution
- $517,000
Family Reunion · Vienna, VA · 2023
General charitable contribution
- $435,000
Speech First · Washington, DC · 2022
General charitable contribution
- $430,000
Speech First · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $420,000
Speech First · Washington, DC · 2023
General charitable contribution
- $400,000
Family Reunion · Vienna, VA · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $350,000
Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General charitable contribution
- $321,000
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $320,000
Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable contribution
- $315,000
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Charitable contribution
- $300,000
Center for Individual Rights · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $300,000
Center for Individual Rights · Washington, DC · 2023
General charitable contribution
- $300,000
Center for Individual Rights · Washington, DC · 2022
General charitable contribution
- $250,000
Parents Defending Education · Arlington, VA · 2023
Charitable contribution
- $247,000
Parents Defending Education · Arlington, VA · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $230,000
National Parents Organization · Newton Centre, MA · 2022
General charitable contribution
- $212,000
Becket Fund for Religious Liberty · Washington, DC · 2023
General charitable contribution
- $212,000
Becket Fund for Religious Liberty · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable contritbuion
- $210,000
Becket Fund for Religious Liberty · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $205,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2022
General charitable contribution
- $200,000
Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $180,000
Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable contribution
- $175,000
Criminal Justice Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2022
General charitable contribution
- $175,000
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General charitable contribution
- $165,000
National Parents Organization · Newton Centre, MA · 2023
General charitable contribution
- $160,000
Parents Defending Education · Arlington, VA · 2022
Chariitable contribution
- $158,000
Criminal Justice Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $155,000
Alliance Defending Freedom · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022
Charitable contribution
- $150,000
Mountain States Legal Foundation · Lakewood, CO · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $150,000
Criminal Justice Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2023
General charitable contribution
- $145,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2023
General charitable contribution
- $140,000
Mountain States Legal Foundation · Lakewood, CO · 2022
General charitable contribution
- $135,000
Mountain States Legal Foundation · Lakewood, CO · 2023
General charitable contribution
- $129,000
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable contribution
- $125,000
Alliance Defending Freedom · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023
General charitable contribution
- $123,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $120,000
Center for Prosecutor Integrity · Rockville, MD · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $113,000
Center for Prosecutor Integrity · Rockville, MD · 2023
Charitable contribution
- $113,000
Center for Prosecutor Integrity · Rockville, MD · 2022
Charitable contribution
- $108,000
National Parents Organization · Newton Centre, MA · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $105,000
Project On Fair Representation · Arlington, VA · 2022
General charitable contribution
- $90,000
Alliance Defending Freedom · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $85,000
Center for Equal Opportunity · Falls Church, VA · 2022
General charitable contribution
- $68,000
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $68,000
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable contribution
- $60,000
George Mason University Foundation · Fairfax, DC · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $60,000
The Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable contribution
- $60,000
American Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General charitable contribution
- $60,000
George Mason University Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2022
Charitable contribution
- $60,000
New Civil Liberties Alliance · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable contribution
- $60,000
The Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitatble contribution
- $57,000
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education · Philadelphia, AZ · 2023
General charitable contribution
- $55,000
Goldwater Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
General charitable contribution
- $55,000
Liberty Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable contribution
- $50,000
George Mason University Foundation · Fairfax, DC · 2023
Charitable contribution
- $50,000
Project On Fair Representation · Austin, TX · 2023
Charitable contribution
- $48,000
Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2022
Charitable contribution
- $45,000
Institute for Free Speech · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $40,000
Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2023
Charitable contribution
- $40,000
New Civil Liberties Alliance · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable contribution
- $35,000
Liberty Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $35,000
Center of the American Experiment · Golden Valley, MN · 2022
General charitable contribution
- $32,000
The Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $30,000
Center of the American Experiment · Golden Valley, MN · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $30,000
National Association of Scholars · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable contribution
- $30,000
National Association of Scholars · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable contribution
- $30,000
Upper Midwest Law Center · Golden Valley, MN · 2022
Charitable contribution
- $27,000
Student Free Press Association · Hillsdale, MI · 2022
General charitable contribution
- $25,000
American Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable contribution
- $25,000
Job Creators Network Foudation · Addison, TX · 2023
Charitable contribution
- $25,000
James G Martin Center for Academic Renewal · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General charitable contribution
- $23,000
Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2022
Charitable contribution
- $20,000
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education · Philadelphia, AZ · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $20,000
James G Martin Center for Academic Renewal · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $20,000
Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $20,000
Student Free Press Association · Hillsdale, MI · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $20,000
Center of the American Experiment · Golden Valley, MN · 2023
Charitable contribution
- $20,000
James G Martin Center for Academic Renewal · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General charitable contribution
- $20,000
Student Free Press Association · Hillsdale, MI · 2023
General charitable contribution
- $20,000
Independent Women'S Forum · Winchester, VA · 2022
Charitable contribution
- $20,000
Job Creators Network Foudation · Addison, TX · 2022
Charitable contribution
- $20,000
Real Clear Foundation · Northbrook, IL · 2022
Charitable contribution
- $18,000
Do No Harm · Glen Allen, VA · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $17,000
American Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $15,000
Goldwater Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $15,000
Center for Equal Opportunity · Falls Church, VA · 2023
General charitable contribution
- $15,000
Goldwater Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General charitable contribution
- $15,000
Real Clear Media Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable contribution
- $15,000
Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Charitable contribution
- $15,000
National Legal and Policy Center · Falls Church, VA · 2022
Charitable contribution
- $15,000
Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Charitable contribution
- $12,000
Competitive Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $12,000
National Association of Scholars · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $12,000
Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2023
Charitable contribution
- $10,800
Center for Equal Opportunity · Falls Church, VA · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $10,000
New Civil Liberties Alliance · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $10,000
Real Clear Media Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable contribution
- $10,000
Independent Women'S Forum · Winchester, VA · 2023
Charitable contribution
- $10,000
Virginia Victim Assistance Network · Richmond, VA · 2023
Charitable contribution
- $10,000
American Civil Rights Project · Dallas, TX · 2022
Charitable contribution
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