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 20222024. 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

$4.7M
2022
$3.6M
2023
$3.3M
2024

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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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.