Funding search · EIN 822098966 · Wilmington, DE

The Bdm 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.

178
grants reported
$753,650
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

crisislocalmarylandmattersukrainenetworkrecoveryrelief

Full IRS filings ↗How this is builtReport an error

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Sign in to analyze this funder’s giving pattern. Free in early access.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Direct Relief5 grants · $70,000
  • Planned Parenthood Federation of America4 grants · $40,100
  • Pro Publica8 grants · $40,000
  • Southern Poverty Law Center4 grants · $40,000
  • Chesapeake Bay Trust4 grants · $35,000
  • Globalgiving Foundation3 grants · $35,000
  • Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence4 grants · $35,000
  • The Nea Foundation for the Improvement of Educatio4 grants · $30,000
  • Electronic Privacy Information Center4 grants · $25,000
  • National Immigration Law Center4 grants · $25,000

Giving over time

$183,500
2022
$184,450
2023
$176,500
2024
$209,200
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 178 grants.

  • $20,000

    Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Globalgiving Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund

  • $10,100

    Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Campaign Legal Center · Washington, DC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Center for Global Development · Washington, DC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Chesapeake Bay Trust · Annapolis, MD · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Democracy Forward Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025

    California Wildfires Response

  • $10,000

    Electronic Privacy Information Center · Washington, DC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Manna Food Center · Silver Spring, MD · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    National Council of Nonprofits · Washington, DC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    National Immigration Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Protect Democracy Project · Washington, DC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    The Nea Foundation for the Improvement of Educatio · Washington, DC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Chesapeake Bay Trust · Annapolis, MD · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    The Nea Foundation for the Improvement of Educatio · Washington, DC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Chesapeake Bay Trust · Annapolis, MD · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Globalgiving Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    Turkey and Syria Earthquake Relief Fund

  • $10,000

    Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    Ukraine crisis response and refugees fund

  • $10,000

    Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Ayuda · Washington, DC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · Washington, DC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Episcopal Relief and Development · Boone, IA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Feast Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    International Peace Academy · New York, NY · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    March for Our Lives Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Native Americans in Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthood of Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Pro Publica · New York, NY · 2025

    Local Initiatives

  • $5,000

    Pro Publica · New York, NY · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    States Newsroom · Washington, DC · 2025

    Maryland Matters

  • $5,000

    The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Water Org · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    World Resources Institute · Baltimore, MD · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Ayuda · Washington, DC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Campaign Legal Center · Washington, DC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · Washington, DC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Center for Disaster Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2024

    CDP Atlantic Hurricane Season Recovery Fund

  • $5,000

    Electronic Privacy Information Center · Washington, DC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Feast Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    International Peace Academy · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Manna Food Center · Silver Spring, MD · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    March for Our Lives Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    National Council On Problem Gambling · Washington, DC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    National Immigration Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Native Americans in Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthood of Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Pro Publica · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Pro Publica · New York, NY · 2024

    Local Reporting Network Fund

  • $5,000

    States Newsroom · Washington, DC · 2024

    Maryland Matters Fund

  • $5,000

    The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    The Conservation Fund · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Water Org · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Ayuda · Washington, DC · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Campaign Legal Center · Washington, DC · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · Washington, DC · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Center for Disaster Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2023

    Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Recovery Fund

  • $5,000

    Electronic Privacy Information Center · Washington, DC · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Feast Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Globalgiving Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    Afghanistan Earthquake Relief Fund

  • $5,000

    Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023

    Maui Strong Fund

  • $5,000

    International Peace Academy · New York, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    March for Our Lives Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    National Immigration Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthood of Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Pro Publica · New York, NY · 2023

    Local Reporting Network fund

  • $5,000

    Pro Publica · New York, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    The Conservation Fund · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    The Nea Foundation for the Improvement of Educatio · Washington, DC · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Water Org · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Anacostia Watershed Society · Bladensburg, MD · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Ayuda · Washington, DC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Campaign Legal Center · Washington, DC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · Washington, DC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Center for Disaster Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2022

    2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season

  • $5,000

    Center for Disaster Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2022

    Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Recovery Fund

  • $5,000

    Chesapeake Bay Trust · Annapolis, MD · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Electronic Privacy Information Center · Washington, DC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Feast Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    March for Our Lives Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    National Immigration Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Pro Publica · New York, NY · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Pro Publica · New York, NY · 2022

    Local Reporting Network

  • $5,000

    The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    The Conservation Fund · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

View all 178 grants →

Who else funds this kind of work

Same state

Similar purposes

Similar grant size

Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.

Search funders like this one

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.