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 2022–2025. 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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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
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
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