Funding search · EIN 753064392 · Pensacola, FL

The Bear Family Foundation

Name: The Bear Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

172
grants reported: $6.0M
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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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Baptist Healthcare Foundation4 grants · $3.6M
Uwf Foundation2 grants · $1.0M
Pensacola State College Foundation3 grants · $155,000
Uwf Historic Trust1 grant · $103,820
Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research4 grants · $102,303
Southern Youth Sports Association1 grant · $100,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nw Florida4 grants · $60,000
Valerie'S House4 grants · $60,000
Pace Center for Girls4 grants · $52,000
Ronald McDonald House of Nwfl4 grants · $41,000

Giving over time

$1.4M

2022

$1.2M

2023

$1.7M

2024

$1.7M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 172 grants.

$900,000
Baptist Healthcare Foundation · Pensacola, FL · 2025
Charitable
$900,000
Baptist Healthcare Foundation · Pensacola, FL · 2024
Charitable
$900,000
Baptist Healthcare Foundation · Pensacola, FL · 2023
Charitable
$900,000
Baptist Healthcare Foundation · Pensacola, FL · 2022
Charitable
$500,000
Uwf Foundation · Pensacola, FL · 2025
Charitable
$500,000
Uwf Foundation · Pensacola, FL · 2024
Charitable
$103,820
Uwf Historic Trust · Pensacola, FL · 2022
Charitable
$100,000
Pensacola State College Foundation · Pensacola, FL · 2022
Charitable
$100,000
Southern Youth Sports Association · Pensacola, FL · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Pensacola State College Foundation · Pensacola, FL · 2023
Charitable
$30,000
Valerie'S House · Pace, FL · 2022
Charitable
$27,303
Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Charitable
$25,000
Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research · Pensacola, FL · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research · Pensacola, FL · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Congregation Mishkan Israel of Selma Al · Selma, AL · 2025
Charitable
$17,000
Pace Center for Girls · Pensacola, FL · 2024
Charitable
$16,000
Ronald McDonald House of Nwfl · Pensacola, FL · 2025
Charitable
$15,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nw Florida · Pensacola, FL · 2025
Charitable
$15,000
Sacred Heart Foundation · Pensacola, FL · 2025
Charitable
$15,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nw Florida · Pensacola, FL · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
Sacred Heart Foundation · Pensacola, FL · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nw Florida · Pensacola, FL · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Pace Center for Girls · Pensacola, FL · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nw Florida · Pensacola, FL · 2022
Charitable
$12,500
Escambia County Sheriff Foundation · Pensacola, FL · 2024
Charitable
$12,000
Pensacola Catholic High School · Pensacola, FL · 2023
Charitable
$11,000
Young Men'S Christian Association of Nwfl · Pensacola, FL · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Council On Aging of West Florida · Pensacola, FL · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Escambia County Sheriff Foundation · Pensacola, FL · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Gulf Coast Kid'S House · Pensacola, FL · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Health and Hope Clinic · Pensacola, FL · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Institute for Human & Machine Cognition · Pensacola, FL · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Pace Center for Girls · Pensacola, FL · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Valerie'S House · Pensacola, FL · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Gulf Coast Kid'S House · Pensacola, FL · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Health and Hope Clinic · Pensacola, FL · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Institute for Human & Machine Cognition · Pensacola, FL · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Pensacola Little Theater · Pensacola, FL · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Ronald McDonald House of Nwfl · Pensacola, FL · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Valerie'S House · Pensacola, FL · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Autism Pensacola · Pensacola, FL · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Covenant Care Center for Hospice Care at Hca Florida West · Pensacola, FL · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Creative Learning Academy · Pensacola, FL · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Escambia County Sheriff Foundation · Pensacola, FL · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Gulf Coast Kid'S House · Pensacola, FL · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Health and Hope Clinic · Pensacola, FL · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Valerie'S House · Pace, FL · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Young Men'S Christian Association of Nwfl · Pensacola, FL · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Amikids Pensacola · Pensacola, FL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Autism Pensacola · Pensacola, FL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Gulf Coast Kid'S House · Pensacola, FL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Health and Hope Clinic · Pensacola, FL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Pace Center for Girls · Pensacola, FL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Pensacola Catholic High School · Pensacola, FL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Pensacola'S Finest Foundation · Pensacola, FL · 2022
Charitable
$8,650
Pensacola Habitat for Humanity · Pensacola, FL · 2025
Charitable
$7,500
Pensacola'S Promise Inc - Chain Reaction · Pensacola, FL · 2024
Charitable
$7,500
Pensacola'S Promise Inc - Chain Reaction · Pensacola, FL · 2023
Charitable
$7,500
Ronald McDonald House of Nwfl · Pensacola, FL · 2023
Charitable
$7,500
Pensacola'S Promise Inc - Chain Reaction · Pensacola, FL · 2022
Charitable
$7,500
Ronald McDonald House of Nwfl · Pensacola, FL · 2022
Charitable
$7,348
Creative Learning Academy · Pensacola, FL · 2022
Charitable
$6,000
Wildlife Sanctuary of Nw Florida · Pensacola, FL · 2025
Charitable
$5,200
Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center · Navarre, FL · 2025
Charitable
$5,100
Waterfront Rescue Mission · Pensacola, FL · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Amikids Pensacola · Pensacola, FL · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
B'Nai Israel Synagogue Pensacola · Pensacola, FL · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Creative Learning Academy · Pensacola, FL · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Ella L Jordan Museum · Pensacola, FL · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Manna Food Bank · Pensacola, FL · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Mother Clelia Morning Star High School · Pensacola, FL · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Pensacola Catholic High School · Pensacola, FL · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Pensacola'S Promise Inc - Chain Reaction · Pensacola, FL · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Pyc Satori Foundation · Pensacola, FL · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
St Andrew Bay Center · Lynn Haven, FL · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Young Men'S Christian Association of Nwfl · Pensacola, FL · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Autism Pensacola · Pensacola, FL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Capstone Adaptive Learning · Pensacola, FL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Children'S Home Society of Florida · Pensacola, FL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Creative Learning Academy · Pensacola, FL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Manna Food Bank · Pensacola, FL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Mother Clelia Morning Star High School · Pensacola, FL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Pensacola Catholic High School · Pensacola, FL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Pensacola State College Foundation · Pensacola, FL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Waterfront Rescue Mission · Pensacola, FL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Wildlife Sanctuary of Nw Florida · Pensacola, FL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Institute of Southern Jewish Life · Jackson, MS · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Lakeview Center · Pensacola, FL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Legacy K9 Search Team · Milton, FL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Manna Food Bank · Pensacola, FL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Pensacola Little Theater · Pensacola, FL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Pensacola Opera · Pensacola, FL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
St Andrew Bay Center · Lynn Haven, FL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Impact 100 Pensacola · Pensacola, FL · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Institute of Southern Jewish Life · Jackson, MS · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Manna Food Bank · Pensacola, FL · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Pensacola Little Theater · Pensacola, FL · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Pyc Satori Foundation · Pensacola, FL · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
St Andrew Bay Center · Lynn Haven, FL · 2022
Charitable

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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.