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Bruce Foundation

Name: Bruce 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.

181
grants reported: $5.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $20,000
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.

What they fund

civic social education educational care dogs rescue services

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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.

Top recipients

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

Hillsdale College4 grants · $1.4M
Beverly Farm4 grants · $300,000
Chicago Furniture Bank4 grants · $220,000
Hope for the Homeless4 grants · $195,000
Marine Life Ctr Juno Beach4 grants · $170,000
Fcacc4 grants · $145,000
Revive Center4 grants · $130,000
Nourishing Hope4 grants · $125,000
Ability Lab4 grants · $110,000
Providence St Mel4 grants · $110,000

Giving over time

$734,000

2022

$1.1M

2023

$1.9M

2024

$2.1M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 181 grants.

$500,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2024
Education
$400,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2025
Education
$380,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2023
Education
$150,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2022
Education
$100,000
Beverly Farm · Godfrey, IL · 2025
Social
$100,000
Hope for the Homeless · Tempe, AZ · 2025
Civic
$100,000
Beverly Farm · Godfrey, IL · 2024
Social
$70,000
Chicago Furniture Bank · Chicago, IL · 2025
Civic
$70,000
Chicago Furniture Bank · Chicago, IL · 2024
Civic
$60,000
African American Mus of So Az · Tucson, AZ · 2025
Support afr. American culture
$60,000
Hope for the Homeless · Tempe, AZ · 2024
Civic
$50,000
As You Sow · El Cerrito, CA · 2025
Promote corporal accountability
$50,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2025
International medical care
$50,000
Ed Brune Mem Scholarship Fund · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Provide tennis scholarships
$50,000
Fcacc · Chicago, IL · 2025
Civic
$50,000
Grand Canyon Trust · Flagstaff, AZ · 2025
Safeguard the grand canyon
$50,000
Marine Life Ctr Juno Beach · Juno Beach, FL · 2025
Social
$50,000
Nourishing Hope · Chicago, IL · 2025
Civic
$50,000
Renaissance Social Services · Chicago, IL · 2025
End homelessness
$50,000
Revive Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
Social
$50,000
Fcacc · Chicago, IL · 2024
Civic
$50,000
Grand Canyon Trust · Flagstaff, AZ · 2024
Safeguard the grand canyon
$50,000
Marine Life Ctr Juno Beach · Juno Beach, FL · 2024
Social
$50,000
Ability Lab · Chicago, IL · 2023
Health
$50,000
Beverly Farm · Godfrey, IL · 2023
Social
$50,000
Girl Scouts of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Social
$50,000
Marine Life Ctr Juno Beach · Juno Beach, FL · 2023
Social
$50,000
Providence St Mel · Chicago, IL · 2023
Educational
$50,000
Beverly Farm · Godrey, IL · 2022
Social
$50,000
Chicago Furniture Bank · Chicago, IL · 2022
Civic
$40,000
Cambridge Reproductive Health · Cambridge, MA · 2025
Telemedicine care
$40,000
Chincahua Health Foundation · Douglass, AZ · 2025
Provide medical services
$40,000
Easter Seals Blake Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2025
Social
$40,000
Michael J Foz Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Support parkinson's disease research
$40,000
Cambridge Reproductive Health · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Telemedicine care
$40,000
Nourishing Hope · Chicago, IL · 2024
Civic
$40,000
Renaissance Social Services · Chicago, IL · 2024
End homelessness
$40,000
Revive Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Social
$40,000
Touched By An Animal · Chicago, IL · 2024
Civic
$35,000
100 Members Debating Benevolent · Bay Saint Louis, MS · 2025
Endowment to assist members
$35,000
Environmental Voter Project · Boston, MA · 2025
Civic
$35,000
100 Members Debating Benevolent · Bay Saint Louis, MS · 2024
Endowment to assist members
$35,000
Environmental Voter Project · Boston, MA · 2024
Civic
$30,000
Elyssa'S Mission · Northbrook, IL · 2025
Social
$30,000
Flint Creek Wildlife Rehab · Barrington, IL · 2025
Civic
$30,000
Friends of Pima Animal Care · Tucson, AZ · 2025
Civic
$30,000
Karuna Horse Rescue · Tucson, AZ · 2025
Civic
$30,000
Maryville Academy · Des Plaines, IL · 2025
Civic
$30,000
Sunnyside Unified School District · Tucson, AZ · 2025
Education
$30,000
Beagle Freedom Project · Valley Village, CA · 2024
Rescue dogs
$30,000
Easter Seals Wisconsin Respite · Middleton, WI · 2024
Social
$30,000
Elyssa'S Mission · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Social
$30,000
Flint Creek Wildlife Rehab · Barrington, IL · 2024
Civic
$30,000
Karuna Horse Rescue · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Civic
$30,000
Maryville Academy · Des Plaines, IL · 2024
Civic
$30,000
Nation of Patriots · Hastings, MN · 2024
Civic
$30,000
Chicago Furniture Bank · Chicago, IL · 2023
Civic
$30,000
Fcacc · Chicago, IL · 2023
Civic
$25,000
Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing Fdn · Chicago, IL · 2025
Provide training for the disabled
$25,000
Planned Parenthood Federation · New York, NY · 2025
Social services
$25,000
Touched By An Animal · Chicago, IL · 2025
Civic
$25,000
Unicef · New York, NY · 2025
Provide worldwide aid
$20,000
Ability Lab · Chicago, IL · 2025
Health
$20,000
Alray Foundation · Boston, MA · 2025
Educational
$20,000
Beagle Freedom Project · Valley Village, CA · 2025
Rescue dogs
$20,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Tucson · Tucson, AZ · 2025
Social
$20,000
Bright Horizons · Tucson, AZ · 2025
Education
$20,000
City of Cambridge Scholarship Fund · Cambridge, MA · 2025
Education
$20,000
Dreamcatcher Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Social
$20,000
Easter Seals Wisconsin Respite · Middleton, WI · 2025
Social
$20,000
Girl Scouts of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Social
$20,000
Good Sports · Braintree, MA · 2025
Social
$20,000
Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2025
Civic
$20,000
Hap Foundation · Oakbrook Terrace, IL · 2025
Hospice/palliative care
$20,000
Home Dog Sanctuary · Deerfield, IL · 2025
Civic
$20,000
Humane Indiana · Munster, IN · 2025
Humane world for animals
$20,000
Nation of Patriots · Hastings, MN · 2025
Civic
$20,000
New Moms · Chicago, IL · 2025
Housing/programs for young moms
$20,000
Night Ministry · Chicago, IL · 2025
Civic
$20,000
Nurturing Minds · Newtonville, MA · 2025
Social
$20,000
One Tail at a Time · Chicago, IL · 2025
Civic
$20,000
Providence St Mel · Chicago, IL · 2025
Educational
$20,000
Spl Sports · Tucson, AZ · 2025
Civic
$20,000
Ability Lab · Chicago, IL · 2024
Health
$20,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Tucson · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Social
$20,000
Bright Horizons · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Education
$20,000
Easter Seals Blake Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Social
$20,000
Friends of Pima Animal Care · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Civic
$20,000
Girl Scouts of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Social
$20,000
Humane Indiana · Munster, IN · 2024
Humane world for animals
$20,000
New Moms · Chicago, IL · 2024
Housing/programs for young moms
$20,000
Night Ministry · Chicago, IL · 2024
Civic
$20,000
One Tail at a Time · Chicago, IL · 2024
Civic
$20,000
Planned Parenthood Federation · New York, NY · 2024
Social services
$20,000
Providence St Mel · Chicago, IL · 2024
Educational
$20,000
Pueblo Gardens Elementary School · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Education
$20,000
Spl Sports · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Civic
$20,000
Sunnyside Unified School District · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Education
$20,000
Hope for the Homeless · Tempe, AZ · 2023
Civic
$20,000
Nourishing Hope · Chicago, IL · 2023
Civic

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