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The Bwf Foundation

Name: The Bwf Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

87
grants reported: $453,697
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $2,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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

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.

Calhoun Schools3 grants · $86,297
The Broadway League2 grants · $30,175
The Broadway League (Jimmy Awards)2 grants · $27,000
New Venture Fund1 grant · $25,000
Vineyard Theatre3 grants · $16,000
The Actors Fund1 grant · $15,000
Theatre for a New Audience4 grants · $14,500
The Peoples Theatre1 grant · $14,280
Poderistas Community Fund1 grant · $10,942
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute1 grant · $10,032

Giving over time

$60,750

2021

$97,000

2022

$83,250

2023

$212,697

2024

Grant history

All 87 reported grants, largest first.

$43,172
Calhoun Schools · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$31,625
Calhoun Schools · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$25,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$18,000
The Broadway League · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$15,000
The Actors Fund · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$15,000
The Broadway League (Jimmy Awards) · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$14,280
The Peoples Theatre · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$12,175
The Broadway League · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$12,000
The Broadway League (Jimmy Awards) · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$11,500
Calhoun Schools · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$10,942
Poderistas Community Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$10,032
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$10,000
Stella Adler School · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
McC Theater · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$10,000
Theatre for a New Audience · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$10,000
Women'S Entrepreneurship Day Organization · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$10,000
Wp Theater · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$8,557
Iati Theatre · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$8,360
Thalia Spanish Theatre · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$7,532
United We Dream Network · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$7,500
Vineyard Theatre · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$7,106
Ballet Hispanico · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$5,852
Broadway Cares · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$5,225
Make the Road New York · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$5,000
The Public Theatre · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$5,000
Roundabout Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
The New Group · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
Broadway Advocacy Coalition · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$5,000
Family Equality · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$5,000
God'S Love We Deliver · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$5,000
Vineyard Theatre · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$5,000
The Stella Adler Studio of Acting · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$5,000
The Stella Adler Studio of Design · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$4,975
Envsn Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$4,500
Roundabout Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$3,980
Ps11 Programs · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$3,500
Vineyard Theatre · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$3,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$3,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$3,000
Citymeals On Wheels · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$3,000
Harlem Stage · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$3,000
Madison Square Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$2,508
Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$2,500
Colt Coeur · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General support
$2,500
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$2,500
Colt Coeur · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General support
$2,500
Braelinn Elementary School · Peachtree City, GA · 2021
General support
$2,500
Second Stage Theater · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$2,500
Theatre for a New Audience · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$2,090
Girls Write Now · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$2,090
Unidos US · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$2,000
Wp Theatre · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$2,000
The Ali Forney Center · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$2,000
Classic Stage Company · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$2,000
The New 42nd Street · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$1,996
Colt Coeur · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General support
$1,500
Braelinn Elementary School · Peachtree City, GA · 2023
General support
$1,500
Playwrights Horizons · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$1,000
Entertainment Community Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$1,000
Theatre for a New Audience · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$1,000
Theatre Communications Group · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$1,000
Theatre for a New Audience · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$1,000
Braelinn Elementary School · Peachtree City, GA · 2022
General support
$1,000
Clubbed Thumb · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1,000
Feldshuh Fund for Women'S Health · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1,000
Newyorkrep · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1,000
Second Stage Theater · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1,000
The Acting Company · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1,000
The New 42nd Street · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1,000
Theatre Development Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1,000
Theatreworksusa · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1,000
Brooklyn Dymondz · Ozone Park, NY · 2021
General support
$1,000
Citymeals On Wheels · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$1,000
Colorado Healing Fund · Denver, CO · 2021
General support
$1,000
Family Equality · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$1,000
New York Stage & Film · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$1,000
St John School of the Arts · St John, VI · 2021
General support
$1,000
The Acting Company · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$750
Theatre Development Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$500
Ballet Hispanico · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$500
Classic Stage Company · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$500
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$250
The American Theatre Wing · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$250
McBride Sisters She Can Fund · Napa, CA · 2023
General support
$250
The Michael J Fox Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$100
Colab Theater Group · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$100
God'S Love We Deliver · New York, NY · 2023
General support

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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.