Funding search · EIN 237167663 · Wilmington, DE
The John Bickford 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.
- 156
- grants reported
- $564,000
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $2,500
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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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Top recipients
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- Morris Museum2 grants · $31,000
- Walhalla Presbyterian Church1 grant · $20,000
- Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation2 grants · $19,000
- Strawbery Banke Museum4 grants · $15,500
- The Morris Museum1 grant · $15,000
- St Johns Episcopal Church2 grants · $14,000
- Dover Childrens Home2 grants · $13,500
- United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asi2 grants · $13,500
- Mettawee Theatre Co2 grants · $13,000
- Homeless Solutions3 grants · $13,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 156 grants.
- $20,000
Walhalla Presbyterian Church · Walhalla, SC · 2022
General support
- $16,000
Morris Museum · Morristown, NJ · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $15,000
Morris Museum · Morristown, NJ · 2024
General operating support for exhibitions, performing arts, facility maintenance, and personnel costs
- $15,000
The Morris Museum · Morristown, NJ · 2022
General support
- $11,000
Maryknoll Sisters · Maryknoll, NY · 2022
General support
- $10,000
Art in the Atrium · Morristown, NJ · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Florida Resource Center for Women & Children · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
General support
- $10,000
Planned Parenthood of Greater Northern Nj · Morristown, NJ · 2022
General support
- $9,000
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $7,500
Dover Childrens Home · Dover, NH · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $7,500
Morristown and Morris Township Library Foundation · Morristown, NJ · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $7,000
St Johns Episcopal Church · Portsmouth, NH · 2024
Music fund and general fund
- $7,000
United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asi · New York, NY · 2024
United Board Faculty Scholarship Program
- $7,000
St Johns Episcopal Church · Portsmouth, NH · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $6,500
Mettawee Theatre Co · Salem, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $6,500
Mettawee Theatre Co · Salem, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $6,500
United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asi · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $6,000
Dover Childrens Home · Dover, NH · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $6,000
Mattawee River Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $6,000
Naral Pro-Choice America Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
- $5,500
Strawbery Banke Museum · Portsmouth, NH · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Cornerstone Family Programs · Morristown, NJ · 2024
after school program
- $5,000
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Morris and Su · Cedar Knolls, NJ · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Homeless Solutions · Cedar Knolls, NJ · 2024
new internship program
- $5,000
Interfaith Food Pantry · Morris Plains, NJ · 2024
Funds to support Healthy Choices Marketplace and Mobile Network
- $5,000
Morristown and Morris Township Library Foundation · Morristown, NJ · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Newbridge Services · Pompton Plains, NJ · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Planned Parenthood of Northern Central and Souther · Morristown, NJ · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Princeton Nursery School · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Southern New Hampshire University · Manchester, NH · 2024
scholarship Fund for international students
- $5,000
The Center at 353 · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Wilbury Theatre Group · Providence, RI · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Community Action Service Center · Hightstown, NJ · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Cornerstone Family Programs · Morristown, NJ · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Court Appointed Special Advocates of New Jersey in · New Brunswick, NJ · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Interfaith Food Pantry · Morris Plains, NJ · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Market Street Mission · Morristown, NJ · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Planned Parenthood Affiliates of New Jersey · Morristown, NJ · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Signature Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Southern New Hampshire University · Manchester, NH · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Trinity Counseling Services · Tustin, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Zufall Health Center · Dover, NJ · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Casa · Seattle, WA · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Cornerstone Family Services · Morristown, NJ · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Feminist Health Center of Portsmouth Dba Lovering Health Center · Greenland, NH · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Homeless Solutions · Morristown, NJ · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Interfaith Food Pantry · Morristown, NJ · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Marie Joseph Spiritual Center · Biddeford, ME · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Market Street Mission · Morristown, NJ · 2022
General support
- $5,000
New Hampshire Humanities Council · Concord, NH · 2022
2005 annual fund & charles g. Bickford fund innovation
- $5,000
Preschool Advantage Co Ms Jessica Titterton · Morris Plains, NJ · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Roots & Wings Co Ms Emily La Iacona · Denville, NJ · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Signature Theater · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $5,000
St John'S Episcopal Church · Portsmouth, NH · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Strawbery Banke Museum · Portsmouth, NH · 2022
General support
- $5,000
What Cheer Flower Farm · Providence, RI · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Zufall Health Center · Morristown, NJ · 2022
General support
- $4,000
Preschool Advantage · Morristown, NJ · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $4,000
Preschool Advantage · Morristown, NJ · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $3,500
Gundalow Company · Portsmouth, NH · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $3,500
Signature Theatre · Arlington, VA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $3,500
Nh Pet Aid · Dover, NH · 2022
General support
- $3,500
The Morristown & Morris Township Library · Moristown, NJ · 2022
General support
- $3,000
Chapin School · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $3,000
Community Action Service Center · Hightstown, NJ · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $3,000
Corporation of Haverford College · Haverford, PA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $3,000
Family Promise of Morris County · Morristown, NJ · 2024
Funds to support motel stays to individuals who have disabilities with ADA accommodations or keep family units together while in transition to permanent housing
- $3,000
Strawbery Banke Museum · Portsmouth, NH · 2024
Funds directed to The Boatshop at Strawbery Banke to support hands-on experiential summer camps for children
- $3,000
Homeless Solutions · Cedar Knolls, NJ · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $3,000
The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms · Morris Plains, NJ · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $3,000
Haverford College · Haverford, PA · 2022
General support
- $2,500
Friends of Burma · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Myanmar Institute of Theology (MIT)
- $2,500
Great Works Regional Land Trust · South Berwick, ME · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $2,500
Proprietors Portsmouth Athenaeum · Portsmouth, NH · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $2,500
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey · Florham Park, NJ · 2024
Funds to support internship stipends and housing costs for deserving students
- $2,500
Trustees of Amherst College · Amherst, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $2,500
What Cheer Flower Farm · Providence, RI · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $2,500
Friends of Burma · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $2,500
Literacy Volunteers of Morris County · Morristown, NJ · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $2,500
Newbridge Services · Pompton Plains, NJ · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $2,500
What Cheer Flower Farm · Providence, RI · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $2,500
Wilbury Theatre Group · Providence, RI · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $2,500
Children of the Green · Morristown, NJ · 2022
General support
- $2,500
Friends of the Frelinghuysen Arboretum · Morristown, NJ · 2022
General support
- $2,500
Museum of the Cherokee · Cherokee, NC · 2022
General support
- $2,500
Seacoast Outright · Portsmouth, NH · 2022
General support
- $2,500
Wildlife Conservative Networksave the Elephants · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
- $2,000
Franklin & Marshall College · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $2,000
It Takes Philly Encouraging and Empowering Our Chi · Jenkintown, PA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $2,000
Jenkintown Food Cupboard · Jenkintown, PA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $2,000
Jersey Battered Womens Service · Morristown, NJ · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $2,000
Mazzoni Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $2,000
Phillips Exeter Academy · Exeter, NH · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $2,000
Roots & Wings Foundation a New Jersey Non Profit C · Denville, NJ · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $2,000
Seacoast Village Project · Portsmouth, NH · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $2,000
Strawbery Banke Museum · Portsmouth, NH · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $2,000
Washington Drama Society · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $2,000
Franklin & Marshall College · Lancaster, PA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $2,000
It Takes Philly Encouraging and Empowering Our Chi · Jenkintown, PA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
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