Funding search · EIN 852069616 · Naples, FL

Richard and Mary Bard Foundation

Name: Richard and Mary Bard Foundation grants, 2023–2025
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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.

45
grants reported: $740,330
total given: 2023–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2023–2025. 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

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.

Bryan Area Foundation2 grants · $510,000
The Ohio Stat University Foundati3 grants · $45,000
The Heritage Foundation3 grants · $30,000
Trinity Lutheran Church3 grants · $30,000
Hillsdale College3 grants · $25,000
Consrvative Partnership Institute3 grants · $21,000
North Naples United Methodist Churc3 grants · $20,000
Tunnels To Towers Foundation2 grants · $20,000
Hope College3 grants · $11,000
North Rome Baptist Church3 grants · $9,000

Giving over time

$83,630

2023

$66,000

2024

$590,700

2025

Grant history

All 45 reported grants, largest first.

$500,000
Bryan Area Foundation · Bryan, OH · 2025
General
$20,000
The Ohio Stat University Foundati · Columbus, OH · 2025
General
$15,000
The Ohio Stat University Foundati · Columbus, OH · 2023
General
$10,000
Consrvative Partnership Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
General
$10,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2025
General
$10,000
The Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
General
$10,000
Trinity Lutheran Church · Traverse City, MI · 2025
General
$10,000
Tunnels To Towers Foundation · Statan Island, NY · 2025
General
$10,000
Consrvative Partnership Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$10,000
The Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$10,000
The Ohio Stat University Foundati · Columbus, OH · 2024
General
$10,000
Trinity Lutheran Church · Traverse City, MI · 2024
General
$10,000
Tunnels To Towers Foundation · Statan Island, NY · 2024
General
$10,000
Bryan Area Foundation · Bryan, OH · 2023
General
$10,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2023
General
$10,000
North Naples United Methodist Churc · Naples, FL · 2023
General
$10,000
The Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$10,000
Trinity Lutheran Church · Traverse City, MI · 2023
General
$5,000
Hope College · Holland, MI · 2025
General
$5,000
North Naples United Methodist Churc · Naples, FL · 2025
General
$5,000
Parkview Foundation · Ft Wayne, IN · 2025
General
$5,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2024
General
$5,000
North Naples United Methodist Churc · Naples, FL · 2024
General
$5,000
Community Hospitals & Wellness · Bryan, OH · 2023
General
$5,000
Hope College · Holland, MI · 2023
General
$5,000
North Rome Baptist Church · Onstead, MI · 2023
General
$2,000
North Rome Baptist Church · Onstead, MI · 2025
General
$2,000
North Rome Baptist Church · Onstead, MI · 2024
General
$1,000
Community Hospitals & Wellness · Bryan, OH · 2025
General
$1,000
First Church of Christ · Bryan, OH · 2025
General
$1,000
Sigma Chi Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2025
General
$1,000
Community Hospitals & Wellness · Bryan, OH · 2024
General
$1,000
First Church of Christ · Bryan, OH · 2024
General
$1,000
Hope College · Holland, MI · 2024
General
$1,000
Sigma Chi Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2024
General
$1,000
Consrvative Partnership Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$1,000
First Church of Christ · Bryan, OH · 2023
General
$1,000
Sigma Chi Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2023
General
$500
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2025
General
$250
Lenawee Humane Society · Adrian, MI · 2023
General
$145
Naples Botanical Garden · Naples, FL · 2023
General
$135
Conservancy of Southwest Fla · Naples, FL · 2023
General
$100
Conservency of Southwest Florida · Naples, FL · 2025
General
$100
St Mary On the Lake Catholic Church · Manitou Beach, MI · 2025
General
$100
Parkview Foundation · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
General

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