Bon Eau Foundation

• Bon Eau Foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and works by invitation only, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered and the realistic route is a warm introduction.
• Its grants are mostly modest: about 8 in 10 of its 17 grants to organisations fell between $20,000 and $155,000, with a median of about $62,500, and its largest was $250,000, so a request in the tens of thousands is the size to plan around.
• It funds education, family and disability services, humanitarian relief, environmental work and the arts, and it mixes purpose-specific awards with unrestricted support, so either a defined project or general operating costs could suit.
• Repeat giving is substantial, with 40% of its grant dollars to organisations going to groups it had also funded in an earlier filing, so this is a relationship-led funder where existing ties matter more than a new proposal.
• No geographic focus is stated; its grants have mainly gone to Florida, Minnesota, Colorado, Connecticut and Kansas, but that pattern is not a rule about who may apply.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Summit School District · Frisco elementary gym acoustic treatment & av system
  $150,6062024 tax year
• Caritas Family Solutions · Unrestricted - to be used at the organization's discretion
  $56,8202024 tax year
• Easter Seals Sarasota · Meals, healthcare, education
  $23,8002024 tax year
• Houses on the Moon · Unrestricted - to be used at the organization's discretion.
  $20,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.