Bologna Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- Bologna Family Foundation does not accept unsolicited requests, so the first task is to get an invitation rather than send a cold application.
- Its grants are mostly modest: half of its 15 grants to organisations were $10,000 or less, and about 8 in 10 fall between $7,000 and $250,000, though its largest grant was $350,000, so that band is typical rather than a limit.
- No geographic focus is stated, and the filings show grants mainly in Pennsylvania, District of Columbia and North Carolina, so a charity's location is worth sharing but is not a rule about who may apply.
- Repeat giving is significant: in its most recent filing, 52% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in the filing before.
- Its giving has risen from $0 to $55,000 to $732,000 paid, so a newer or smaller charity should not be deterred by a limited track record.
Overview
Bologna Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Reston, VA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 8 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filings show that its organisational grants were chiefly recorded as general support, with additional support for a scholarship, hurricane relief and a rancher relief fund. Recipients included a philanthropic trust, an international justice organisation, disaster-relief charities, a cowboy church, a women-in-agriculture organisation, a consumer association, a food-support organisation and a park conservancy. This describes a varied set of charitable recipients and purposes rather than a stated funding programme: the filings do not name a broader field of focus or state who is eligible.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Pennsylvania, District of Columbia and North Carolina.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 52% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 15 grants to organisations were $10,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 7%
- The largest single recipient received 48% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 52% of grant dollars went to organisations Bologna Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 49% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 11 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $20,000 (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- National Philanthropic Trust · General support$350,0002025 tax year
- International Justice Mission · General support$250,0002025 tax year
- Samaritan's Purse · General support$30,0002025 tax year
- Organic Consumers Association · General support$20,0002025 tax year
- Aerial Recovery · General support$20,0002025 tax year
- Nyc Mammas Give Back Inc · General support$20,0002025 tax year
- A21 USA · General support$10,0002025 tax year
- Meals on Wheels America · General support$10,0002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Patrick Collins — Secretary
- Laura Q Stack Bologna — Treasurer
- Vincenzo Bologna — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $0 | $0 | $14,405,343 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $151,354 | $55,000 | $15,910,261 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $903,744 | $732,000 | $17,451,179 | Filing for 2025 tax year |
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.
Sources
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Contact
- Reston, VA