Bolger Foundation Grants
Private foundation · Ridgewood, NJ · EIN 23-7418090 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
Bolger Foundation is a private foundation based in Ridgewood, NJ (EIN 23-7418090). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2024 report $1.6M paid in 34 grants, with a median grant of $25.3K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $39M. It publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations.
Foundation website (as filed with the IRS) · thebolgerfoundation.org
- Total grants paid
- $1.6M
- Grants reported
- 34
- Typical grant
- $25.3K
- Future commitments
- Not reported
- Total assets
- $39M
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
Open to applications: its latest 990-PF publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- James T Bolger
- Phone
- (201) 670-9270
- Deadlines
- Spring funding accepted nov 1 - feb 1; fall funding accepted jun 1 - sept 1
- Application materials
- All applications should be submitted online through the foundation's website. Applications are not accepted in any other means. The online form requires proof of exempt status, copy of form 990, financial report, budget for project along with project details. Https://thebolgerfoundation.org
- Restrictions
- The donation focus of the bolger foundation is conservation and preservation; those underprivileged and underserved; health, including mental health; community; and education. The bolger foundation favors capital projects, such as (but not limited to) hard costs related to the construction or purchase of new facilities, building renovations and improvements, purchase of capital equipment and furnishings, and/or other one-time capital needs.
Original filing text
- Contact
- JAMES T BOLGER
- Address
- 79 CHESTNUT STREET RIDGEWOOD, NJ, 07450
- Phone
- 2016709270
- JTBOLGER@BOLGERANDCOMPANY.COM
- Deadlines
- SPRING FUNDING ACCEPTED NOV 1 - FEB 1; FALL FUNDING ACCEPTED JUN 1 - SEPT 1
- Application materials
- ALL APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED ONLINE THROUGH THE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE. APPLICATIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTED IN ANY OTHER MEANS. THE ONLINE FORM REQUIRES PROOF OF EXEMPT STATUS, COPY OF FORM 990, FINANCIAL REPORT, BUDGET FOR PROJECT ALONG WITH PROJECT DETAILS. HTTPS://THEBOLGERFOUNDATION.ORG
- Restrictions
- THE DONATION FOCUS OF THE BOLGER FOUNDATION IS CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION; THOSE UNDERPRIVILEGED AND UNDERSERVED; HEALTH, INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH; COMMUNITY; AND EDUCATION. THE BOLGER FOUNDATION FAVORS CAPITAL PROJECTS, SUCH AS (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) HARD COSTS RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OR PURCHASE OF NEW FACILITIES, BUILDING RENOVATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS, PURCHASE OF CAPITAL EQUIPMENT AND FURNISHINGS, AND/OR OTHER ONE-TIME CAPITAL NEEDS.
Reported organization name: BOLGER FOUNDATION
Application information: https://thebolgerfoundation.org/
Where Bolger Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
| Location | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Servants Heart | Wyckoff, NJ | To assist the org. In its charitable function | Tax year 20242024 | $255K |
| Brownsville Ambulance Services | Brownsville, PA | To assist the org. In its charitable function | Tax year 20242024 | $226.5K |
| New Hope Community Ministries | Prosepct Park, NJ | To assist the org. In its charitable function | Tax year 20242024 | $150K |
| The Boston House | Brookline, MA | To assist the org. In its charitable function | Tax year 20242024 | $125K |
| New York City Relief Inc | Clifton, NJ | To assist the org. In its charitable function | Tax year 20242024 | $125K |
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (34 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from Bolger Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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