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Bruce Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 36-4257410 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$4M
Grants reported
106
Typical grant
$20K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

Not reported

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: BRUCE FOUNDATION

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
202553$2.1M
202453$1.9M

Where Bruce 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.

Hillsdale College Hillsdale College

HILLSDALE, MI

$500KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Education

Hillsdale College Hillsdale College

HILLSDALE, MI

$400KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Education

Beverly Farm Beverly Farm

GODFREY, IL

$100KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Social

Hope for the Homeless Hope for the Homeless

TEMPE, AZ

$100KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Civic

Beverly Farm Beverly Farm

GODFREY, IL

$100KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Social

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (106 reported in all).

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from Bruce Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). 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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