Mary Bridge Children'S Hospital Foundation
Tacoma, WA
$166.7KTax year 2024
General program support and toys for kids program
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The Bamford Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 91-1504193 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
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- Contact
- Holly Bamford
- Phone
- (253) 905-7614
- Deadlines
- For 2025, grant cycles will occur during the winter, spring, and summer quarters.
- Application materials
- The bamford foundation has now adopted an online grants portal through which organizations May submit a letter of inquiry. Www.grantinterface.com. See www.bamfordfoundation.org for more information.
- Restrictions
- For 2025, the foundation will focus on leveraging the impact of small (less than 15,000) size grants with both new and existing grant partners. The foundation continues to make grants aligned with four priority giving areas, primarily within the greater tacoma and pierce county, in the spirt of our founders' mission to improve the quality of life of individuals and families and strengthen their communities. Our four giving priorities: basic needs, early learning and parent support, expanded learning opportunities, post-secondary ed & job training.
Original filing text
- Contact
- HOLLY BAMFORD
- Address
- PO BOX 1135 TACOMA, WA, 98401
- Phone
- 2539057614
- HOLLY@BAMFORDFOUNDATION.ORG
- Deadlines
- FOR 2025, GRANT CYCLES WILL OCCUR DURING THE WINTER, SPRING, AND SUMMER QUARTERS.
- Application materials
- THE BAMFORD FOUNDATION HAS NOW ADOPTED AN ONLINE GRANTS PORTAL THROUGH WHICH ORGANIZATIONS MAY SUBMIT A LETTER OF INQUIRY. WWW.GRANTINTERFACE.COM. SEE WWW.BAMFORDFOUNDATION.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION.
- Restrictions
- FOR 2025, THE FOUNDATION WILL FOCUS ON LEVERAGING THE IMPACT OF SMALL (LESS THAN 15,000) SIZE GRANTS WITH BOTH NEW AND EXISTING GRANT PARTNERS. THE FOUNDATION CONTINUES TO MAKE GRANTS ALIGNED WITH FOUR PRIORITY GIVING AREAS, PRIMARILY WITHIN THE GREATER TACOMA AND PIERCE COUNTY, IN THE SPIRT OF OUR FOUNDERS' MISSION TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AND STRENGTHEN THEIR COMMUNITIES. OUR FOUR GIVING PRIORITIES: BASIC NEEDS, EARLY LEARNING AND PARENT SUPPORT, EXPANDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, POST-SECONDARY ED & JOB TRAINING.
Reported organization name: THE BAMFORD 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 year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 140 | $1.7M |
| 2024 | 156 | $1.5M |
Where The Bamford 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.
Ymca of Pierce and Kitsap Counties
Tacoma, WA
$166.7KTax year 2025
Pearl street y campaign support
Foundation for Tacoma Students
Tacoma, WA
$82.5KTax year 2025
General support
Asia Pacific Cultural Center
Tacoma, WA
$65KTax year 2025
Education and mentoring programs.
First 5 Fundamentals
Tacoma, WA
$50.3KTax year 2025
General support
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (296 reported in all).
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Start freeAbout this data
Figures are aggregated from The Bamford 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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