Bainum Family Foundation
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About Bainum Family Foundation
The Bainum Family Foundation is making targeted, high-dollar investments in community-based education, prioritizing capital and capacity-building for faith-affiliated K–12 programs and innovative early childhood networks. Their recent grants show an interest in enabling facility acquisition for a Boston Adventist school and supporting a national family child care network to serve as an early education innovation lab.
Focus Areas
Property acquisition and capital support for faith-based K–12 schools (Adventist)Scaling family child care networks as early childhood innovation/solutions labsCapacity-building grants that enable program expansion and infrastructure
Who They Fund
young children (0–6 years)pre-K and kindergarten studentsrefugee and displaced childrenfamilies and trusted caregivers (home-based providers)early childhood educators and daycare providerschildren of cross-border and market traders
About Bainum Family Foundation
A $2,000,000 recoverable grant for Boston Adventist Dream Academy Corporation sets the tone for the Bainum Family Foundation’s recent work: it uses capital and program funding to expand community-based education, especially where facilities, networks, and school quality are part of the strategy. That approach shows up again in a $1,000,000 grant to the National Association for Family Child Care Foundation to serve as a WeVision Early Ed Solutions Lab site through a network of ECE homes. The foundation also backs early childhood system-change work, faith-based K–12 education, and capacity-building efforts that help programs grow or upgrade infrastructure. Recent awards include grants for school property purchase, lab-site demonstration projects, and support for early learning providers, suggesting a mix of recoverable financing, project-based grants, and partnership funding. Its portfolio also reaches beyond the United States in a smaller set of international early childhood and education grants, while still keeping most giving tied to U.S. organizations and Washington-area partners. The pattern is not broad, general philanthropy; it is targeted funding for specific models, sites, and facilities that can be built out or replicated.
What Bainum Family Foundation Funds
Early childhood systems work is a major thread. The foundation gave $650,000 to Educare DC to serve as a WeVision Early Ed Solutions Lab site, and $600,000 to Brynmor Early Education & Preschool for the same purpose. It also funded Home Grown with $500,000 to serve as a lab site via a network of families and trusted caregivers. In educator support, DonorsChoose received $229,754 to provide DC teachers with items from their wish list, focused exclusively on pre-K and kindergarten. The foundation also funds integrated ECD work internationally: UNICEF USA received $238,041 for integrated early childhood care and development for young children of cross-border and market traders in Rwanda, and the Aga Khan Foundation received $170,000 for an integrated ECD initiative in Bihar, India.
How Bainum Family Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster around a median of $50,000, with a lower quartile of $200 and an upper quartile of $100,000. The recent list includes both very large capital and recoverable awards and many smaller foundation grants, showing a spread across project types. Recipients do recur: Brynmor Early Education & Preschool appears in both 2024 and 2025, as do Path, Aga Khan Foundation, UNICEF USA, International Rescue Committee Inc, and Brac USA. The foundation is a regular funder, makes program-related investments, and funds individuals. Unsolicited applications are accepted in some active programs, including the Early Learning Quality Fund and Quality Improvement Network, though not across every program.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$22.9M
Total Assets
$731.8M
Total Revenue
$33.8M
Total Expenses
$49.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $200 and $100K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$200
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$100K
Geographic Reach
National24 states funded
About 20% of grants go to recipients in MD.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Bainum Family Foundation Funds
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Bainum Family Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 245 | $24.3M | 99.6% |
| 2 | India | 1 | $75K |
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