Bayfield Fund concentrates almost all of its giving on national policy and social-advocacy organizations that promote conservative-leaning family and civil-liberties agendas. Grants are overwhelmingly directed to high-profile advocacy, voter engagement, and media/campaign organizations rather than service delivery or local nonprofits. The foundation appears designed to underwrite large-scale public-policy campaigns and rapid-response communications that shape national debates on family policy, individual liberties, and electoral mobilization.
Highly concentrated: very few large grants (multi-million-dollar awards) to national advocacy organizations rather than many small grants; funding is campaign- and strategy-focused rather than programmatic service support.
Bayfield Fund’s 2025 giving is led by an $8,800,000 grant to Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy, signaling a strong emphasis on national policy advocacy tied to family and economic messaging. The fund’s recent grants also show sustained support for large-scale civic and public-opinion work, including $4,320,000 to America Votes and $3,173,429 to Counteract Fund. Those awards place the foundation in a field of organizations that work on voter engagement, campaign infrastructure, and communications around conservative-leaning family and civil-liberties issues. The grant list points to a funder that backs advocacy groups rather than local service providers. Bayfield Fund’s largest recipients operate at the national level, and several are based in Washington, DC, which is consistent with a portfolio built around policy influence and rapid-response organizing. Smaller grants extend that pattern to groups such as Individual Liberties Alliance and Stand True America, suggesting attention to legal, cultural, and mobilization efforts within the same broader agenda. The foundation’s giving is substantial in dollar terms and concentrated in organizations positioned to affect national debates.
In family-policy advocacy, Bayfield Fund gave $8,800,000 to Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy for social welfare work tied to that agenda. Civic engagement is another clear thread: America Votes received $4,320,000 for social welfare purposes, placing voter mobilization and electoral coordination among the funder’s major concerns. The foundation also supports communications and counter-messaging work. It awarded $3,173,429 to Counteract Fund, again under a social welfare designation, indicating backing for public-policy and advocacy infrastructure. Legal and civil-liberties work appears in the grant to Individual Liberties Alliance, which received $2,142,921. Together, these grants show support for organizations operating in policy, elections, advocacy, and rights-focused campaigns rather than direct service delivery.
Bayfield Fund’s recent grants are heavily top-weighted: the median of the eight largest listed awards is $1,803,859.50, with grants ranging from $199,258 to $8,800,000. That spread suggests a portfolio built around a few very large commitments alongside smaller support grants. The fund is a public charity, and the 2025 list shows all grants going to U.S. recipients. Recipients also appear concentrated in the same year rather than across multiple years in the data provided, so the pattern here reads as a current-year snapshot rather than a multi-year series. No application process is shown in the data.
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Notable grantees: Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy, America Votes, Counteract Fund, Individual Liberties Alliance, Stand True America
All listed grants go to U.S. recipients, with Washington, DC appearing most often among the recent awards. DC-based organizations include America Votes, Counteract Fund, Individual Liberties Alliance, Stand True America, and Freedom and Accountability Project. Outside DC, the recent list includes Concord, New Hampshire; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Columbus, Ohio. The recipient distribution is national rather than local, and none of the listed grants go to recipients in the foundation’s HQ state of DC as a state-equivalent giving category.
The recent grants point to national advocacy and civic-engagement organizations. Examples include Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy for family-policy work, America Votes for electoral mobilization, Counteract Fund for public-facing advocacy, and Individual Liberties Alliance for civil-liberties work.
Among the eight largest recent grants listed, awards range from $199,258 to $8,800,000. The median of those grants is $1,803,859.50, with several multi-million-dollar awards at the top of the list.
All listed recipients are in the United States. Washington, DC appears most frequently among the recent grants, alongside recipients in Concord, New Hampshire; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Columbus, Ohio.
The recent grant list points more toward advocacy and policy organizations than local service delivery. The named recipients work on family policy, voter engagement, counter-messaging, and civil-liberties advocacy rather than neighborhood-based programming.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPAIGN FOR A FAMILY FRIENDLY ECONOMY | CONCORD, NH | $8,800,000 | 2025 | SOCIAL WELFARE |
| AMERICA VOTES | WASHINGTON, DC | $4,320,000 | 2025 | SOCIAL WELFARE |
| COUNTERACT FUND | WASHINGTON, DC | $3,173,429 | 2025 | SOCIAL WELFARE |
| INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES ALLIANCE | WASHINGTON, DC | $2,142,921 | 2025 | SOCIAL WELFARE |
| STAND TRUE AMERICA | WASHINGTON, DC | $1,464,796 | 2025 | SOCIAL WELFARE |
| DEFENDERS OF LIBERTY | COLUMBUS, OH | $300,000 | 2025 | SOCIAL WELFARE |
| PROTECT OUR FAMILIES INC | SALT LAKE CITY, UT | $300,000 | 2025 | SOCIAL WELFARE |
| FREEDOM AND ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT | WASHINGTON, DC | $199,258 | 2025 | SOCIAL WELFARE |
COUNTERACT FUND
$3,173,429SOCIAL WELFARE
INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES ALLIANCE
$2,142,921SOCIAL WELFARE
STAND TRUE AMERICA
$1,464,796SOCIAL WELFARE
DEFENDERS OF LIBERTY
$300,000SOCIAL WELFARE
PROTECT OUR FAMILIES INC
$300,000SOCIAL WELFARE
FREEDOM AND ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
$199,258SOCIAL WELFARE