About Bydale Foundation
Bydale Foundation funds a diverse mix of progressive civic engagement, environmental advocacy, and cultural organizations, with a notable thread of pro-Israel and Israel-environment interests. Grants are typically moderate in size and often designated as general operating support; the foundation makes repeat grants to a handful of policy/advocacy groups and arts organizations while also supporting local community-development and health causes. Its giving blends national policy work (voting rights, clean energy) with place-based cultural and environmental initiatives.
Focus Areas
Progressive voter engagement and state-level civic power building (e.g., Movement Voter Fund, New Florida Majority, ISAIAH)Clean energy and environmental advocacy, including offshore wind and renewable policy campaigns (e.g., Environmental Law & Policy Center, Environment America, All In Energy)Israel-related civil society and environmental organizations (e.g., New Israel Fund, Israel Union for Environmental Defense, Americans for Peace Now)Regional arts and literary institutions in the Northeast (e.g., Afterwork Theater, Poets House, Hudson Valley Writers Center)Local community development and health-focused nonprofits (e.g., Point Community Development, Congenital Hyperinsulinism International)
About Bydale Foundation
Bydale Foundation’s recent giving is marked by repeated support for civic power-building and Israel-related civil society, alongside environmental advocacy and arts organizations. One of the clearest patterns is its multi-year backing of Movement Voter Fund through Tides Foundation, with grants of $35,000 in 2025, $30,000 in 2023, $25,000 in 2025, and $20,000 in 2025. The foundation also returned to New Israel Fund with $30,000 awards in both 2023 and 2025, including an emergency safety net response and support for the Nasij NIF Initiative. Those gifts sit within a broader mix that includes clean-energy advocacy, shared-society work in Israel, and support for literary and theater groups in New York and the Hudson Valley. The pattern suggests a funder that uses moderate-sized grants, often for general operating support or targeted initiative support, to back advocacy, community institutions, and issue-based organizations across several fields.
What Bydale Foundation Funds
In democracy work, Bydale Foundation supported Movement Voter Fund through Tides Foundation with multiple grants, including $35,000 in 2025 and $30,000 in 2023. For climate and energy advocacy, it gave $20,000 to Environmental Law and Policy Centre in 2025 for advocacy for clean renewable energy, and $25,000 to All In Energy Inc in 2023 for the Low Income Residents Solar Access Program. Israel-related giving includes $30,000 to New Israel Fund in 2023 for advancing equality of Israel’s Palestinian citizens and promoting a shared society between Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel. In the arts, the foundation supported Hudson Valley Writers Center for the Slapering Hol and Reading Series and Afterwork Theater Inc with general operating support.
How Bydale Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster around a median of $10,000, with both the 25th and 75th percentiles at $5,000 and $10,000, respectively. Recent awards show repeated support to several recipients across multiple years, including Tides Foundation, New Israel Fund, Isaiah, Afterwork Theater Inc, Hudson Valley Writers Center, and Wingspan Arts Inc. That pattern points to a mix of recurring relationships and one-off grants. Bydale Foundation is a regular funder, not a donor-advised fund, and it also funds individuals. Many grants are listed as general operating expenses, with some project-specific awards.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$777K
Total Assets
$9.3M
Total Revenue
$1.4M
Total Expenses
$852K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $5K and $10K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$10K
Geographic Reach
National19 states funded
About 3% of grants go to recipients in NY.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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