Willard C & Audrey G Bear
Private foundation · Charlottesville, VA · EIN 34-6599113 · reported 2023–2025 · files as Bear-Sontz Family Foundation
136grants reported
$1,600median award
$1,000lower quartile
$500smallest grant
$382Ktotal paid
13states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 13 of its 136 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $66K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
C/o Silvercrest 230 Court Square
Charlottesville, VA 22902-0000
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
This address is a trust department, not an office. 28 other foundations file from the same address, which means a bank or a management company administers the trust. Put the full legal name of the fund and its EIN at the top of the letter, or it lands in a pile with thousands of others and nobody knows which fund you are writing about.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Boston University Tanglewood | Boston, MA | $25,000 |
| Trustees of Boston University | Boston, MA | $20,000 |
| Turnout Activism Inc | Cambridge, MA | $15,050 |
| Turnout Activism Inc | Cambridge, MA | $14,500 |
| Jewish Federation of South Palm | Boca Raton, FL | $12,000 |
| Jewish Federation of South Palm | Boca Raton, FL | $12,000 |
| Jewish Federation of South Palm | Boca Raton, FL | $12,000 |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra | Boston, MA | $10,000 |
| Trustees of Boston University | Boston, MA | $10,000 |
| Milagro Center | Delray Beach, FL | $8,500 |
| Lynn Women's Health Institute | Boca Raton, FL | $6,500 |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra | Boston, MA | $6,000 |
| Anti Defamation League | Boca Raton, FL | $5,500 |
| Anti Defamation League | Boca Raton, FL | $5,500 |
| Milagro Center | Delray Beach, FL | $5,500 |
| Anti Defamation League | Boca Raton, FL | $5,500 |
| Milagro Center | Delray Beach, FL | $5,500 |
| American Jewish Committee | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra | Boston, MA | $5,000 |
| Give Well | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 |
| Grace Church School | New York, NY | $4,000 |
| St Jude Children's Hospital | Memphis, TN | $4,000 |
| Give Well | San Francisco, CA | $4,000 |
| Lynn Women's Health Institute | Boca Raton, FL | $4,000 |
| Lynn Women's Health Institute | Boca Raton, FL | $3,500 |
| St Jude Children's Hospital | Memphis, TN | $3,500 |
| St Jude Children's Hospital | Memphis, TN | $3,500 |
| C-Cap | New York, NY | $3,000 |
| Jewish Family Children Services | Waltham, MA | $3,000 |
| Jewish Family Services | Delray Beach, FL | $3,000 |
| Careers Through Culinary Arts | New York, NY | $3,000 |
| Greenhill School | Boston, MA | $3,000 |
| Careers Through Culinary Arts | New York, NY | $3,000 |
| Greenhill School | Boston, MA | $3,000 |
| Jewish Family Children Services | Waltham, MA | $3,000 |
| Amudim | New York, NY | $2,650 |
| Friends of United Hatzalah | New York, NY | $2,650 |
| Amudim | New York, NY | $2,650 |
| Animal Haven | New York, NY | $2,650 |
| Cros Ministries - DB Food Pantry | Delray Beach, FL | $2,500 |
| Delray Beach Library | Delray Beach, FL | $2,500 |
| Delray Beach Library | Delray Beach, FL | $2,500 |
| Direct Relief | Santa Barbara, CA | $2,500 |
| Jewish Family Children Services | Waltham, MA | $2,500 |
| Jewish Family Services | Delray Beach, FL | $2,500 |
| Delray Beach Library | Delray Beach, FL | $2,500 |
| Direct Relief | Santa Barbara, CA | $2,500 |
| Jewish Family Services | Delray Beach, FL | $2,500 |
| Turnout Activism Inc | Cambridge, MA | $2,500 |
| Animal Haven | New York, NY | $2,250 |
| Direct Relief | Santa Barbara, CA | $2,000 |
| Hand in Hand Schools - Israel | Portland, OR | $2,000 |
| Harvard Medical School | Cambridge, MA | $2,000 |
| Hillel of Broward Palm Beach Cnty | Boca Raton, FL | $2,000 |
| Impact 100 Palm Beach County | Boca Raton, FL | $2,000 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | Cambridge, MA | $2,000 |
| Hand in Hand Schools - Israel | Portland, OR | $2,000 |
| Harvard Medical School | Cambridge, MA | $2,000 |
| Hillel of Broward Palm Beach Cnty | Boca Raton, FL | $2,000 |
| Impact 100 Palm Beach County | Boca Raton, FL | $2,000 |
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