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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 52-1754458

The Bond Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Timonium, MD. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $500,500 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $500,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $4,090,046
  • Tax year 2024

    $390,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $4,209,427
  • Tax year 2023

    $295,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $4,172,431
  • Tax year 2022

    $310,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $4,190,345
  • Tax year 2021

    $319,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,285,126
  • Tax year 2020

    $320,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $2,311,676
  • Tax year 2019

    $315,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,484,851
  • Tax year 2018

    $300,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,665,599

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Cato InstitueWashington, DC

    General operations

    $250,000
  2. Reason FoundationLos Angeles, CA

    General operations

    $100,000
  3. St Andrews SchoolBoca Raton, FL

    General operations

    $100,000
  4. Free the People FoundationWashington, DC

    General operations

    $25,000
  5. St James AcademicsNorth Miami, FL

    General operations

    $15,000
  6. The Atlas Society LTDLodi, CA

    General operations

    $5,000
  7. Washington University in St LouisSt Louis, MO

    General operations

    $5,000
  8. Israel Tennis Centers Foundation IncNew York, NY

    General operations

    $500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education2 grants $105,00095% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $5,0005% of the total
  3. International aid1 grant $500<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. District of Columbia2 grants $275,000
  2. Florida2 grants $115,000
  3. California2 grants $105,000
  4. Missouri1 grant $5,000
  5. New York1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Baron BondPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jeff DaleyTREASURER Hours 5Pay $29,863
  • Michele ShafferVICE PRESIDENT/SECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
  • Howard B MillerDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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