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BFL Foundation

Accepts applications Oceanside, California · EIN 330687079

BFL Foundation is a private foundation in Oceanside, California. In tax year 2025 it gave $109,300 in 19 grants; the typical grant was $1,200 and the largest $64,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $183,700 the year before.

16% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$237,00030$265,913
2024$183,70020$119,750
2025$109,30019$19,189

How to apply

ContactBFL Foundation
603 Seagaze Dr 714, Oceanside, CA 92054
Phone or email(123) 456-7891
What to submitApplications should be submitted in the form of a letter with information about the organization requested grant amount and any supporting documentation deemed important.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What BFL Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 13 states, the most to Florida.

StateGrantsAmount
Florida4$74,700
Wisconsin2$10,850
Colorado3$6,200
Louisiana1$5,400
Texas1$3,900
New Jersey1$1,700
Ohio1$1,700
Illinois1$1,200
Michigan1$1,000
Missouri1$1,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 19 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Operation Save America National Inc
Leighhigh Acres, FL
Grant Provided$64,000
Grace Christian Ministries
Fort Meyers, FL
Grant Provided$8,500
Mercy Seat Church
Milwaukee, WI
Grant Provided$7,250
King Jeaus Ministries
Metairie, LA
Grant Provided$5,400
Cambodian Outreach Project
Longmont, CO
Grant Provided$4,200
Elijah Ministries
Waco, TX
Grant Provided$3,900
Operation Save America
Milwaukee, WI
Grant Provided$3,600
Learn
Montelair, NJ
Grant Provided$1,700
Pass the Salt Ministries
Hebron, OH
Grant Provided$1,700
Thomas More Society
Chicago, IL
Grant Provided$1,200
Carl Gallups Global Outreach Ministry
Bagdad, FL
Grant Provided$1,200
ONE life for Life
Flint, MI
Grant Provided$1,000
Whispering Ponies Ranch
Crane, MO
Grant Provided$1,000
Colorado Right to Life
Wheat Ridge, CO
Grant Provided$1,000
Hickory Hammock Baptist Church
Milton, FL
Grant Provided$1,000
Project Moses Colorado
Thornton, CO
Grant Provided$1,000
Global Compassion
Valparaiso, IN
Grant Provided$600
Issues 4 Life
Union City, CA
Grant Provided$550
Columbia Christians for Life
Columbia, SC
Grant$500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does BFL Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does BFL Foundation give?

$109,300 in tax year 2025, across 19 grants, with a typical grant of $1,200.

Who runs BFL Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Ken Scott (Director), Jo Scott (Board Member), Donna Ballentine (Board Member) and John Oneal (Treasurer).

What does BFL Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities and international.

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