About the foundation · Since 2019
A small foundation with a specific mandate.
The Ballistiglass Charitable Foundation was established in 2019 by the founders of Ballistiglass in response to the events of February 14, 2018. The mandate has not changed since: fund ballistic-glazing installations through 501(c)(3) partners, at cost, on the record.
What the foundation does
One thing, carefully.
BCF funds ballistic-glazing installations in schools and community spaces. The foundation does not install. It does not hold custody of glass. It does not run educational programming. It makes grants to partner 501(c)(3) organizations who are already in a position to oversee a specific installation for the long term.
That narrowness is deliberate. A small foundation cannot do many things well. It can do one thing, carefully, and report on the work honestly.
Relationship with Ballistiglass, LLC
Clean and on the record.
The foundation and the parent company share a founding team. That relationship is disclosed on every 990-PF filing. The terms of the relationship are simple and unchanging:
- Hardware
- Sourced from Ballistiglass at cost. The company does not profit from foundation-funded installations.
- Installation
- Specified and carried out by our associates. Labor is donated on foundation-funded projects where the receiving partner has no installation budget.
- Compensation
- Our co-founders serve on the foundation board without compensation.
- Oversight
- Form 990-PF filed annually under EIN 84-4475338.
Working with us
The door is open to partner 501(c)(3)s.
If your organization serves a school, sanctuary, or community space where ballistic glazing would materially reduce exposure, our associates will walk you through intake. We cannot fund every request, and we move at the pace a careful foundation moves at. But we respond within one business day, and we respond honestly.