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Alexander Brady Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$527k
Granted FY2024still arriving
57
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$55k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$328kHuman Services$178kHealth$140kEnvironment$115kRecreation & Sports$79kArts & Culture$61kSocial Science$52kInternational$44kOther$0
02FY2024 · 57 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 57 grants below total $385,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $526,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $141,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k46 grants · $161k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $170k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
$5,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$7.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Johns Hopkins University$55,000
Help Our Wounded Foundation$30,000
Merrill Center for Strategic Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS$28,000
Wounded Veterans Relief Fund$25,000
Land Conservation Assistance Network$20,000
The Hill School$15,000
Arlington Unitarian Cooperative Preschool$11,500
Tara Foundation$10,000
Trinity Episcopal Church$10,000
The Plains Park Authority$10,000
Great Meadow Foundation$10,000
Byte Back, Inc.$7,500
La Clinica Del Pueblo$7,500
Partnership for Public Service$6,000
Virginia Federation of Garden Club Windsor Farms$5,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 50 repeat orgs$184k to everyone else

50 repeat relationships: 41 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
25

Total granted

$1.0M
$89k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+66%

Still filing today

82%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’23’24
EducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesInternationalArts & CultureHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • HO
    Help Our Wounded Foundation
    3× · 2021–2024 · $106k · revenue +149%
  • TH
    THE HILL SCHOOL CORPORATION OF MIDDLEBURG
    3× · 2021–2024 · $50k · revenue +49%
  • TD
    THE DELTA SIGMA PHI FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $30k · revenue +139%

Funded once

  • MC
    Merrill Center for Strategic Studies at Johns Hopkins
    one grant, 2023 · $24k
  • AE
    African Environmental Film Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • TF
    Tara Foundation Camps
    one grant, 2023 · $8k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Virginia Commonwealth University Intellectual Property Foundation

The foundation determines the patentability and obtains patents on virginia commonwealth university (vcu) inventions and markets and licenses such inventions to commerical entities. the foundation's activities promote research efforts at…

Health
2
The George Washington Foundation

The mission of the george washington foundation is to enhance the public understanding of the lives, values, and legacies of george washington, fielding and betty washington lewis and their family members, particularly in the broader…

Arts & Culture
3
Virginia Forestry Association

Vfa promotes stewardship and wise use of the commonwealth's forest resources for the economic and environmental benefits of all virginians.

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4
Goochland Educational Foundation Incorporated

The Goochland Education Foundation mission is to provide funding for innovative learning opportunities for Goochland County Public School students.

Education
5
University of Virginia Foundation

To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…

Education
6
Virginia Capital Trail Foundation

The virginia capital trail foundation exists to protect, promote, and enhance the virginia capital trail and engage communities around it.

Recreation & Sports
7
James River Association

The mission of the james river association is to be guardian of the james river. we provide a voice for the river and take action to promote conservation and responsible stewardship of its natural resources.

Environment
8
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
9
Virginia Foundation for Agriculture Innovation and Rural Sustainability

To assist rural virginians in developing and advancing their agricultural, economic and social interests to enhance their quality of life.

Environment
10
Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce

Chamberrva is the trusted voice for modern business in the richmond virginia region. we are change agents, rallying to do the hard things that will create a more connected, prosperous, health and equitable community.

—
11
The Virginia Air & Space Center

To serve as the region's leading source of informational science education through interactive science demonstrations, hands-on education programs and outreach programs.

Arts & Culture
12
The Land Trust of Virginia Inc

To operate as ltv for the purpose of promoting the preservation, protection and balanced use of natural, scenic, and historic resources in the commonwealth of virginia through conservation easements and ownership.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Green Beret Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Dietz Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

58 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 58 of the 89 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
56/58
Grantees still filing
33/58
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Johns Hopkins University: $169,000 · OtherJohns Hopkins UniversityMIDDLEBURG COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $80,000 · OtherMIDDLEBURG COMMUNITY CENTER INCFauquier Excellence In Education Foundation: $35,000 · OtherFauquier Excellence In Education FoundationMerrill Center for Strategic Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS: $28,000 · OtherLSSNCA: $27,500 · OtherMerrill Center for Strategic Studies at Johns Hopkins: $24,000 · OtherOLD SCHOOL SQUARE CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $23,000 · Other+47 more: $256,500 · Other+47 moreHelp Our Wounded Foundation: $106,000 · HealthHelp Our Wou…LA CLINICA DEL PUEBLO INC: $22,500 · HealthLA CLINICA D…THE 22 PROJECT INC: $8,000 · HealthTHE 22 PROJE…THE HILL SCHOOL CORPORATION OF MIDDLEBURG: $50,000 · EducationTHE HILL SC…THE DELTA SIGMA PHI FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EducationTHE DELTA S…WiseTribe US Inc: $20,000 · EducationWiseTribe U…Escuela Key Elementary PTA: $10,000 · EducationEscuela Key…WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL: $7,000 · EducationWOODBERRY F…+4 more: $8,200 · Education+4 moreWOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND INC: $90,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED VET…Seven Loaves Services Inc: $13,000 · Human ServicesSeven Loave…ARLINGTON UNITARIAN COOPERATIVE PRESCHOOL: $11,500 · Human ServicesARLINGTON U…+4 more: $9,500 · Human Services+4 moreGREAT MEADOW FOUNDATION INC: $47,000 · EnvironmentGREAT MEAD…THE IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA: $18,000 · EnvironmentTHE IZAAK …THE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $12,000 · EnvironmentTHE PIEDMO…GOOSE CREEK ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · EnvironmentGOOSE CREE…CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE…THE DOWNSTREAM PROJECT: $6,000 · EnvironmentTHE DOWNST…FRIENDS OF THE JAMES RIVER PARK: $6,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF…THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA INC: $4,000 · EnvironmentCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $23,500 · InternationalGIRL SECURITY AN ILLINOIS NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION: $9,000 · InternationalBE LIKE BRIT FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 · InternationalCenter for a New American Security Inc: $3,000 · International+1 more: $1,000 · InternationalLand Conservation Assistance Network: $30,000 · PhilanthropyEat Better Live Better Inc: $5,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Other$643,000Health$136,500Education$125,200Human Services$124,000Environment$110,000International$43,500Philanthropy$36,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHelp Our Wounded Foundation: $106,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetWOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND INC: $90,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetMIDDLEBURG COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $80,000 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetTHE HILL SCHOOL CORPORATION OF MIDDLEBURG: $50,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetGREAT MEADOW FOUNDATION INC: $47,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetLand Conservation Assistance Network: $30,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE DELTA SIGMA PHI FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $23,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOLD SCHOOL SQUARE CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $23,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetLA CLINICA DEL PUEBLO INC: $22,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWiseTribe US Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetCheetah Conservation Fund: $20,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA: $18,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBYTE BACK: $16,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSeven Loaves Services Inc: $13,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTHE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $12,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMAYMONT FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PLAINS COMMUNITY LEAGUE: $11,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetEscuela Key Elementary PTA: $10,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetA PLACE TO BE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGOOSE CREEK ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetAFRICAN ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetGIRL SECURITY AN ILLINOIS NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION: $9,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE 22 PROJECT INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBE LIKE BRIT FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DOWNSTREAM PROJECT: $6,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetDELRAY CHAMBER EDUCATION FUND INC: $6,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE JAMES RIVER PARK: $6,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetRICHMOND PERFORMING ARTS ALLIANCE: $5,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PLAINS VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetAmerican Battlefield Trust: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEat Better Live Better Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRichmond Fire Department Foundation: $4,000 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetRICHMOND POLICE FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetASPIRE AFTERSCHOOL LEARNING: $3,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Madeira School: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLower Mississippi River Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCenter for a New American Security Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPIEDMONT CHILD CARE CENTER INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Dietz Foundation: $2,700 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetHAVEN OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC: $2,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetGREEN BERET FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOUDOUN FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Wise FoundationThe Van Metre Family …MRC Full Circle Found…Tara Foundation IncDun FoundationVirginia S Warner Fou…McGraw FoundationFrank Mangano Foundat…The Luminescence Foun…The Community Foundat…Dominion Energy Chari…The Hall Family Found…
Wise FoundationVA22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wise Foundation · The Van Metre Family Foundation Inc · MRC Full Circle Foundation · Tara Foundation Inc · Dun Foundation · Virginia S Warner Foundation Inc · McGraw Foundation · Frank Mangano Foundation · The Luminescence Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · The Hall Family Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to Alexander Brady Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Alexander Brady Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 89 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $595k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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