Illinois · Private foundation
Allison M Brandt Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $30k
- Granted FY2022
- 11
- Grants FY2022
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Allison M Brandt Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to The Chicago Community Trust, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Allison M Brandt Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $30k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2022
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 25
- FY2019 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 0% of the organizations Allison M Brandt Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 11 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $55k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $50k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $65k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor Medical Foundation | $17,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Mary Kay Ash Foundation | $15,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Film Society of Austin Inc | $13,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Rise School of Austin | $11,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Southern Methodist University | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hand to Hold | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Houston's Amazing Place Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dress for Success Houston | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Life | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 28 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($60k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Allison M Brandt Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Austin Community Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Jack H & William M Light Charitable Trust · Harry E and Eda L Montandon Charitable Tr · The Powell Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
About Allison M Brandt Foundation
- How much does Allison M Brandt Foundation give?
- Allison M Brandt Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $30,000 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 25 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2022.
- What does Allison M Brandt Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (82%), Health (6%), Human Services (3%).
- Who are Allison M Brandt Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2022: Baylor Medical Foundation ($18k), Mary Kay Ash Foundation ($16k), Film Society of Austin Inc ($13k).
- Does Allison M Brandt Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Allison M Brandt Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Allison M Brandt Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Shell USA Company Foundation, The Moody Foundation.
- Where is Allison M Brandt Foundation based?
- Allison M Brandt Foundation is based in IL.
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