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Allison M Brandt Foundation at a glance

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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
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

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

12
’19
8
’20
18
’21
9
’22
0
’23

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2023.

Philanthropy$876kHealth$67kHuman Services$29kEducation$24kArts & Culture$20kYouth Development$15kAnimals$11kReligion$10kOther$0
02FY2022 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RISE SCHOOL OF AUSTIN$5,000
AUSTIN FILM SOCIETY$5,000
MARY KAY ASH FOUNDATION$5,000
MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION$3,000
THE AUSTIN THEATRE ALLIANCE$2,500
TARRYTOWN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$2,500
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY$2,500
LIFEHOUSE OF HOUSTON$1,500
MAJESTY OUTDOORS$1,000
COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL$1,000
WEST HOUSTON YOUNG LIFE$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–20, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 69% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BOYS TOWN: $1k → 12%HOUSTON AMAZING PLACE: $5k → 16%HAND TO HOLD: $5k → 10%DRESS FOR SUCCESS HOUSTON: $5k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$153k · 21 repeat orgs$47k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +63% since the first grant, against +38% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2022, 10 since wound down. Read against FY2022, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
18

Total granted

$153k
$47k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
+38%

Still filing today

62%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22
EducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentAnimalsPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • FS
    Film Society of Austin Inc
    2× · 2021–2022 · $13k · revenue +63%
  • TR
    THE RISE SCHOOL OF AUSTIN
    3× · 2019–2022 · $12k · revenue +88%
  • Southern Methodist University
    3× · 2019–2022 · $8k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • HT
    HAND TO HOLDgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +138%
  • HA
    Houston's Amazing Place Incgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +38%
  • DRESS FOR SUCCESS HOUSTON
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +23%
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.

04Its 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
Baylor Scott & White Holdings

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
2
Memorial Hermann Medical Group

Memorial hermann health system is a nonprofit, values-driven, community-owned health system dedicated to improving health. our vision is to create healthier communities, now and for generations to come. our values are community,…

Health
3
Children's Health System of Texas

With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…

Health
4
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
5
Scott & White Hospital-College Station

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
6
Mhs Physicians of Texas

Memorial hermann health system is a nonprofit, values-driven, community-owned health system dedicated to improving health. our vision is to create healthier communities, now and for generations to come. our values are community,…

Health
7
Houston Botanic Garden

To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.

Environment
8
Trees for Houston

Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.

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9
Scott & White Healthcare Foundation

To foster and support the activities and purposes of Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH), to encourage broad-based public support of the healthcare system and its affiliated institutions, and to advance the medical objectives, including…

Health
10
Scott & White Hospital-Taylor

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
11
Memorial Hermann Health System

Memorial hermann health system is a nonprofit, values-driven, community-owned health system dedicated to improving health. our vision is to create healthier communities, now and for generations to come. our values are community,…

Health
12
Baylor Scott & White Medical Centers - Greater North Texas

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Methodist Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Father Flanagan's Boys' Home. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 40 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
25/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Chicago Community Trust: $869,265 · PhilanthropyThe Chicago Community Trust+2 more: $16,000 · PhilanthropyMAKE A WISH FOUNDATION: $15,500 · OtherMAKE A WI…ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION: $13,500 · OtherALZHEIMER…THE 100 CLUB SURVIVORS FUND: $8,000 · OtherTHE 100 C…The Houston Food Bank: $7,000 · OtherThe Houst…KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA CHARITABLE: $6,000 · OtherKAPPA KAP…TARRYTOWN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $5,000 · OtherTARRYTOWN…ST MARTINS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $5,000 · OtherST MARTIN…LifeHouse of Houston Inc: $3,000 · OtherST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH: $3,000 · OtherTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherTHE METHO…Compassion International Incorporated: $3,500 · Other+9 more: $14,500 · Other+9 moreBaylor Medical Foundation: $17,500 · EducationTHE RISE SCHOOL OF AUSTIN: $11,500 · EducationSouthern Methodist University: $7,500 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Education+2 more: $2,000 · EducationFilm Society of Austin Inc: $13,000 · Arts & CultureAUSTIN THEATRE ALLIANCE: $4,500 · Arts & CultureHAND TO HOLD: $5,000 · Human ServicesHouston's Amazing Place Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesDRESS FOR SUCCESS HOUSTON: $5,000 · Human ServicesFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $1,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG LIFE: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentMAJESTY OUTDOORS: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY INC: $3,000 · Youth DevelopmentRESCUED PETS MOVEMENT INC: $5,000 · AnimalsHOUSTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $3,000 · Animals
Philanthropy$885,265Other$89,000Education$40,500Arts & Culture$17,500Human Services$16,000Youth Development$13,000Animals$8,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Chicago Community Trust: $869,265 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBaylor Medical Foundation: $17,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetMARY KAY ASH FOUNDATION: $15,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFilm Society of Austin Inc: $13,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE RISE SCHOOL OF AUSTIN: $11,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAND TO HOLD: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHouston's Amazing Place Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS HOUSTON: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAJESTY OUTDOORS: $5,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAUSTIN THEATRE ALLIANCE: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLifeHouse of Houston Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Junior League of Houston Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPRING BRANCH EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Greater Houston Commu…Shell USA Company Fou…The Moody FoundationAustin Community Foun…AbbVie FoundationRaymond James Charita…The Blackbaud Giving …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Jack H & William M Li…Harry E and Eda L Mon…The Powell FoundationNational Philanthropi…
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX24.8× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Allison M Brandt Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Allison M Brandt Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 40 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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