Connecticut · Private foundation
Barbara & Gary Brandt Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $399k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2024
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 39
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations Barbara & Gary Brandt Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 19 | $399k | 5% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $260k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $306k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 35 | $229k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 37 | $215k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 32 | $195k | 9% |
| FY2018 | 39 | $198k | 41% |
| FY2017 | 32 | $187k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usta Foundation Incorporated | $474,600 | 6 | 2% |
| Juilliard School | $195,644 | 8 | 0% |
| Youth America Grand Prix Inc | $159,576 | 8 | 1% |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $123,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $97,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $91,250 | 6 | 0% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $88,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc | $82,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Pet Rescue Incorporated | $72,500 | 6 | 4% |
| White Plains Hospital Medical Center | $34,500 | 7 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($191k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Barbara & Gary Brandt Family 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: The Gusti Brandt Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Arnhold Foundation Inc · American Express Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
How this is measured
Compare Barbara & Gary Brandt Family Foundation with peer funders
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About Barbara & Gary Brandt Family Foundation
- How much does Barbara & Gary Brandt Family Foundation give?
- Barbara & Gary Brandt Family Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $399,400 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 39 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Barbara & Gary Brandt Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (25%), Arts & Culture (18%), Education (13%).
- Who are Barbara & Gary Brandt Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Usta Foundation Incorporated ($475k), Juilliard School ($196k), Youth America Grand Prix Inc ($160k).
- Does Barbara & Gary Brandt Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Barbara & Gary Brandt Family 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 Barbara & Gary Brandt Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Gusti Brandt Foundation, The Ford Foundation, Arnhold Foundation Inc.
- Where is Barbara & Gary Brandt Family Foundation based?
- Barbara & Gary Brandt Family Foundation is based in CT.
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