South Dakota · Private foundation
Blythe Brenden-Mann 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.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $964,700
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $22M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Blythe Brenden-Mann Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $1.5M | 20% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $1.4M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $1.5M | 11% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $1.3M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $1.4M | 13% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $1.3M | 50% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $1.2M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $5,539,882 | 8 | 0% |
| American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc | $3,212,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Vital Voices Global Partnership Inc | $1,158,150 | 8 | 2% |
| Children's Cancer Research Fund | $375,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Guthrie Theater Foundation | $330,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Greater Twin Cities United Way | $240,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Artspace Projects Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts | $80,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Sanneh Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rhonda Fleming Foundation | $50,000 | 4 | 50% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $5,539,882 | 8 | 0% |
| American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc | $3,212,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Vital Voices Global Partnership Inc | $1,158,150 | 8 | 2% |
| Children's Cancer Research Fund | $375,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Guthrie Theater Foundation | $330,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Greater Twin Cities United Way | $240,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Artspace Projects Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts | $80,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Sanneh Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rhonda Fleming Foundation | $50,000 | 4 | 50% |
| Animal Humane Society | $37,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Mainspring Arts Cooperative | $30,000 | 2 | 21% |
| Pet Haven Inc of Minnesota | $20,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Mission Animal Hospital | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Africa Classroom Connection | $15,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Kids in Need Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gilda's Club Twin Cities Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Athletes for Mn Kids Inc | $8,220 | 1 | 3% |
| Hunger Related Events | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Angel Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| French Bulldog Rescue Network | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($54k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Blythe Brenden-Mann Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 Minneapolis Foundation · Engelsma Family Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Blythe Brenden-Mann Foundation
- How much does Blythe Brenden-Mann Foundation give?
- Blythe Brenden-Mann Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $1,559,700 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Blythe Brenden-Mann Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (49%), Science & Tech (28%), International (10%).
- Who are Blythe Brenden-Mann Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Minnesota Foundation ($5.5M), American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc ($3.2M), Vital Voices Global Partnership Inc ($1.2M).
- Does Blythe Brenden-Mann Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Blythe Brenden-Mann 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 Blythe Brenden-Mann Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Engelsma Family Foundation, Margaret a Cargill Foundation.
- Where is Blythe Brenden-Mann Foundation based?
- Blythe Brenden-Mann Foundation is based in SD.
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