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Bracht-Verlander Family Foundation at a glance

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Bracht-Verlander Family 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.

$51k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$48k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$385kHealth$14kRecreation & Sports$4kPhilanthropy$4kArts & Culture$4kFood & Nutrition$1kPublic Safety & Disaster$1kHuman Services$850Other$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $4k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $48k
$2,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$418k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Tulane University$47,500
Bayou City Road Runners$2,500
Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Inc$1,000
Houston Food Bank$300
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%National Constitution Center: $200 → 22%Alzheimer's Foundation: $500 → 17%Partner's Financial Charitable Foundation: $3k → 10%Mercury Chamber Orchestra: $1k → 16%National Park Foundation: $100 → 14%Wounded Warrior: $250 → 14%Salvation Army: $200 → 20%Mental Health America: $500 → 9%National WWII Museum: $250 → 23%Alzheimer's Foundation: $200 → 17%Mercury Chamber Orchestra: $750 → 16%Wounded Warrior: $100 → 14%National WW II Museum: $250 → 23%Mercury Chamber Orchestra: $500 → 16%VCPORA: $500 → 23%Tulane University: $50k → 23%Rice University: $47k → 16%Tulane University: $48k → 23%Rice University: $39k → 16%Tulane University: $39k → 23%Rice University: $38k → 16%Tulane University: $30k → 23%Rice University: $35k → 16%Tulane University: $8k → 23%Rice University: $21k → 16%Tulane University: $5k → 23%Rice University: $5k → 16%Tulane University: $4k → 23%Rice University: $5k → 16%Tulane University: $4k → 23%Tulane University: $4k → 23%Tulane University: $3k → 23%Salvation Army: $200 → 16%Tulane University: $1k → 23%Houston Food Bank: $500 → 16%Houston Food Bank: $300 → 16%Houston Food Bank: $300 → 16%Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Inc: $1k → 16%Houston Livesotkc Show and Rodeo School Art Auction: $1k → 16%Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo: $1k → 16%Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo: $1k → 16%Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo: $1k → 16%Planned Parenthood of Southeast Texas: $1k → 16%Partners' Financial Charitable Foundation: $1k → 16%American Red Cross: $500 → 16%Planned Parenthood of Southeast Texas: $500 → 16%American Red Cross: $500 → 16%Planned Parenthood of SE Texas: $250 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
PA
VA
NC
DC
LA
TX
FL
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of Bracht-Verlander Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Bracht-Verlander Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 9.3% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$409k · 13 repeat orgs$5k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
12

Total granted

$409k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+63%

Still filing today

54%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsHealthPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • TA
    THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND
    5× · 2020–2025 · $196k · revenue +44%
  • WM
    William Marsh Rice University
    4× · 2020–2023 · $188k · revenue +68%
  • HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO INC
    4× · 2020–2025 · $4k · revenue +198%

Funded once

  • A5
    Alex's 5kBayou City Road Runners
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • HL
    Houston Livesotkc Show and Rodeo School Art Auction
    one grant, 2021 · $1k
  • V
    VCPORA
    one grant, 2023 · $500
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
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
2
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
3
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
5
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston

The museum of fine arts, houston serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of houston with diverse histories of art spanning 6,000 years and six continents. through our permanent collections,…

Arts & Culture
6
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
7
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The mission of the institute has remained constant since its founding in 1953. as its restated articles of incorporation state the primary purpose and objective of the howard hughes medical institute shall be the promotion of human…

Health
8
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
9
National Academy of Public Administration

The National Academy of Public Administration is an independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit, non partisan Organization established in 1967 and chartered by Congress in 1984. See Schedule O

Public Benefit
10
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
11
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
12
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Park Foundation; the most unlike its peers is William Marsh Rice University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

12 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. 12 of the 25 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $196,153 · EducationTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUNDWilliam Marsh Rice University: $188,425 · EducationWilliam Marsh Rice University+1 more: $80 · EducationBayou City Road Runners: $8,000 · OtherAlex's 5kBayou City Road Runners: $2,500 · OtherPlanned Parenthood of Southeast Texas: $1,750 · OtherThe Houston Food Bank: $1,100 · OtherAmerican Red Cross: $1,000 · OtherHouston Livesotkc Show and Rodeo School Art Auction: $1,000 · Other+10 more: $2,801 · OtherPARTNERSFINANCIAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $4,000 · PhilanthropyHOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO INC: $4,000 · Recreation & SportsMercury Chamber Orchestra Inc: $2,250 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER: $200 · Arts & CultureALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $700 · HealthSTAR OF HOPE MISSION: $100 · Housing & Shelter
Education$384,658Other$18,151Philanthropy$4,000Recreation & Sports$4,000Arts & Culture$2,450Health$700Housing & Shelter$100

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $196,153 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $188,425 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERSFINANCIAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetHOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMercury Chamber Orchestra Inc: $2,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTAR OF HOPE MISSION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAvondale House Inc: $80 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.

  • Who funds THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND ↗
  • Who funds William Marsh Rice University ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERSFINANCIAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO INC ↗
  • Who funds Mercury Chamber Orchestra Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Houston Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds STAR OF HOPE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds Avondale House Inc ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Bracht-Verlander Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bracht-Verlander Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 25 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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