· Private foundation
Brady 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k114 grants · $148k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $49k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $111k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HISTORIC CAMDEN FOUNDATION | $61,300 |
| MOUNT SOPRIS HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $50,000 |
| REGROUP WNC FUND | $28,500 |
| GULF COAST PRIMATE SANCTUARY | $10,000 |
| CATAWBA COLLEGE | $10,000 |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | $8,000 |
| FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $8,000 |
| PBS | $7,500 |
| WETA | $7,500 |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY | $6,500 |
| GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP USA | $5,000 |
| THE NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASE MUSEUM | $5,000 |
| HOLLINS UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| AUSTIN PETS ALIVE | $5,000 |
| MAKE A CHANGE WORLD INC | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 82% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.
160 repeat relationships: 81 still active in FY2025, 79 since wound down; 36 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $138k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HCHISTORIC CAMDEN FOUNDATION5× · 2021–2025 · $198k · revenue +186%
- OMOPEN MEDICINE FOUNDATION4× · 2020–2023 · $123k · revenue +35%
- CCCATAWBA COLLEGE6× · 2018–2025 · $60k · revenue +383%
Funded once
- SCSECOND CHANCE INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $33k · revenue +221%
- AOAMIGOS OF COSTA RICA INCone grant, 2024 · $11k · revenue -7%
- TBTHE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OFone grant, 2022 · $10k
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.
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.
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.
American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…
The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…
Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…
To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…
Rocky mountain wild works to protect, connect, and restore wildlife and wild lands in the southern rocky mountain region. we work to secure the biodiversity of the mountains, plains, and desert ecosystems of colorado, wyoming, utah, and…
Grist is an independent, non profit media organization dedicated to reporting on climate change.
How this is measured
182 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. 182 of the 365 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 HISTORIC CAMDEN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds OPEN MEDICINE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds The 2Forks Club ↗
- Who funds CATAWBA COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds THE MOUNT SOPRIS HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds HOLLINS UNIVERSITY CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds THE I AM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SECOND CHANCE INC ↗
- Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds CITY DOGS RESCUE INC ↗
- Who funds BELL TOWER GREEN INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Boys & Girls Club of Kershaw County ↗
- Who funds CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds KERSHAW COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds CARBONDALE ARTS ↗
- Who funds The Farm Collaborative ↗
- Who funds SUSTAINABLE SETTINGS ↗
- Who funds MARTHA'S TABLE INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds AMIGOS OF COSTA RICA INC ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds SAINT MARYS SCHOOL ↗
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: Aspen Community Foundation · Aspen Business Center Foundation · Alpenglow Foundation · Arches Foundation · John & Jacolyn Bucksbaum Family Found · Ernst and Wilma Martens Foundation · Aspen Skiing Company Environment Foundation · The Thrift Shop · Colorado Gives Foundation · Our Part co Marsha Soffer · Nm Morris Family Foundation · The Flunison Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Brady Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Brady Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
- President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
How this is measured
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