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Bralyn Foundation Inc

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.

$220k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Religion$400kInternational$300kHuman Services$180kHealth$145kAnimals$140kHousing & Shelter$100kCommunity Improvement$60kEducation$60kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$20,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$7.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS INC$20,000
ZOOTAMPA AT LOWRY PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF TAMPA INC$20,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$20,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$20,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$20,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
OPERATION BLESSING$20,000
WORLD VISION$20,000
INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN & JEWS$20,000
CLEARWATER MARINE AQUARIUM$20,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$20,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $200k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS INC: $20k → 10%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $20k → 13%HOLT INTERNATIONAL: $20k → 15%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS INC: $20k → 10%THE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $20k → 13%HOLT INTERNATIONAL: $20k → 15%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS INC: $20k → 10%COVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA: $20k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $20k → 13%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS INC: $20k → 10%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

WA
IL
NY
OR
MO
VA
TN
NC
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.
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.
$1.2M · 16 repeat orgs$340k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
11

Total granted

$1.2M
$300k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+18%

Still filing today

56%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthAnimalsReligionYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    4× · 2022–2025 · $100k · revenue +23%
  • IA
    INSPIRED ACRES INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $85k · revenue +116%
  • IF
    INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $80k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • FO
    FELLOWSHIP OF BELIEVERS IN CHRIST
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDRENgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +67%
  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +158%
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
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
2
Covenant House

In 34 cities across five countries, covenant house builds bridges to hope for young people facing homelessness and survivors of human trafficking. we meet their immediate needs for food, clothing, protection, and medical and mental health…

Human Services
3
The Christmas Box International

The christmas box international partners with local, national and international communities and groups to prevent child abuse and to improve the quality of life for children, teens and young adults who have been abused, neglected or are…

Community Improvement
4
Church World Service Inc

Church world service, inc. is a private, voluntary faith-based organization with 37 member communions that transformscommunities around the globe through just and sustainable responses to hunger, poverty, displacement and disaster.

International
5
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
6
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

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7
Covenant House New Orleans

Covenant house new orleans (the organization) is a not-for-profit organization affiliated with 34 similar organizations across five countries, all of which are affiliates of covenant house international (parent affiliate) and share a…

Human Services
8
Citrus Health Network Inc

To provide primary care and behavioral health services to children, adults, and families in south florida across a broad range of health services and community-based programs; and to oversee the coordinated child welfare system of care…

—
9
Covenant House Washington Dc

Covenant house washington, dc ("chw") provides shelter, crisis care, community services, and outreach services to youth in the washington dc area.

Human Services
10
Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife Inc

The clinic for the rehabilitation of wildlife is a teaching hospital and visitor center dedicated to the saving of wildlife through state-of-the-art veterinary care, research, education, and conservation medicine.

Animals
11
Orlando Health Inc

Orlando health is a trusted leader inspiring hope through the advancement of health. our mission as a community-owned organization is to improve the health and quality of life of the individuals and communities we serve.

Health
12
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals

To boldly engage the world's greatest crises in partnership with the church.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Covenant House Florida Inc; the most unlike its peers is Inspired Acres Inc. 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

18 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. 18 of the 30 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
15/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN THE WILDWOOD: $210,000 · OtherCHRISTIAN CHURCH IN THE WILDWOODFELLOWSHIP OF BELIEVERS IN CHRIST: $100,000 · OtherFELLOWSHIP OF BELIEVERS IN CHRISTINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC: $80,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INCIndividual grant recipient: $80,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $80,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITYOPERATION BLESSING INC: $80,000 · OtherOPERATION BLESSING INCCORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN CHURCH - THE SCHOOL: $50,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY - DUNEDIN: $40,000 · OtherHANDS ACCROSS THE BAY: $40,000 · OtherST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $40,000 · OtherGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Other+8 more: $160,000 · Other+8 moreSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $80,000 · Human ServicesSoutheastern G…HOLT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesHOLT INTERNATI…THE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S…COVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE…METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesMETROPOLITAN M…THE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S…SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $100,000 · ReligionINSPIRED ACRES INC: $85,000 · Youth DevelopmentWORLD VISION INC: $80,000 · InternationalCHARITY WORKS INC: $60,000 · Community ImprovementSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $60,000 · Education
Other$1,000,000Human Services$200,000Religion$100,000Youth Development$85,000International$80,000Community Improvement$60,000Education$60,000

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 budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINSPIRED ACRES INC: $85,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC: $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $80,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITY WORKS INC: $60,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOLT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFLORIDA BOTANICAL GARDENS FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $20,000 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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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 Bralyn Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bralyn Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • The Children's Home Society of Florida: 6% of income from government
  • Clearwater Marine Aquarium Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Covenant House Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Metropolitan Ministries Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get 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.
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How do I get to Bralyn Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Bralyn Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 30 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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