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Brandt 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.

$3k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$105kHuman Services$25kFood & Nutrition$25kYouth Development$17kRecreation & Sports$17kPhilanthropy$13kCrime & Legal$11kArts & Culture$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
1
States reached
$5k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Northern Cass Community Health and Wellness$1,000
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$1,000
Dakota Medical Foundation$500
Roger Maris Cancer Center$500
Fraser Ltd$250
02The need
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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 (FY18–25, $117k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%A01 Foundation Inc: $10k → 11%The Great North Pole: $4k → 12%Hospice of the Red River Valley: $80k → 12%Hospice of the Red River Valley: $20k → 12%The Outdoor Adventure Foundation: $1k → 12%YMCA of the Northern Sky: $700 → 12%Fraser LTD: $308 → 12%Fraser LTD: $305 → 12%Fraser LTD: $250 → 12%Fraser LTD: $250 → 12%Fraser LTD: $250 → 12%FRASER LTD: $250 → 12%Fraser Ltd: $250 → 12%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.
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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$167k · 14 repeat orgs$59k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against -3% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
14

Total granted

$167k
$58k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
-3%

Still filing today

64%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsInternationalHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyOther
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

  • HO
    Hospice of the Red River Valley
    2× · 2023–2024 · $100k · revenue +13%
  • FM
    FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $20k · revenue +42%
  • RR
    Red River Childrens Advocacy Center
    5× · 2018–2022 · $11k · revenue +192%

Funded once

  • TT
    THE THIELEN FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $14k · revenue -19%
  • AF
    AO1 FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +18%
  • MS
    Metro Sports Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue -10%
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
Catholic Charities North Dakota

Guided by our values, Catholic Charities North Dakota serves people in need and advocates for the common good of all.

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2
Missouri Valley Family Ymca

To put Christian principles into practices through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

Human Services
3
Great Plains Food Bank

End hunger together.

Food & Nutrition
4
Keystone Community Services

To strengthen the capacity of individuals and families to improve their quality of life.

—
5
Minnesota Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

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6
Family Wellness Bismarck-Mandan Llc

Committed to improving the wellness of families.

Human Services
7
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St Cloud

At Catholic Charities, we focus our efforts around three core pillars: Food Access, Mental Health and Housing. Guided by our mission - to serve and enhance human dignity for all people - we provide essential services and foster a sense of…

Human Services
8
Care Providers of Minnesota Foundation

To promote quality care in long term health care facilities through education and research.

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9
Minnesota Chapter of the National Childrens Alliance

The Minnesota Children's Alliance leads the development and growth of locally based children's advocacy centers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure equitable access to services for healing and growth.

Crime & Legal
10
Children's Advocacy Centers of North Carolina Inc

We are an accredited state chapter of the national children's alliance. as the statewide leader we develop, train and sustain high-quality children's advocacy centers and multi-disciplinary teams.

Crime & Legal
11
Regional West Health Services

Health care services for the people of western nebraska and eastern wyoming.

Health
12
Easter Seals Goodwill Nd Inc

Easter Seals Goodwill ND, Inc. is a leading organization in supporting children, adults, and families to have equal opportunities to live, learn, work, and play in their communities.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Anne Carlsen Center; the most unlike its peers is Red River Valley Veterans Concert Band 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

20 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. 20 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)
20/20
Grantees still filing
11/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Hospice of the Red River Valley: $100,000 · Human ServicesHospice of the Red River ValleyAO1 FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesAO1 FOUNDATION INC+5 more: $8,063 · Human Services+5 moreUnited Way of Cass-Clay: $8,000 · OtherUnited Way of Cass-Cl…Fellowship of Christian Athletes: $5,500 · OtherFellowship of Christi…Feed My Starving Children: $5,000 · OtherFeed My Starving Chil…BADLANDS MINISTRIES: $5,000 · OtherBADLANDS MINISTRIESK9 Crew: $3,000 · OtherK9 CrewUnited Way Cass Clay: $3,000 · OtherUnited Way Cass ClayUNITED WAY: $1,500 · OtherROGER MARIS CANCER CENTER: $1,500 · OtherRED RIVER VALLEY VETERANS CONCERT BAND INC: $3,000 · OtherRED RIVER VALLEY VETE…Dakota Medical Foundation: $2,000 · OtherANNE CARLSEN CENTER: $1,500 · Other+5 more: $3,900 · Other+5 moreFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $20,000 · InternationalFEED MY S…THE THIELEN FOUNDATION INC: $14,000 · PhilanthropyRed River Childrens Advocacy Center: $11,000 · Youth DevelopmentLEGACY CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentMetro Sports Foundation Inc: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsNorthern Cass Community Health & Wellness Center: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsYWCA CASS CLAY: $8,500 · Housing & Shelter
Human Services$118,063Other$42,900International$20,000Philanthropy$14,000Youth Development$13,000Recreation & Sports$11,000Housing & Shelter$8,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHospice of the Red River Valley: $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE THIELEN FOUNDATION INC: $14,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetRed River Childrens Advocacy Center: $11,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetAO1 FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMetro Sports Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYWCA CASS CLAY: $8,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Cass-Clay: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Great North Pole: $3,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRED RIVER VALLEY VETERANS CONCERT BAND INC: $3,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetLEGACY CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDakota Medical Foundation: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRASER LTD: $1,863 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetANNE CARLSEN CENTER: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFORWARD FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE OUTDOOR ADVENTURE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYMCA of the Northern Sky: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MINOT: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEWARD ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Blue Cross Blue Shiel…Fargo-Moorhead Area F…Alex Stern Family Fou…Dakota Medical Founda…The Barry FoundationImpact FoundationMidcontinent Foundati…Offutt Family Foundat…Sanford Group ReturnOtto Bremer TrustDakota Medical Charit…Fred M Hector Jr Char…
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring FoundationND30.2× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation · Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Corporation · Alex Stern Family Foundation · Dakota Medical Foundation · The Barry Foundation · Impact Foundation · Midcontinent Foundation · Offutt Family Foundation · Sanford Group Return · Otto Bremer Trust · Dakota Medical Charities · Fred M Hector Jr Charitable Trust

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 Brandt Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Brandt 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
    4report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Brandt Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Brandt Family Foundation 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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