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Brandt Foundation Inc

THE FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO COMMUNITIES, FARMS AND FAMILIES WHERE AGRICULTURE IS A VITAL PART OF LIFE.

$142k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$22k
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, FY2021 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$165kEducation$158kPublic Safety & Disaster$103kHousing & Shelter$32kArts & Culture$25kAnimals$22kHuman Services$18kRecreation & Sports$16kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $49k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $93k
$7,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$234k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HUMANE SOCIETY OF TAMPA BAY$21,585
METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES$21,585
LLCC FOUNDATION$20,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION$10,000
PROGRESSIVE AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION$10,000
TAMPA METROPOLITAN AREA YMCA$7,500
Individual grant recipient$7,500
KUMLER UMC OUTREACH MINISTRIES$5,000
ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST CATHOLIC CHURCH$5,000
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FOOD BANK$5,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF LIVINGSTON COUNTY$5,000
THE KIND MOUSE PRODUCTIONS INC$5,000
WASHINGTON STREET MISSION$5,000
ILLINOIS FFA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION$2,500
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:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $147k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%THE AMERICAN RED CROSS: $103k → 14%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $22k → 13%TAMPA METROPOLITAN AREA YMCA: $8k → 13%UNITED FOOD BANK AND SERVICES OF PLANT CITY INC: $10k → 13%UNITED FOOD BANK AND SERVICES OF PLANT CITY INC: $5k → 13%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.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 12% of Brandt Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Brandt Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 10% 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.

37%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$204k · 8 repeat orgs$349k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
16

Total granted

$204k
$260k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+23%

Still filing today

63%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $88k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementEducationOther
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

  • University of Illinois Foundation
    3× · 2021–2024 · $40k · revenue +57%
  • CC
    CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FOOD BANK
    3× · 2021–2024 · $30k · revenue +92%
  • TK
    The Kind Mouse Productions Inc
    2× · 2022–2024 · $10k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    one grant, 2022 · $103k · revenue +23%
  • IA
    ILLINOIS AMISH HERITAGE CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • Feeding America
    one grant, 2021 · $21k · revenue +23%
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
Us Farming and Ranching Foundation

MISSION: bring all of American agriculture together, with farmers and ranchers at the center, to collectively identify and tackle critical, long-term issues. We collaborate, communicate, educate, advocate and utilize science to advance the…

Food & Nutrition
2
Feeding Illinois

Feeding illinois is a coalition of eight feeding america food banks that provide food to over 2,400 food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters that feed nearly 1.4 million residents across the entire state of illinois.

Food & Nutrition
3
The Food Bank for Larimer County

To provide food to all in need through community partnerships and hunger relief programs. Our vision is a hunger-free Larimer County.

Food & Nutrition
4
Food Bank of Eastern Michigan

The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan's mission is to be the Food Source for people in need. Partnering with organizations to feed the hungry, we advocate and build a community solution to a community problem. By leveraging an abundance of…

Food & Nutrition
5
The Maryland Food Bank Inc

The maryland food bank is a nonprofit hunger-relief organization dedicated to feeding people, strengthening communities, and ending hunger for more marylanders.

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6
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc

To end hunger and transform the health of our community by providing nourishment to those in need by acquiring and distributing safe nutritious food via local agencies and by providing education to solve hunger and nutritional problems in…

Food & Nutrition
7
Us Farmers and Ranchers Alliance

MISSION: bring all of American agriculture together, with farmers and ranchers at the center, to collectively identify and tackle critical, long-term issues. We collaborate, communicate, educate, advocate and utilize science to advance the…

Community Improvement
8
Illinois Agricultural Association

To improve the economic well-being of agriculture and enrich the quality of farm family life by educating and disseminating agricultural information to members and others in such areas as finance, economics and governmental policy.

—
9
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
10
Illinois Association of Future Farmers of America

FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success, developing a competent and assertive agricultural leadership, increasing the awareness of…

Youth Development
11
Idaho Foodbank Warehouse

To help feed, educate and advocate for Idaho's hungry through collaborative partnerships to develop efficient solutions that strengthen individuals, families, and communities.

Food & Nutrition
12
Northern Illinois Food Bank

With the support of our community, we provide over 90 million meals annually through our network of over 900 member food pantries and programs across thirteen counties, currently reaching over a half million individuals each month with…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Food Bank & Services of Plant City Inc; the most unlike its peers is Illinois Ffa Alumni Association. 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

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 34 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LLCC Foundation: $60,000 · OtherLLCC FoundationILLINOIS AMISH HERITAGE CENTER: $25,000 · OtherILLINOIS AMISH HERITAGE CENTERILLINOIS 4-H FOUNDATION: $18,000 · OtherILLINOIS 4-H FOUNDATIONIAA Foundation: $15,000 · OtherIAA FoundationIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherPORTA COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherIFYE Association of the USA Inc: $10,000 · OtherCenter for Land-Based Learning: $10,000 · OtherMercy Communities Inc: $10,000 · OtherThe Kind Mouse Productions Inc: $10,000 · Other+12 more: $64,188 · Other+12 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $102,701 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross &…METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $21,585 · Human ServicesMETROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INCUNITED FOOD BANK & SERVICES OF PLANT CITY INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesUNITED FOOD BANK & SERVICES O…TAMPA METROPOLITAN AREA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesCENTRAL CALIFORNIA FOOD BANK: $30,000 · Food & NutritionCENTRAL CAL…Feeding America: $21,449 · Food & NutritionFeeding Ame…Illinois FFA Alumni Association: $5,500 · Food & NutritionIllinois FF…University of Illinois Foundation: $40,000 · EducationPROGRESSIVE AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION: $37,500 · Youth DevelopmentIllinois Foundation Future Farmers of America: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentHumane Society of Tampa Bay Inc: $21,585 · AnimalsLINCOLN LAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Philanthropy
Other$242,188Human Services$146,786Food & Nutrition$56,949Education$40,000Youth Development$40,000Animals$21,585Philanthropy$20,000

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 budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $102,701 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPROGRESSIVE AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION: $37,500 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetCENTRAL CALIFORNIA FOOD BANK: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $21,585 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHumane Society of Tampa Bay Inc: $21,585 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America: $21,449 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN LAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUNITED FOOD BANK & SERVICES OF PLANT CITY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetIAA Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCenter for Land-Based Learning: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMercy Communities Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetThe Kind Mouse Productions Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTAMPA METROPOLITAN AREA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAbundant Life Ranch Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetIllinois FFA Alumni Association: $5,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetMARINDA T OBEIRNE CRISIS NURSERY: $5,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF LIVINGSTON COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIllinois Foundation Future Farmers of America: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Levi Ray & Shoup Foun…The Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Levi Ray & Shoup FoundationIL13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Levi Ray & Shoup Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Tampa Metropolitan Area Young Men's Christian Association Inc: 4% of income from government
  • The Kind Mouse Productions Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Metropolitan Ministries Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 Brandt Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Brandt 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 34 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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where grant money is based, and what stays home