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Brautigam Kaplan Ostergaard 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.

$394k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Arts & Culture$2.7MEducation$130kFood & Nutrition$45kHealth$32kHuman Services$16kRecreation & Sports$13kAnimals$1kEmployment$210Other$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $125k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$15,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SANTA FE OPERA$250,000
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION$25,025
SAN FRANCISCO BALLET$25,000
PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM$25,000
PILCHUCK GLASS SCHOOL$25,000
PALM SPRINGS CULTURAL CENTER$15,000
FIND FOOD BANK$10,000
YUCCA VALLEY MATERIAL LAB$8,100
SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL$5,000
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY$5,000
FELINE & FRIENDS NM$500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–17, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Well in the Desert: $500 → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.9M · 17 repeat orgs$30k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +32% since the first grant, against -37% for the ones you funded once.

17 repeat relationships — 10 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
8

Total granted

$2.9M
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
-37%

Still filing today

76%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthAnimalsFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TS
    THE SANTA FE OPERA
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +53%
  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION
    8× · 2018–2025 · $535k · revenue +30%
  • MO
    MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION
    5× · 2019–2023 · $100k · revenue +58%

Funded once

  • CV
    COACHELLA VALLEY REPERTORY
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue -1%
  • JF
    Jewish Family Services
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $5k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
2
California Institute of Contemporary Art
3
Museum Associates

To serve the public through the collection, conservation, exhibition and interpretation of significant works of art from a broad range of cultures and historical periods, and through translation of these collections into meaningful…

Arts & Culture
4
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

The museum of contemporary art san diego invites all audiences to experience our world, our region, and ourselves through the prism of contemporary art.

Arts & Culture
5
Phoenix Art Museum

Phoenix art museum creates spaces of exchange and belonging for all audiences through dynamic exhibitions, collections, and experiences with art. this mission is supported by seven strategic pillars:(continued on schedule o)1. be a space…

Arts & Culture
6
San Jose Museum of Art Association

Nurture empathy and connection by engaging communities with socially relevant contemporary art

Arts & Culture
7
Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block Inc

The tucson museum of art and historic block connects art to life through meaningful and engaging experiences that inspire discovery, spark creativity, and promote cultural understanding.

Arts & Culture
8
Clyfford Still Museum

Home to the art and legacy of the american painter clyfford still, we invite all to explore the potential of individual creative endeavor.

Arts & Culture
9
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…

Arts & Culture
10
Kimbell Art Foundation
Arts & Culture
11
Ballet Arts Foundation

Ballet tucson is dedicated to bringing iconic, world-class dance performances and rising star artists to tucson and to sharing explorative experiences that inspire hope and excitement in our community.

Arts & Culture
12
Santa Fe Botanical Garden

The santa fe botanical garden celebrates, cultivates and conserves the rich botanical heritage and biodiversity of our region. in partnership with nature, we demonstrate our commitment through education, science, conservation, community…

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Ltd and the most unlike its peers is Dap Health 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

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 26 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE SANTA FE OPERA — $1,185,000 · Arts & CultureTHE SANTA FE OPERASAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION — $535,000 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATIONPILCHUCK GLASS SCHOOL — $180,000 · Arts & CulturePILCHUCK GLASS SCHOOLMUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION — $100,000 · Arts & CulturePALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM — $79,500 · Arts & Culture+4 more — $73,600 · Arts & CulturePALM SPRINGS DESERT MUSEUM — $510,250 · OtherPALM SPRINGS DESERT MUS…UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN — $70,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN+8 more — $40,960 · Other+8 moreUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION — $60,025 · EducationPalm Springs Cultural Center — $30,000 · EducationFOOD IN NEED OF DISTRIBUTION INC — $35,000 · Food & NutritionDAP Health Inc — $31,500 · HealthCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $12,500 · Recreation & SportsFELINES & FRIENDS NEW MEXICO — $1,000 · AnimalsTHE WELL IN THE DESERT INC — $500 · Human Services
Arts & Culture$2,153,100Other$621,210Education$90,025Food & Nutrition$35,000Health$31,500Recreation & Sports$12,500Animals$1,000Human Services$500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE SANTA FE OPERA — $1,185,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION — $535,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetPILCHUCK GLASS SCHOOL — $180,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM — $79,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION — $60,025 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCROCKER ART MUSEUM ASSOCIATION — $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD IN NEED OF DISTRIBUTION INC — $35,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDAP Health Inc — $31,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPalm Springs Cultural Center — $30,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL LTD — $25,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOACHELLA VALLEY REPERTORY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFELINES & FRIENDS NEW MEXICO — $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE SANTA FE OPERA
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION
  • Who funds PILCHUCK GLASS SCHOOL
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION
  • Who funds PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION
  • Who funds CROCKER ART MUSEUM ASSOCIATION
  • Who funds FOOD IN NEED OF DISTRIBUTION INC
  • Who funds DAP Health Inc
  • Who funds Palm Springs Cultural Center
  • Who funds SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL LTD
  • Who funds CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC
  • Who funds COACHELLA VALLEY REPERTORY
  • Who funds YUCCA VALLEY MATERIAL LAB
  • Who funds FELINES & FRIENDS NEW MEXICO
  • Who funds THE WELL IN THE DESERT INC
  • Who funds Tacoma Art Museum

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN10.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Brautigam Kaplan Ostergaard Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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202122232425
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your 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
    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 · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 26 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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