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Braver 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.

$7k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Health$16kEducation$11kReligion$9kArts & Culture$6kHousing & Shelter$5kRecreation & Sports$3kHuman Services$2kPhilanthropy$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$6,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$32k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND$6,000
GENERATION SOS$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 (FY17–19, $520) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HDS FOUNDATION: $120 → 13%MORSELIFE FOUNDATION: $150 → 11%YWCA GREENWICH: $250 → 9%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.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
NY
OH
NJ
CT
MO
KY
VA
MD
DC
GA
FL

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.

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Where the work is directed

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

About 100% of Braver Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another. Read by recipient address, 51% of the giving stays in CT; read by stated purpose it is 0% — less of the work is directed home than the recipients' locations suggest.

Braver Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address

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 foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

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.

34%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$19k · 12 repeat orgs$37k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
27

Total granted

$19k
$37k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
+12%

Still filing today

67%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesAnimalsEducationPhilanthropyOther

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

  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC
    3× · 2017–2025 · $13k · revenue +26%
  • AH
    AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION
    4× · 2017–2020 · $1k · revenue +120%
  • SV
    SOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $600 · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • HW
    HOMES WITH HOPE
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +8%
  • FC
    FAIRFIELD COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL CORPORATION
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +13%
  • HS
    HACKLEY SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +43%

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.

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University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
3
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
4
Air & Space Forces Association

The air & space forces association (afa) is a nonprofit, independent, professional military, and aerospace education association. the association's mission is to promote dominant u.s. air and space forces as the foundation of a strong…

Education
5
Jewelers of America Inc

Jewelers of america, the most trusted and influential voice of the jewelry industry, empowers and unites its members through expert guidance and advocacy, driving excellence, integrity, and success in an ever-changing marketplace.

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6
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
University of Hartford

Dedicated to learning, personal growth, knowledge creation, and the betterment of society. the university engages students in aquiring the knowledge, skills, and values necessary to thrive in and contribute to a pluralistic, complex world.

Education
8
Jfk Medical Associates Pa

Jfk medical associates, p.a. is committed to excellence in providing quality and compassionate healthcare services to diverse communities.

Health
9
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Hackensack Specialty Care Associates Pc

To serve as the physician services component of a tax-exempt healthcare delivery network and to thereby promote, support & further the charitable purposes, programs & services of hmh hospitals corp.

Health
12
Humc Medical Observation Pa

To serve as the physician services component of a tax-exempt healthcare delivery network and to thereby promote, support & further the charitable purposes, programs & services of hmh hospitals corp.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc and the most unlike its peers is Lois Pope Life Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyPregnancy Support ServicesHomeless Services & ShelterClassical Music EnsemblesLand Conservation Organizat…Cancer Support OrganizationsJewish Community FederationsFaith-Based Senior LivingElementary Literacy TutoringVeteran Support ServicesYouth Development CentersVolunteer Fire DepartmentsPublic Library SupportFallen First Responder Supp…Animal Rescue and AdoptionIndependent K-8 Schools
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 48 years old; the field is 21. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%0%<5yr12%3%5–10yr18%22%10–20yr18%9%20–35yr14%22%35–55yr20%44%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr12%3%5–10yr18%17%10–20yr18%3%20–35yr14%18%35–55yr20%59%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%1/34
the rest of the field
10%
2,154/22,411

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

05the grantee network

32 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 40 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/32
Grantees still filing
20/32
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

HOMES WITH HOPE — $5,000 · OtherHOMES WITH HOPETEMPLE SHOLOM — $4,593 · OtherTEMPLE SHOLOMCENTRAL SYNAGOGUE — $4,300 · OtherCENTRAL SYNAGOGUEPianofest Inc — $4,000 · OtherPianofest IncHACKLEY PARENT'S ASSOCIATION — $1,000 · Other+17 more — $3,940 · Other+17 morePLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC — $12,750 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLA…HACKLEY SCHOOL — $4,800 · HealthHACKLEY SCHOOLYoung Leadership Addiction Awareness Inc — $1,500 · HealthYoung Leadership Addiction Awareness Inc+4 more — $650 · HealthFAIRFIELD COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL CORPORATION — $5,000 · EducationFAIRFIELD C…THE GREENWICH LIBRARY — $500 · EducationTHE GREENWI…FRIENDS OF WESTPORT PARKS AND RECREATION INC — $2,500 · Community ImprovementTHE ELLEN P HERMANSON FOUNDATION — $1,000 · PhilanthropyLOIS POPE LIFE FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNAL FUND — $100 · PhilanthropyWHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION — $1,000 · Arts & CultureVIENNESE OPERA BALL — $500 · Arts & CultureTHE JEWISH MUSEUM — $150 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION — $1,100 · AnimalsSPCA INTERNATIONAL INC — $100 · Animals
Other$22,833Health$19,700Education$5,500Community Improvement$2,500Philanthropy$2,100Arts & Culture$1,650Animals$1,200

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC — $12,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOMES WITH HOPE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAIRFIELD COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL CORPORATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHACKLEY SCHOOL — $4,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPianofest Inc — $4,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF WESTPORT PARKS AND RECREATION INC — $2,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetYoung Leadership Addiction Awareness Inc — $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION — $1,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ELLEN P HERMANSON FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOIS POPE LIFE FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION INC — $600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVIENNESE OPERA BALL — $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE GREENWICH LIBRARY — $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRehabilitation Center for Children and Adults Inc — $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREENWICH — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYWCA GREENWICH CONNECTICUT INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWICH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INC — $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCos Cob Volunteer Fire Co #1 Inc — $200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEW Foundation Inc — $200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC — $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM — $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHDS FOUNDATION INC — $120 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPCA INTERNATIONAL INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNAL FUND — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDisabled American Veterans — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWICH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT LOAN FUND INC — $100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC — $50 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Jewish Communal FundJpmorgan Chase Founda…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY15.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 Braver Foundation Inc 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, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Homes With Hope — 28% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc — 10% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich — 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get 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 · 0–30%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 40 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.

Source object · view filing

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines