Connecticut · Private foundation
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 FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $32k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations Braver Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 83% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 17% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $7k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $3k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $7k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $500 | 25% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $3k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $3k | 77% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc | $12,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Fairfield Country Day School Corporation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Homes With Hope | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hackley School | $4,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Temple Sholom | $4,593 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Synagogue | $4,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Pianofest Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Westport Parks and Recreation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Young Leadership Addiction Awareness Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| American Humane Association | $1,100 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 33 grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($2k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Braver Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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
How this is measured
About Braver Foundation Inc
- How much does Braver Foundation Inc give?
- Braver Foundation Inc reported 2 grants totaling $6,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Braver Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (29%), Education (19%), Religion (16%).
- Who are Braver Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc ($13k), Fairfield Country Day School Corporation ($5k), Homes With Hope ($5k).
- Does Braver Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Braver Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Braver Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Braver Foundation Inc based?
- Braver Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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