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Bray Family Foundation Robert Bray Esq

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$500
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$49kHuman Services$38kEducation$37kRecreation & Sports$26kFood & Nutrition$16kPhilanthropy$16kArts & Culture$13kReligion$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
2
States reached
$685k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CRADLES TO CRAYONS$500
PEACE AND SHAKE$500
ST VINCENT DE PAUL CHURCH$500
ST ANDREWS EPICOSOPAL CHURCH$500
WHYY$250
FORGOTTEN CATS INC$250
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 (FY17–25, $54k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 42% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 7%QUEST THERAPEUTIC SERVICES: $1k → 6%SILVER SPRINGS MARTIN LUTHER SCHOOL: $3k → 7%FACE TO FACE: $4k → 22%SILVER SPRINGS MARIN LUTHER SCHOOL: $3k → 7%SILVER SPRINGS MARTIN LUTHER SCHOOL: $3k → 7%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $4k → 22%GEMMA SERVICES: $3k → 7%FACE TO FACE: $3k → 22%GEMMA SERVICES: $2k → 7%FACE TO FACE: $3k → 22%SILVER SPRINGS MARTIN LUTHER SCHOOL: $2k → 7%DAWNS PLACE: $3k → 22%SHANES KINDNESS: $1k → 7%FACE TO FACE: $2k → 22%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $1k → 22%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $1k → 22%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $1k → 22%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $500 → 22%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $500 → 22%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $500 → 22%MATTIE DIXON COMMUNITY CUPBOARD: $3k → 7%MATTIE N DIXON COMMUNITY CUPBOARD: $3k → 7%TODAY IS A GOOD DAY: $5k → 7%TODAY IS A GOOD DAY: $3k → 7%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.

56%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$132k · 21 repeat orgs$105k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
52

Total granted

$132k
$104k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+21%

Still filing today

71%
21%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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
Human ServicesEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureHealthAnimalsOther
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

  • GS
    Gemma Services
    6× · 2017–2023 · $16k · revenue +101%
  • FT
    FACE TO FACE INC
    4× · 2018–2023 · $12k · revenue +70%
  • AF
    ANGEL FLIGHT EAST
    4× · 2017–2021 · $11k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • KH
    KEYSTONE HOSPICE
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
  • BW
    Birthday Wishes Inc
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +8%
  • NF
    NIGHTLIFE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $4k
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
Philhaven

Philhaven promotes hope, healing and wholeness through the provision of behavioral resources.

Health
2
Women Against Abuse Inc

The mission of women against abuse is to provide quality, compassionate, and nonjudgmental services in a manner that fosters self-respect and independence in persons experiencing intimate partner violence and to lead the struggle to end…

Human Services
3
The Children's Home of Pittsburgh

The children's home of pittsburgh, established in 1893, is an independent, non-profit licensed organization whose purpose is to promote the health and well-being of infants and children through services which establish and strengthen the…

Health
4
Ch Pennsylvania Under - 21

Our mission is to serve children and youth facing homelessness and human trafficking, and to protect and safeguard all children. we provide trauma-informed interventions for youth who are in need.covenant house pennsylvania (chpa) remains…

Housing & Shelter
5
Family Service Association of Bucks County

Mission: we listen, care and help. every day. vision: a community where anyone can achieve their full potential. programs: our services treat mental health issues; reduce substance use; shelter, feed, educate and seek permanent housing for…

Human Services
6
The Children's Institute Parent Company

To heal. to teach. to empower. to amaze.

Education
7
Melmark Inc

Melmark is a human services provider with premier private special education schools, professional development, training, and research centers. melmark is committed to enhancing the lives of individuals within diverse communities with…

Human Services
8
Peace Place

The mission of peace place is to give hope and respite to families with children who have medical and/or diverse, specialized needs. peace place offers skilled, purposeful childcare in an inclusive setting, caregiver support, and education…

Human Services
9
The Breathing Room Foundation Inc

The foundation is organized to provide aid and support to individuals and families suffering from the consequences of living with cancer.

Philanthropy
10
Bethanna

Bethanna is a christian non-profit social service organization providing services to children and families in philadelphia, southeastern and central pennsylvania. founded as a bible and missionary organization, bethanna whose name means…

Human Services
11
Elwyn of Pennsylvania and Delaware

Elwyn makes life better for people with developmental and behavioral health challenges.

Human Services
12
The Children's Institute of Pittsburgh

To heal. to teach. to empower. to amaze.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cradles to Crayons Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bux-Mont Meals On Wheels 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

27 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. 27 of the 74 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
20/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KEYSTONE HOSPICE: $25,000 · OtherKEYSTONE HOSPICECAMP RAINBOW INC: $10,000 · OtherCAMP RAINBOW INCPEACE & SHAKE: $8,000 · OtherPEACE & SHAKEIndividual grant recipient: $7,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPegasus Therapeutic Riding Academy Inc: $5,500 · Other+50 more: $72,900 · Other+50 moreGemma Services: $15,500 · Human ServicesGemma ServicesFACE TO FACE INC: $12,100 · Human ServicesFACE TO FACE INCCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $8,000 · Human ServicesCRADLES TO CRAYONS INCTODAY IS A GOOD DAY: $7,500 · Human ServicesTODAY IS A GOOD DAYMATTIE N DIXON COMMUNITY CUPBOARD INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesMATTIE N DIXON COMMUNITY …DAWN'S PLACE: $2,500 · Human Services+2 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesBrave Hearts for Strong Minds: $5,500 · EducationLA SALLE ACADEMY: $5,000 · EducationBREAKTHROUGH OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $3,000 · EducationSETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA: $9,500 · Arts & CultureWHYY INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureHEALTH CARE ACCESS: $6,000 · HealthSIMON'S FUND: $6,000 · HealthANGEL FLIGHT EAST: $10,500 · Recreation & SportsBirthday Wishes Inc: $5,000 · PhilanthropySPEAKUP: $1,000 · PhilanthropySNEAKERS FOR SOLDIERS INC: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Other$128,400Human Services$53,600Education$13,500Arts & Culture$12,000Health$12,000Recreation & Sports$10,500Philanthropy$7,000

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 budgetGemma Services: $15,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFACE TO FACE INC: $12,100 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetANGEL FLIGHT EAST: $10,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCAMP RAINBOW INC: $10,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetSETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $8,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTODAY IS A GOOD DAY: $7,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetHEALTH CARE ACCESS: $6,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSIMON'S FUND: $6,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBrave Hearts for Strong Minds: $5,500 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetPegasus Therapeutic Riding Academy Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLA SALLE ACADEMY: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWhy Not Prosper Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $3,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSHAMROCK REINS: $3,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetSHARE FOOD PROGRAM: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHYY INC: $2,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDAWN'S PLACE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSPEAKUP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBUX-MONT MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetQUEST THERAPEUTIC SERVICES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSNEAKERS FOR SOLDIERS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFORGOTTEN CATS INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds Gemma Services ↗
  • Who funds FACE TO FACE INC ↗
  • Who funds ANGEL FLIGHT EAST ↗
  • Who funds CAMP RAINBOW INC ↗
  • Who funds SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC ↗
  • Who funds TODAY IS A GOOD DAY ↗
  • Who funds HEALTH CARE ACCESS ↗
  • Who funds SIMON'S FUND ↗
  • Who funds MATTIE N DIXON COMMUNITY CUPBOARD INC ↗
  • Who funds Brave Hearts for Strong Minds ↗
  • Who funds Pegasus Therapeutic Riding Academy Inc ↗
  • Who funds LA SALLE ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds Birthday Wishes Inc ↗
  • Who funds Why Not Prosper Inc ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds SHAMROCK REINS ↗
  • Who funds SHARE FOOD PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds WHYY INC ↗
  • Who funds DAWN'S PLACE ↗

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.

The Philadelphia Foun…Connelly FoundationUnited Way of Greater…The Gordon Charter Fo…Wsfs Cares FoundationThe Cedarcrest Charit…The Pfizer Foundation…Jaymar FoundationSteven and Ilene Berm…Genuardi Family Found…Phillies Charities IncThe Cigna Group Found…
The Philadelphia FoundationPA24.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · Connelly Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The Gordon Charter Foundation · Wsfs Cares Foundation · The Cedarcrest Charitable Foundation Aka Blbb Charitable · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Jaymar Foundation · Steven and Ilene Berman Family Foundation Inc · Genuardi Family Foundation · Phillies Charities Inc · The Cigna Group 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 Bray Family Foundation Robert Bray Esq funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bray Family Foundation Robert Bray Esq. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Forgotten Cats Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report 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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Find your warmest path to Bray Family Foundation Robert Bray Esq 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 74 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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