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Bredefeld Family 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.

$84k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20212025.

Animals$227kEducation$59kPublic Benefit$40kInternational$38kReligion$33kHealth$26kRecreation & Sports$25kHuman Services$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $70k
$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$30k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TURNING POINT USA$40,000
BICHON RESCUE BRIGADE$20,100
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$10,000
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY$5,000
GHETO RESCUE FUND$2,500
COMMUNITY ACCESS$1,000
GOOD NEWS HOMES INC$1,000
MUTTVILLE$1,000
BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOC$1,000
HARVEST MINISTRIES$1,000
FREEDOM DOGS$1,000
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 (FY21–25, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FREEDOM DOGS: $1k → 11%KIRKLAND FOUNDATION: $5k → 19%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $1k → 14%CENTER FOR GREAT EXPECTATIONS: $1k → 5%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
NJ
CA
CO
AZ
TN
NC
DC
OK
TX
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.

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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$340k · 13 repeat orgs$129k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +10% since the first grant, against +3% for the ones you funded once.

13 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
17

Total granted

$340k
$85k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+3%

Still filing today

69%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEducationHuman ServicesHealthReligionFood & 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

  • BR
    BICHON RESCUE BRIGADE
    5× · 2021–2025 · $124k · revenue +142% · 30% of their budget
  • PU
    PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2021–2024 · $35k · revenue +4%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    3× · 2021–2024 · $28k · revenue +83%

Funded once

  • ER
    Eastwood Ranch Foundation
    one grant, 2024 · $15k · revenue 0%
  • TJ
    THE JAMES STOREHOUSE INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • RT
    RESCUE TAILZ
    one grant, 2024 · $10k

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
Canine Estates Inc
Animals
2
Florida Pointer Rescue Inc

Rescue pointer dogs and treat back to health and f

Animals
3
The Adoptable Dog
Animals
4
Blue Waters Dog Rescue

We are a non-profit organization dedicated to helping animals in need. Our focus is on rescuing and rehabilitating animals. We provide the full curriculum of care for each dog rescued, This includes: shelter, food, spaying & neutering,…

Animals
5
Their Lives Matter

Dog rescue and care nurturing finding a home

Animals
6
Bull Terrier Rescue Mission

The Bull Terrier Rescue Mission (aka BTRM) is an organization of like-minded volunteers committed to protecting the health and welfare of Bull Terriers in need of homes. It extracts them from their unfortunate circumstances, and gives them…

Animals
7
Lovebugs Rescue

Lovebugs rescue is a foster-based animal rescue located in southern california. we began our mission in october 2010 and focus on rescuing dogs from high kill shelters and neglect. we rescue all breeds and all ages. we provide all medical…

Animals
8
Top Dog Foundation Inc
9
Argos a Shelter Dog Rescue

The purpose of argos, a shelter dog rescue is: to rescue animals from situations that are abusive, endangering, or neglectful. to rescue animals in danger of being euthanized in new mexico shelters/pounds. to provide necessary veterinary…

Animals
10
California Animal Rescue and Education Sanctuary Inc

C.A.R.E.S.MISSION STATEMENT*Rescue, foster and find good homes for abandoned and homeless domestic and farm animals.*Spay/neuter abandoned and homeless cats and dogs, as well as help low income families with same.*Conduct TNR+ programs to…

11
War Angel Farms Rescue and Rehabilitation Inc
Animals
12
Paws Need People

Paws need people strive to rescue pets from shelters and provide a place they can stay until they are adopted. they provide pets to veterans through its therapy pet program.

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Access Inc and the most unlike its peers is Harvest Ministries 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 backsteadyCancer Support OrganizationsAnimal Rescue and AdoptionChristian Missionary Organi…Substance Abuse TreatmentDevelopmental Disabilities …Veteran Support ServicesFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…
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 17 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%8%<5yr15%12%5–10yr20%44%10–20yr17%8%20–35yr11%20%35–55yr13%8%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%12%<5yr15%2%5–10yr20%59%10–20yr17%5%20–35yr11%10%35–55yr13%13%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 8% of your grantees by number, and just 12% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/25
the rest of the field
14%
26,003/186,953

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.

04the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 20172026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 34 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)
22/22
Grantees still filing
11/22
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

TURNING POINT USA INC — $40,000 · OtherTURNING POINT USA INCFRESNO FURRY FRIENDS — $35,000 · OtherFRESNO FURRY FRIENDSOUR LADY OF MALIBU — $28,500 · OtherOUR LADY OF MALIBUBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY — $25,000 · OtherBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETYTHE JAMES STOREHOUSE INCORPORATED — $10,000 · OtherTHE JAMES STOREHOUSE INCORPORATEDRESCUE TAILZ — $10,000 · OtherRESCUE TAILZ+9 more — $31,030 · Other+9 moreBICHON RESCUE BRIGADE — $124,300 · AnimalsBICHON RESCUE BRIGADEEastwood Ranch Foundation — $15,000 · AnimalsEastwood Ranch FoundationPAWS OF WAR INC — $12,500 · AnimalsPAWS OF WAR INCMUTTVILLE — $11,000 · AnimalsMUTTVILLE+1 more — $5,000 · AnimalsPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY — $35,000 · EducationPEPPERDINE UNIV…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $18,500 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER …JACK BREWER FOUNDATION — $5,000 · EducationJACK BREWER FOU…FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION — $5,000 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR …SAMARITAN'S PURSE — $27,500 · ReligionHarvest Ministries Inc — $2,000 · ReligionST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $15,000 · HealthGOOD NEWS HOME INC — $3,500 · HealthCOMMUNITY ACCESS INC — $1,000 · HealthKIRKLAND FOUNDATION — $5,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL — $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE CENTER FOR GREAT EXPECTATIONS INC — $1,000 · Human ServicesFREEDOM DOGS — $1,000 · Human ServicesNAVARRO FARM INC — $1,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$179,530Animals$167,800Education$63,500Religion$29,500Health$19,500Human Services$8,000Food & Nutrition$1,000

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 budgetBICHON RESCUE BRIGADE — $124,300 over 5y, 30% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC — $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY — $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $27,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $18,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEastwood Ranch Foundation — $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPAWS OF WAR INC — $12,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMUTTVILLE — $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JAMES STOREHOUSE INCORPORATED — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJACK BREWER FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetKIRKLAND FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGhetto Rescue FFoundation — $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetABANDONED TERRIER RESCUE ASSOCIATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetGOOD NEWS HOME INC — $3,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHarvest Ministries Inc — $2,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACCESS INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAVARRO FARM INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR GREAT EXPECTATIONS INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM DOGS — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Bredefeld Family 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 or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 54%
  • Good News Home Inc54% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.

05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Bredefeld Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Bredefeld Family 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 34 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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