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Breen Family 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.

$18k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Human Services$63kHealth$27kEducation$8kPhilanthropy$6kAnimals$5kReligion$5kPublic Benefit$2kCivil Rights$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$450k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Gary Sinise Foundation$4,000
Brightfocus Foundation$2,500
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION$2,000
Shriners Hospitals For Children$2,000
Mercy Chefs$2,000
Travis Mills Foundation$2,000
Turning Point USA$1,000
LEGRANDMISSION NFP INC$1,000
Michiana Humane Society$1,000
Individual grant recipient$500
All Seated in A Barn$100
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 70% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Wounded Warrior Project: $1k → 13%Wounded Warrior Project: $2k → 14%ALMOST HOME KIDS: $2k → 7%Mercy Chefs Inc: $4k → 20%American Red Cross: $1k → 14%Almost Home Kids: $2k → 7%Mercy Chefs Inc: $3k → 20%Almost Home Kids: $1k → 7%Mercy Chefs: $2k → 20%Almost Home Kids: $1k → 7%Mercy Chefs Inc: $2k → 20%Mercy Chefs Inc: $1k → 20%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
HI
FL
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$99k · 18 repeat orgs$23k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +64% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
19

Total granted

$99k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
+27%

Still filing today

83%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyAnimalsEducationPublic BenefitOther
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

  • GARY SINISE FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2025 · $25k · revenue +126%
  • TRAVIS MILLS FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2025 · $18k · revenue +78%
  • MC
    MERCY CHEFS INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $11k · revenue +147%

Funded once

  • 3D
    30 Day Fund Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
  • WK
    Western Kentucky Reflief Fund
    one grant, 2021 · $2k
  • OH
    OSF Healthcare Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +33%
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
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
2
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
3
University of Florida Health Corporation

UF Health's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic,…

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4
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
5
Cook Children's Medical Center

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Health
6
University Health Inc

Primary functions are the coordination and delivery of health care resources and services, health care education for the hospital service area, long range analysis of health care needs and development of programs, and arranging for…

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7
Cook Children's Health Plan

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease, and injury.

Health
8
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
9
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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10
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
11
Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation Inc

Provide pediatric and subspecialty surgical, research, and educational services.

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12
Good Samaritan Foundation

Partnering for healing and a healthy future through philanthropy.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fisher House Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Brightfocus Foundation. 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

29 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. 29 of the 39 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
21/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $24,894 · PhilanthropyGARY SINISE FOUNDATIONJames Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association: $2,000 · PhilanthropyJames Whitcomb Riley Memo…VOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyMichiana Humane Society: $4,290 · OtherMichiana Humane SocietyFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · OtherFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION …30 Day Fund Inc: $2,500 · Other30 Day Fund IncWestern Kentucky Reflief Fund: $2,000 · OtherWestern Kentucky Reflief…TURNING POINT USA INC: $1,750 · OtherTURNING POINT USA INCIndividual grant recipient: $1,600 · OtherIndividual grant recipie…RILEY CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $1,500 · OtherRILEY CHILDREN'S FOUNDAT…Fisher Family House Foundation: $1,500 · OtherFisher Family House Foun…THE BLEXIT FOUNDATION INC: $1,300 · OtherKENT STATE UNIVERSITY: $1,050 · OtherCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF COOK COUNTY: $1,000 · OtherKentucky Chamber Foundation Inc: $1,000 · Other+8 more: $2,631 · Other+8 moreMERCY CHEFS INC: $10,584 · Human ServicesMERCY CHEFS INCAlmost Home Kids: $6,000 · Human ServicesAlmost Home KidsWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PR…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 · Human ServicesBRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION: $4,500 · HealthBRIGHTFOCUS FOUND…Children's Hospital Colorado Health System: $4,000 · HealthChildren's Hospit…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,520 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'…SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $2,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITAL…OSF Healthcare Foundation: $2,000 · HealthOSF Healthcare Fo…Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $1,515 · HealthAnn & Robert H Lu…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthTRAVIS MILLS FOUNDATION: $18,282 · Public BenefitTRAVIS MILLS FOU…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $4,500 · EducationCOUNCIL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENT: $2,000 · EducationLEGRANDMISSION NFP INC: $4,015 · Religion
Philanthropy$27,894Other$26,121Human Services$20,084Health$19,035Public Benefit$18,282Education$6,500Religion$4,015

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $24,894 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTRAVIS MILLS FOUNDATION: $18,282 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMERCY CHEFS INC: $10,584 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAlmost Home Kids: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEGRANDMISSION NFP INC: $4,015 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Health System: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,520 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENT: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOSF Healthcare Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJames Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $1,515 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BLEXIT FOUNDATION INC: $1,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF COOK COUNTY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKentucky Chamber Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUR RESCUE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALL SEATED IN A BARN: $309 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF THE MAHONING VALLEY: $104 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN WILD HORSE PRESERVATION CAMPAIGN: $103 over 1y, 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.

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.

Baird Foundation IncJpmorgan Chase Founda…AbbVie FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…Charities Aid Foundat…The Pfizer Foundation…American Endowment Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…
Baird Foundation IncWI14.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baird Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Breen Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Breen Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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 · 0–30%
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.

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 39 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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