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Bremer 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.

$88k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
38
Grants FY2025
35
Organizations funded FY2024
14%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$200
Largest grant, FY2025
$75,000
Organizations funded a year
18 to 37
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
14
Total assets, FY2025
$1.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Bremer Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $700 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyAnimalsCivil RightsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving37$88k24%
FY202435$62k14%
FY202337$41k30%
FY202233$107k30%
FY202126$87k15%
FY202030$91k33%
FY201924$92k29%
FY201818$67k22%
97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$531kPhilanthropy$68kCivil Rights$54kEducation$27kArts & Culture$24kHealth$19kPublic Benefit$17kHousing & Shelter$12kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
SD
IA
IN
OH
NJ
CA
NE
MO
VA
DE
TN
DC
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 45 grantees
All grantees of Bremer Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Baker Senior Center Naples Inc$409,30082%
Marco Island Historical Society Inc$19,25051%
Judicial Watch Inc$8,70090%
Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc$6,50060%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$5,50050%
Mia Rays Squadron Inc$5,50030%
Marco Dementia Respite MDR Inc$5,20030%
Marco Island Academy a Public Charter High School$5,00010%
The Heritage Foundation$3,70080%
Federation for American Immigration Reform$1,40050%
Prager University Foundation$1,37550%
St Matthews House Inc$1,35050%
Co2 Coalition$1,25040%
Cato Institute$1,20040%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$1,19060%
The American Legion$1,10050%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$1,10070%
Charity Navigator$1,10060%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$1,05050%
Citizens Against Government Waste$1,00050%
Tin Can Sailors Inc$95080%
Blood Cancer United Inc$95060%
Avow Inc$90040%
Patty Baker Humane Society Naples Inc$80030%
Humane World for Animals Inc$65030%
American Diabetes Association$60020%
Marco Presbyterian Church$6001n/a
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$60030%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$50010%
Marine Corps Heritage Foundation$40020%
The James Madison Institute for Public Policy Studies Inc$40020%
Island Country Club Charitable Foundation$30010%
St Josephs Indian School$3002n/a
Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness$27420%
American Lung Association$25020%
Avow Foundation Inc$20010%
Mutts With a Mission$20020%
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow$20010%
David Horowitz Freedom Center$15010%
Arthritis Foundation Inc$13020%
Media Research Center$1001n/a
National Center for Public Policy Research$1001n/a
Intercollegiate Studies Institute Inc$10010%
Southeastern Legal Foundation Inc$10010%
Society of the Little Flower$301n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($206k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bremer Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBaker Senior Center Naples Inc: $409,300 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetMarco Island Historical Society Inc: $19,250 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $8,700 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHarry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc: $6,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $5,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMia Rays Squadron Inc: $5,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMarco Dementia Respite MDR Inc: $5,200 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMarco Island Academy a Public Charter High School: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $3,700 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFederation for American Immigration Reform: $1,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPrager University Foundation: $1,375 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSt Matthews House Inc: $1,350 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCo2 Coalition: $1,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCato Institute: $1,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $1,190 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Legion: $1,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $1,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $1,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetShriners Hospitals for Children: $1,050 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens Against Government Waste: $1,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTin Can Sailors Inc: $950 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $950 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAvow Inc: $900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPatty Baker Humane Society Naples Inc: $800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $650 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarine Corps Heritage Foundation: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe James Madison Institute for Public Policy Studies Inc: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIsland Country Club Charitable Foundation: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFoundation for Liberty and American Greatness: $274 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Lung Association: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAvow Foundation Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMutts With a Mission: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommittee for a Constructive Tomorrow: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDavid Horowitz Freedom Center: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArthritis Foundation Inc: $130 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIntercollegiate Studies Institute Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSoutheastern Legal Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 40.

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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.

Donors Trust IncVA19.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donors Trust Inc · Farrell Family Foundation · Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · Champagne Family Charitable Trust · Jean Family Foundation · Eric Javits Family Foundation · Garvey Kansas Foundation · The Sandra & Lawrence Post Family Foundation · Bailey Family Foundation Inc · Ken W Davis Foundation · Triad Foundation Inc

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.

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Find your warmest path to Bremer Family Foundation 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.

About Bremer Family Foundation

How much does Bremer Family Foundation give?
Bremer Family Foundation reported 38 grants totaling $88,335 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 37 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Bremer Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (69%), Philanthropy (9%), Civil Rights (7%).
Who are Bremer Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Baker Senior Center Naples Inc ($409k), Marco Island Historical Society Inc ($19k), Judicial Watch Inc ($9k).
Does Bremer Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Bremer Family Foundation 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 Bremer Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donors Trust Inc, Farrell Family Foundation, Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated.
Where is Bremer Family Foundation based?
Bremer Family Foundation is based in FL.

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 84 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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