Oregon · Private foundation
Brenden 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.
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $570,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $31M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Brenden Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500k 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 | 6 | $1.7M | 17% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $1.2M | 25% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $1.4M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $1.6M | 25% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $1.4M | 20% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $473k | 71% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $1.7M | 50% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $1.3M | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow Neurological Foundation | $2,600,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Silver Falls School District | $1,698,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Oregon Health & Science University Foundation | $1,200,000 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Oregon Foundation | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Children's Cancer Association | $890,000 | 8 | 4% |
| Santiam Memorial Hospital | $750,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Marion-Polk Food Share Inc | $575,124 | 6 | 1% |
| Willamette Regional Education | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Silverton Area Community Aid Inc | $360,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Military Warriors Support Foundation | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow Neurological Foundation | $2,600,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Silver Falls School District | $1,698,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Oregon Health & Science University Foundation | $1,200,000 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Oregon Foundation | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Children's Cancer Association | $890,000 | 8 | 4% |
| Santiam Memorial Hospital | $750,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Marion-Polk Food Share Inc | $575,124 | 6 | 1% |
| Willamette Regional Education | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Silverton Area Community Aid Inc | $360,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Military Warriors Support Foundation | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Doernbecher Children's Hospital Foundation | $160,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Harmony Hill of Union | $150,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Silver Creek Fellowship | $143,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Silver Fox Foundation Inc | $121,000 | 2 | 53% |
| Global Empowerment Mission Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Isaac's Room | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Gilbert House Children's Museum Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Melanoma Kills Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 37% |
| Abc House Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Family Building Blocks Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($700k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Brenden Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Salem Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · Maps Community Foundation · United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley · Salem Health · Juan Young Trust · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Ford Family Foundation · A J Frank Family Foundation · Ralph Hull Foundation · Freres Foundation · Marion-Polk Food Share Inc
How this is measured
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About Brenden Family Foundation
- How much does Brenden Family Foundation give?
- Brenden Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $1,690,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Brenden Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (57%), Education (28%), Food & Nutrition (8%).
- Who are Brenden Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Barrow Neurological Foundation ($2.6M), Silver Falls School District ($1.7M), Oregon Health & Science University Foundation ($1.2M).
- Does Brenden Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brenden 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 Brenden Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Salem Foundation, The Oregon Community Foundation, Maps Community Foundation.
- Where is Brenden Family Foundation based?
- Brenden Family Foundation is based in OR.
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