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Brenden Mann Foundation Co Dorsey & Whitney

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$813k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
41
Grants FY2024
37
Organizations funded FY2023
19%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$7,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$250,000
Organizations funded a year
30 to 67
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$18M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 19% of the organizations Brenden Mann Foundation Co Dorsey & Whitney funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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
FY2024still arriving39$808k33%
FY202337$786k19%
FY202240$738k35%
FY202131$919k26%
FY202030$734k33%
FY201955$762k29%
FY201854$853k24%
FY201767$874kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$2.6MArts & Culture$897kHealth$852kYouth Development$392kPhilanthropy$366kRecreation & Sports$350kPublic Safety & Disaster$320kHuman Services$271kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
NV
OH
NJ
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
TN
SC
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 119 grantees
All grantees of Brenden Mann Foundation Co Dorsey & Whitney by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pepperdine University$2,293,30080%
Dr Miriam & Sheldon G Adelson Charitable Trust$206,460613%
Candlelighters for Childhood Cancer$183,00082%
Three Thirty Three Arts$171,200328%
Landmark School Inc$167,65050%
Variety Boys & Girls Club$166,00083%
Vegas Golden Knights Foundation Inc$154,00061%
Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation$133,38482%
Israeli-American Council$112,50060%
The Waldorf School of Orange County$89,94521%
Discovery Children's Museum$67,26040%
Chp 11-99 Foundation$65,00070%
Camping and Education Foundation$50,00051%
Rhonda Fleming Foundation$50,000450%
Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation$50,00050%
Nevada Ballet Theatre Inc$40,60060%
Opportunity Village Foundation$40,00070%
First Christian Church of H B$37,2002n/a
Aguilas Centro Familiar Cristiano$36,2003n/a
City of Rifle$35,0505n/a
The Animal Foundation$32,10070%
Aspen Film$30,00031%
Islamic Educational Center$29,0004n/a
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$27,50020%
Variety - the Childrens Charity of Southern Nevada$25,000146%
Options for Life Foundation$21,000514%
Contra Costa Family Justice Alliance$20,00040%
Augsburg University$20,00030%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Huntington Valley$20,00020%
One Drop Foundation Inc$18,50040%
Sheriff's Charities Inc$17,500735%
The Shade Tree Inc$17,00040%
Mount Olivet Rolling Acres Inc$16,45030%
Aspen Art Museum$16,00030%
Foundation for Recovery Inc$15,00021%
The Friendship Connection Foundation Inc$15,000310%
Contra Costa Midrasha$15,00032%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada$14,75040%
The Better Angels Society Inc$12,50010%
Rocky Mountain Womens Film Institute$12,50013%
Hope for Prisoners Inc$12,00020%
East Bay Golf Foundation$10,50061%
Behind the Blue$10,00011%
Anti-Defamation League$10,00020%
Blood Cancer United Inc$10,00020%
Bet Yossef Community Center of Las Vegas Inc$10,0002n/a
Childrens Crisis Center of Stanislaus County$10,00020%
Learning With a Difference Inc$10,00030%
Arts & Learning Corporation$10,00010%
Jewish Resource Center Chabad Of$10,0002n/a
City of Santa Ana$8,5001n/a
Sapphire Foundation for Prostate Cancer$8,20023%
Aspen Fire Protection District$8,0001n/a
Umc Foundation Inc$7,50010%
City of Concord$7,5002n/a
Greater Las Vegas Inner City Games$7,50030%
Mini Therapy Horses$7,50031%
City of Aspen$7,0002n/a
American Cinematheque$6,00010%
Bonneville Environmental Foundation$6,00010%
Developments in Literacy Inc$6,00030%
Youth Winter Sports Alliance$5,40010%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County Inc$5,00010%
Israel Media Ministries Inc$5,00013%
Zo's Bravehearts Foundation$5,00011%
Motion Picture Bookers Club Foundation$5,00013%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$5,00010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$5,00010%
Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us$5,00010%
Caring for Military Families the Elizabeth Dole Foundation$5,00010%
Hounds and Heroes Inc$5,0001n/a
University of Minnesota Foundation$5,00010%
Congregation Ner Tamid$5,0001n/a
St Catherine of Siena Church$5,0001n/a
Project 150$5,00010%
Foster Friday Foundation$5,000121%
Clark County School District$5,0001n/a
American Heart Association Inc$5,00010%
Los Angeles County Fire Department Foundation$5,00010%
Epilepsy Foundation of America$5,00010%
Todos Santos Business Association Arts Foundation Inc$5,00021%
Her Too$5,0001n/a
Yellowstone Womens First Step House Inc$5,00030%
Aoki Foundation$5,00011%
Afrikicks$5,0001n/a
The Smith Center for the Performing Arts$5,00010%
Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los Angel$5,0001n/a
St Lukes Orthodox Church$5,0001n/a
Best Friends Animal Society$5,00010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$3,21510%
Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada$3,00010%
Children of the Night$3,00030%
Stand for Families Free of Violence$2,50010%
Vegas Pet Rescue Project$2,50011%
Patrick Kelley Youth Foundation Inc$2,500111%
Harold Robinson Foundation$2,50010%
Bhfa Scholarship Fund Inc$2,500112%
American Cancer Society Inc$2,50010%
A Birthday Party Wish Inc$2,5001n/a
The Branson School$2,50010%
Fraser$2,50010%
For the Troops$2,50010%
Sorcerer Softball Club Inc$2,50011%
Los Angeles Lgbt Center$2,00010%
Poetry Promise Inc$2,0002n/a
First Help Inc$2,00010%
Henderson Cowboys Youth Football$2,00012%
Temple Knesset Israel$2,0001n/a
Las Vegas Children Foundation$2,0001n/a
Junior Achievement of Southern California Inc$2,00020%
American Diabetes Association$1,50010%
Heaven Can Wait Animal Society$1,50010%
Atmosphere Church Cv Inc$1,0001n/a
Pinecrest Academy of Nevada$1,00010%
California Storm of Sacramento$1,00012%
Malibu Foundation for Youth and Families$1,00010%
Raiders Foundation$1,00010%
Doral Academy of Nevada$50010%
Assistance League of Hemacinto$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Brenden Mann Foundation Co Dorsey & Whitney supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 96 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPepperdine University: $2,293,300 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetDr Miriam & Sheldon G Adelson Charitable Trust: $206,460 over 6y, 13% of budgetCandlelighters for Childhood Cancer: $183,000 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetThree Thirty Three Arts: $171,200 over 3y, 28% of budgetLandmark School Inc: $167,650 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetVariety Boys & Girls Club: $166,000 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetVegas Golden Knights Foundation Inc: $154,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetWill Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation: $133,384 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetIsraeli-American Council: $112,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetThe Waldorf School of Orange County: $89,945 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetDiscovery Children's Museum: $67,260 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetChp 11-99 Foundation: $65,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCamping and Education Foundation: $50,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetRhonda Fleming Foundation: $50,000 over 4y, 50% of budgetAspen Valley Hospital Foundation: $50,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNevada Ballet Theatre Inc: $40,600 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetOpportunity Village Foundation: $40,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Animal Foundation: $32,100 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAspen Film: $30,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetCystic Fibrosis Foundation: $27,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVariety - the Childrens Charity of Southern Nevada: $25,000 over 1y, 46% of budgetOptions for Life Foundation: $21,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetContra Costa Family Justice Alliance: $20,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAugsburg University: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Huntington Valley: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOne Drop Foundation Inc: $18,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSheriff's Charities Inc: $17,500 over 7y, 35% of budgetThe Shade Tree Inc: $17,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMount Olivet Rolling Acres Inc: $16,450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAspen Art Museum: $16,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFoundation for Recovery Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetThe Friendship Connection Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetContra Costa Midrasha: $15,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada: $14,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Better Angels Society Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRocky Mountain Womens Film Institute: $12,500 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetHope for Prisoners Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEast Bay Golf Foundation: $10,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetBehind the Blue: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildrens Crisis Center of Stanislaus County: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLearning With a Difference Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetArts & Learning Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSapphire Foundation for Prostate Cancer: $8,200 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetUmc Foundation Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGreater Las Vegas Inner City Games: $7,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMini Therapy Horses: $7,500 over 3y, 1.3% 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 96.

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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.

Wynn Resorts FoundationNV40.3× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wynn Resorts Foundation · Nevada Community Foundation Inc · Engelstad Family Foundation · United Way of Southern Nevada · Mgm Resorts Foundation · Vegas Golden Knights Foundation Inc · Windsong Trust · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · The Boyd Family Foundation · The Mel & Ruth Wolzinger Foundation · The Gordon Foundation · Raiders 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.

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About Brenden Mann Foundation Co Dorsey & Whitney

How much does Brenden Mann Foundation Co Dorsey & Whitney give?
Brenden Mann Foundation Co Dorsey & Whitney reported 41 grants totaling $813,070 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 67 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Brenden Mann Foundation Co Dorsey & Whitney fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (40%), Arts & Culture (14%), Health (13%).
Who are Brenden Mann Foundation Co Dorsey & Whitney's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Pepperdine University ($2.3M), Dr Miriam & Sheldon G Adelson Charitable Trust ($206k), Candlelighters for Childhood Cancer ($183k).
Does Brenden Mann Foundation Co Dorsey & Whitney fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Brenden Mann Foundation Co Dorsey & Whitney 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 Mann Foundation Co Dorsey & Whitney?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wynn Resorts Foundation, Nevada Community Foundation Inc, Engelstad Family Foundation.
Where is Brenden Mann Foundation Co Dorsey & Whitney based?
Brenden Mann Foundation Co Dorsey & Whitney is based in SD.

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 151 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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