· Private foundation
Brendsel Family Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $4k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $45k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $260k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| QUEEN ANNE'S CONSERVATION ASSOC | $110,000 |
| BAY JOURNAL MEDIA | $100,000 |
| GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH | $50,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING SYMPHONY | $25,000 |
| HIAS INC | $20,000 |
| WETA | $2,000 |
| WYOMING PUBLIC MEDIA | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 33% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- QAQUEEN ANNES CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION IN8× · 2017–2024 · $918k · revenue +22% · 52% of their budget
- BJBAY JOURNAL MEDIA INC6× · 2019–2024 · $350k · revenue +15%
- CWCHESAPEAKE WILDLIFE HERITAGE INC4× · 2017–2020 · $100k · revenue +12%
Funded once
- MRMIDSHORE RIVERKEEPER CONSERVANCYone grant, 2017 · $25k
- SISHORERIVERS INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +42%
- EFEDUCATION FOUNDATION OF TETON VALLEY INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +42%
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.
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.
To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.
Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.
The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…
To restore the quality of baltimore's rivers, streams and harbor to foster a healthy environment, a strong economy, and thriving communities.
Delaware nature society connects people with the natural world to improve our environment through education, advocacy, and conservation.
The museum is an educational corporation formed to ignite a life-long passion for exploring, discovering, and valuing nature and science.
The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…
To conserve the unique character of tennessee's natural and historic landscapes and sites for future generations.
American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…
To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse
Preserve in perpetuity the natural habitats, rural landscapes, and open spaces of the great peninsula of washington's puget sound.
The health and environmental sciences institute (hesi) is a nonprofit institution whose mission is to engage scientists from academia, government, industry, nonprofit, and other research institutions to identify and resolve global health…
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 20 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds QUEEN ANNES CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION IN ↗
- Who funds BAY JOURNAL MEDIA INC ↗
- Who funds CHESAPEAKE WILDLIFE HERITAGE INC ↗
- Who funds BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds HIAS INC ↗
- Who funds SHORERIVERS INC ↗
- Who funds EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF TETON VALLEY INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE FOUNDATION ↗
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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Brendsel Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Brendsel Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
- Shorerivers Inc: 13% of income from government
- Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc: 11% of income from government
How this is measured
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