Texas · Private foundation
Brentwood 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.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $477,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 44
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $346k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Brentwood 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; $8k 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 | 25 | $858k | 16% |
| FY2024 | 28 | $898k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $360k | 42% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $398k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $189k | 31% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $135k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 35 | $867k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 44 | $549k | 68% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Branch Church Inc | $1,288,750 | 8 | n/a |
| The Human Impact | $468,000 | 9 | 11% |
| Bridgeway Church | $315,250 | 3 | n/a |
| Southern Methodist University | $313,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Citysquare | $225,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hope For Life | $115,900 | 7 | 21% |
| Grace Christian Church Inc | $115,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Harding University Inc | $96,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Change a Life Ministry | $73,500 | 8 | 3% |
| Pepperdine University | $62,000 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Branch Church Inc | $1,288,750 | 8 | n/a |
| The Human Impact | $468,000 | 9 | 11% |
| Bridgeway Church | $315,250 | 3 | n/a |
| Southern Methodist University | $313,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Citysquare | $225,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hope For Life | $115,900 | 7 | 21% |
| Grace Christian Church Inc | $115,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Harding University Inc | $96,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Change a Life Ministry | $73,500 | 8 | 3% |
| Pepperdine University | $62,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Living Hope International Inc | $45,100 | 7 | 1% |
| Vickery Meadow Youth Development Foundation | $37,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Youth Believing in Change Inc | $33,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Oscar Roan Ministries Inc | $27,000 | 9 | 13% |
| The Bucket Ministry | $27,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Ryans Reach | $25,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Beltway Park Baptist Church | $13,750 | 3 | n/a |
| Upwords Inc | $13,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Dallas Academy | $12,500 | 4 | 0% |
| New Friends New Life | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Timothy Hill Children's Ranch Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Southwest Christian School Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Old Dominion Athletic Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Goodwill Industries of South Texas Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Farwise Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Apollos Learning Center Inc | $6,700 | 4 | n/a |
| New Hope Housing Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Sooner Youth Camp | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Abilene Christian School Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Phoenix Gospel Mission | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lukes FastBreaks | $5,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Hope for Honduras Inc | $3,600 | 3 | 0% |
| E3 Partners Ministry | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Future Farmers of America | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Victory Christian Fellowship Incorporated | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Kershaw's Challenge | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Earl Youngs Team | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Bridge | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Canyon Church of Christ | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Top Achievers Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Addison Rotary Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| International Evangelism Ministry Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Faith Church | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Men of Nehemiah Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hillcrest Church of Christ | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| First Colony Church of Christ | $1,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Christian Service Center Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Highland Church of Christ | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Forefront Living Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Collin County Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mobile Medical Disaster Relief Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| One CommunityUSA | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Farmers Branch Church of Christ Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pregnancy Resources of Abilene Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dallas Afterschool | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Be the Difference Foundation | $950 | 5 | 0% |
| Child Evangelism Fellowship Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope Chapel Inc | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| Providence Presbyterian Church | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Lake Pointe Baptist Church | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Angelman Syndrome Foundation Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Mission Printing Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| St Margarets House | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 52 recipients with no EIN on record ($975k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Brentwood Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Dallas Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Lee Ann and Steven Van Amburgh Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Rees-Jones Foundation · Texas Women's Foundation · Community Foundation of Abilene · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation
How this is measured
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About Brentwood Foundation
- How much does Brentwood Foundation give?
- Brentwood Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $1,334,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 44 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Brentwood Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (68%), Religion (16%), Youth Development (7%).
- Who are Brentwood Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Branch Church Inc ($1.3M), The Human Impact ($468k), Bridgeway Church ($315k).
- Does Brentwood Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brentwood 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 Brentwood Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, The Dallas Foundation, Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax.
- Where is Brentwood Foundation based?
- Brentwood Foundation is based in TX.
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