California · Private foundation
Brethren Community Foundation Inc
FOCUS ON GIVING TO BENEFIT SENIOR & YOUTH IN TWO METHODS; INDIV GRANTS & PROGRAMMATIC GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS & SCHOOLS WHO SERVICE TARGET AUDIENCES. Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $617k
- Granted FY2020
- 24
- Grants FY2020
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Brethren Community Foundation Inc’s FY2021 grant dollars went to Orange County Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Brethren Community Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 14 organizations, $617k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 29
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 0% of the organizations Brethren Community Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 24 | $617k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 29 | $1.2M | 17% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $706k | 30% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $258k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Partners For Development | $395,900 | 3 | 15% |
| Whittier College | $175,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Philadelphia Inc | $122,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Improve Your Tomorrow Inc | $90,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Fullerton Inc | $72,500 | 3 | 2% |
| The Prentice School | $65,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hispanic Ministry Center | $55,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Olive Crest | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Fontana | $50,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Orange County Adult Achievement Center Dba My Day Counts | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Partners For Development | $395,900 | 3 | 15% |
| Whittier College | $175,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Philadelphia Inc | $122,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Improve Your Tomorrow Inc | $90,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Fullerton Inc | $72,500 | 3 | 2% |
| The Prentice School | $65,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hispanic Ministry Center | $55,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Olive Crest | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Fontana | $50,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Orange County Adult Achievement Center Dba My Day Counts | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Freedom 4 U | $37,400 | 4 | 5% |
| Hart Community Homes Inc | $36,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Precious Lamb Preschool Inc | $35,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Stockton University | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Dignity Group | $25,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Diy Girls | $17,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| South Bay Youth Clubs Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Long Beach | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Kiwanis Club of Greater Jamul Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Brethren Community Foundation Inc 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: Orange County Community Foundation · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · Southern California Housing Services · Pacific Youth Foundation · Boys & Girls Clubs of America · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About Brethren Community Foundation Inc
- How much does Brethren Community Foundation Inc give?
- Brethren Community Foundation Inc reported 24 grants totaling $617,250 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 29 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Brethren Community Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Philanthropy (87%), Education (5%), Youth Development (3%).
- Who are Brethren Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Global Partners For Development ($396k), Whittier College ($175k), Boys and Girls Clubs of Philadelphia Inc ($122k).
- Does Brethren Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brethren Community Foundation Inc 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 Brethren Community Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation, Southern California Housing Services.
- Where is Brethren Community Foundation Inc based?
- Brethren Community Foundation Inc is based in CA.
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