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Brevard Family Foundation at a glance

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Brevard 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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
54
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$465k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.2MPhilanthropy$346kHuman Services$219kReligion$202kArts & Culture$191kHealth$163kYouth Development$37kHousing & Shelter$35kOther$0
02FY2024 · 54 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k31 grants · $97k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $348k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $140k
  • $250k+1 grant · $465k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF MS FOUNDATION$465,000
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$75,000
CREATE FOUNDATION INC$65,200
MISSISSIPPI METHODIST SENIOR SERV$45,000
LINK CENTRE$40,000
NE MS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$30,000
MUW FOUNDATION$30,000
CHICKASAW INKANA FOUNDATION$25,000
UNITED WAY OF NE MS$20,000
GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH SERVICES$17,250
REGIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER$15,000
NATCHEZ TRACE COUNCIL BSA$15,000
NORTH MS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$11,100
OXFORD UNIV UNITED METHODIST$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF MISS MEDICAL CENTER$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $41k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%THE BADDOUR CENTER: $5k → 19%THE BADDOUR CENTER: $5k → 19%THE BADDOUR CENTER: $5k → 19%THE BADDOUR CENTER: $5k → 19%THE BADDOUR CENTER: $5k → 19%THE BADDOUR CENTER: $5k → 19%THE BADDOUR CENTER: $5k → 19%THE BADDOUR CENTER: $5k → 19%EASTER SEALS MISSISSIPPI: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MA
OH
MO
KS
TN
LA
MS
AL
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 37 repeat orgs$185k to everyone else

37 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
11

Total granted

$2.2M
$62k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+14%

Still filing today

49%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $122k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +57%
  • MM
    MISSISSIPPI METHODIST SENIOR SERVICES INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $115k · revenue +73%
  • RR
    REGIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $60k · revenue +94%

Funded once

  • LS
    LAKE STEPHENS UNITED METHODIST CAMP
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue -27%
  • FO
    FOUNDATION OF THE MASS EYE & EAR
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • CZ
    CINCINNATI ZOO
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Montessori School of Tupelo Inc

Montessori school of tupelo, ms, inc. is built upon the principles of montessori philosophy, fostering independence, academic excellence and a lifelong love of learning. the school is open to children of all backgrounds and desires as much…

Education
2
Working Together Mississippi

Seeking to build relationships with diverse institutions around the state to build the power to effect political change in a non-partisan way while strengthening the institutions we engage with to help execute their institution's mission…

Education
3
University of Mississippi Medical Center Research Development Foundation

Support the research activities of the university of mississippi medical center

Health
4
Center for Mississippi Healthpolicy
Health
5
Mississippi State University Alumni Association

To promote annual giving to provide funds for services to mississippi state university alumni.

Education
6
Tupelo Christian Preparatory School

Leading students, in partnership with Christian families, to know Christ and make Him known through rigorous academics, challenging athletics, stimulating arts, and servant-hood activities.

Education
7
Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Center Inc

To promote mississippi arts and entertainment.

Arts & Culture
8
United Methodist Volunteers in Miss Ion Southeastern Jurisdictioninc

To connect and coordinate united methodist volunteers and their christian friends with persons in need of humanitarian assistance and spiritual encouragement.

Religion
9
Mississippi Society for Disabilities Incorporated

To provide a broad spectrum of programs and program services to meet the needs of mississippi children and adults with disabilities, thus enabling them to achieve maximum independence and gain the greatest quility of life.

—
10
Delta Health Center Inc

The organization provides family centered, community oriented and comprehensive health services to the people in mound bayou, ms and the surrounding area.

—
11
Alcorn State University Foundation Inc

The foundation is a non-profit organzation that aids the university in promoting and cultural welfare, developing and expanding facilities, and facilitating studies, research, and other academic persuits.

Education
12
Methodist Foundation of Mississippi Inc

The foundation exists to cultivate and administer current and deferred gifts for the benefit of ms united methodist related institutions, agencies, local churches, and other ministries for charitable purposes and support and to educate…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Easter Seals Mississippi; the most unlike its peers is Lake Stephens United Methodist Camp. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

35 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 68 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/35
Grantees still filing
18/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $1,043,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATIONBLUE MOUNTAIN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · Education+3 more: $14,500 · EducationFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $124,200 · OtherFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCHMUW FOUNDATION: $110,000 · OtherMUW FOUNDATIONUNITED WAY OF NE MS: $95,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF NE MSLINK CENTRE: $89,000 · OtherLINK CENTREUNIVERSITY OF MISS ALUMNI ASSOC: $60,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MISS ALUMNI ASSOCREGIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $59,600 · OtherREGIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER INCOXFORD UNIV UNITED METHODIST: $40,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $37,000 · Other+39 more: $304,590 · Other+39 moreCREATE FOUNDATION: $150,800 · PhilanthropyREAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 · PhilanthropyMISSISSIPPI METHODIST SENIOR SERVICES INC: $115,000 · Human ServicesTHE BADDOUR CENTER INC: $40,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesCHICKASAW INKANA FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Arts & CultureTHE GUM TREE MUSEUM INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureTUPELO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOC: $11,100 · Arts & CultureMPB FOUNDATION: $9,500 · Arts & CultureMISSISSIPPI JOURNALISM AND EDUCATION GROUP: $7,500 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THACKER MOUNTAIN: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $2,500 · Arts & CultureGOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH SERV INC: $53,750 · HealthAUTISM CENTER OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI INC: $10,500 · HealthTALBOT HOUSE INC: $5,000 · Health18TH WARD: $30,000 · Recreation & Sports
Education$1,108,000Other$919,390Philanthropy$158,800Human Services$156,000Arts & Culture$100,600Health$69,250Recreation & Sports$30,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $1,043,500 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetCREATE FOUNDATION: $150,800 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetMISSISSIPPI METHODIST SENIOR SERVICES INC: $115,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetREGIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $59,600 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH SERV INC: $53,750 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetBLUE MOUNTAIN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCHICKASAW INKANA FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE BADDOUR CENTER INC: $40,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budget18TH WARD: $30,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetLAKE STEPHENS UNITED METHODIST CAMP: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA NATCHEZ TRACE COUNCIL: $20,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetTHE GUM TREE MUSEUM INC: $15,000 over 5y, 8.0% of budgetTUPELO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOC: $11,100 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetMISSION MISSISSIPPI: $11,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetAUTISM CENTER OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI INC: $10,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSHELTER & ASSISTANCE IN FAMILY EMERGENCIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPhi Delta Theta Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMPB FOUNDATION: $9,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetREAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetBALLET MISSISSIPPI INC: $8,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTUPELO LEE HUMANE SOCIETY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMISSISSIPPI JOURNALISM AND EDUCATION GROUP: $7,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBETHEL COLLEGE: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THACKER MOUNTAIN: $5,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetTALBOT HOUSE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFaith Haven Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJUNIOR AUXILIARY OF TUPELO INC: $4,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetOUR MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 1y, 100% of budgetTHE PARENTS' CAMPAIGN: $2,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTUPELO BALLET INC: $1,140 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEASTER SEALS MISSISSIPPI: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
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 UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CREATE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MISSISSIPPI METHODIST SENIOR SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds REGIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH SERV INC ↗
  • Who funds BLUE MOUNTAIN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CHICKASAW INKANA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE BADDOUR CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds 18TH WARD ↗
  • Who funds LAKE STEPHENS UNITED METHODIST CAMP ↗
  • Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA NATCHEZ TRACE COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds THE GUM TREE MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds TUPELO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOC ↗
  • Who funds MISSION MISSISSIPPI ↗
  • Who funds AUTISM CENTER OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI INC ↗
  • Who funds SHELTER & ASSISTANCE IN FAMILY EMERGENCIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Phi Delta Theta Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MPB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds REAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BALLET MISSISSIPPI INC ↗
  • Who funds TUPELO LEE HUMANE SOCIETY ↗

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.

E Rhodes and Leona B …Community Foundation …The Roberts-Moll Foun…United Way of Northea…Cadence Bank Foundati…Community Foundation …Fortier Foundation IncAmory Outreach Founda…His Way IncThe Jochum-Moll Found…Van Devender Family F…Ergon Foundation Inc
E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter FoundationPA27.7× affinity11 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation · Community Foundation for Mississippi · The Roberts-Moll Foundation Inc · United Way of Northeast Mississippi Inc · Cadence Bank Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Fortier Foundation Inc · Amory Outreach Foundation Inc · His Way Inc · The Jochum-Moll Foundation · Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee · Ergon Foundation Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Brevard Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Brevard Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 68 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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