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Brew Found Inc

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.

$231k
Granted FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$161k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$371kPhilanthropy$37kYouth Development$29kEducation$15kCommunity Improvement$11kArts & Culture$11kEnvironment$7kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k24 grants · $70k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $161k
$2,500
Median grant
8
States reached
$4.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNLIMITED PLAY$160,650
ST JAMES$8,500
THE MENTOR'S PROJECT OF BIBB COUNTY$7,500
TENNESSEE RIVER GORGE TRUST$5,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$5,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$5,000
SOUTHERN TENNIS FOUNDATION$5,000
BOOK EM$4,500
NEWTOWN MACON$4,000
U CREATE MACON$3,500
Individual grant recipient$3,179
HISTORIC MACON FOUNDATION$2,500
FEEDING AMERICA$2,500
TWIN CEDARS YOUTH FAMILY SERVICES$2,500
GLOBAL VILLAGE PROJECT$1,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $359k) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%UNLIMITED PLAY: $195k → 5%UNLIMITED PLAY: $161k → 5%RESCUE MISSION OF MIDDLE GA: $3k → 23%RESCUE MISSION OF MIDDLE GA: $1k → 23%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

CA
MO
VA
MD
TN
DC
GA
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 97% of Brew Found Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 17% of the giving stays in GA; by stated purpose, 5%.

Brew Found Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$411k · 9 repeat orgs$63k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
7

Total granted

$411k
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-4%
+12%

Still filing today

78%
14%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentInternationalCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • MP
    MENTORS PROJECT OF BIBB COUNTY INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $23k · revenue +30%
  • TG
    THE GLOBAL VILLAGE PROJECT INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $2k · revenue +248%
  • SB
    ST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $1k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • MG
    MIDDLE GA STATE TENNIS LIGHTING PRO
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • AI
    ALL INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • TC
    THE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue +12%
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
Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc

The mission of the atlanta community food bank is to engage, educate and empower our community to fight hunger. our bold goal is to see that all people in our service area have access to the nutritious meals they need when they need them.

Food & Nutrition
2
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
3
George Fox University

George fox university, a christ centered community, prepares students spiritually, academically, and professionally to think with clarity, act with integrity, and serve with passion.

Education
4
The Georgia Center for Nonprofits

Our mission is to create thriving communities by helping nonprofits succeed. our work revolves around four primary areas of focus.1. we are a hub for social innovation 2. we are a capacity accelerator for organizations and their people3.…

Community Improvement
5
Southern Bancorp Capital Partners

Creating economic opportunities in distressed rural communities.

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6
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
7
Tenngreen Land Conservancy

The organization's primary mission is conserving land where people and nature can thrive by creating green corridors linking existing public lands using conservation easments and outright purchase.

Recreation & Sports
8
Three Rivers Land Trust Inc

Protect and conserve land, natural areas, rural landscapes, family farms and historic places within north carolina's heartland

Environment
9
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
10
The Land Trust for Tennessee Inc

To conserve the unique character of tennessee's natural and historic landscapes and sites for future generations.

Environment
11
Georgia Tech Foundation Inc

It is the mission of the georgia tech foundation, inc., to: 1. promote the cause of higher education in the state of georgia; 2. receive and manage financial donations received by the foundation for support and enhancement of the georgia…

Education
12
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc

Atlanta is #1 for income inequality in the nation. as such, the needs in our community are pressing and we need to move with the urgency of now to address those needs. the community foundation has unequivocally embraced equity as our #1…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Firsthome Iq; the most unlike its peers is 30A Cats. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 33 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
9/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNLIMITED PLAY INC: $355,650 · Human ServicesUNLIMITED PLAY INC+1 more: $3,500 · Human ServicesBOOK EM INC: $9,500 · OtherBOOK EM INCST JAMES: $8,500 · OtherST JAMESMIDDLE GA STATE TENNIS LIGHTING PRO: $5,000 · OtherMIDDLE GA STAT…SOUTHERN TENNIS PATRONS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherSOUTHERN TENNI…ALL INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND: $5,000 · OtherALL INCLUSIVE …U CREATE MACON: $3,500 · OtherU CREATE MACONIndividual grant recipient: $3,179 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,500 · OtherTHE TENNESSEE RIVER GORGE TRUST INC: $5,000 · OtherTHE TENNESSEE …THE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY: $3,000 · OtherTWIN CEDARS YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $2,500 · OtherFeeding America: $2,500 · Other+10 more: $10,000 · Other+10 moreCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS INC: $35,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL GEORGIA INC: $2,250 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,250 · PhilanthropyMENTORS PROJECT OF BIBB COUNTY INC: $22,500 · Youth DevelopmentFIRSTHOME IQ: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 · InternationalNEWTOWN MACON INC: $8,000 · Community ImprovementHISTORIC MACON FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · Arts & Culture
Human Services$359,150Other$65,179Philanthropy$38,500Youth Development$23,500International$10,000Community Improvement$8,000Arts & Culture$7,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNLIMITED PLAY INC: $355,650 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMENTORS PROJECT OF BIBB COUNTY INC: $22,500 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetNEWTOWN MACON INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHISTORIC MACON FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE TENNESSEE RIVER GORGE TRUST INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN TENNIS PATRONS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRESCUE MISSION OF MIDDLE GEORGIA INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTWIN CEDARS YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL GEORGIA INC: $2,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GLOBAL VILLAGE PROJECT INC: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRSTHOME IQ: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOne Hundred Miles Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget30A Cats: $500 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

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.

John S and James L Kn…Georgia Power Foundat…The Peyton Anderson F…Ej Grassmann TrustPhil J & Alice S Sher…Martin Foundation IncMorgan Stanley Global…Charities Aid Foundat…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…
John S and James L Knight FoundationFL17.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: John S and James L Knight Foundation · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Peyton Anderson Foundation · Ej Grassmann Trust · Phil J & Alice S Sheridan Foundation Inc · Martin Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving 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 Brew Found Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Brew Found Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Brew Found Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Brew Found Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 33 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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