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Breyer Family Foundation at a glance

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Breyer 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.

$4.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$2.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

52% of Breyer Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to American Endowment Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 10 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

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’20
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’22
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’23
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’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$10.0MEducation$7.9MPhilanthropy$6.6MEmployment$1.4MInternational$620kCivil Rights$560kHealth$550kCommunity Improvement$190kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $800k
  • $250k+4 grants · $3.4M
$130,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$104M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION$2,000,000
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART$925,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER FOUNDATION$250,000
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE$250,000
REDF$200,000
UNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION$150,000
SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART$130,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$100,000
CODE2COLLEGE$100,000
UPSOLVE INC$60,000
HIM FOR HER INC$60,000
ALL RAISE$30,000
COACHARTORG$25,000
THE BOARD AND TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$20,000
02The need
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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 (FY23–23, $250k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $250k → 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

NY
MA
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
DC
TX
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 47% of Breyer Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 33% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 26%.

Breyer Family Foundationlessmore 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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14M · 11 repeat orgs$1.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
12

Total granted

$14M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
0%

Still filing today

91%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $360k 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 & CultureEducationInternationalCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • MM
    METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
    8× · 2017–2024 · $6.6M · revenue +58%
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE
    7× · 2017–2023 · $2.0M · revenue +30%
  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • Teach for America Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $500k · revenue +5%
  • EC
    EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $250k · revenue +70%
  • JK
    JUST KEEP LIVIN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue -13%
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.

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Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
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AI4ALL

Ai4all's mission is to ensure that the next generation of ai leaders reflects humanity. ai4all is transforming the pipeline of ai practitioners who will shape ai for the benefit of humanity.

Youth Development
5
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
6
The Poptech Institute

Poptech's mission is to accelerate the positive impact of world-changing people, projects and ideas. founded in 1996 by bob metcalfe (inventor, ethernet) and john sculley (apple, pepsi), poptech originally provided a forum to critically…

Education
7
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
8
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
9
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
10
Institute of International Finance

To support financial industry in prudently managing risks and to foster global financial stability.

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11
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
12
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Venture Capital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Alkebulan Fiscal Sponsors. 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

31 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. 31 of the 35 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
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Grantees still filing
17/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $6,565,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ARTTHE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE: $2,000,000 · Arts & CultureTHE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTESAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $1,420,000 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ARTAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $5,476,266 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATIONREDF: $1,400,000 · PhilanthropyREDFSilicon Valley Community Foundation: $1,000,000 · PhilanthropySilicon Valley Community Foundat…+2 more: $150,000 · PhilanthropyPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $3,750,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Ha…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $2,390,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF TH…Teach for America Inc: $500,000 · EducationTeach for America Inc+3 more: $300,000 · EducationYALE UNIVERSITY: $500,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: $100,000 · OtherCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $300,000 · OtherEDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $250,000 · OtherBROWN UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · OtherUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $150,000 · OtherHIM FOR HER INC: $60,000 · Other+9 more: $330,000 · OtherUPSOLVE INC: $560,000 · Crime & LegalCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN: $500,000 · HealthAlkebulan Fiscal Sponsors: $50,000 · HealthCODE2COLLEGE: $350,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOACHARTORG: $75,000 · Youth Development
Arts & Culture$9,985,000Philanthropy$8,026,266Education$6,940,000Other$1,790,000Crime & Legal$560,000Health$550,000Youth Development$425,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $6,565,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $5,476,266 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $3,750,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $2,390,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE: $2,000,000 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $1,420,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetREDF: $1,400,000 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetSilicon Valley Community Foundation: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUPSOLVE INC: $560,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN: $500,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCODE2COLLEGE: $350,000 over 4y, 6.4% of budgetCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $300,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetEDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUST KEEP LIVIN FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCOACHARTORG: $75,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetHIM FOR HER INC: $60,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetPURSUIT TRANSFORMATION COMPANY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGREENLIGHT FUND INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE VENTURE CAPITAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetRECIDIVIZ INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY OF ACHIEVEMENT: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Global Enterprise Ltd: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetALL RAISE: $30,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE ASIA SOCIETY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Silicon Valley Commun…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Goldman Sachs Cha…California Community …National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Tides FoundationVanguard Charitable E…The Blackbaud Giving …Donor Advised Charita…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA22.8× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · California Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Tides Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Breyer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Breyer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report 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.

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 35 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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