· Private foundation
Brezzo Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k17 grants · $64k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $52k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FIRST COMMUNITY HOUSING | $12,000 |
| SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY | $10,000 |
| ROTARY CLUB OF SAN JOSE FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| FAMILY SUPPORTIVE HOUSING | $10,000 |
| JW HOUSE | $8,000 |
| AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY | $7,000 |
| ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BRIGHT FOCUS FOUDNATION | $5,000 |
| GOOD KARMA BIKES | $5,000 |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | $4,081 |
| CRISTO REY DE LA SALLE EAST BAY HIGH SCHOOL | $4,000 |
| SILICON VALLEY MONTEREY BAY COUNCIL (BOYSCOUTS) | $3,500 |
| GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA | $3,500 |
| KQED | $3,000 |
| CYSTIC FIBROSIS RESEARCH INC | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $104k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
28 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RCROTARY CLUB OF SAN JOSE FOUNDATION8× · 2017–2025 · $93k · revenue +24%
- SHSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY7× · 2019–2025 · $80k · revenue +128%
- JHJW HOUSE7× · 2019–2025 · $47k · revenue +11%
Funded once
- TCThe Colorado Trail Foundationone grant, 2022 · $8k · revenue +22%
- SHSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANKone grant, 2017 · $5k
- CRCATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICESone grant, 2017 · $5k
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.
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.
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…
To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.
Land trust of santa cruz county (the organization) was incorporated in california as a not-for-profit corporation in 1978. the mission of the organization is to protect, care for, and connect all people to the vibrant natural and working…
To improve the efficacy, speed, cost, sustainability, and scaling of conservation solutions through harnessing exponential technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship to prevent human-induced extinction.
Connect conservationists and supporters, deploy resources to the field, provide conservationists with tools and support they need to succeed.
The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.
Greater yellowstone coalition works with all people to protect the lands, waters, and wildlife of the greater yellowstone ecosystem, now and for future generations.
To partner with individuals and organizations to access, organize, and share data that inspires action that restores our environment.
The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…
Amazon conservation unites science, people, and innovation to protect the amazon - the greatest wild forest on earth. as guardians of the most iconic forest on the planet, we bring together the power of the latest science and technology…
The catalina island conservancy protects and stewards 88% of catalina island. more than 42,000 acres of wildlands, coves and coastal habitats. founded to preserve the island's natural resources, the conservancy advances a mission rooted in…
How this is measured
28 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. 28 of the 48 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 ROTARY CLUB OF SAN JOSE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FIRST COMMUNITY HOUSING ↗
- Who funds SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY ↗
- Who funds FAMILY SUPPORTIVE HOUSING INC ↗
- Who funds JW HOUSE ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds GOOD KARMA BIKES INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
- Who funds WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CO ↗
- Who funds SAN FRANCISCO LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
- Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds SAINTE CLAIRE HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUN ↗
- Who funds CANCER CAREPOINT INC ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ↗
- Who funds TRAILS 2000 INC ↗
- Who funds SILVER CREEK ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds The Colorado Trail Foundation ↗
- Who funds TROUT UNLIMITED INC ↗
- Who funds KQED INC ↗
- Who funds VITAS COMMUNITY CONNECTION ↗
- Who funds CAMP RAINBOW GOLD INC ↗
- Who funds SAN JOSE LIGHT TOWER CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds SHARED BLESSINGS INC ↗
- Who funds Pursuit Of Excellence ↗
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: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Hugh Stuart Center Charitable Trust · Sosj Knights Hospitaller Priory of the Western USA · The Kirkorian Family Foundation · Star One Credit Union · The Intuit Foundation · Bright Funds Foundation · The Yelp Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Brezzo Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Brezzo Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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