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Briarwood Farm 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.

$55k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Environment$649kHealth$271kEducation$119kCivil Rights$73kInternational$63kArts & Culture$43kReligion$26kAnimals$26kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$4,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLBY'S CREW RESCUE$15,000
PARKS FOUNDATION OF KALAMAZOO COUNTY$8,000
KALAMAZOO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$8,000
SCRIBBLE$4,000
KALAMAZOO INSTITUTE OF ARTS$4,000
KALAMAZOO COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL$4,000
PALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND$4,000
PBS FOUNDATION$3,000
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$2,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY$2,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$1,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 89% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL: $20k → 8%WORLD POPULATION BALANCE: $5k → 11%FIBERSHED: $4k → 8%OJAI VALLEY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL INC: $3k → 10%IMAGITRENDS: $10k → 10%PALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $4k → 14%GOLDEN VALLEY BANK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 18%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $9k → 17%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS: $7k → 14%RAICES: $3k → 16%FOR LOVE OF WATER: $3k → 7%KALAMAZOO NATURE CENTER: $8k → 12%EARTH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%HAPPY DOG RANCH FOUNDATION: $3k → 3%STEAMBOAT SPRINGS WINTER SPORTS CLUB INC: $4k → 6%FRIENDS OF THE LEADVILLE NATIONAL FISH HATCHERY: $7k → 11%SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH: $5k → 15%ALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES: $3k → 14%NATURE CONSERVANCY INC: $4k → 7%PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL: $20k → 8%WORLD POPULATION BALANCE: $3k → 11%IMAGITRENDS: $8k → 10%SCRIBBLE: $4k → 14%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $3k → 17%FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF KALAMAZOO: $14k → 12%FRIENDS OF THE LEADVILLE NATIONAL FISH HATCHERY: $4k → 11%PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL: $8k → 8%WORLD POPULATION BALANCE: $3k → 11%IMAGITRENDS: $5k → 10%KALAMAZOO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $8k → 12%PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL: $8k → 8%PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA: $40k → 17%YWCA OF KALAMAZOO: $7k → 12%PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $30k → 17%FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF KALAMAZOO: $7k → 12%KALAMAZOO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $7k → 12%PBS FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%KALAMAZOO INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $7k → 12%KALAMAZOO INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $4k → 12%KALAMAZOO NATURE CENTER INC: $300k → 12%KALAMAZOO NATURE CENTER INC: $110k → 12%KALAMAZOO NATURE CENTER INC: $100k → 12%KALAMAZOO NATURE CENTER INC: $10k → 12%KAZOO SCHOOL: $50k → 12%KAZOO SCHOOL: $50k → 12%KAZOO SCHOOL: $10k → 12%KAZOO SCHOOL: $5k → 12%KALAMAZOO COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $4k → 12%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

ID
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
OH
CA
CO
VA
DC
TX
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 15 repeat orgs$140k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
15

Total granted

$1.1M
$105k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+34%

Still filing today

80%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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
HealthEnvironmentArts & CultureInternationalEducationHuman ServicesOther
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

  • KN
    Kalamazoo Nature Center
    3× · 2017–2021 · $528k · revenue +254%
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN
    6× · 2017–2022 · $187k · revenue +28%
  • KS
    KAZOO SCHOOL
    3× · 2018–2021 · $115k · revenue +73%

Funded once

  • EU
    EARTH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC
    one grant, 2021 · $7k · revenue -24%
  • YO
    YWCA OF KALAMAZOO
    one grant, 2020 · $7k
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
Global Forest Generation

Global Forest Generation restores and protects forest ecosystems in partnership with grassroots leaders and local communities across vast landscapes which play a critical role in preserving water, protecting biodiversity, storing carbon,…

Environment
2
Fsc I&P

Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…

Philanthropy
3
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
4
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
5
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…

Environment
6
The Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
7
Wildearth Guardians

Wildearth guardians works to protect and restore the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the american west.

Unclassified
8
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory is dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats through science and outreach.

Environment
9
Oikonos - Ecosystem Knowledge

Oikonos studies and protects imperiled ecosystems by engaging diverse communities through innovative scientific and artistic collaborations.

Science & Tech
10
Tucson Audubon Society

Inspire people to enjoy and protect birds through recreation, education, conservation, and restoration of the environment, upon which we all depend.

Animals
11
Partnership for Policy Integrity

Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI) uses data-driven advocacy and litigation to fight for forests, communities and the climate.

Environment
12
Climate Breakthrough Inc

To launch breakthrough climate mitigation efforts by identifying, supporting, and unleashing innovative leaders with transformative strategies.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alliance for the Great Lakes; the most unlike its peers is Scribble. 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

30 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. 30 of the 38 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
23/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Kalamazoo Nature Center: $527,500 · EnvironmentKalamazoo Nature Center+3 more: $19,500 · EnvironmentPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN: $187,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF M…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $70,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDE…+3 more: $13,500 · HealthTOGETHER RISING: $68,000 · OtherTOGETHER RISINGEARTH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherEARTH UNIVERSITY FOUND…IMAGITRENDS: $23,500 · OtherIMAGITRENDSFIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF KALAMAZOO: $21,000 · OtherFIRST CONGREGATIONAL C…WORLD POPULATION BALANCE: $15,000 · OtherWORLD POPULATION BALAN…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $13,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE LEADVILLE NATIONAL HATCHERY INC: $10,500 · Other+14 more: $54,000 · Other+14 moreKAZOO SCHOOL: $115,000 · EducationKAZOO SCHO…KALAMAZOO COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $4,000 · EducationPATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL: $55,500 · InternationalPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $7,500 · InternationalKALAMAZOO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $15,000 · Arts & CultureKalamazoo Institute of Arts: $11,000 · Arts & CulturePBS FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Arts & CultureColby's Crew Rescue: $15,000 · Animals
Environment$547,000Health$270,500Other$255,500Education$119,000International$63,000Arts & Culture$29,000Animals$15,000

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 budgetKalamazoo Nature Center: $527,500 over 3y, 19% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN: $187,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetKAZOO SCHOOL: $115,000 over 3y, 6.4% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTOGETHER RISING: $68,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL: $55,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD POPULATION BALANCE: $15,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetKALAMAZOO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $15,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetColby's Crew Rescue: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $13,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKalamazoo Institute of Arts: $11,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOLDEN VALLEY BANK COMMUNITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFIBERSHED: $4,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKALAMAZOO COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $4,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetScribble: $4,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSTEAMBOAT SPRINGS WINTER SPORTS CLUB INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBORDER KINDNESS: $3,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPBS FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOJAI VALLEY FIRESAFE COUNCIL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetHAPPY DOG RANCH FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFOR LOVE OF WATER: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNo One Left Behind: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Suzanne Upjohn Delano…Kalamazoo Community F…H P & Genevieve Conna…The Burdick-Thorne Fo…Marvin and Rosalie Ok…Tyler-Little Family F…Dorothy U Dalton Foun…Harold and Grace Upjo…John E Fetzer Institu…WK Kellogg FoundationThe Pfizer Foundation…American Online Givin…
Suzanne Upjohn Delano Parish FoundationMI17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Suzanne Upjohn Delano Parish Foundation · Kalamazoo Community Foundation · H P & Genevieve Connable Fund · The Burdick-Thorne Foundation · Marvin and Rosalie Okun Foundation · Tyler-Little Family Foundation · Dorothy U Dalton Foundation Inc · Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation · John E Fetzer Institute Inc · WK Kellogg Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation 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 Briarwood Farm Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Briarwood Farm Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%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
    8report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Briarwood Farm Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Briarwood Farm Foundation 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 38 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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