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Brigham Family Foundation at a glance

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Brigham 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.

$3.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$1.5M
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 2025.

Social Science$4.2MPublic Benefit$3.4MArts & Culture$505kEducation$182kCivil Rights$80kCrime & Legal$75kReligion$41kEnvironment$40kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $86k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $785k
  • $250k+4 grants · $2.5M
$57,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$324k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AYN RAND INSTITUTE THE CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT$1,500,000
EMERGENT ORDER FOUNDATION INC$500,000
TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION$250,000
TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION$250,000
AYN RAND INSTITUTE THE CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT$240,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$120,000
THE ATLAS SOCIETY LTD$117,000
GLOBAL LIBERTY INSTITUTE USA$100,000
AYN RAND INSTITUTE THE CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT$100,000
TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION$57,500
TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION$50,000
AYN RAND INSTITUTE THE CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT$25,500
ARENA HALL FOUNDATION$10,000
THE ATLAS SOCIETY LTD$10,000
YOUNG AMERICA'S FOUNDATION$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 (FY17–20, $28k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE: $10k → 10%YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE: $5k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 10%WONDERS & WORRIES INC: $3k → 10%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

MT
NY
MA
IA
CA
UT
CO
VA
AZ
NC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.8M · 14 repeat orgs$815k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +70% since the first grant, against +49% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
25

Total granted

$7.8M
$265k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
+49%

Still filing today

71%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $550k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
Public BenefitEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth 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

  • TA
    THE AYN RAND INSTITUTE THE CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF OBJECTIVISM
    7× · 2017–2025 · $3.6M · revenue +213%
  • TP
    TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2025 · $2.6M · revenue +137%
  • TA
    THE ATLAS SOCIETY LTD
    4× · 2017–2025 · $205k · revenue +171%

Funded once

  • LN
    Libertas Networkgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue +52%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND GLOBAL
    one grant, 2017 · $40k
  • AG
    American Geosciences Institute Foundation
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue -79%
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
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
2
Aclu Foundation of Texas Inc

The ACLU Foundation of Texas is the unyielding guardian and promoter of freedom, justice, equality and dignity of all people, particularly for those who are still fighting to secure the full exercise of their civil rights and liberties.…

Civil Rights
3
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
4
Texas Tribune Inc

The texas tribune promotes civic engagement and public education across the state by producing and sharing for free public data interactives, statewide events and intensive and daily reporting on texas public policy, politics and current…

Education
5
American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc

The ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions.

—
6
Uatx

Uatx is a nonprofit dedicated to building a liberal arts university committed to freedom of inquiry, freedom of conscience, and civil discourse. to maintain these principles, the university will be fiercely independent financially,…

Education
7
Progress Texas Institute

The Progress Texas Institute provides research and strategic communications on issues with the ultimate goal of increasing civic engagement.

Civil Rights
8
American Law Institute

The institute's mission, as set out in its certificate of incorporation, is to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to…

Crime & Legal
9
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

—
10
The International Institute for Strategic Studies - Us

To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…

International
11
Saving Texas

Defending principles that make this state exceptional. we are taking on public officials who advocate policies contrary to what makes texas, texas. we are here to safeguard individual liberties, limited government and the bedrock of our…

Civil Rights
12
Forty First Foundation

The forty first foundation supports and advances the university of texas at austin in its pursuit of excellence. we work closely with the office of the president to identify, fund, and implement strategic initiatives that enhance the…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Texas Public Policy Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

34 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. 34 of the 46 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)
31/34
Grantees still filing
25/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE AYN RAND INSTITUTE THE CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF OBJECTIVISM: $3,570,500 · Arts & CultureTHE AYN RAND INSTITUTE THE CENTER FOR THE ADVANCE…THE ATLAS SOCIETY LTD: $205,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ATLAS SOCIETY LTDTEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION: $2,571,670 · Public BenefitTEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATIONGLOBAL LIBERTY INSTITUTE USA: $700,000 · Public BenefitGLOBAL LIBERTY INSTITUTE USA+5 more: $130,000 · Public BenefitTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: $420,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERS…THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN - MCCOMBS SCHOOL: $180,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERS…COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF TRAVIS COUNTY: $65,000 · OtherCOURT APPOI…CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND GLOBAL: $40,000 · Other+22 more: $143,500 · Other+22 moreEmergent Order Foundation Inc: $500,000 · EducationPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationAMERICAN CORNERSTONE INSTITUTE INC: $20,000 · Education+2 more: $15,000 · EducationYOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE: $15,000 · Human ServicesHELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesWonders & Worries Inc: $2,500 · Human ServicesMOUNTAIN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Civil RightsBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA - CAPITOL AREA COUNCIL - TOM WOOTEN TRUST: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFE: $10,000 · Youth Development
Arts & Culture$3,775,500Public Benefit$3,401,670Other$848,500Education$555,000Human Services$27,500Civil Rights$20,000Youth Development$20,000

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 budgetTHE AYN RAND INSTITUTE THE CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF OBJECTIVISM: $3,570,500 over 7y, 6.5% of budgetTEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION: $2,571,670 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetGLOBAL LIBERTY INSTITUTE USA: $700,000 over 3y, 85% of budgetEmergent Order Foundation Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetTHE ATLAS SOCIETY LTD: $205,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF TRAVIS COUNTY: $65,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetLibertas Network: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Geosciences Institute Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetMOUNTAIN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CORNERSTONE INSTITUTE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA - CAPITOL AREA COUNCIL - TOM WOOTEN TRUST: $10,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetMAGDALENE HOUSE OF AUSTIN: $10,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArena Hall: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSTUDENTS FOR LIBERTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG AMERICANS FOR LIBERTY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Reach Out Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budget22KILL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWonders & Worries Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTEXAS TECH LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $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.

Donors Trust IncGreater Houston Commu…The Dunn FoundationTriad Foundation IncCharles Koch Foundati…Austin Community Foun…United Way WorldwideThe Chase Foundation …Farrell Family Founda…Shell USA Company Fou…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…
Donors Trust IncVA25× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donors Trust Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Dunn Foundation · Triad Foundation Inc · Charles Koch Foundation · Austin Community Foundation Inc · United Way Worldwide · The Chase Foundation of Virginia · Farrell Family Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation

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 Brigham Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Brigham Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–40%
    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 Brigham Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Brigham Family 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 46 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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