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Brighthouse Financial 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.

$808k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$100k
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, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$1.5MHousing & Shelter$955kHuman Services$788kYouth Development$690kFood & Nutrition$485kArts & Culture$260kCommunity Improvement$250kHealth$203kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k15 grants · $423k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $385k
$25,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE CHARLOTTE REGION$100,000
CRITTENTON$100,000
CAROLINA YOUTH COALITION$75,000
HEART MATH TUTORING$60,000
FREEDOM SCHOOL PARTNERS$50,000
ARTS$40,000
CHILDRENS THEATRE OF CHARLOTTE(CTC)$40,000
DOTTIE ROSE FOUNDATION$35,000
DIGI-BRIDGE$35,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
TEACH FOR AMERICA INC 437 NORTH CAROLINA$25,000
CHARLOTTE CENTER FOR LEGAL ADVOCACY(CCLA)$25,000
ROSIES PLACE INC$25,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
RENAISSANCE WEST COMMUNITY INITIATIVE$25,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $515k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 79% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THOMPSON CHILD AND FAMILY FOCUS: $110k → 7%FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES: $100k → 12%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $15k → 13%DOTTIE ROSE FOUNDATION: $35k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $110k → 10%RIGHT MOVES FOR YOUTH: $60k → 10%RIGHT MOVES FOR YOUTH: $60k → 10%BRAVEWORKS: $25k → 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

IL
NY
MA
IA
PA
NJ
RI
CO
VA
DE
AZ
AR
NC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

43%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 24 repeat orgs$3.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
64

Total granted

$2.5M
$3.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+12%

Still filing today

88%
66%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $348k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationFood & NutritionHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
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

  • HF
    Habitat For Humanity Of The Charlotte Region
    5× · 2019–2025 · $460k · revenue +165%
  • HM
    Heart Math Tutoring Inc
    5× · 2020–2025 · $280k · revenue +87%
  • CY
    CAROLINA YOUTH COALITION
    3× · 2021–2025 · $175k · revenue +218%

Funded once

  • CH
    CLT HOST 2020 INC
    one grant, 2019 · $250k · revenue -100%
  • EI
    E2D Inc E2D Eliminate the Digital Divide
    one grant, 2024 · $140k · revenue 0%
  • Crisis Assistance Ministry
    one grant, 2020 · $110k · 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
Charlotte Works

Charlotte works serves job-seekers and businesses by providing resources to develop a skilled workforce that meets employer needs. the organization offers job-search workshops, individual coaching, networking opportunities, and training…

Employment
2
Cincinnati Youth Collaborative

Cincinnati Youth Collaborative ("CYC") empowers young people to overcome barriers and excel in education, career, and life.

Education
3
Teach St Louis

Founded In 2018, Teach St. Louis (formerly St. Louis Teacher Residency) launched to improve teacher quality and retention in St. Louis, a city where 40% of new teachers exit the classroom in their first three years. Teach St. Louis…

Education
4
UrbanPromise Charlotte

Provide Charlotte's low-income children and youth with the academic, spiritual, and social development necessary to become Christian leaders determined to restore their communities.

Youth Development
5
Communities in Schools of North Carolina Inc

Cisnc's mission is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. cisnc serves as the backbone for its statewide network of 20 independent nonprofit organizations that serve local…

Human Services
6
The Urban Assembly Inc

To advance students' economic and social mobility by improving public education.

International
7
Nest Academy Inc

The Nest Academy is a trauma-informed, private K-12 school in Charlotte, North Carolina with a mission to change the lives of refugee and underprivileged students to become confident, educated, and successful first generation high school…

Education
8
Youthbuild Dc Public Charter School Inc

Youthbuild pcs seeks to transform the lives of disconnected youth by offering a program, in english and spanish, that combines rigorous academic instruction with vocational training, life and employability skills- building, and community…

Education
9
The New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network

The opportunity network ignites the drive, curiosity, and agency of underrepresented students on their paths to and through college and into thriving careers, powered by our commitment to access and community.

Education
10
Stem Advantage

Talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not. STEM Advantage mentors, prepares, and inspires first-generation, low-income, and underserved college students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). We level…

Youth Development
11
Dress for Success Charlotte

A womens advancement center, the mission of Dress for Success is to empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and development tools to thrive in work and in life. Programs and…

Human Services
12
Feeding Charlotte Inc

Feeding Charlotte rescues surplus, freshly prepared meals to reduce food waste and feed the hungry. We believe no food should be wasted while people go hungry in our community. To make this possible, we pickup unused, excess freshly…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region; the most unlike its peers is Dahlia Grove. 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

73 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. 73 of the 99 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)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
71/73
Grantees still filing
45/73
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Habitat For Humanity Of The Charlotte Region: $460,000 · OtherHabitat For Humanity Of The Charlotte RegionTime Out Youth Inc: $145,000 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $125,000 · Other+54 more: $2,333,191 · Other+54 moreHeart Math Tutoring Inc: $280,000 · EducationHeart Math Tutoring IncCAROLINA YOUTH COALITION: $175,000 · EducationCAROLINA YOUTH COALITIONE2D Inc E2D Eliminate the Digital Divide: $140,000 · EducationE2D Inc E2D Eliminate th…Digi-Bridge: $105,000 · EducationDigi-BridgeCMS FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationCMS FOUNDATIONJOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationJOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSI…The Academy of Goal Achievers: $75,000 · EducationThe Academy of Goal Achi…JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY: $63,455 · EducationCommon Wealth Associates Inc: $50,000 · Education+7 more: $167,500 · Education+7 moreRight Moves for Youth Inc: $120,000 · Human ServicesRight Mov…Crisis Assistance Ministry: $110,000 · Human ServicesCrisis As…CHILD AND FAMILY FOCUS INC: $110,000 · Human ServicesCHILD AND…FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF COLORADO: $100,000 · Human ServicesFLORENCE …Dottie Rose Foundation: $35,000 · Human ServicesDottie Ro…BRAVEWORKS: $25,000 · Human Services+1 more: $15,000 · Human ServicesDISCOVERY PLACE INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureThe Childrens Theatre of Charlotte Inc: $80,000 · Arts & CultureAndreas H Bechtler Arts Foundation: $60,000 · Arts & CultureMcColl Center for Art Innovation: $30,000 · Arts & CultureLatin Americans Working for Achievement: $25,000 · Arts & CultureCLT HOST 2020 INC: $250,000 · Public BenefitDEMENTIA ACTION ALLIANCE: $38,000 · Public BenefitMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $100,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $50,000 · Food & NutritionARIZONA FOOD BANK NETWORK: $50,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF IOWA: $25,000 · Food & NutritionINTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY INC: $15,000 · Food & NutritionST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $15,000 · Food & NutritionNEW YORK COMMON PANTRY: $15,000 · Food & NutritionCITY HARVEST INC: $15,000 · Food & NutritionBELOVED ASHEVILLE: $100,000 · Housing & ShelterROSIE'S PLACE INC: $75,000 · Housing & ShelterREBUILDING TOGETHER INC: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterHALEY HOUSE INC & AFFILIATES: $15,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$3,063,191Education$1,255,955Human Services$515,000Arts & Culture$295,000Public Benefit$288,000Food & Nutrition$285,000Housing & Shelter$215,000

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 budgetHabitat For Humanity Of The Charlotte Region: $460,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHeart Math Tutoring Inc: $280,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetCLT HOST 2020 INC: $250,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCAROLINA YOUTH COALITION: $175,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetTime Out Youth Inc: $145,000 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetE2D Inc E2D Eliminate the Digital Divide: $140,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $125,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRight Moves for Youth Inc: $120,000 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetCrisis Assistance Ministry: $110,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCHILD AND FAMILY FOCUS INC: $110,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDigi-Bridge: $105,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetCMS FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetDISCOVERY PLACE INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBELOVED ASHEVILLE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFLORENCE CRITTENTON INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetJOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFreedom School Partners Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetFLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF COLORADO: $100,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHOMPSON CHILD & FAMILY FOCUS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Childrens Theatre of Charlotte Inc: $80,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHenderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity: $75,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetThe Academy of Goal Achievers: $75,000 over 2y, 8.1% of budgetPARENTCHILD INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetJOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY: $63,455 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Black Leadership Alliance: $60,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetPromising Pages Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetAndreas H Bechtler Arts Foundation: $60,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFeeding America: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommon Wealth Associates Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA FOOD BANK NETWORK: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF MORRIS COUNTY INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCROSSROADS FOR KIDS INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCharlotte Center for Legal Advocacy Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetI HAVE A DREAM FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetArtsPlus: $40,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDEMENTIA ACTION ALLIANCE: $38,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetMcColl Center for Art Innovation: $30,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetThurgood Marshall College Fund: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Central Carolinas: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCLASSROOM CENTRAL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunities In Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBRAVEWORKS: $25,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetUrban League of Central Carolinas Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% 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.

Foundation for the Ca…United Way of Greater…Ally Charitable Found…Duke Energy FoundationThe Leon Levine Found…Albemarle FoundationMerancas Foundation I…Truist Foundation IncThe Presbyterian Hosp…Womens Impact FundChampions for Educati…Equitable Foundation …
Foundation for the CarolinasNC52.1× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · Ally Charitable Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · The Leon Levine Foundation · Albemarle Foundation · Merancas Foundation Inc · Truist Foundation Inc · The Presbyterian Hospital · Womens Impact Fund · Champions for Education Inc · Equitable 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 Brighthouse Financial Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Brighthouse Financial Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Family Promise of Morris County Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Crossroads for Kids Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Metropolitan Ministries Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
24report 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.
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How do I get to Brighthouse Financial Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Brighthouse Financial 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 99 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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