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Brisgel Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Brisgel Family Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$16k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Animals$19kPhilanthropy$13kEducation$11kHuman Services$7kHealth$5kArts & Culture$5kEnvironment$5kRecreation & Sports$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$291k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GR METROWEST$2,800
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF$1,400
HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS$1,000
DOROT INC$1,000
ASPCA$1,000
AMERICAN NEEDLEPOINT GUILD$1,000
CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART$1,000
RAPTOR TRUST$1,000
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$1,000
FRIENDS OF THE SOUTHERN OCEAN$1,000
THE PINGRY SCHOOL$1,000
DIVERS ALERT NETWORK$500
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$500
WOUNDED WARRIOR$500
COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF NJ$500
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 (FY21–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 74% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COMMUNITY HOPE: $800 → 4%DOROT INC: $1k → 17%COMMUNITY HOPE: $500 → 4%DOROT INC: $800 → 17%DOROT INC: $700 → 17%DOROT INC: $700 → 17%DOROT INC: $500 → 17%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
NJ
CA
VA
MD
KS
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$93k · 21 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against -21% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
8

Total granted

$93k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
-21%

Still filing today

71%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesInternationalRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • CI
    COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF GREATER WICHITA FALLS AREA
    5× · 2021–2025 · $6k · revenue +20%
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    5× · 2021–2025 · $5k · revenue +14%
  • NW
    NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $5k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL
    one grant, 2024 · $4k
  • CC
    CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue +9%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · 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.

1
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
2
New Jersey Conservation Foundation

Recognizing that a healthy environment is critical to the well-being and survival of all living things, new jersey conservation foundation is devoted to preserving land and protecting natural resources throughout new jersey's (continued on…

Environment
3
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
4
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

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5
Food and Environment Reporting Network Inc

Fern seeks to make the food system more sustainable and equitable through powerful journalism and storytelling.

Food & Nutrition
6
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
7
National September 11 Memorial and Museum At the World Trade Center

The national september 11 memorial & museum at the world trade center bears solemn witness to the terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001, and february 26, 1993. located at a site made sacred through loss, the memorial & museum remembers…

Arts & Culture
8
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
9
The Humane Society of Rochester & Monroe County for the Prevention of Cruelty to

Together with our community, we better the lives of animals through justice, prevention, and life-saving care. lollypop farm, the humane society of greater rochester, envisions a just and compassionate world for all animals.

Animals
10
New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To save the lives of animals through rescue, rehabilitation and adoption; to promote learning, eliminate animal cruelty and be a leader in advancing the highest standards in animal welfare.

Animals
11
Associated Humane Societies Inc

Associated humane societies, (ahs), is the largest animal sheltering organization in new jersey and is also home to popcorn park, located at our ahs-lacey branch. popcorn park was established in 1977 and is a sanctuary for abused,…

Animals
12
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc

Protection of animal rights

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Center for Contemporary Art. 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

21 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. 21 of the 32 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
14/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PER LIST ATTACHED: $29,165 · OtherPER LIST ATTACHEDJEWISH FEDERATION OF: $5,400 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OFFRIENDS OF THE SOUTHERN OCEAN: $4,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE SOUTHERN OCEANUNITED JEWISH APPEAL: $3,700 · OtherUNITED JEWISH APPEALJEWISH FEDERATION OF GR METROWEST: $2,800 · OtherMORRIS MINUTE MEN INC: $2,450 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NJ: $2,100 · OtherTREVOR PROJECT INC: $2,100 · Other+9 more: $8,100 · Other+9 moreTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $4,750 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY F…Humane World for Animals Inc: $4,650 · AnimalsHumane World for Anima…NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $4,550 · AnimalsNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDE…THE RAPTOR TRUST: $4,500 · AnimalsTHE RAPTOR TRUSTFriends of the Shelter Inc: $1,200 · AnimalsFriends of the Shelter…BERGEN COUNTY HORSE RESCUE INC: $1,000 · AnimalsCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF GREATER WICHITA FALLS AREA: $5,500 · EducationCOMMUNITIE…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $4,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SI…DOROT INC: $3,700 · Human ServicesCommunity Hope Inc: $1,300 · Human ServicesAMERICAN NEEDLEPOINT GUILD INC: $3,500 · Arts & CultureTHE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART: $1,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $500 · Arts & CultureDIVERS ALERT NETWORK: $3,000 · Recreation & SportsGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Philanthropy
Other$60,315Animals$20,650Education$9,500Human Services$5,000Arts & Culture$5,000Recreation & Sports$3,000Philanthropy$2,500

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 budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF GREATER WICHITA FALLS AREA: $5,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $4,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $4,650 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $4,550 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RAPTOR TRUST: $4,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDOROT INC: $3,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN NEEDLEPOINT GUILD INC: $3,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDIVERS ALERT NETWORK: $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMORRIS MINUTE MEN INC: $2,450 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $2,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $1,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Hope Inc: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Shelter Inc: $1,200 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBERGEN COUNTY HORSE RESCUE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $500 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.

The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC7.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Brisgel Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Brisgel Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 41%
  • Community Hope Inc: 41% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 32 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home