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Britten Fund at a glance

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Britten Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$160k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$32k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Animals$126kEnvironment$71kReligion$67kHealth$21kArts & Culture$7kPublic Safety & Disaster$6kEducation$2kHuman Services$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $2k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $158k
$27,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALL SAINTS CHURCH$32,265
BOYKIN SPANIEL RESCUE$32,000
ALL 4 PAWS$30,000
WORLD WILD LIFE FUND$27,000
ST HUBERT'S ANIMAL WELFARE CENTER$21,000
THE SEEING EYE$16,000
HOUSTON ZOO$2,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–25, $24k) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 6% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%EAST END HOSPICE: $600 → 7%THE SEEING EYE: $16k → 4%EAST END HOSPICE: $600 → 7%ALL 4 PAWS RESCUE: $2k → 6%ALL 4 PAWS RESCUE: $2k → 6%ALL 4 PAWS RESCUE: $500 → 6%ALL 4 PAWS RESCUE: $500 → 6%ALL 4 PAWS RESCUE: $500 → 6%LITCHFIELD BEAUTIFICATION FOUNDATION: $500 → 15%LITCHFIELD BEAUTIFICATION FOUNDATION: $500 → 15%LITCHFIELD BEAUTIFICATION FOUNDATION: $500 → 15%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.
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.
$272k · 17 repeat orgs$36k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
16

Total granted

$272k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+20%

Still filing today

59%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEnvironmentHuman ServicesArts & CulturePublic Safety & DisasterEducationOther
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

  • WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $36k · revenue +28%
  • Houston Zoo Inc
    8× · 2017–2025 · $16k · revenue +16%
  • NB
    NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $9k · revenue +167%

Funded once

  • SP
    SAINT PAULS CHURCH
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
  • BC
    BUCKS COUNTY PLAYHOUSE
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $2k
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
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
2
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
3
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
4
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
5
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
6
New Jersey Audubon Society

The new jersey audubon society is a privately supported, not-for-profit, statewide membership organization. (see schedule o for details).

Environment
7
Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc

In 2024, biscayne bay waterkeeper (d/b/a miami waterkeeper) built on our reputation by navigating challenges, seizing opportunities, and continuing our unwavering commitment to safeguarding our precious waterways and finding local…

Environment
8
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
9
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
10
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
11
Four Paws International Inc

Our vision is a world where humans treat animals with respect, empathy and understanding. four paws mission is to be the strong, global and independent voice for animals.

Animals
12
Riverkeeper Inc

Protects and restores the hudson river from source to sea and safeguards drinking water supplies.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Seeing Eye Inc; the most unlike its peers is Belle W Baruch Foundation. 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

20 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. 20 of the 34 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE: $55,765 · OtherUNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCEST HUBERT'S ANIMAL WELFARE CENTER: $37,250 · OtherST HUBERT'S ANIMAL WELFARE CENTERALL 4 PAWS: $32,000 · OtherALL 4 PAWSDELAWARE RIVERKEEPER NETWORK: $20,250 · OtherDELAWARE RIVERKEEPER NETWORKST PHILIPS CHURCH: $6,000 · Other+13 more: $25,750 · Other+13 moreBOYKIN SPANIEL RESCUE INC: $34,000 · AnimalsBOYKIN SPANIEL RESC…Houston Zoo Inc: $16,000 · AnimalsHouston Zoo Inc+2 more: $1,750 · AnimalsWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $35,750 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FU…NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $9,000 · EnvironmentNAPLES BOTANICAL …+2 more: $2,000 · EnvironmentTHE SEEING EYE INC: $16,000 · Human ServicesALL 4 PAWS RESCUE: $5,000 · Human ServicesLitchfield Beautification Foundation: $1,500 · Human ServicesEast End Hospice Inc: $1,200 · Human ServicesQUAKERTOWN FIRE CO INC: $4,500 · Public Safety & DisasterHunterdon Art Museum: $2,250 · Arts & CultureTHE OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN MUSEUM AND THEATRE EDUCATION CENTER: $1,250 · Arts & CultureCenter for Educational Innovation Inc: $1,000 · Education
Other$177,015Animals$51,750Environment$46,750Human Services$23,700Public Safety & Disaster$4,500Arts & Culture$3,500Education$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $35,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBOYKIN SPANIEL RESCUE INC: $34,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetDELAWARE RIVERKEEPER NETWORK: $20,250 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHouston Zoo Inc: $16,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SEEING EYE INC: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetALL 4 PAWS RESCUE: $5,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHunterdon Art Museum: $2,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLitchfield Beautification Foundation: $1,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN MUSEUM AND THEATRE EDUCATION CENTER: $1,250 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEast End Hospice Inc: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Educational Innovation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREEN AMENDMENTS FOR THE GENERATIONS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFLORIDA KEYS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSUSTAINABLE JERSEY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQUAKERTOWN VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INC(BANKRUPT)C/O DES ESQ TTEE: $1,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetBELLE W BARUCH FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIDEAWEE 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.

  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYKIN SPANIEL RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds DELAWARE RIVERKEEPER NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds Houston Zoo Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE SEEING EYE INC ↗
  • Who funds NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds ALL 4 PAWS RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds QUAKERTOWN FIRE CO INC ↗
  • Who funds Hunterdon Art Museum ↗
  • Who funds Litchfield Beautification Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN MUSEUM AND THEATRE EDUCATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds East End Hospice Inc ↗
  • Who funds Center for Educational Innovation Inc ↗
  • Who funds GREEN AMENDMENTS FOR THE GENERATIONS ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA KEYS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SUSTAINABLE JERSEY ↗
  • Who funds QUAKERTOWN VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INC(BANKRUPT)C/O DES ESQ TTEE ↗
  • Who funds BELLE W BARUCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BIDEAWEE INC ↗

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 Pfizer Foundation…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Pfizer Foundation IncNY10.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Britten Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Britten Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Quakertown Fire Co Inc: 97% of income from government
  • Hunterdon Art Museum: 9% of income from government
  • Naples Botanical Garden Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 34 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 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