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Brokaw 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.

$37k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$28k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$126kInternational$63kEnvironment$54kCivil Rights$9kEducation$3kHuman Services$3kAnimals$1kHealth$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $28k
$3,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$519k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC$28,076
CASA SAN JOSE$3,000
READING PARTNERS$3,000
DELAWARE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY$1,000
DIXIE GIRL DOG RESCUE$1,000
AMIGOS DE EL YUNQUE$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:

Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CASA SAN JOSE: $3k → 11%CITY OF ASYLUM: $1k → 11%CITY OF ASYLUM: $700 → 11%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

ME
VT
WA
NY
PA
CA
MD
DE
AZ
AR
DC
AL
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.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$158k · 8 repeat orgs$106k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
20

Total granted

$158k
$70k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-13%
+1%

Still filing today

75%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k 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
EnvironmentArts & CultureAnimalsInternationalHuman ServicesHealthOther
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

  • DM
    DELAWARE MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $88k · revenue -13%
  • CU
    CAMFED USA FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $57k · revenue +72%
  • SA
    SEACAMP ASSOCIATION INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $3k · revenue -39%

Funded once

  • CC
    COMING CLEAN INC
    one grant, 2021 · $24k · revenue +4%
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATEDgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $9k · revenue +48%
  • NR
    NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNSEL
    one grant, 2024 · $9k
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
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
2
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
3
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners

Founded in 1889, the national association of regulatory utility commisioners (naruc) is a non-profit organization dedicated to representing the state public service commisions who regulate the utilities that provide essential services such…

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4
Natural Areas Conservancy Inc

The natural areas conservancy champions urban natural areas in new york city and across the nation through innovative research, partnerships, and advocacy. we increase the health and resilience of urban forests and wetlands, catalyze…

Environment
5
Amazon Conservation Association

Amazon conservation unites science, people, and innovation to protect the amazon - the greatest wild forest on earth. as guardians of the most iconic forest on the planet, we bring together the power of the latest science and technology…

Environment
6
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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7
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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8
New York League of Conservation Voters

See schedule onylcv is a non-partisan policy making and political action organization that works to make environmental protection a top priority with elected officials, decision-makers and the voters by evaluating incumbent performance and…

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9
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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10
Center for International Environmental Law Inc

To investigate, research, write, publish, present conferences and teach with respect to global, regional, transboundary, and comparative environmental issues and to make the findings from such activities available to the general public; to…

International
11
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
12
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Delaware Nature Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is Arba Sicula. 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

22 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. 22 of the 33 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
9/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DELAWARE MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE INC: $87,978 · OtherDELAWARE MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE INCNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNSEL (NRDC): $8,633 · OtherNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNSEL (NRDC)+18 more: $26,800 · Other+18 moreCAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $57,472 · InternationalCAMFED USA FOUNDATIONWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $2,000 · InternationalCOMING CLEAN INC: $23,849 · EnvironmentCOMING CLEAN IN…ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $8,633 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL D…Chewonki Foundation Inc: $2,000 · EnvironmentChewonki Founda…+1 more: $500 · EnvironmentNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $28,076 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL PUB…+2 more: $2,000 · Arts & Culture+2 moreAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $8,633 · Civil RightsCASA SAN JOSE: $3,000 · Human ServicesCITY OF ASYLUM: $1,700 · Human ServicesREADING PARTNERS: $3,000 · Education
Other$123,411International$59,472Environment$34,982Arts & Culture$30,076Civil Rights$8,633Human Services$4,700Education$3,000

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 budgetDELAWARE MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE INC: $87,978 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetCAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $57,472 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $28,076 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMING CLEAN INC: $23,849 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $8,633 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $8,633 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEACAMP ASSOCIATION INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetREADING PARTNERS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASA SAN JOSE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAFRO AMERICAN MUSIC INSTITUTE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetChewonki Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDELAWARE WILD LANDS INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCITY OF ASYLUM: $1,700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WESTERN PA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARBA SICULA: $1,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetDELAWARE NATURE SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE ASSOCIATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Aid Unlimited: $300 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.

Network for GoodJpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Network for GoodDC9.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Network for Good · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Brokaw Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Brokaw Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Delaware Nature Society Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Delaware Museum of Nature and Science Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–60%
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 Brokaw Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Brokaw 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 33 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