Missouri · Private foundation
Brook Trout Charitable Trust
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $137k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2026
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $68,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 4
- Total assets, FY2026
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 22% of the organizations Brook Trout Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 11 | $137k | 36% |
| FY2025 | 9 | $120k | 22% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $122k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $124k | 54% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $110k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $112k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $115k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2026.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Dyslexia Centers Inc | $36,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Bethesda Mission of Harrisburg Inc | $29,625 | 6 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc | $27,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Dauphin County Casa | $25,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Harrisburg Rugby Football Club Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $19,000 | 4 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $13,625 | 3 | 0% |
| Harrisburg Area Food Pantry | $12,625 | 1 | n/a |
| Veterans Outreach of Pennsylvania | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Dyslexia Centers Inc | $36,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Bethesda Mission of Harrisburg Inc | $29,625 | 6 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc | $27,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Dauphin County Casa | $25,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Harrisburg Rugby Football Club Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $19,000 | 4 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $13,625 | 3 | 0% |
| Harrisburg Area Food Pantry | $12,625 | 1 | n/a |
| Veterans Outreach of Pennsylvania | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Messiah Lutheran Church of Harrisburg Pa | $9,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Harrisburg Area Food Pantry | $6,625 | 1 | n/a |
| Miss Bobbis Place Inc | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Order of Demolay in Pennsylvania | $5,500 | 2 | 2% |
| God Luv Ya Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Penn State Alumni Association | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Zion Evan Lutheran Church | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($580k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Brook Trout Charitable Trust supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Central Pennsylvania Food Bank · United Way of the Capital Region · The Foundation for Enhancing Communities · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Brook Trout Charitable Trust
- How much does Brook Trout Charitable Trust give?
- Brook Trout Charitable Trust reported 11 grants totaling $136,500 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2025.
- What does Brook Trout Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2026, its largest causes are Membership Benefit (51%), Health (14%), Philanthropy (6%).
- Who are Brook Trout Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2026: Children's Dyslexia Centers Inc ($36k), Save The Children Federation Inc ($30k), Bethesda Mission of Harrisburg Inc ($30k).
- Does Brook Trout Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brook Trout Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Brook Trout Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, United Way of the Capital Region, The Foundation for Enhancing Communities.
- Where is Brook Trout Charitable Trust based?
- Brook Trout Charitable Trust is based in MO.
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