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Brooks Family 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.

$2.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
35
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$2.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$31MHealth$829kPhilanthropy$825kFood & Nutrition$503kArts & Culture$453kInternational$412kHuman Services$75kCivil Rights$60kOther$0
02FY2025 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k27 grants · $89k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $105k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $2.0M
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Cornell University$2,000,000
Southern Maine Community College Foundation$50,000
Portland Stage Company$32,500
Mayo Street Arts$22,000
Good Shepherd Food Bank$20,000
Kennebec Valley Dental Coalition DBA Waterville Community Dental Center$10,000
Sunrise Opportunities$10,000
Doctors Without Borders USA$10,000
Foodlink Inc$7,000
Trustees of Hamilton College$5,000
Center for Transformative Action (FBO Ithaca City of Asylum)$5,000
Health Equity International (FBO St Boniface Haiti Foundation)$5,000
FeedMore WNY$5,000
Grassroots International$5,000
Greater Portland Health$5,000
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, $168k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 25% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Hope and Comfort: $1k → 7%Hope and Comfort: $1k → 7%Community Partners International: $10k → 10%Community Partners International: $5k → 10%Community Partners International: $3k → 10%Community Partners International: $3k → 10%Elizabeth Stone House: $5k → 16%Mayo Street Arts: $47k → 7%Greater Ithaca Activities Center: $10k → 16%Mayo Street Arts: $23k → 7%Mayo Street Arts: $22k → 7%Mayo Street Arts: $20k → 7%Mayo Street Arts: $10k → 7%Franziska Racker Centers: $5k → 16%Franziska Racker Centers: $1k → 16%Franziska Racker Centers: $1k → 16%Mayo Street Arts: $2k → 7%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
NH
NY
MA
OR
PA
CA
CO
MO
AZ
NC
DC
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$34M · 99 repeat orgs$317k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

99 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2025, 69 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

99
42

Total granted

$34M
$312k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
0%

Still filing today

75%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyInternationalHuman ServicesOther
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

  • Cornell University
    4× · 2020–2025 · $30M · revenue +46%
  • SM
    SOUTHERN MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $330k · revenue +13%
  • HC
    HealthReach Community Health Centers
    5× · 2020–2024 · $300k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • TF
    The Foundation for Maine's Community Colleges
    one grant, 2024 · $40k · revenue -29%
  • UW
    United Way of York County
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF KENNEBEC VALLEY
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue -3%
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
MaineGeneral Health

To enhance, every day, the health of our patients, our families and our communities. We do that through a range of health care services for people of all ages, in a variety of care settings.

Health
2
Central Maine Healthcare Corporation

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.

Health
3
Maine Media College

Maine Media Workshops & College educates and inspires visual artists and storytellers to achieve their creative potential. We provide lifelong learning opportunities for those pursuing the fine arts and media-related professions. We are…

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4
Central Maine Medical Center

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment and compassion of ourfamily of caregivers.

Health
5
Maine Medical Association

To support maine physicians, advance the quality of medicine in maine, and promote the health of all maine people.

—
6
MaineHealth

MaineHealth is a voluntary, not-for-profit community and referral system of hospitals, dedicated to providing high quality health care services to all persons who seek care regardless of their sex, race, religion, age, color, sexual…

Health
7
Consumers for Affordable Health Care Foundation

Advocate for maine people to be heard, respected, and well-served in a health system that provides coverage, access and quality, affordable care to all.

Health
8
Western Maine Health Care Corp

Ensured a high quality, accessible, affordable and appropriate integrated health care system to improve the health and well being of the community.

—
9
Rumford Hospital

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment and compassion of ourfamily of caregivers.

Health
10
Maine Donor Alliance Fund

To build a permanent and powerful progressive movement in Maine. We will promote a healthy, just, equitable democracy through research, engagement, and education of Maine's citizens. We will engage in democracy expansion, voter engagement,…

Education
11
Bridgton Hospital

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment, and compassion ofour family of caregivers.

Health
12
Coastal Enterprises Inc

Cei integrates financing, small business and industry expertise, and policy solutions to grow a vibrant future for people and communities in maine and rural regions.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Androscoggin County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Build Health International Inc. 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

111 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. 111 of the 148 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
107/111
Grantees still filing
70/111
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Cornell University: $30,015,000 · EducationCornell University+16 more: $661,000 · EducationUNITED WAY OF ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY INC: $70,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF AROOSTOOK: $70,000 · OtherUnited Way of Southern Maine: $60,000 · OtherNUTRITION FOR THE ELDERLY IN TOMPKINS COUNTY INC: $57,000 · OtherUnited Way of Tri-Valley Area: $50,000 · OtherKennebec Valley Dental Coalition DBA Waterville Community Dental Center: $50,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF MID-MAINE: $50,000 · OtherTHE CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOOD BANK OF THE SOUTHERN TIER: $45,000 · OtherMAYO STREET ARTS: $123,500 · Other+62 more: $706,000 · OtherHealthReach Community Health Centers: $300,000 · HealthMID-COAST HEALTH NET INC: $75,000 · HealthOASIS HEALTH NETWORK INC: $75,000 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $60,000 · HealthFAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF ITHACA INC: $35,000 · HealthITHACA HEALTH ALLIANCE INC: $25,000 · HealthHealthy Smiles for ME Inc: $25,000 · Health+7 more: $75,000 · HealthHEART OF MAINE UNITED WAY: $100,000 · PhilanthropyUnited Way Inc: $80,000 · PhilanthropyMaine Community Foundation Inc: $50,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC: $45,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY FOR CORTLAND COUNTY INC: $45,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF BROOME COUNTY INC: $45,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF TOMPKINS COUNTY INC: $40,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CHILDRENS INITIATIVE INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF KENNEBEC VALLEY: $20,000 · PhilanthropyBUILD HEALTH INTERNATIONAL INC: $20,000 · Philanthropy+4 more: $46,000 · PhilanthropyGood Shepherd Food Bank: $170,000 · Food & NutritionFOODLINK INC: $61,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL NEW YORK: $57,000 · Food & NutritionFEEDMORE WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $40,000 · Food & NutritionREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $35,000 · Food & Nutrition+2 more: $21,000 · Food & NutritionPORTLAND STAGE COMPANY: $202,000 · Arts & CultureGREATER PORTLAND LANDMARKS INC: $37,000 · Arts & CultureRise Up: $15,000 · Arts & CultureMaine Public Broadcasting Corporation: $14,000 · Arts & Culture+10 more: $42,000 · Arts & CultureMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $60,000 · InternationalGRASSROOTS INTERNATIONAL INC: $54,500 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL VISION VOLUNTEERS: $20,000 · InternationalNEPAL YOUTH FOUNDATION: $18,000 · InternationalAMREF HEALTH AFRICA INC INC (AMREF): $15,000 · InternationalMADRE INC: $15,000 · InternationalAGUACLARA REACH INC: $15,000 · InternationalFRIENDSHIP WITH CAMBODIA: $14,000 · InternationalWater Is Life Inc: $12,000 · International+2 more: $10,000 · International
Education$30,676,000Other$1,281,500Health$670,000Philanthropy$516,000Food & Nutrition$384,000Arts & Culture$310,000International$233,500

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 budgetCornell University: $30,015,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSOUTHERN MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $330,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetHealthReach Community Health Centers: $300,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPORTLAND STAGE COMPANY: $202,000 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank: $170,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMAYO STREET ARTS: $123,500 over 6y, 9.2% of budgetHEART OF MAINE UNITED WAY: $100,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetUnited Way Inc: $80,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMID-COAST HEALTH NET INC: $75,000 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetOASIS HEALTH NETWORK INC: $75,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetITHACA WALDORF SCHOOL: $74,000 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY INC: $70,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF AROOSTOOK: $70,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetFOODLINK INC: $61,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $60,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNUTRITION FOR THE ELDERLY IN TOMPKINS COUNTY INC: $57,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL NEW YORK: $57,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE PORTLAND COMMUNITY FREE CLINIC: $55,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetGRASSROOTS INTERNATIONAL INC: $54,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMaine Community Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MID-MAINE: $50,000 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC: $45,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY FOR CORTLAND COUNTY INC: $45,000 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetITHACA COLLEGE: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BROOME COUNTY INC: $45,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF TOMPKINS COUNTY INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetThe Foundation for Maine's Community Colleges: $40,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetWAYNFLETE SCHOOL: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFEEDMORE WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER PORTLAND LANDMARKS INC: $37,000 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetFAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF ITHACA INC: $35,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $35,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MID COAST MAINE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE CHILDRENS INITIATIVE INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetITHACA HEALTH ALLIANCE INC: $25,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetUnited Way of York County: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetHealthy Smiles for ME Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 79% of budgetTrustees of Hamilton College: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRAIN FOR THE SAHEL AND SAHARA INC: $21,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF KENNEBEC VALLEY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetINTERNATIONAL VISION VOLUNTEERS: $20,000 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetBUILD HEALTH INTERNATIONAL INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF TRI VALLY AREA: $20,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetTHE BANGOR AREA HOMELESS SHELTER: $18,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetNEPAL YOUTH FOUNDATION: $18,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $18,000 over 6y, 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 Cornell University ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HealthReach Community Health Centers ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND STAGE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds Good Shepherd Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds MAYO STREET ARTS ↗
  • Who funds HEART OF MAINE UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds United Way Inc ↗
  • Who funds MID-COAST HEALTH NET INC ↗
  • Who funds OASIS HEALTH NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds ITHACA WALDORF SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF AROOSTOOK ↗
  • Who funds FOODLINK INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds NUTRITION FOR THE ELDERLY IN TOMPKINS COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE PORTLAND COMMUNITY FREE CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds GRASSROOTS INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Maine Community Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF MID-MAINE ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY FOR CORTLAND COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds ITHACA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF BROOME COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF TOMPKINS COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds The Foundation for Maine's Community Colleges ↗
  • Who funds WAYNFLETE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds FEEDMORE WESTERN NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER PORTLAND LANDMARKS INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF ITHACA INC ↗
  • Who funds REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK 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.

Maine Community Found…Sam L Cohen FoundationCommunity Foundation …Bangor Savings Bank F…Legacy Foundation of …Davis Family Foundati…Simmons Foundation - …Fisher Charitable Fou…John T Gorman Foundat…Park Foundation IncUnited Way IncUnited Way of Tompkin…
Maine Community Foundation IncME56.4× affinity36 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Community Foundation of Tompkins County Inc · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Legacy Foundation of Tompkins County · Davis Family Foundation · Simmons Foundation - PerkinsThompson · Fisher Charitable Foundation · John T Gorman Foundation · Park Foundation Inc · United Way Inc · United Way of Tompkins County 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 Brooks Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Brooks Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Roxbury Stone House Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery: 1% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College: 1% of income from government
  • Hope and Comfort Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
30report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Brooks Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Brooks Family 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 148 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
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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