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Browning Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$60k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Health$138kHuman Services$70kEducation$62kAnimals$48kArts & Culture$46kFood & Nutrition$35kHousing & Shelter$34kYouth Development$26kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$159k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BE GOOD FOUNDATION INC$7,500
BOOTS TO HEALTH FOUNDATION INC$6,500
LEE PESKY LEARNING CENTER INC$5,250
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRENCH BULLDOG RESCUE$5,000
COMMUNITY CANCER SERVICES$5,000
VOICE FOR THE ANIMALS$5,000
SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC$5,000
BILL OF RIGHTS INSTITUTE$5,000
DOMINIFARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY$5,000
IDAHO FOOD WAREHOUSE INC$5,000
BUILDING YOUTH AROUND THE WORLD$3,500
MAGIC VALLEY ARTS COUNCIL INC$2,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–24, $80k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PETS FOR THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION: $8k → 11%RIDE FOR JOY THERAPEUTIC RIDINGPROGRAM I: $20k → 11%AGELESS SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $3k → 11%NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE: $6k → 12%RIDE FOR JOY THERAPEUTIC RIDING PROGRAM: $12k → 11%AGELESS SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $2k → 11%RIDE FOR JOY THERAPEUTIC RIDING PROGRAM: $10k → 11%HOMEMORE PROJECT INC: $3k → 14%RIDE FOR JOY THERAPEUTIC RIDING PROGRAM: $10k → 8%LA POSADA INC: $7k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

ME
WA
ID
IL
NY
PA
CA
UT
CO
VA
AZ
NC
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$312k · 14 repeat orgs$227k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
23

Total granted

$312k
$195k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
+31%

Still filing today

100%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthAnimalsPhilanthropyInternationalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • RF
    Ride For Joy Therapeutic Riding Program Inc
    4× · 2020–2024 · $52k · revenue +7%
  • MV
    MAGIC VALLEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    6× · 2018–2023 · $30k · revenue +4% · 28% of their budget
  • IF
    IDAHO FOODBANK WAREHOUSE
    4× · 2018–2022 · $25k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • OB
    ORTON BOTANICAL GARDEN INC
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue -40%
  • BO
    BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS U
    one grant, 2021 · $13k
  • AT
    A Time For Change Movement Inc
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · 27% of their budget

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Idaho Animal Rescue Network

Idaho Animal Rescue Network is a 501(c)(3) non-profit based in Idaho that works in Idaho and Eastern Washington to educate, advocate, and network with other rescues and law enforcement in Idaho regarding animal cruelty and neglect. We are…

Animals
2
Rural Idaho & Mountain West Primary Care
Health
3
Idaho Forest Restoration Partnership
Environment
4
Idaho Operation Lifesaver
—
5
Building Hope Idaho Inc
Philanthropy
6
Underdogs Boise
Arts & Culture
7
Brave Hearts Idaho
Arts & Culture
8
People for Pets Magic Valley Humane Society

The organization provides animal care, animal shelter and adoption opportunities for thousands of dogs and cats located in the city of twin falls, idaho and in the surrounding in the city of twin falls, idaho and in the surrounding

Animals
9
Indigenous Idaho Alliance Inc
Civil Rights
10
Beaverhead Animal Shelter

The mission is to protect and care for homeless animals in the Dillon and Beaverhead county area.

Animals
11
Idaho Wildlife Federation

The Idaho Wildlife Federation (IWF) promotes the conservation of Idaho's wildlife heritage and legacy of sporting opportunities for the current and future generations.

Animals
12
Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health Inc
Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Idaho and the most unlike its peers is A Time for Change Movement Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyLand Conservation Organizat…Cancer Support OrganizationsIndependent K-8 SchoolsYouth Sports Booster Organi…Animal Rescue and AdoptionHomeless Services & ShelterCommunity Arts OrganizationsSmall Business Development …Public University Foundatio…Child and Family ServicesFood Pantries & AssistanceClassical Music EnsemblesCommunity Health Centers
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 19 years old; the field is 13. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number25%3%<5yr15%25%5–10yr18%25%10–20yr15%28%20–35yr11%16%35–55yr17%3%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value25%2%<5yr15%18%5–10yr18%38%10–20yr15%30%20–35yr11%11%35–55yr17%2%55yr+

The field is 25% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 18% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/36
the rest of the field
18%
1,676/9,384

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

35 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 43 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/35
Grantees still filing
17/35
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MAGIC VALLEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $30,000 · OtherMAGIC VALLEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INCMERCY HOUSING NORTHWEST - IDAHO INC — $21,000 · OtherMERCY HOUSING NORTHWEST - IDAHO INCBOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS U — $13,160 · OtherBOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UMAGIC VALLEY ARTS COUNCIL — $10,000 · OtherGOD S LOVING HANDS FEEDING THE HOMELESS INC — $10,000 · OtherBOY SCOUTS TROOP 7 OF FILER IDAHO — $10,000 · OtherTREASURE VALLEY CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC — $10,000 · OtherORTON BOTANICAL GARDEN INC — $15,000 · OtherORTON BOTANICAL GARDEN INCSnake River Waterkeeper Inc — $10,000 · OtherBE GOOD FOUNDATION INC — $16,500 · OtherBE GOOD FOUNDATION INCSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC — $10,000 · OtherTWIN FALLS OPTIMIST YOUTH HOUSE INC — $10,000 · OtherA Time For Change Movement Inc — $10,000 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICS IDAHO INC — $10,000 · Other+9 more — $52,825 · Other+9 moreRide For Joy Therapeutic Riding Program Inc — $52,000 · Human ServicesRide For Joy Therapeutic…La Posada Inc — $39,000 · Human ServicesLa Posada IncPETS FOR THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION — $7,500 · Human ServicesPETS FOR THE ELDERLY FOU…THE NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE INC — $6,000 · Human ServicesIDAHO HUNGER RELIEF TASK FORCE INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesAGELESS SENIOR CITIZENS INC — $4,700 · Human Services+1 more — $2,500 · Human ServicesGENESIS COMMUNITY HEALTH — $26,300 · InternationalBUILDING YOUTH AROUND THE WORLD — $16,000 · InternationalLEE PESKY LEARNING CENTER INC — $11,750 · EducationLONELY ENTREPRENEUR INC — $10,000 · EducationUC LAW SF FOUNDATION — $10,000 · EducationSUMMIT ACADEMY INC — $10,000 · EducationVOICE FOR THE ANIMALS — $30,000 · AnimalsROCKY MOUNTAIN FRENCH BULLDOG RESCUE — $5,000 · AnimalsDOMINIFARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC — $5,000 · AnimalsFamily Health Services Corporation — $20,000 · HealthNCCN FOUNDATION — $10,000 · HealthCommunity Cancer Services Inc — $5,000 · HealthIDAHO FOODBANK WAREHOUSE — $25,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$238,485Human Services$116,700International$42,300Education$41,750Animals$40,000Health$35,000Food & Nutrition$25,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetRide For Joy Therapeutic Riding Program Inc — $52,000 over 4y, 7.7% of budgetLa Posada Inc — $39,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetMAGIC VALLEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $30,000 over 6y, 28% of budgetVOICE FOR THE ANIMALS — $30,000 over 4y, 8.6% of budgetGENESIS COMMUNITY HEALTH — $26,300 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetIDAHO FOODBANK WAREHOUSE — $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY HOUSING NORTHWEST - IDAHO INC — $21,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetFamily Health Services Corporation — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBE GOOD FOUNDATION INC — $16,500 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetBUILDING YOUTH AROUND THE WORLD — $16,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetORTON BOTANICAL GARDEN INC — $15,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetLEE PESKY LEARNING CENTER INC — $11,750 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetA Time For Change Movement Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetLONELY ENTREPRENEUR INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS IDAHO INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTWIN FALLS OPTIMIST YOUTH HOUSE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetMAGIC VALLEY ARTS COUNCIL — $10,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetUC LAW SF FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSnake River Waterkeeper Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetSUMMIT ACADEMY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNCCN FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPETS FOR THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION — $7,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF IDAHO — $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBOOTS TO HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $6,500 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetTHE NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE INC — $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDRENS MUSEUM OF THE MAGIC VALLEY INC — $5,700 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetBill of Rights Institute — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAGELESS SENIOR CITIZENS INC — $4,700 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetHOMEMORE PROJECT INC — $2,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Idaho Community Found…St Luke's Health Syst…First Federal Foundat…Lamb Weston Charitabl…Janice Seagraves Fami…Claude R & Ethel B Wh…Simplot Company Found…Idaho Power Foundatio…Laura Moore Cunningha…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…
Idaho Community Foundation IncID26.6× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Idaho Community Foundation Inc · St Luke's Health System Ltd · First Federal Foundation Inc · Lamb Weston Charitable Foundation · Janice Seagraves Family Foundation Inc · Claude R & Ethel B Whittenberger Foundation · Simplot Company Foundation Inc · Idaho Power Foundation Inc · Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Browning Charitable Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 43 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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