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Browning Charitable Foundation at a glance

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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$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

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 (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 its 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%LA POSADA INC: $7k → 11%RIDE FOR JOY THERAPEUTIC RIDING PROGRAM: $10k → 8%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
WA
ID
IL
NY
PA
CA
UT
CO
VA
AZ
NC
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.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has 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
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

  • 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
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
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
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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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Idaho; 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.
04the grantee network

35 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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
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.

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

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 Browning Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Browning Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's 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
    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 43 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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