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Brownstein 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.

$38k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$56kCivil Rights$54kEnvironment$48kPhilanthropy$45kAnimals$29kHousing & Shelter$27kEducation$25kArts & Culture$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$493k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDS OF ISLAND FREE LIBRARY$5,000
WASHINGTON PROGRESS FUND$5,000
AMALGAMATED FOUNDATION$4,500
ACLU FOUNDATION$3,500
HOUSE WITH A HEART$3,000
AHIMSA HAVEN ANIMAL RESCUE$2,000
NEWHOUSE WILDLIFE RESCUE$2,000
REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS$2,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY RHODE ISLAND$2,000
SANCA$2,000
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY SPCA$1,500
US COMMITTEE FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS$1,500
MONTGOMERY COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$1,000
ASPCA$1,000
BLOCK ISLAND VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT$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 (FY17–24, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 7% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $1k → 8%HEALTH & HOPE FDN: $5k → 9%JEFF'S PLACE: $2k → 8%CHRISTOPHER'S HAVEN: $1k → 16%HEALTH & HOPE FDN: $3k → 9%HEALTH & HOPE FDN: $2k → 9%HEALTH & HOPE FDN: $1k → 9%HEALTH & HOPE FDN: $500 → 9%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

WA
NY
MA
OR
RI
CA
VA
MD
NC
SC
DC
AL
TX
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$270k · 33 repeat orgs$60k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
29

Total granted

$270k
$57k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+22%

Still filing today

73%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
AnimalsCivil RightsEnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthEducationOther
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

  • WP
    Washington Progress Fund
    8× · 2017–2025 · $40k · revenue +32%
  • SP
    SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC
    6× · 2017–2025 · $33k · revenue +10%
  • AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2018–2025 · $13k · revenue +110%

Funded once

  • WILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $7k · revenue +182%
  • SC
    SIERRA CLUB
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -41%
  • BI
    BLOCK ISLAND MEDICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
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
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
Rainforest Trust

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

International
3
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
4
Animal Outlook Inc

Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.

Animals
5
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
6
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc

Connect conservationists and supporters, deploy resources to the field, provide conservationists with tools and support they need to succeed.

Animals
7
Humane World Action Fund

To pass animal protection laws, educate the public, and support humane candidates for office.

Animals
8
Wildaid Inc

Wildaid's mission is to inspire change and empower the world to protect wildlife and vital habitats from critical threats.

Animals
9
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
10
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
11
Conservation Law Foundation Inc

Conservation law foundation, inc. (clf) protects new england's environment for the benefit of all people and future generations. we use the law, science, and markets to create solutions that preserve and restore our natural resources,…

Environment
12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Us Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Inc; the most unlike its peers is Julie Valentine Center. 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

48 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. 48 of the 66 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/48
Grantees still filing
32/48
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $29,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODHOUSE WITH A HEART: $22,500 · OtherHOUSE WITH A HEARTTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $22,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYFRIENDS OF ISLAND FREE LIBRARY: $13,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF ISLAND FREE LIBRARYSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $9,500 · OtherWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $7,000 · OtherPBS FOUNDATION: $10,500 · OtherPBS FOUNDATIONBREAD FOR THE CITY INC: $7,000 · Other+31 more: $74,440 · Other+31 moreWashington Progress Fund: $40,000 · PhilanthropyWashington Prog…Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $4,500 · PhilanthropyAmalgamated Cha…FRIENDS OF LOPEZ ISLAND POOL: $3,500 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF LOPE…SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $32,500 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN P…THE SOUTH CAROLINA SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $7,000 · AnimalsMONTGOMERY COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $6,500 · AnimalsAHIMSA HAVEN ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $4,000 · AnimalsNEWHOUSE WILDLIFE RESCUE CORPORATION: $4,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,500 · AnimalsORCA CONSERVANCY: $1,000 · AnimalsBIG LIFE FOUNDATION USA: $1,000 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals Inc: $1,000 · Animals+1 more: $500 · AnimalsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $13,000 · Civil RightsMALDEF - MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND: $2,000 · Civil RightsCOMMON POWER FUTURE: $1,500 · Civil RightsCAPITAL OF TEXAS MEDIA FOUNDATION: $1,500 · Civil RightsABORTION FREEDOM FUND: $1,500 · Civil Rights+1 more: $500 · Civil RightsRESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthENDOCRINE SOCIETY: $5,000 · HealthDYSAUTONOMIA FOUNDATION INC DBA FAMILIAL DYSAUTONOMIA FOUNDATION: $4,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC: $1,000 · HealthHEALTH AND HOPE FOUNDATION: $11,000 · Human ServicesJeff's Place Children's Bereavement Center Inc: $1,500 · Human ServicesCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesChristopher's Haven Inc: $1,000 · Human Services
Other$194,940Philanthropy$48,000Crime & Legal$32,500Animals$26,500Civil Rights$20,000Health$20,000Human Services$14,500

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 budgetWashington Progress Fund: $40,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $32,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $22,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTH AND HOPE FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetPBS FOUNDATION: $10,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $9,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOUTH CAROLINA SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBREAD FOR THE CITY INC: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $6,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENDOCRINE SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAHIMSA HAVEN ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSOME INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDYSAUTONOMIA FOUNDATION INC DBA FAMILIAL DYSAUTONOMIA FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEWHOUSE WILDLIFE RESCUE CORPORATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF LOPEZ ISLAND POOL: $3,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCHOOSE 180: $3,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUS COMMITTEE FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSUMMER SEARCH: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJULIE VALENTINE CENTER: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCAMPBELL UNIVERSITY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMALDEF - MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMON POWER FUTURE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJeff's Place Children's Bereavement Center Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNORTHWEST ABORTION ACCESS FUND: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHELPING HANDS OF BLOCK ISLAND INC: $1,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAN JUAN PRESERVATION TRUST: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORCA CONSERVANCY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristopher's Haven Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIG LIFE FOUNDATION USA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH: $750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CASA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATS R US INC: $500 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

Seattle FoundationImpactassetsincGs Donor Advised Phil…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Pfizer Foundation…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodCharities Aid Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Online Givin…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…
Seattle FoundationWA16.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Children's Inn at Nih Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
10report 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.

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 66 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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