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Brueckner Family Charitable 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.

$198k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
18
Grants FY2025
20
Organizations funded FY2024
15%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
14 to 29
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$1.6M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 15% of the organizations Brueckner Family Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthAnimalsHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving18$198k11%
FY202420$231k15%
FY202314$92k36%
FY202229$224k24%
FY202126$175k27%
FY202027$181k37%
FY201926$104k46%
FY201820$111k45%
97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$563kEducation$383kHealth$199kAnimals$85kHuman Services$67kFood & Nutrition$58kRecreation & Sports$29kHousing & Shelter$19kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
WA
IL
NY
IA
PA
NJ
CA
VA
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 44 grantees
All grantees of Brueckner Family Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Muhlenberg College$310,50080%
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$256,00070%
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Inc$123,84742%
Hudson Farm Foundation Inc$52,60071%
K-9 Hero Haven Inc$50,000711%
Hope for Children Research Found$26,00083%
Project Self-Sufficiency of Sussex County Inc$20,50030%
Oasis - a Haven for Women & Children Inc$14,00070%
North Shore Music Alliance Inc$12,50042%
The Jed Foundation$11,00040%
Tamerlaine Farm Animal Sanctuary$10,50051%
Humane Society of Jefferson County$10,00031%
The Charlie Landers Foundation$10,00031%
Cabrillo College Foundation$10,00010%
The Special Forces Charitable Trust$9,00040%
Durga Tree International Inc$7,89023%
Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation$7,50020%
Child Rescue Coalition Inc$7,50030%
Imagine a Center for Coping With Loss$7,00030%
Birth Haven Inc$6,64040%
Semper Fi & America's Fund$6,50030%
Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge Inc$6,00020%
East Harlem Tutorial Program Inc$5,50040%
Best Buddies International Inc$5,00050%
Center Valley Animal Rescue$5,00011%
Adaptive Sports Foundation Inc$4,50010%
Oceanic Preservation Society$3,50011%
Happiness Is Camping$3,00010%
Pace University$2,50010%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$2,50010%
Ursuline Sisters of Tildonk$2,5001n/a
Friends of Clarence Dillon Public Library$2,00032%
The Olana Partnership$1,50010%
Father Johns Animal House$1,00010%
Gracie's Gowns Inc$1,0001n/a
Pillar Ministries Inc$1,0001n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,00010%
Scarc Foundation Inc$1,00010%
The George Washington University$1,00010%
Garden State Initiative Inc$1,0001n/a
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$1,00010%
Essex Fox Hounds$1,0001n/a
Hearts of Harvest$1,00011%
Jerseygirls Animal Rescue$5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($480k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Brueckner Family Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMuhlenberg College: $310,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNavy Seal Foundation Inc: $256,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetOrpheus Chamber Orchestra Inc: $123,847 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetHudson Farm Foundation Inc: $52,600 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetK-9 Hero Haven Inc: $50,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetHope for Children Research Found: $26,000 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetProject Self-Sufficiency of Sussex County Inc: $20,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOasis - a Haven for Women & Children Inc: $14,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Shore Music Alliance Inc: $12,500 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetThe Jed Foundation: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTamerlaine Farm Animal Sanctuary: $10,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetHumane Society of Jefferson County: $10,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetThe Charlie Landers Foundation: $10,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCabrillo College Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Special Forces Charitable Trust: $9,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDurga Tree International Inc: $7,890 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetRichard Hampton Jenrette Foundation: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChild Rescue Coalition Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetImagine a Center for Coping With Loss: $7,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBirth Haven Inc: $6,640 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSemper Fi & America's Fund: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRamapo-Bergen Animal Refuge Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEast Harlem Tutorial Program Inc: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCenter Valley Animal Rescue: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAdaptive Sports Foundation Inc: $4,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOceanic Preservation Society: $3,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHappiness Is Camping: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPace University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Clarence Dillon Public Library: $2,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetThe Olana Partnership: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFather Johns Animal House: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetScarc Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe George Washington University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHearts of Harvest: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 38.

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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.

Community Foundation of New JerseyNJ18.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of New Jersey · Hudson Farm Foundation Inc · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Michael Inganamort Foundation · Wicks Chapin Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Mutual of America Foundation · 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.

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About Brueckner Family Charitable Foundation

How much does Brueckner Family Charitable Foundation give?
Brueckner Family Charitable Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $198,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Brueckner Family Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (37%), Education (25%), Health (13%).
Who are Brueckner Family Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Muhlenberg College ($311k), Navy Seal Foundation Inc ($256k), Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Inc ($124k).
Does Brueckner Family Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Brueckner Family Charitable Foundation 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 Brueckner Family Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of New Jersey, Hudson Farm Foundation Inc, Chubb Charitable Foundation.
Where is Brueckner Family Charitable Foundation based?
Brueckner Family Charitable Foundation is based in VA.

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 77 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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