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Bruggen Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$588k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$4.5MReligion$1.2MPublic Safety & Disaster$977kInternational$863kHuman Services$788kFood & Nutrition$445kHousing & Shelter$235kAnimals$100kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k7 grants · $211k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $1.0M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.2M
$100,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$90M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY$587,500
CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES$317,455
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST OHIO$250,000
LOVE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES$232,435
KENYA WORKS INC$170,147
STRATEGIES TO END HOMELESSNESS$160,000
EDESIA INC$100,000
MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION$100,000
ANDEAN HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT$100,000
ONESKY$90,000
DISMAS HOUSE OF INDIANA INC$57,250
COMBONI MISSIONARIES OF THE HEART OF JESUS$40,000
PEOPLE WORKING COOPERATIVELY$40,000
CLOVERNOOK CENTER FOR THE BLIND$36,500
CHANGING GEARS$30,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $304k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HAPPEN INC: $27k → 16%STRATEGIES TO END HOMELESSNESS: $160k → 16%CLOVERNOOK CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $37k → 16%CHANGING GEARS: $30k → 16%VILLAGE TO VILLAGE INTERNATIONAL: $18k → 13%CHANGING GEARS: $20k → 16%VILLAGE TO VILLAGE INTERNATIONAL: $12k → 13%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

WI
IA
IN
OH
RI
CA
CO
MD
OK
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.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 8 repeat orgs$2.3M to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
9

Total granted

$2.7M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+33%

Still filing today

75%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $801k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterInternationalFood & NutritionReligionOther
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

  • KW
    KENYA WORKS INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $393k · revenue +9%
  • CI
    CHANGINGGEARS INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue +24%
  • CC
    CAIN CINCY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $45k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • CT
    CHRIST THE KING CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $1.0M
  • Indiana University Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $205k · revenue +41%
  • PZ
    POTAWATOMI ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +33%
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
Columbus Housing Initiative Inc

Stabilize neighborhoods through establishing financing, education, rehabilitation of existing housing and development of new housing

Housing & Shelter
2
Devworks International

Devworks international is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. we contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organizations.

Human Services
3
Feeding Indiana's Hungry Inc

By drawing on varied resources within public agencies and the private sector, we hope to provide hunger relief for those in need throughout Indiana.

Human Services
4
Earthenable Inc

Earthenable works to solve the housing crisis in africa by revolutionizing the rural housing industry through innovative, affordable, and sustainable home-building solutions. its mission is to create healthier, safer, and climate-resilient…

International
5
Indy Hunger Network Inc

The mission of indy hunger network is to address systemic hunger issues and eliminate disparities in the greater indianapolis hunger relief system through collaboration on programs, advocacy, and research.

Food & Nutrition
6
Exodus Refugee Immigration Inc

Exodus Refugee Immigration is dedicated to the protection of human rights by serving the resettlement needs of refugees and other displaced people fleeing persecution, injustice and war by welcoming them to Indiana.

Human Services
7
Northwest Indiana Community Action Corporation

CoAction envisions the people of Northwest Indiana flourishing regardless of income, ability or age. Thus, people experiencing financial hardship find opportunities, resources and respect at CoAction.

Community Improvement
8
Inclusive Development International

Inclusive Development International supports communities around the world to defend their rights and resources in the face of harmful corporate activities and internationally financed development projects, and we advocate for a more just…

International
9
Habitat for Humanity Clark & Floyd Indiana Inc

The construction and renovation of homes for low income families.

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10
Housing Opportunities Inc

Housing Opportunities DBA CoAction works to resolve and prevent homelessness in our communities by providing emergency housing, permanent supportive housing, affordable rentals, rental assistance, housing counseling, street outreach…

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11
Insight Development Corporation

Insight development corporation fosters low-income housing in and around indianapolis, indiana and the surrounding community.

Housing & Shelter
12
Childrens House International

Children's house international provides ethical adoption services, child focused recruitment, and family support. we support disadvantaged children with humanitarian aid in countries worldwide.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Edesia Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dismas House of Indiana 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

17 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. 17 of the 27 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
8/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Notre Dame du Lac: $4,337,500 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du LacKENYA WORKS INC: $393,397 · EducationKENYA WORKS INCIndiana University Foundation: $205,000 · EducationCHRIST THE KING CHURCH: $1,000,000 · OtherCHRIST THE KING CHURCHCATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES: $977,455 · OtherCATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICESLOVE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES: $411,235 · OtherLOVE WITHOUT BOUNDARIESCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST OHIO: $250,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST OHIO+9 more: $397,250 · Other+9 moreANDEAN HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT INC: $350,000 · InternationalOneSky: $90,000 · InternationalEDESIA INC: $400,000 · Food & NutritionStrategies to End Homelessness Inc: $160,000 · Human ServicesCHANGINGGEARS INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesClovernook Center For the Blind and Visually Impaired: $36,500 · Human ServicesVILLAGE TO VILLAGE INTERNATIONAL INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesHAPPEN INC: $27,000 · Human ServicesPOTAWATOMI ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $100,000 · AnimalsPEOPLE WORKING COOPERATIVELY INC: $40,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE METANOIA PROJECT: $34,960 · Housing & Shelter
Education$4,935,897Other$3,035,940International$440,000Food & Nutrition$400,000Human Services$303,500Animals$100,000Housing & Shelter$74,960

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $4,337,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEDESIA INC: $400,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKENYA WORKS INC: $393,397 over 2y, 19% of budgetANDEAN HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT INC: $350,000 over 3y, 8.1% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $205,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStrategies to End Homelessness Inc: $160,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPOTAWATOMI ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetOneSky: $90,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetDISMAS HOUSE OF INDIANA INC: $57,250 over 1y, 20% of budgetCHANGINGGEARS INC: $50,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetCAIN CINCY: $45,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetPEOPLE WORKING COOPERATIVELY INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetClovernook Center For the Blind and Visually Impaired: $36,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE METANOIA PROJECT: $34,960 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetVILLAGE TO VILLAGE INTERNATIONAL INC: $30,000 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetHAPPEN INC: $27,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetPROTEUS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The Greater Cincinnat…Gs Donor Advised Phil…John a Schroth Family…Tr Uw Jacob Schmidlap…Sutphin Family Founda…Millstone FundCharles H Dater Found…Elsa M Heisel Sule Ch…Community Foundation …Carol Ann and Ralph V…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Renaissance Charitabl…
The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH18.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Tr Uw Jacob Schmidlapp #1 · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica · Millstone Fund · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 · Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Renaissance Charitable 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 Bruggen Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bruggen Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report 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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Bruggen Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Bruggen Foundation Inc 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 27 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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