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Brunner Family Foundation

Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$456k
Granted FY2017
26
Grants FY2017
14
States reached
$421k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

93% of Brunner Family Foundation’s FY2017 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2017 names 14 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

01What you fund
01FY2017 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k25 grants · $35k
  • $250k+1 grant · $421k
$1,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND$421,193
CHURCH OF ST MARY$5,000
SOAR$4,300
SNIVELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,000
ORPHAN ACRES$2,000
GENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE$2,000
ST JUDES CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$1,000
PAWS CHICAGO$1,000
SMILE TRAIN$1,000
THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES$1,000
MISERICORDIA HEART OF MERCY HOME$1,000
THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL CO ST BEDE CATHOLIC CHURCH$1,000
AURORA HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION$1,000
SALVATION ARMY WORLD SERVICE OFFICE$1,000
02The need
02

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 (FY17–17, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ORPHAN ACRES: $2k → 16%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

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OK
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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 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
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
2
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.

Animals
3
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
4
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc

Protection of animal rights

Animals
5
Animal Humane Society

Animal Humane Society (AHS) established in 1878 and incorporated as a nonprofit charitable organization in 1891 works to engage the hearts, hands, and minds of the community to help animals. AHS's vision is to compassionately and…

Animals
6
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
7
San Diego Humane Society and Spca

Create a more humane world by inspiring compassion, providing hope and advancing the welfare of animals and people.

Animals
8
Lawrence Humane Society

The lawrence humane society nurtures the human-animal bond by providing shelter, care and advocacy for homeless and abused animals, as well as resource for the pets and people in our community

Animals
9
Veterinarians Without Borders Usa

Our mission is to strengthen animal health and welfare to build more resilient communities. we do this by enhancing veterinary care, bolstering community disaster response and recovery, championing sustainable livelihoods, and improving…

International
10
Illinois Animal Welfare Networkers Association
Animals
11
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
12
Humane Fort Wayne Inc

Humane fort wayne is a trusted partner providing comprehensive, lifesaving resources to pets and their people.

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Paws Chicago and the most unlike its peers is Meals On Wheels. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

03the grantee network

16 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. 16 of the 26 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/16
Grantees still filing
14/16
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC — $421,193 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC+1 more — $1,000 · PhilanthropyCHURCH OF ST MARY — $5,000 · OtherSNIVELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL — $2,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $2,000 · OtherST JUDES CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL — $1,000 · OtherSMILE TRAIN INC — $1,000 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY — $1,000 · OtherMISERICORDIA HEART OF MERCY HOME — $1,000 · OtherALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION GREATER ILLINOIS CHAPTER — $1,000 · OtherAMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION GIFT PROCESSING CENTER — $1,000 · OtherTHE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL CO ST BEDE CATHOLIC CHURCH — $1,000 · Other+3 more — $1,040 · OtherGENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE SOCIETY LTD — $2,000 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals Inc — $1,000 · AnimalsThe Anti-Cruelty Society — $1,000 · AnimalsPAWS CHICAGO — $1,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $1,000 · AnimalsSOAR Inc — $4,300 · EnvironmentORPHAN ACRES INC — $2,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE SALVATION ARMY WORLD SERVICE OFFICE — $1,000 · InternationalWORLD VISION INC — $700 · InternationalMEALS ON WHEELS — $1,000 · Food & Nutrition
Philanthropy$422,193Other$17,540Animals$6,000Environment$4,300Human Services$3,000International$1,700Food & Nutrition$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC — $421,193 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOAR Inc — $4,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE SOCIETY LTD — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SALVATION ARMY WORLD SERVICE OFFICE — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Anti-Cruelty Society — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAURORA HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS CHICAGO — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC — $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLake Forest Police Foundation Inc — $500 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Brunner Family 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.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 26 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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