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Brunner Family Foundation at a glance

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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its 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 it funds
01FY2017 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
GENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE$2,000
ORPHAN ACRES$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
ANTI-CRUELTY SOCIETY$1,000
SMILE TRAIN$1,000
THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL CO ST BEDE CATHOLIC CHURCH$1,000
MEALS ON WHEELS$1,000
THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES$1,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION GREATER ILLINOIS CHAPTER$1,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION GIFT PROCESSING CENTER$1,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$1,000
02The need
02

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 (FY17–17, $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 its 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
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
ID
IL
WI
IA
CA
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC
OK
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 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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Paws Chicago; 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 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. 16 of the 26 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/16
Grantees still filing
14/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 · OtherMISERICORDIA HEART OF MERCY HOME: $1,000 · OtherALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION GREATER ILLINOIS CHAPTER: $1,000 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $1,000 · OtherST JUDES CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $1,000 · OtherAMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION GIFT PROCESSING CENTER: $1,000 · OtherSMILE TRAIN INC: $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 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,000 · AnimalsThe Anti-Cruelty Society: $1,000 · AnimalsPAWS CHICAGO: $1,000 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals Inc: $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 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 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 budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $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 budgetTHE SALVATION ARMY WORLD SERVICE OFFICE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS CHICAGO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $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
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Brunner Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Brunner Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's 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
    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 26 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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