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Bruno-Rumore Foundation

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.

$486k
Granted FY2024still arriving
37
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$1.9MEducation$547kHuman Services$326kHealth$190kCivil Rights$175kArts & Culture$135kYouth Development$57kPublic Safety & Disaster$35kOther$0
02FY2024 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $39k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $447k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$7.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PRINCE PEACE CATH PARISH$45,000
SARVA PREMA WELFARE SOCIETY$35,000
SARVA PREMA WELFARE SOCIETY$35,000
CORPUS CHRISTI CATHOLIC CHURCH$30,000
ST FRANCIS DE PAULA CATHOLIC CHURCH$25,000
ST JOSEPH CATH CH$25,000
ST BERNARD PREP SCHOOL$25,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
ST BERNARD PREP SCHOOL$20,000
UNITED FOR LIFE FOUNDATION$20,000
ASCENSION ST VINCENT FDN$20,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
MAGIC MOMENTS$20,000
OUR LADY OF THE VALLEY$15,000
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.

US giving: 81% of grant dollars ($2.9M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 19% that went abroad ($668k) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $34k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%BIG OAK RANCH: $15k → 13%UNBOUND: $1k → 16%BIG OAK RANCH: $6k → 13%MARY'S SHELTER: $1k → 12%BACKPACK BUDDIES: $2k → 7%BACK PACK BUDDIES: $3k → 7%BACKPACK BUDDIES: $3k → 16%SAV A LIFE: $1k → 16%SAV A LIFE: $300 → 16%HEART GALLERY OF ALABAMA: $1k → 16%FIRST LIGHT SHELTER: $500 → 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

ME
IL
NY
IA
PA
CO
NE
VA
DE
KS
TN
NC
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Beyond the US: 19% of all-years giving ($668k)

2 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
India$533k · 15 grants
Cameroon$135k · 6 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 61 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

61 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 42 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

61
86

Total granted

$2.5M
$859k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+57%

Still filing today

23%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $185k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthReligionInternationalArts & CulturePublic BenefitOther
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

  • MM
    MAGIC MOMENTS
    6× · 2018–2024 · $80k · revenue +94%
  • VH
    VESTAVIA HILLS POLICE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2019–2023 · $34k · revenue +10%
  • BO
    BIG OAK RANCH INC
    2× · 2019–2021 · $21k · revenue +87%

Funded once

  • JS
    JEEVADHARA SERVICE SOCIETY
    one grant, 2017 · $90k
  • OL
    OUR LADY OF SORROWS CATHOLIC CHURCH
    one grant, 2018 · $79k
  • SM
    ST MARY'S CH (POOR & TRIBALS SO
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
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
Choose Life of North Alabama Inc

Our mission is to offer gospel-focused, life-affirming choices, education and compassionate counsel to those facing pregnancy related decisions.

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2
A Choice for Life Inc

Bsideu for life is committed to presenting the gospel of our lord in word and deed by educating women facing crisis pregnancies, responding to their needs and protecting the lives of unborn children.bsideu for life also equips mothers and…

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3
Agape of Central Alabama Inc

As a ministry of jesus christ, agape's mission is that vulnerable and orphaned children find permanency in safe, nurturing families.

Human Services
4
L I F E Ministries Inc Community Pregnancy Center

Our mission is to affirm life through evangelism, education, counseling and practical assistance.

Health
5
Save a Life International Inc

Save a life international helps women in crisis; including crisis pregnancies, domestic violence, post-abortion depression and other types of hardships. they provide education and bring awareness to young people about the importance of…

Human Services
6
Life International

To partner with leaders globally to boldly proclaim the biblical truth of the father's heart for life, champion the gospel of jesus christ, and establish life-giving ministries.

Health
7
Bread of Life Mission

Bringing hope, healing, and recovery to seattle's homeless through a christ-centered approach.

Human Services
8
Life Choice Center

To provide christian based outreach to clients by providing services and information free of charge to anyone in a crisis pregnancy situation, with the goal of assisting the client to carry the pregnancy to term and with continued care…

Health
9
Align Life Ministries

To share the gospel of jesus christ and the sacredness of human life through pregnancy services, strategic partnerships, and equipping resources

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10
Manna of Life Ministries

Manna of life ministries, inc. is a non-for-profit faith based program dedicated to serving the homeless and destitute. our goal is to address their immediate hunger needs and ultimately, to emplower them to reverse their current situation.

Food & Nutrition
11
Living His Life Abundantly International

To inform, instruct and inspire people through the media about the sacred scriptures and teachings of the roman catholic church

Religion
12
Houston Coalition for Life

Houston coalition for life aims to end abortion in houston, peacefully and prayerfully.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lifeline Children's Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Turning Point Foundation. 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

32 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. 32 of the 159 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
24/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST BERNARD PREP SCHOOL: $151,200 · OtherST PATRICKS CATHOLIC CHURCH: $148,000 · OtherCORPUS CHRISTI CATHOLIC CHURCH: $146,000 · OtherSARVA PREMA WELFARE SOCIETY: $140,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $120,000 · OtherOUR LADY OF VALLEY CATHOLIC CHURCH: $110,000 · OtherNITYA JANA SEVA SAMAJAM: $108,000 · Other+132 more: $2,185,938 · Other+132 moreUNITED FOR LIFE FOUNDATION: $175,000 · Civil RightsMAGIC MOMENTS: $80,000 · HealthTURNING POINT FOUNDATION: $3,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $3,000 · Health+1 more: $1,500 · HealthBIBLE CHRISTIAN SOCIETY: $22,500 · ReligionLA PROMESA FOUNDATION: $12,000 · ReligionLIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $10,000 · Religion+1 more: $1,000 · ReligionRED MOUNTAIN THEATRE COMPANY INC: $36,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureVESTAVIA HILLS POLICE FOUNDATION: $34,000 · Public BenefitWreaths Across America: $1,212 · Public BenefitBIG OAK RANCH INC: $21,000 · Human ServicesBACKPACK BUDDIES INC: $8,000 · Human ServicesSAV-A-LIFE INC: $1,300 · Human Services+4 more: $3,500 · Human Services
Other$3,109,138Civil Rights$175,000Health$87,500Religion$45,500Arts & Culture$37,000Public Benefit$35,212Human Services$33,800

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 budgetUNITED FOR LIFE FOUNDATION: $175,000 over 7y, 29% of budgetMAGIC MOMENTS: $80,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetRED MOUNTAIN THEATRE COMPANY INC: $36,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetVESTAVIA HILLS POLICE FOUNDATION: $34,000 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetWEST SIDE HELPING HAND: $32,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetBIG OAK RANCH INC: $21,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLEE UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLA PROMESA FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetVESTAVIA HILLS LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Bespoke Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 49% of budgetITALIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetLIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBACKPACK BUDDIES INC: $8,000 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetDOWNTOWN JIMMIE HALE MISSION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTURNING POINT FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR OUR JOURNEY: $2,200 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAV-A-LIFE INC: $1,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWreaths Across America: $1,212 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBETTER BASICS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnbound: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRISE AGAINST HUNGER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAvila Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMarys Shelter: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHEART GALLERY OF ALABAMA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFIRST LIGHT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Kitchens of Birmingham: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds UNITED FOR LIFE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MAGIC MOMENTS ↗
  • Who funds RED MOUNTAIN THEATRE COMPANY INC ↗
  • Who funds VESTAVIA HILLS POLICE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WEST SIDE HELPING HAND ↗

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 Community Foundation of Greater BirminghamAL24.9× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · The Lee Bruno Foundation · Protective Life Foundation · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund · Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · The Robert and Lois Luckie Charitable Foundation · The Joseph S Bruno Charitable Foundation · Robert R Meyer Foundation · Hill Crest 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 Bruno-Rumore Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bruno-Rumore Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 159 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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