· Private foundation
Brush Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k10 grants · $42k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $225k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $206k
- $250k+3 grants · $1.4M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $450,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $450,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $450,000 |
| PIEDMONT COMMUNITY CHURCH MUSIC PROGRAM | $118,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION | $88,000 |
| BETA THETA PI FDN | $40,000 |
| AAEP | $25,000 |
| PACIFIC UNION CLUB | $25,000 |
| OAKTREE FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| PBF - PONY BARNES FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| ST PERPETUA SCHOOL | $15,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| BETA RHO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION | $15,000 |
| GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA | $10,000 |
| OMPA | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 64% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
52 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 41 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION7× · 2018–2024 · $115k · revenue +156%- BTBETA THETA PI FOUNDATION2× · 2019–2024 · $43k · revenue +90%
- PEPIEDMONT EDUCATION FOUNDATION5× · 2019–2024 · $29k · revenue +21%
Funded once
- BRBETA RHO ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONone grant, 2020 · $5k
- PRPIEDMONT RECREATION FOUNDATION ORGANIZATIONone grant, 2022 · $4k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIAone grant, 2019 · $3k
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.
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.
Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…
The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.
The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.
The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…
To provide a superior, student-centered learning experience integrating liberal arts and professional education and preparing individuals for lasting achievement and responsible leadership in their careers and communities.
The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…
To accept and manage restricted and unrestricted gifts benefiting california state university east bay. additionally, the trustees support the university through advocacy, development, personal contributions and counsel to the university's…
The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.
The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
Innovative and full of heart, mark day school nurtures each child to pursue their curiosity, think critically, embrace challenge with courage and joy, and work in partnership with others to build more caring and inclusive communities.
The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…
The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory is dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats through science and outreach.
How this is measured
45 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 45 of the 93 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BETA THETA PI FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds OAKTREE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds PIEDMONT EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PACIFIC UNION CLUB ↗
- Who funds ACHIEVEKIDS ↗
- Who funds BETA RHO ALUMNI ASSN ↗
- Who funds NEW DOOR VENTURES FKA GOLDEN GATE COMMUNITY INC ↗
- Who funds American Diabetes Association ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION ↗
- Who funds SUNBEAM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PIEDMONT GARDEN CLUB ↗
- Who funds THE GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds LEADERSHIP COUNCIL SAN MATEO COUNTY ↗
- Who funds YOSEMITE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds STRIVE FOR CHANGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Alive and Free ↗
- Who funds SCHOOLS FOR JUSTICE FOUNDATION ↗
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.
Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Yelp Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Robert and Dana Emery Family Foundation Rockefeller Trust Company · The Stanley S Langendorf Foundation · Heffernan Group Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The James Irvine Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Brush Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Brush Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Oregon Contemporary Theatre: 5% of income from government
- Greenhill Humane Society Spca: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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