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Bryant Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$17k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
43
Grants FY2025
39
Organizations funded FY2024
36%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$250
Largest grant, FY2025
$2,000
Organizations funded a year
33 to 46
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
11
Total assets, FY2025
$14k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 36% of the organizations Bryant Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthInternationalCrime & LegalPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving43$17k47%
FY202439$25k36%
FY202346$26k59%
FY202239$24k62%
FY202136$24k75%
FY202033$13kn/a
90% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$23kEducation$17kReligion$16kArts & Culture$15kHuman Services$12kPublic Safety & Disaster$7kRecreation & Sports$6kPhilanthropy$6kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Bryant Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
First Lutheran Church$13,5006n/a
Catherine McAuley Center Inc$8,15060%
Iowa Public Radio Inc$7,20050%
Linn County Trails Association$4,75061%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$3,40030%
World Central Kitchen Inc$3,00030%
Food Bank of Iowa$2,77530%
Connectcr Inc$2,50030%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$2,45040%
Aging Services Inc$2,05020%
United Way of East Central Iowa$2,00020%
Friends of the World Food Program Inc$1,50020%
Central Furniture Rescue$1,50030%
Breakthrough T1d$1,30020%
Morning Sun Community Ambulance Service$1,00011%
Infant Welfare Society of Chicago$1,00020%
Community Health Free Clinic$1,00010%
Des Moines Area Religious Council$95030%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$85020%
Iowa Bicycle Coalition Inc$85040%
National Mill Dog Rescue$60020%
Backline Care Inc$60030%
The Foundation for the Iowa City Community School District$55030%
The Harry S Truman Library Institute National and International Affairs$50010%
Iowa Pbs Foundation$50010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$40030%
Waypoint Services$40020%
Brucemore Inc$37520%
Envision Unlimited$30010%
Freedom Service Dogs Inc$30010%
California Fire Foundation$3001n/a
Children's Miracle Network$3001n/a
Christopher House$27520%
World Bicycle Relief Nfp$25010%
Cedar Rapids Community School District Foundation$25010%
Blood Bank of Alaska Inc$2501n/a
Iowa Aces 360$25010%
Linn County Historical Society$25010%
Sauk County Humane Society$2001n/a
Kids First Law Center$20010%
First Church of Christ$2001n/a
National Park Foundation$20010%
United States Fund for Unicef$20010%
Good Kids Mad City - Englewood$20010%
The 100 Club of Illinois$15010%
Camp Courageous of Iowa$15020%
Haven$15010%
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness$15010%
Prevent Child Abuse America$15010%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$15010%
The Salvation Army$1501n/a
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights$15010%
Bethel Baptist Church$1501n/a
Indian Creek Nature Center$12510%
Great River Health Foundation Inc$10010%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$10010%
Best Friends Animal Society$10010%
Lisbon-Mount Vernon Ambulance Service$10010%
American Cancer Society Inc$10010%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$10010%
Central College$10010%
Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation$10010%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$10010%
Tidewell Foundation Inc$10010%
Hope Ministries$10010%
National Forest Foundation$9510%
Alliance for Immigrant Neighbors$7510%
Urban Growers Collective Inc$7510%
Chicago Community Bond Fund$7510%
New Covenant Bible Church$501n/a
Project for Pride in Living Inc$5010%
Preucil School of Music$5010%
Cedar Valley Humane Society$5010%
CaringBridge$5010%
The Lutheran Home for the Aged Association-East$5010%
Solid Rock Baptist Church$501n/a
Center for Action and Contemplation$2510%
Iowa Soccer Club Incorporated$2510%
Best Buddies International Inc$2510%
Science Center of Iowa$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 65 recipients with no EIN on record ($57k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bryant Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCatherine McAuley Center Inc: $8,150 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetIowa Public Radio Inc: $7,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLinn County Trails Association: $4,750 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $3,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank of Iowa: $2,775 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetConnectcr Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,450 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAging Services Inc: $2,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of East Central Iowa: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the World Food Program Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Furniture Rescue: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMorning Sun Community Ambulance Service: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetInfant Welfare Society of Chicago: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Health Free Clinic: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDes Moines Area Religious Council: $950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIowa Bicycle Coalition Inc: $850 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNational Mill Dog Rescue: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBackline Care Inc: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foundation for the Iowa City Community School District: $550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Harry S Truman Library Institute National and International Affairs: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIowa Pbs Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWaypoint Services: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBrucemore Inc: $375 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEnvision Unlimited: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFreedom Service Dogs Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristopher House: $275 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Bicycle Relief Nfp: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCedar Rapids Community School District Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIowa Aces 360: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLinn County Historical Society: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKids First Law Center: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGood Kids Mad City - Englewood: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe 100 Club of Illinois: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Courageous of Iowa: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHaven: $150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChicago Coalition to End Homelessness: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPrevent Child Abuse America: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIllinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIndian Creek Nature Center: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreat River Health Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 70.

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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.

Alliant Energy Foundation IncWI48.4× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · GreenState Credit Union · Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation · United Fire Group Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Rohde Family Charitable Foundation · The Hall-Perrine Foundation · The Kenneth K Kinsey Family Foundation · David Neuhaus Family Foundation · The McIntyre Foundation · Lavern T Busse & Audrey Busse Foundation · Community Foundation of Johnson County

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.

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Find your warmest path to Bryant 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.

About Bryant Foundation Inc

How much does Bryant Foundation Inc give?
Bryant Foundation Inc reported 43 grants totaling $17,187 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 46 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Bryant Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (17%), Education (13%), Religion (12%).
Who are Bryant Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: First Lutheran Church ($14k), Catherine McAuley Center Inc ($8k), Iowa Public Radio Inc ($7k).
Does Bryant Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Bryant Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Bryant Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alliant Energy Foundation Inc, GreenState Credit Union, Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation.
Where is Bryant Foundation Inc based?
Bryant Foundation Inc is based in IA.

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 148 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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