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Bryson Family 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.

$19k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Animals$19kYouth Development$15kReligion$14kEnvironment$12kScience & Tech$8kEmployment$7kFood & Nutrition$3kHousing & Shelter$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,557
Median grant
3
States reached
$722k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EAST COAST BELIEVERS CHURCH$5,000
PET ALLIANCE OF GREATER ORLANDO$2,400
FISH & WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$2,400
BACK TO NATURE WILDLIFE REFUGE$2,400
CHRISTIAN HELP$1,800
REEF RESTORATION FOUNDATION$1,557
8 CENTS IN A JAR$1,200
CROSSROADS CORRAL$1,200
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$692
DARE AMERICA$313
SUMMIT CHURCH$50
THE GENEVA SCHOOL$37
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 36% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FLORIDA UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S: $350 → 12%8 CENTS IN A JAR: $1k → 13%8 CENTS IN A JAR: $1k → 13%8 CENTS IN A JAR: $1k → 13%CHRISTIAN HELP: $2k → 11%CHRISTIAN HELP: $2k → 11%CHRISTIAN HELP: $2k → 11%CHRISTIAN HELP: $350 → 11%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.
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$73k · 11 repeat orgs$14k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
15

Total granted

$73k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+16%

Still filing today

64%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $742 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesAnimalsHealthYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • CC
    CROSSROADS CORRAL INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $11k · revenue +111%
  • OS
    ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTERINC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $8k · revenue +18%
  • 8C
    8 Cents in a Jar Inc
    3× · 2023–2025 · $4k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • CF
    CENTRAL FLORIDA ZOO
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • T
    TARGET
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
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
Florida Community Health Centers Inc

Florida community health centers, inc. (fchc) is a federally qualified health center serving medically needy populations in south florida, with an emphasis on serving rural and farm worker communities.

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2
Lutheran Services Florida Inc

Lutheran services florida brings god's healing, hope, and help to people in need in the name of jesus christ.

Human Services
3
Goodwill Industries of Central Florida Inc

Goodwill industries of central florida's mission is building lives that work. gicf achieves its mission through programs including the prosperity platform, goodwill scholars, goodwill connects, and paid on the job training for people with…

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4
Childrens House International

Children's house international provides ethical adoption services, child focused recruitment, and family support. we support disadvantaged children with humanitarian aid in countries worldwide.

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5
Miracle Hill Ministries Inc

Miracle hill ministries is committed to life transformation for children and adults experiencing homelessness. more information and program outcomes may be found at www.miraclehill.org.

Human Services
6
Feed the Hunger Inc

Feeding the spiritual and physical hunger, especially in at-risk children.

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7
Equality Florida Institute Inc

Equality florida institute is the educational arm of the largest civil rights organization in florida dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Civil Rights
8
Florida Children's Museum Inc

Curating the world for all children to explore

Arts & Culture
9
Animal Agriculture Alliance

The animal agriculture alliance is a nonprofit organization that helps bridge the communication gap between farm and fork. we connect food industry stakeholders, engage food chain influencers and promote consumer choice by helping key…

Food & Nutrition
10
Choices Coordinated Care Solutions Inc

To strengthen youth and families while enhancing systems and communities.

Human Services
11
Florida College Inc

Florida college, as a private, independent liberal arts college, provides a comprehensive undergraduate experience designed to develop students spiritually, mentally, physically, and socially; to integrate into the students' lives the…

Education
12
Global Outreach International Inc

To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc; the most unlike its peers is 8 Cents in a Jar Inc. 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

12 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. 12 of the 28 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EAST COAST BELIEVERS CHURCH INC: $14,400 · OtherEAST COAST BELIEVERS CHURCH INCFISH & WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $7,200 · OtherFISH & WILDLIFE FOUNDATIONBACK TO NATURE WILDLIFE REFUGE: $7,200 · OtherBACK TO NATURE WILDLIFE REFUGECENTRAL FLORIDA ZOO: $5,000 · OtherCENTRAL FLORIDA ZOOREEF RESTORATION FOUNDATION: $4,751 · OtherREEF RESTORATION FOUNDATIONTARGET: $2,060 · Other+13 more: $6,080 · Other+13 moreCROSSROADS CORRAL INC: $11,053 · Youth DevelopmentCROSSROADS COR…CHRISTIAN HELP FOUNDATION INC: $6,950 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN HELP…8 Cents in a Jar Inc: $3,600 · Human Services8 Cents in a J…+1 more: $350 · Human ServicesORLANDO SCIENCE CENTERINC: $8,109 · Arts & CultureORLANDO SC…PET ALLIANCE OF GREATER ORLANDO INC: $7,200 · AnimalsPET ALLIA…The Geneva School Inc: $2,108 · EducationDARE AMERICA: $896 · HealthMOOSE CHARITIES INC: $350 · Philanthropy
Other$46,691Youth Development$11,053Human Services$10,900Arts & Culture$8,109Animals$7,200Education$2,108Health$896Philanthropy$350

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 budgetCROSSROADS CORRAL INC: $11,053 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetORLANDO SCIENCE CENTERINC: $8,109 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPET ALLIANCE OF GREATER ORLANDO INC: $7,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN HELP FOUNDATION INC: $6,950 over 4y, 0.1% of budget8 Cents in a Jar Inc: $3,600 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThe Geneva School Inc: $2,108 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDARE AMERICA: $896 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOAVES & FISHES INC: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $350 over 1y, 0.0% 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 CROSSROADS CORRAL INC ↗
  • Who funds ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTERINC ↗
  • Who funds PET ALLIANCE OF GREATER ORLANDO INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN HELP FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds 8 Cents in a Jar Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Geneva School Inc ↗
  • Who funds DARE AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds GIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds LOAVES & FISHES INC ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds MOOSE CHARITIES INC ↗

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.

Duke Energy FoundationNC17× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · Orlando Magic Youth Foundation Inc · The Dr P Phillips Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Bryson Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bryson Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Orlando Science Centerinc: 4% of income from government
  • Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 28 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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