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Donald C Brace Foundation

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.

$2.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
42
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$140k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$1.1MEducation$800kArts & Culture$562kFood & Nutrition$493kHealth$434kPhilanthropy$340kYouth Development$300kEmployment$157kOther$0
02FY2024 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 42 grants below total $1,642,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,120,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $477,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $354k
  • $50k–250k19 grants · $1.3M
$28,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Community Foundation of Teton Valley$140,000
Literacy Council of Sarasota$125,000
Girls Inc Sarasota$100,000
Teton Valley Health Care$100,000
Columbia Uni Alumni Assn Gift Systems- Noelle Bannister$75,000
Friends of the Teton River$75,000
Teton Valley Food Pantry$50,000
Valley of the Tetons Library$50,000
The Literacy Council of Lancaster Lebanon$50,000
350.ORG$50,000
Friends of the Earth$50,000
Planned Parenthood Foundation$50,000
Metropolitan Opera$50,000
Hope for Ukraine, Inc. Attn: Yuriy Boyechko$50,000
Food Corps$50,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 30 repeat orgs$1.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
30

Total granted

$3.1M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+16%

Still filing today

73%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $652k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
EnvironmentArts & CultureFood & NutritionHealthEducationEmploymentOther
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

  • TV
    Teton Valley Health Care
    2× · 2023–2024 · $200k · revenue +47%
  • RI
    RIVERKEEPER INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $175k · revenue +29%
  • NY
    NEW YORK CITY BALLET INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $150k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • GI
    GIRLS INCORPORATED OF SARASOTA COUNTY
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +3%
  • FO
    Friends of Teton River
    one grant, 2022 · $75k
  • CC
    Columbia Climate School
    one grant, 2022 · $75k
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.

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
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
2
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
3
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
4
Socially Responsible Agriculture Project Inc

To conduct charitable, scientific and educational activities designed to foster the production of food in a manner that is economically viable and environmentally sound and provides for healthy and humanely raised products.

Food & Nutrition
5
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
6
Texas Trees Foundation

The mission of texas trees foundation is to improve the health of cities and people through the transformative power of trees.

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7
Lowell Observatory

The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…

Science & Tech
8
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
9
Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah

Heal utah's mission is to protect utah's environment and its people by promoting clean air, clean energy, and comprehensive solutions to radioactive and toxic waste.

Environment
10
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy

Iatp works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems.

Food & Nutrition
11
Food and Environment Reporting Network Inc

Fern seeks to make the food system more sustainable and equitable through powerful journalism and storytelling.

Food & Nutrition
12
Hudson River Foundation for Science and Environmental Research Inc

The mission of the hudson river foundation is to inspire and inform action through science and engaging people to enhance the hudson river, estuary, and watershed (see schedule o).

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hawthorne Valley Association Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Regina Opera Company Inc. 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

39 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. 39 of the 78 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/39
Grantees still filing
26/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TETON VALLEY INC: $340,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TETON VALLEY INCGirls Inc Sarasota: $200,000 · OtherGirls Inc SarasotaThe Literacy Council: $200,000 · OtherThe Literacy CouncilMetropolitan Opera: $150,000 · OtherMetropolitan OperaLiteracy Council of Sarasota: $125,000 · OtherPlanned Parenthood: $125,000 · OtherMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC: $100,000 · OtherColumbia Uni Alumni Assn Gift Systems- Noelle Bannister: $100,000 · OtherGIRLS INCORPORATED OF SARASOTA COUNTY: $100,000 · Other+40 more: $1,356,000 · Other+40 moreRIVERKEEPER INC: $175,000 · EnvironmentRIVERKEEPER INC350ORG: $150,000 · Environment350ORGFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $150,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE …FRIENDS OF THE TETON RIVER INC: $75,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE …GUARDIANS OF FLUSHING BAY INC: $45,000 · EnvironmentGUARDIANS OF FL…Jefferson County Farmers and Neighbors: $30,000 · EnvironmentTETON REGIONAL LAND TRUST INC: $22,500 · Environment+2 more: $14,000 · EnvironmentFOODCORPS INC: $140,000 · Food & NutritionALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $125,000 · Food & NutritionTETON VALLEY FOOD PANTRY INC: $75,000 · Food & NutritionNATIONAL YOUNG FARMERS COALITION INC: $15,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $7,500 · Food & NutritionNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $150,000 · Arts & CultureTETON ARTS COUNCIL INC: $60,000 · Arts & CultureDeveloping Artists Theaters Company Inc: $35,000 · Arts & CultureGOLD CANYON ARTS COUNCIL: $35,000 · Arts & CultureTHE REGINA OPERA COMPANY INC: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $10,000 · Arts & CultureLITERACY COUNCIL OF LANC-LEB LVA: $150,000 · EducationASSETS SCHOOL: $110,000 · EducationTeton Valley Health Care: $200,000 · HealthLOWCOUNTRY AUTISM FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 · HealthTHE TORCH RELAY FOR CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK INC: $10,000 · HealthHartford Communities That Care Inc: $8,000 · HealthPOCKETS FULL OF SUNSHINE: $121,500 · EmploymentHAWTHORNE VALLEY ASSOCIATION INC: $35,000 · Employment
Other$2,796,000Environment$661,500Food & Nutrition$362,500Arts & Culture$305,000Education$260,000Health$234,000Employment$156,500

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 budgetTeton Valley Health Care: $200,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRIVERKEEPER INC: $175,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budget350ORG: $150,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLITERACY COUNCIL OF LANC-LEB LVA: $150,000 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $150,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFOODCORPS INC: $140,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $125,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPOCKETS FULL OF SUNSHINE: $121,500 over 3y, 18% of budgetASSETS SCHOOL: $110,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF SARASOTA COUNTY: $100,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE TETON RIVER INC: $75,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTETON VALLEY FOOD PANTRY INC: $75,000 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetTETON ARTS COUNCIL INC: $60,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetNATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetGUARDIANS OF FLUSHING BAY INC: $45,000 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetHAWTHORNE VALLEY ASSOCIATION INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDeveloping Artists Theaters Company Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetGOLD CANYON ARTS COUNCIL: $35,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetWEST SIDE COMMUNITY GARDEN: $30,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetSTUDIO IN A SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHOUSE OF REFUGE INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetJefferson County Farmers and Neighbors: $30,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetCENTER FOR TRANSFORMATIVE ACTION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSUNSHINE ACRES CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTETON REGIONAL LAND TRUST INC: $22,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY AUTISM FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetTHE REGINA OPERA COMPANY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetNATIONAL YOUNG FARMERS COALITION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW GEORGIA PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TORCH RELAY FOR CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetHartford Communities That Care Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKQED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 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 Teton Valley Health Care ↗
  • Who funds RIVERKEEPER INC ↗
  • Who funds 350ORG ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK CITY BALLET INC ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY COUNCIL OF LANC-LEB LVA ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE EARTH ↗
  • Who funds FOODCORPS INC ↗
  • Who funds ALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds POCKETS FULL OF SUNSHINE ↗
  • Who funds ASSETS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds MOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF SARASOTA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE TETON RIVER INC ↗
  • Who funds TETON VALLEY FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds TETON ARTS COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GUARDIANS OF FLUSHING BAY INC ↗
  • Who funds HAWTHORNE VALLEY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Developing Artists Theaters Company 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.

Community Foundation …The Teton Springs Fou…The Pfizer Foundation…Renaissance Charitabl…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Charities Aid Foundat…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…
Community Foundation of Jackson HoleWY15.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · The Teton Springs Foundation Inc 01 · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving 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.
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Find your warmest path to Donald C Brace Foundation 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.

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 78 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $2.5M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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