New York · Private foundation
Frank and Deenie Brosens 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.
- $765k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 24
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $729k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $17,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $136,667
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 30
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $19M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 63% of the organizations Frank and Deenie Brosens Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 20 | $729k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $611k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $365k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences | $453,334 | 3 | 0% |
| The Barnes Foundation | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| International Tennis Hall of Fame Incorporated | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| White Star Education Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Warrior-Scholar Project Foundation | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Council on Foreign Relations Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Economic Club of New York | $47,300 | 2 | 1% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($274k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Frank and Deenie Brosens Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · The New York Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Frank and Deenie Brosens Foundation
- How much does Frank and Deenie Brosens Foundation give?
- Frank and Deenie Brosens Foundation reported 24 itemized grants totaling $728,567, out of $764,567 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 30 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Frank and Deenie Brosens Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (18%), Education (9%), Social Science (6%).
- Who are Frank and Deenie Brosens Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences ($453k), The Barnes Foundation ($250k), International Tennis Hall of Fame Incorporated ($150k).
- Does Frank and Deenie Brosens Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Frank and Deenie Brosens Foundation 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 Frank and Deenie Brosens Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, Jewish Communal Fund, The New York Community Trust.
- Where is Frank and Deenie Brosens Foundation based?
- Frank and Deenie Brosens Foundation is based in NY.
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