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Fred and Maxi Bruhns 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.

$237k
Granted FY2025still arriving
84
Grants FY2025still arriving
28
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0195% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2021–2025.

International$186kHealth$185kAnimals$128kEducation$70kEnvironment$32kHuman Services$29kHousing & Shelter$13kReligion$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 84 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k83 grants · $227k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$3,000
Median grant
28
States reached
$5.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRIDGEPORT HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI FOUNDATION$10,000
PRIDEROCK WILDLIFE REFUGE$6,000
SAVE THE CHILDREN$6,000
BOYS TOWN$5,000
ASA SOCIAL FUND FOR HIDDEN PEOPLES$5,000
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN$5,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN RESEARCH HOSPITAL$5,000
HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL$5,000
JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE$4,000
PHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS$3,000
OXFAM AMERICA$3,000
CATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION BOARD$3,000
USO$3,000
PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION$3,000
AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND$3,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–25, $64k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 70% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BOYS TOWN: $5k → 12%ORPHAN ACRES INCORPORATED: $1k → 16%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $3k → 9%LEADERS DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $4k → 8%PAWS WITH A CLAUSE: $3k → 10%COMPANION FOR HEROS: $2k → 14%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS OF AMERICA: $3k → 8%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $500 → 7%AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND: $3k → 7%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $5k → 26%BOYS TOWN: $5k → 12%ORPHAN ACRES INCORPORATED: $1k → 16%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $3k → 9%LEADERS DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 8%PAWS WITH A CLAUSE: $3k → 10%COMPANION FOR HEROES: $500 → 14%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS OF AMERICA: $3k → 8%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $500 → 7%AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND: $3k → 7%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $3k → 26%ORPHAN ACRES INCORPORATED: $100 → 16%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $200 → 9%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $200 → 8%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $200 → 10%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $100 → 26%ORPHAN ACRES INCORPORATED: $100 → 16%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $100 → 26%BRAILLE INSTITUTE OF AMERICA: $3k → 14%BRAILLE INSTITUTE OF AMERICA: $3k → 14%BRAILLE INSTITUE OF AMERICA: $200 → 14%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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ID
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PA
NJ
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CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
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VA
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AZ
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DC
LA
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$702k · 96 repeat orgs$35k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +11% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

96 repeat relationships — 82 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

96
16

Total granted

$702k
$31k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
0%

Still filing today

77%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalAnimalsHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentEducationOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • AS
    ASA SOCIAL FUND FOR HIDDEN PEOPLES
    5× · 2021–2025 · $29k · revenue +25%
  • TS
    THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN
    3× · 2023–2025 · $16k · revenue +26%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $15k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • TW
    THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue 0%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $3k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
3
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
4
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
5
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

Animals
6
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
7
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
8
Wildaid Inc

Wildaid's mission is to inspire change and empower the world to protect wildlife and vital habitats from critical threats.

Animals
9
Panthera Corporation

Panthera's mission is the conservation of the world's 40 wild cat species, many of which are endangered or threatened. panthera develops, implements and oversees wild cat conservation strategies on a global scale.

Animals
10
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
11
Four Paws International Inc

Our vision is a world where humans treat animals with respect, empathy and understanding. four paws mission is to be the strong, global and independent voice for animals.

Animals
12
Wildlife Alliance Inc

Wildlife alliance is the leader in direct protection of forests and wildlife in tropical asia. our mission is to combat deforestation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and poverty by partnering with local communities and governments.…

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Physicians for Human Rights Inc and the most unlike its peers is The National World War Ii Museum Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyAnimal Rescue and ShelterCommunity FoundationsCancer Support ServicesHealth Access Advocacy and …Environmental Conservation …Affordable Housing Developm…Affordable Housing Construc…Equine Therapy ProgramsChristian Missionary Organi…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 47 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%1%<5yr14%3%5–10yr19%7%10–20yr16%21%20–35yr13%23%35–55yr16%46%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%1%5–10yr19%9%10–20yr16%18%20–35yr13%25%35–55yr16%49%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/83
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,482

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

82 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 82 of the 114 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
80/82
Grantees still filing
56/82
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BRIDGEPORT HIGH SCHOOL — $30,000 · OtherBRIDGEPORT HIGH SCHOOLBRIDGEPORT HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI FOUNDATION — $20,000 · OtherBRIDGEPORT HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI FOUNDATIONSPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA INC — $10,700 · OtherGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC — $10,700 · OtherAMERICAN KIDNEY FUND — $9,400 · OtherUSO — $8,700 · Other+42 more — $171,491 · Other+42 moreASA SOCIAL FUND FOR HIDDEN PEOPLES — $29,000 · InternationalASA SOCIAL FUND FOR HIDDEN …HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL — $12,400 · InternationalHELEN KELLER INTERNATIONALUnited States Association for UNHCR — $12,000 · InternationalUnited States Association f…AMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID — $12,000 · InternationalAMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE …OPERATION SMILE INC — $11,500 · InternationalOPERATION SMILE INCINTERNATIONAL EYE FOUNDATION — $10,700 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL EYE FOUNDATIO…PROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $9,500 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc — $9,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $9,000 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC — $8,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC — $8,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR TIBET — $7,600 · InternationalKIDS IN NEED OF DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION AND RELIEF KINDER USA — $7,000 · InternationalAMERICAN LEPROSY MISSIONS INC — $6,700 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA INC — $6,300 · International+7 more — $21,600 · International+7 moreJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION — $13,600 · AnimalsJANE GOODALL IN…BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY — $13,250 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS AN…PRIDEROCK WILDLIFE REFUGE — $9,200 · AnimalsPRIDEROCK WILDL…BIDEAWEE INC — $8,700 · AnimalsBIDEAWEE INCAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC — $8,700 · AnimalsAFRICAN WILDLIF…Alley Cat Rescue Inc — $7,000 · AnimalsAlley Cat Rescu…THE MARY C SCHANZ FOUNDATION — $6,400 · AnimalsTHE MARY C SCHA…DORIS DAY ANIMAL FOUNDATION — $6,400 · AnimalsDORIS DAY ANIMA…Defenders of Wildlife — $6,200 · AnimalsDefenders of Wi…SAVE THE CHIMPS INC — $6,000 · AnimalsSAVE THE CHIMPS…NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION — $6,000 · AnimalsNATIONAL WILDLI…HUMANE ANIMAL RESCUE — $4,400 · AnimalsANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC — $4,000 · Animals+2 more — $1,700 · AnimalsCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC — $11,200 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN AP…Father Flanagan's Boys' Home — $10,000 · Human ServicesFather Flana…GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC — $8,700 · Human ServicesGUIDING EYES…LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND — $8,500 · Human ServicesLEADER DOGS …Paws With A Cause — $8,200 · Human ServicesPaws With A …FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC — $8,000 · Human ServicesFREEDOM SERV…AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC — $8,000 · Human ServicesAMERICAN FOU…LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC — $6,500 · Human ServicesLIGHT OF LIF…BRAILLE INSTITUTE OF AMERICA INC — $6,200 · Human ServicesBRAILLE INST…+3 more — $6,200 · Human Services+3 moreTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN — $16,000 · HealthTHE SHRINE…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $15,000 · HealthST JUDE CH…PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC — $8,000 · HealthPARKINSON'…Macular Degeneration Association — $6,200 · HealthMacular De…NAMI National — $6,000 · HealthNAMI Natio…Physicians Committee for Responsible Med — $6,000 · HealthPhysicians…AUTISM SPEAKS INC — $6,000 · HealthAUTISM SPE…MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC — $4,900 · HealthMUSCULAR D…HELP ME SEE INC — $3,200 · HealthAUDUBON SOCIETY OF WESTERN PA — $6,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE EARTH — $5,500 · EnvironmentAMERICAN FOREST FOUNDATION — $5,000 · EnvironmentTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY — $3,000 · EnvironmentWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY — $2,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND — $9,400 · EducationPERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND — $8,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $2,000 · Education
Other$260,991International$180,300Animals$101,550Human Services$81,500Health$71,300Environment$21,500Education$19,900

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetASA SOCIAL FUND FOR HIDDEN PEOPLES — $29,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN — $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION — $13,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY — $13,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL — $12,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR — $12,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID — $12,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC — $11,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC — $11,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL EYE FOUNDATION — $10,700 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA INC — $10,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC — $10,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $9,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND — $9,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPRIDEROCK WILDLIFE REFUGE — $9,200 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc — $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC — $8,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBIDEAWEE INC — $8,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC — $8,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MOTHERS DAY SHRI — $8,500 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetPERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND — $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND — $8,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPaws With A Cause — $8,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC — $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC — $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC — $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION — $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC — $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION — $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC — $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR TIBET — $7,600 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAlley Cat Rescue Inc — $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS IN NEED OF DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION AND RELIEF KINDER USA — $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN LEPROSY MISSIONS INC — $6,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC — $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARY C SCHANZ FOUNDATION — $6,400 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC — $6,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDORIS DAY ANIMAL FOUNDATION — $6,400 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC — $6,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC — $6,300 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST — $6,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife — $6,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMacular Degeneration Association — $6,200 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGALAPAGOS CONSERVANCY INC — $6,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBRAILLE INSTITUTE OF AMERICA INC — $6,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Bradford Family Found…Farrell Family Founda…Grace and Li Yu Famil…Seckinger Foundation …PC Fund for Animals C…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Surendra and Karen Gu…Shell USA Company Fou…Give Lively Foundatio…Baker Hughes Foundati…The Pfizer Foundation…Chubb Charitable Foun…
Bradford Family FoundationMO17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bradford Family Foundation · Farrell Family Foundation · Grace and Li Yu Family Foundation · Seckinger Foundation Corporation · PC Fund for Animals Charitable Tr · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Surendra and Karen Gupta Arc Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Give Lively Foundation Inc · Baker Hughes Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Chubb Charitable Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Fred and Maxi Bruhns Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Lutheran World Relief Inc — 47% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc — 30% of income from government
  • Perkins School for the Blind — 7% of income from government
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children — 6% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Fred and Maxi Bruhns Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Fred and Maxi Bruhns 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.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 114 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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