Missouri · Private foundation
John and Susan Brands 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.
- $128k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $55,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations John and Susan Brands Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $108k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $165k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $186k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $78k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $156k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $127k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $125k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $125k | 20% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Louis Area Food Bank Inc | $233,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Stray Dog Theatre | $155,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $110,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Wichita Korean Baptist Church | $45,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Feeding America | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lucky K9 Rescue Inc | $19,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Direct Relief | $18,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Elevated Access Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Backstoppers Inc Fka Policemen & Firemen Fund of St Louis | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Club of Greater Tampa Bay Inc | $10,000 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Louis Area Food Bank Inc | $233,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Stray Dog Theatre | $155,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $110,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Wichita Korean Baptist Church | $45,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Feeding America | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lucky K9 Rescue Inc | $19,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Direct Relief | $18,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Elevated Access Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Backstoppers Inc Fka Policemen & Firemen Fund of St Louis | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Club of Greater Tampa Bay Inc | $10,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Pride St Charles | $8,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Susquehanna Spca Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Myakka Elephant Ranch Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($502k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John and Susan Brands 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About John and Susan Brands Foundation
- How much does John and Susan Brands Foundation give?
- John and Susan Brands Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $128,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does John and Susan Brands Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (38%), Food & Nutrition (19%), Environment (13%).
- Who are John and Susan Brands Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Louis Area Food Bank Inc ($233k), Stray Dog Theatre ($155k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($110k).
- Does John and Susan Brands Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John and Susan Brands 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 John and Susan Brands Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is John and Susan Brands Foundation based?
- John and Susan Brands Foundation is based in MO.
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