California · Private foundation
Linda Brandes Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $482k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $305,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations Linda Brandes Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $482k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $429k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $413k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $369k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $392k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $448k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $461k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $471k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lux Art Institute | $1,039,670 | 5 | 24% |
| Institute of Contemporary Art San Diego | $987,864 | 4 | 37% |
| Helen Woodward Animal Center | $56,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Artsbusxpress | $51,000 | 7 | 10% |
| National Conflict Resolution Center | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Rise Up Industries | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mercyhurst University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Long Island University | $800 | 1 | 0% |
| St Josephs Indian School | $400 | 4 | n/a |
| Museum of Modern Art | $250 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lux Art Institute | $1,039,670 | 5 | 24% |
| Institute of Contemporary Art San Diego | $987,864 | 4 | 37% |
| Helen Woodward Animal Center | $56,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Artsbusxpress | $51,000 | 7 | 10% |
| National Conflict Resolution Center | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Rise Up Industries | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mercyhurst University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Long Island University | $800 | 1 | 0% |
| St Josephs Indian School | $400 | 4 | n/a |
| Museum of Modern Art | $250 | 3 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $180 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Linda Brandes Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 Parker Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Linda Brandes Foundation
- How much does Linda Brandes Foundation give?
- Linda Brandes Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $482,008 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Linda Brandes Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (60%), Youth Development (35%), Human Services (2%).
- Who are Linda Brandes Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Lux Art Institute ($1.0M), Institute of Contemporary Art San Diego ($988k), Helen Woodward Animal Center ($56k).
- Does Linda Brandes Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Linda Brandes 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 Linda Brandes Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Parker Foundation, The Conrad Prebys Foundation, The San Diego Foundation.
- Where is Linda Brandes Foundation based?
- Linda Brandes Foundation is based in CA.
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