· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $7k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $150k
- $250k+1 grant · $305k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO | $305,000 |
| ETTIE LEE YOUTH AND FAMILY | $150,000 |
| HELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER | $10,000 |
| ARTSBUSXPRESS | $10,000 |
| COASTAL K9 GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE OF SAN DIEGO | $5,000 |
| KIDS TURN | $2,000 |
| FROM K-1 - MONTAUK TRIGUARD FUND IX LP | $8 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- IOINSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO4× · 2021–2024 · $988k · revenue +323% · 37% of their budget
- HWHELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER8× · 2017–2024 · $56k · revenue +84%
- AARTSBUSXPRESS7× · 2018–2024 · $51k · revenue +60%
Funded once
- NFNSW Family Foundationone grant, 2017 · $6k
- BDBest Defense Foundationone grant, 2018 · $2k
- HWHISTORIC WENDOVER AIRFIELD FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $2k
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.
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.
The museum of contemporary art san diego invites all audiences to experience our world, our region, and ourselves through the prism of contemporary art.
To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.
Laguna college of art & design prepares individuals for careers as creative artists and designers in a culturally and ethnically diverse world through a curriculum that emphasizes acquiring skills based on observation, representation, and…
Degree granting college-maryland institute college of art is a private college dedicated to the education of professional artists and the further advancement of art in the community.
The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.
Calarts is a multidisciplinary community of artists. our ongoing educational endeavor is grounded in openness, experimentation, critical engagement, and creative freedom. through artistic practice, we transform ourselves, each other, and…
Founded in 1881 the Staten Island Museum engages visitors with interdisciplinary exhibitions, public programs, and educational activities for all ages. It is the mission of the Staten Island Museum to spark curiosity and generate…
The Frick Collection (the "Collection") operates an internationally recognized art museum and library program for the inspiration and enjoyment of the public and for the advancement of the study of fine arts and kindred subjects.
The Museo De Las Americas is dedicated to educating our community through collecting preserving interpreting and exhibiting the diverse arts and cultures of the Americas from ancient to contemporary through innovative exhibitions and…
How this is measured
10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 22 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 LUX ART INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds HELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds ARTSBUSXPRESS ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION CENTER ↗
- Who funds Rise Up Industries ↗
- Who funds MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Museum of Modern Art ↗
- Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Linda Brandes Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Linda Brandes Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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