North Carolina · Private foundation
Morris & Gertrude Brenner 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)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations Morris & Gertrude Brenner Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 19 | $128k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $114k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $112k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $126k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $108k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $107k | 6% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $106k | 6% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $106k | 0% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $32,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $32,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Nc Inc | $30,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Senior Services Inc | $30,000 | 9 | 0% |
| University of North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Forsyth Country Day School Inc | $27,500 | 9 | 0% |
| The Summit School Incorporated | $19,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Hospice & Palliative Carecenter | $16,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Community Care Center for Forsyth County | $15,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Greenest | $13,500 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $32,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $32,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Nc Inc | $30,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Senior Services Inc | $30,000 | 9 | 0% |
| University of North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Forsyth Country Day School Inc | $27,500 | 9 | 0% |
| The Summit School Incorporated | $19,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Hospice & Palliative Carecenter | $16,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Community Care Center for Forsyth County | $15,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Greenest | $13,500 | 3 | 1% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $9,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bookmarks Inc | $4,500 | 4 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($749k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Morris & Gertrude Brenner 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: Reynolds American Foundation · Ta John W and Anna H Hanes Foundation · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Pfefferkorn Foundation Inc · James G Hanes Memorial Fund · Strickland Family Foundation Cynthia a S Graham · United Way Worldwide · James T & Louise R Broyhilll Foundation · Richard Wood Averill Charitable Trust aka Richard Wood Averill Foundation · Shallow Ford Foundation Inc · Forsyth Memorial Hospital Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Morris & Gertrude Brenner Foundation
- How much does Morris & Gertrude Brenner Foundation give?
- Morris & Gertrude Brenner Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $128,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Morris & Gertrude Brenner Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (39%), Health (29%), Education (9%).
- Who are Morris & Gertrude Brenner Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Southern Poverty Law Center Inc ($33k), Anti-Defamation League ($33k), Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Nc Inc ($31k).
- Does Morris & Gertrude Brenner Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Morris & Gertrude Brenner 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 Morris & Gertrude Brenner Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Reynolds American Foundation, Ta John W and Anna H Hanes Foundation, The Winston-Salem Foundation.
- Where is Morris & Gertrude Brenner Foundation based?
- Morris & Gertrude Brenner Foundation is based in NC.
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