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Nannette Empey Bryan 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.

$88k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Animals$250kHealth$228kEnvironment$105kYouth Development$83kArts & Culture$47kEmployment$20k
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $59k
$8,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MONMOUTH COUNTY SPCA$12,000
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND$12,000
ASPCA$12,000
CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE$12,000
FASNY MUSEUM OF FIREFIGHTING$10,500
MADISON SQUARE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB$8,000
DIABETES FOUNDATION INC$5,000
NEW CANAAN NATURE CENTER$4,600
ST HUBERT'S ANIMAL WELFARE CENTER$4,500
GRACE INSTITUTE$4,400
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL$2,000
CONGENITAL HYPERINSULINISM INTERNATIONAL$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $77k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $13k → 7%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $12k → 7%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $11k → 7%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $11k → 7%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $7k → 7%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $7k → 7%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $6k → 7%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $6k → 7%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $6k → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$731k · 12 repeat orgs$1k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
1

Total granted

$731k
$1k

Still filing today

75%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentAnimalsHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $77k · revenue +62%
  • CC
    CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $77k · revenue +76%
  • MC
    MONMOUTH COUNTY SPCA
    9× · 2017–2025 · $77k · revenue +104%

Funded once

  • CH
    CONGENITAL HYPERINSULINISM INTERNATIONAL
    one grant, 2025 · $1k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Animal Care and Control of New York City Inc

Animal care centers of nyc's (acc) mission is to end animal homelessness in nyc.

Animals
2
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County

The SPCA Monterey County's Mission is assuring compassionate treatment of all animals through rescue, rehabilitation, protection and education. The SPCA shelters homeless, neglected, and abused pets, including dogs, cats, horses, exotic…

Animals
3
Nassau County Spca Inc

The nassau county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals is a 501(c)(3) organized to protect animals from abuse and neglect.(see schedule o)the nassau county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals is a 501(c)(3)…

Animals
4
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
5
Best Friends Animal Society

To bring about a time when there are no more homeless pets. we do this by demonstrating and promoting exemplary animal care and building community programs and partnerships.

Animals
6
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
7
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
8
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
9
Thompson Park Conservancy Inc

Zoo new york, by example and action, provides knowledge and motivation for conserving nature in new york state through science-based natural and cultural experiences.

Arts & Culture
10
Natural Areas Conservancy Inc

The natural areas conservancy champions urban natural areas in new york city and across the nation through innovative research, partnerships, and advocacy. we increase the health and resilience of urban forests and wetlands, catalyze…

Environment
11
Connecticut Humane Society

The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.

Animals
12
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Canine Companions for Independence Inc; the most unlike its peers is World Wildlife Fund Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

9 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. 9 of the 13 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
6/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $204,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALMADISON SQUARE BOYS GIRLS CLUB: $51,000 · OtherMADISON SQUARE BOYS GIRLS CLUBGRACE INSTITUTE: $20,000 · OtherGRACE INSTITUTEST HUBERT'S ANIMAL WELFARE CENTER: $17,700 · OtherST HUBERT'S ANIMAL WELFARE CENTER+1 more: $1,000 · OtherMONMOUTH COUNTY SPCA: $77,400 · AnimalsMONMOUTH COUNTY SPCATHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $77,400 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FO…WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $77,400 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE F…New Canaan Nature Center Association Inc: $27,100 · EnvironmentNew Canaan Natur…CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $77,400 · Human ServicesCANINE COMP…FASNY Museum of Firefighting: $46,600 · Arts & CultureMadison Square Boys & Girls Club: $32,000 · Youth DevelopmentDIABETES FOUNDATION INC: $23,000 · Health
Other$293,700Animals$154,800Environment$104,500Human Services$77,400Arts & Culture$46,600Youth Development$32,000Health$23,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $77,400 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $77,400 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMONMOUTH COUNTY SPCA: $77,400 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $77,400 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFASNY Museum of Firefighting: $46,600 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetMadison Square Boys & Girls Club: $32,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNew Canaan Nature Center Association Inc: $27,100 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetDIABETES FOUNDATION INC: $23,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetGRACE INSTITUTE: $20,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budget
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 WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds MONMOUTH COUNTY SPCA ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds FASNY Museum of Firefighting ↗
  • Who funds Madison Square Boys & Girls Club ↗
  • Who funds New Canaan Nature Center Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds DIABETES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GRACE INSTITUTE ↗

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

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Nannette Empey Bryan Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nannette Empey Bryan Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 31%
  • Diabetes Foundation Inc: 31% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to Nannette Empey Bryan 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 13 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

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

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