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Patty Brisben Foundation for Women's Sexual Health

The Patty Brisben Foundation SHE is committed to the education, study and research of womens sexual health and health disorders with an emphasis on four areas vulvovaginal pain disorders, sexual health issues related to menopause, intimacy-related sexual dysfunction after cancer therapy and libido and sexual desire issues.

$168k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$80k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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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 2024.

Health$1.3MScience & Tech$63kHuman Services$20kYouth Development$10kCivil Rights$10kEducation$8k
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $114k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $80k
$47,965
Median grant
3
States reached
$874k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Society of Gynecologic Surgeons$80,000
Case Western Reserve University$47,965
Society of Gynecologic Surgeons$42,400
Medstar Health Washington Hosp Center$23,800
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Pendleton Place for Children and Families: $20k → 10%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
MA
IN
OH
RI
CA
NE
KY
MD
NC
SC
DC
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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$913k · 6 repeat orgs$427k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
11

Total granted

$913k
$379k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+41%

Still filing today

83%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesCivil RightsOther
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

  • SO
    Society Of Gynecologic Surgeons
    3× · 2021–2024 · $366k · revenue +1%
  • MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER
    4× · 2018–2023 · $217k · revenue +70%
  • WH
    WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER CORPORATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $176k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +47%
  • MU
    MCPHS UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2022 · $59k · revenue +7%
  • UH
    UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEM INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
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
Trihealth Physician Institute

Provides the community necessary medical care through specialty physicians.

Health
2
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
3
Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return

Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.

Health
4
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
5
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary

THE MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY ("THE INFIRMARY") IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT TEACHING HOSPITAL CONDUCTING PATIENT CARE AND RESEARCH. THE INFIRMARY IS A TEACHING HOSPITAL OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND AN INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH.…

Health
6
Rush University Medical Center

The mission of Rush is to improve the health of the individuals and diverse communities we serve through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.

Health
7
The Miriam Hospital

As a founding hospital in the Brown University Health system, TMH is committed to its mission: Delivering health with care.

Health
8
Indiana University Health North Hospital Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
9
Indiana University Health Care Associates Inc

To deliver preeminent medical care and service to our patients and communities through outstanding and innovative medical leadership and practice, while participating in and supporting excellence in education and research. We achieve this…

Health
10
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
11
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
12
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Hospital Medical Center; the most unlike its peers is International Association for Premenstrual Disorders. 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

14 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. 14 of the 18 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
11/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $216,979 · HealthMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTERWASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER CORPORATION: $176,020 · HealthWASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER CORPORATIONCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $99,933 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTERINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PREMENSTRUAL DISORDERS: $99,090 · HealthINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PREMENSTRUAL DISORDERSCancer Family Care Inc: $30,000 · Health+1 more: $6,186 · HealthSociety Of Gynecologic Surgeons: $365,616 · OtherSociety Of Gynecologic SurgeonsUNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $49,998 · OtherUNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEM INCBOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA: $36,156 · OtherBOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRAS…SHIP: $30,175 · OtherSHIPMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $25,000 · Other+2 more: $18,000 · OtherMCPHS UNIVERSITY: $59,246 · EducationMCPHS UNIVERS…ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $49,487 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL …CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $47,965 · EducationCASE WESTERN …PENDLETON PLACE INC: $20,040 · Human ServicesCenter for Intimacy Justice: $10,000 · Civil Rights
Health$628,208Other$524,945Education$156,698Human Services$20,040Civil Rights$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSociety Of Gynecologic Surgeons: $365,616 over 3y, 21% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $216,979 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER CORPORATION: $176,020 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $99,933 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PREMENSTRUAL DISORDERS: $99,090 over 2y, 43% of budgetMCPHS UNIVERSITY: $59,246 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $49,487 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $47,965 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHIP: $30,175 over 2y, 15% of budgetCancer Family Care Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetPENDLETON PLACE INC: $20,040 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCenter for Intimacy Justice: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetMOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL: $6,186 over 2y, 0.0% 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.

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.

American Cancer Socie…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…Charities Aid Foundat…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
American Cancer Society IncGA13.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Cancer Society Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Patty Brisben Foundation for Women's Sexual Health funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Patty Brisben Foundation for Women's Sexual Health. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Mount Auburn Hospital: 5% of income from government
  • Mcphs University: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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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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 18 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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