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Sidney and Sandy Brown Foundation Inc at a glance

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Sidney and Sandy Brown Foundation Inc

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.

$1.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$1.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.9MReligion$916kArts & Culture$545kInternational$378kHealth$171kPhilanthropy$90kFood & Nutrition$45kHuman Services$36kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $47k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $280k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.5M
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$7.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KELLMAN BROWN ACADEMY$1,232,537
CONGREGATION BETH EL$300,000
JAZZ ASPEN SNOWMASS$230,250
JEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY$50,000
WEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY$26,800
COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE$10,000
WOMEN'S WAY$10,000
JEWISH GRADUATE STUDENT INITIATIVE$5,000
PLEASE TOUCH MUSEUM$5,000
1654 SOCIETY$1,800
Individual grant recipient$1,000
BRINGING HOPE HOME$500
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 (FY18–24, $37k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%TURNING POINT FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 22%WOMEN'S WAY: $10k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $1k → 22%SPROUTING CONNECTIONS: $25k → 12%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

IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MD
NC
DC
TX
FL
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 11 repeat orgs$660k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
41

Total granted

$3.4M
$637k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+10%

Still filing today

82%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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
Arts & CultureHealthEducationInternationalHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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

  • KB
    KELLMAN BROWN ACADEMY
    4× · 2017–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +50%
  • GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2019–2021 · $350k · revenue +35%
  • VF
    VETRI FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN
    3× · 2017–2019 · $45k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES
    one grant, 2023 · $350k · revenue -33%
  • UA
    UNITE AMERICA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $33k · revenue +152%
  • JF
    Jewish Federation of Southeastern NJ
    one grant, 2017 · $33k
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
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
2
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

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3
Saint Joseph's University

As philadelphia's jesuit catholic university, saint joseph's provides a rigorous, student-centered education rooted in the liberal arts. we prepare students for personal excellence, professional success, and engaged citizenship. striving…

Education
4
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
5
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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6
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life At the Penn State University

To enrich the lives of jewish and undergraduate students so that they may enrich the jewish people and the world. penn state hillel's student leaders, professionals, and lay leaders are dedicated to creating a pluralistic, welcoming, and…

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7
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
8
Pidc Development Management Corporation

Pidc dmc administers and coordinates various development projects for the city and other not-for-profit entities.

Community Improvement
9
Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation

Visit philadelphia is our name and our mission. as the region's official tourism marketing agency, we build greater philadelphia's image, drive visitation and boost the economy.

Community Improvement
10
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
11
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
12
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community College of Philadelphia Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Atlantic City Boardwalk Holocost Memorial 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

44 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. 44 of the 63 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/44
Grantees still filing
30/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KELLMAN BROWN ACADEMY: $1,392,537 · EducationKELLMAN BROWN ACADEMYGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $350,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $144,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA+5 more: $19,118 · EducationCONGREGATION BETH EL: $912,680 · OtherCONGREGATION BETH ELPENN MEDICINE: $150,619 · OtherPENN MEDICINE+29 more: $225,228 · Other+29 moreJAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS: $430,250 · Arts & CultureJAZZ AT ASPEN…WEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY: $37,200 · Arts & CultureWEITZMAN NATI…THE COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE: $22,500 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $17,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $350,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF…BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $22,800 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT…+2 more: $6,000 · InternationalVETRI FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN: $45,000 · HealthRETT SYNDROME RESEARCH TRUST INC: $10,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,500 · Health+4 more: $2,500 · HealthJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY: $50,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $5,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $32,500 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF RITTENHOUSE SQUARE: $4,800 · Environment
Education$1,905,655Other$1,288,527Arts & Culture$506,950International$378,800Health$60,000Philanthropy$56,000Environment$37,300

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKELLMAN BROWN ACADEMY: $1,392,537 over 4y, 20% of budgetJAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS: $430,250 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $350,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $350,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $144,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVETRI FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN: $45,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetWEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY: $37,200 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUNITE AMERICA INC: $33,333 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $32,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPROUTING CONNECTIONS: $25,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $22,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE: $22,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWOMENS WAY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetRETT SYNDROME RESEARCH TRUST INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIMPACTISRAEL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER CITY DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlease Touch Museum: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDANCEASPEN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $3,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRAYMOND AND RUTH PERELMAN JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRINGEARTS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetATLANTIC CITY BOARDWALK HOLOCOST MEMORIAL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetPHILADELPHIA MURAL ARTS ADVOCATES INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,800 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetTURNING POINTS FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA POLICE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJunior Achievement of Southeastern Pennsylvania: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF JCC KRAKOW INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HOME: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRINITAS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRINGING HOPE HOME: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACTING WITHOUT BOUNDARIES: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COOPER FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $18 over 1y, 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.

Future Standard Found…The Philadelphia Foun…The Snider FoundationThe Saramar Charitabl…The Daniel B and Flor…The Green Family Char…The Barra Foundation …United Way of Greater…The William Penn Foun…Td Charitable Foundat…Henry Dolfinger 2 Tru…Connelly Foundation
Future Standard FoundationPA26.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Future Standard Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · The Snider Foundation · The Saramar Charitable Fund · The Daniel B and Florence E Green Foundation · The Green Family Charitable Foundation Inc · The Barra Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The William Penn Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Connelly 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 Sidney and Sandy Brown Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sidney and Sandy Brown Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Sidney and Sandy Brown Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Sidney and Sandy Brown 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 63 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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