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Sophie & Arthur Brody 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.

$439k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
17
Grants FY2024
42
Organizations funded FY2023
29%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$126,000
Organizations funded a year
31 to 62
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$1.8M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Sophie & Arthur Brody Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthEnvironmentAnimalsInternationalHuman 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving16$434k38%
FY202342$380k29%
FY202231$386k19%
FY202162$360k11%
FY202057$376k7%
FY201958$340k12%
FY201856$350k4%
FY201754$319kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.3MHealth$851kArts & Culture$168kPhilanthropy$149kInternational$97kCivil Rights$81kEnvironment$71kAnimals$64kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Sophie & Arthur Brody Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Foundation for a College Education$1,083,600811%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$721,00080%
The Head Royce School$165,00070%
Facing History & Ourselves Inc$70,00040%
Canopy$52,00071%
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc$40,00011%
Human Rights Watch Inc$35,00020%
Homefirst Services of Santa Clara County$30,00020%
Komera Inc$29,50051%
Global Fund for Women Inc$25,00070%
Bay Area Childrens Theatre Fka Active Arts Theatre for Young Audien$22,00020%
Center for Excellence in Nonprofits$22,00071%
Wildaid Inc$20,00010%
Bentley School$20,00010%
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles$18,00071%
Kqed Inc$18,00070%
All Americans Vote$15,00010%
Accelerate Change Inc$15,00010%
Children's Hospital & Research Cntr Fndn$15,00010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$15,00020%
The Girls' Middle School$14,50070%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$14,50070%
Bay Area Cancer Connections$13,00070%
Room to Read$12,00060%
Children's Council of San Francisco$11,00040%
The Voter Participation Center$10,00010%
Adolescent Counseling Services$9,59930%
Ronald McDonald House Global$9,00060%
Voteriders$7,50020%
San Francisco Ballet Association$7,00070%
San Francisco Symphony$7,00070%
Redwood City Library Foundation$6,00060%
One World Childrens Fund$6,00060%
Childrens Health Guild$6,00021%
Challenged Athletes Inc$5,50060%
350org$5,00020%
The American Independent Foundation$5,00010%
The Palo Alto Community Fund$5,00020%
Breast Cancer Action$4,50050%
Urban Adamah$4,00020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$4,00060%
Dreamorg$4,00020%
Lifemoves$3,75050%
Smile Train Inc$3,75050%
Mbolden Change$3,75050%
The Jewish Studio Project$3,50010%
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc$3,00060%
Womens Daytime Drop-In Center$3,00010%
Bay Area Lyme Foundation$3,00050%
Oakland Childrens Fairyland Inc$2,50010%
Harlem Children's Zone Inc$2,50050%
Project Open Hand$2,50050%
Music in the Schools Foundation$2,50051%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$2,50050%
Community Equity Collaborative$2,5001n/a
Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired$2,50050%
Berkeley Hillel$2,00010%
Edna Adan Hospital Foundation$2,00010%
Until There Is a Cure$1,80060%
Friends of the Children$1,50050%
Peninsula Family Connections$1,50050%
Oxfam-America Inc$1,50050%
Abilitypath Housing$1,50050%
Environmental Volunteers Inc$1,30050%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$1,30050%
Sierra Watch$1,25050%
Hesperian Health Guides$1,25050%
Sierra Club Foundation$1,15050%
Tahoe Nordic Search & Rescue Inc$1,00011%
Truckee Donner Land Trust$1,00010%
Congregation Beth Israel$1,0001n/a
Friends of the Fountain and Walk$1,0001n/a
Arthritis Foundation Inc$50010%
BOSS Inc$30010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($279k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sophie & Arthur Brody Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFoundation for a College Education: $1,083,600 over 8y, 11% of budgetUniversity of California San Francisco Foundation: $721,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Head Royce School: $165,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFacing History & Ourselves Inc: $70,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCanopy: $52,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetThe David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHuman Rights Watch Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHomefirst Services of Santa Clara County: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKomera Inc: $29,500 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetGlobal Fund for Women Inc: $25,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBay Area Childrens Theatre Fka Active Arts Theatre for Young Audien: $22,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCenter for Excellence in Nonprofits: $22,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetWildaid Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBentley School: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSan Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles: $18,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetKqed Inc: $18,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAll Americans Vote: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAccelerate Change Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital & Research Cntr Fndn: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Girls' Middle School: $14,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $14,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBay Area Cancer Connections: $13,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetRoom to Read: $12,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Council of San Francisco: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Voter Participation Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAdolescent Counseling Services: $9,599 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVoteriders: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Ballet Association: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Symphony: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRedwood City Library Foundation: $6,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetOne World Childrens Fund: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetChildrens Health Guild: $6,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetChallenged Athletes Inc: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budget350org: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Independent Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Palo Alto Community Fund: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBreast Cancer Action: $4,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetUrban Adamah: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $4,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDreamorg: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLifemoves: $3,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $3,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMbolden Change: $3,750 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Jewish Studio Project: $3,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAlvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWomens Daytime Drop-In Center: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 71.

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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.

Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA36.2× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Atkinson Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · The Palo Alto Community Fund · Marin Community Foundation · Stephen S Smith and Paula K Smith Family Foundation · The Intuit 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.

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About Sophie & Arthur Brody Foundation

How much does Sophie & Arthur Brody Foundation give?
Sophie & Arthur Brody Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $438,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 62 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Sophie & Arthur Brody Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (45%), Health (29%), Arts & Culture (6%).
Who are Sophie & Arthur Brody Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Foundation for a College Education ($1.1M), University of California San Francisco Foundation ($721k), The Head Royce School ($165k).
Does Sophie & Arthur Brody Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Sophie & Arthur Brody 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 Sophie & Arthur Brody Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, Atkinson Foundation.
Where is Sophie & Arthur Brody Foundation based?
Sophie & Arthur Brody Foundation is based in NJ.

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 101 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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