Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Barbara Brodsky 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.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $750,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations The Barbara Brodsky Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% 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 | 3 | $1.0M | 33% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $1.1M | 11% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $1.6M | 27% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $769k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $2.2M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $1.2M | 9% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $1.9M | 10% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $2.6M | 55% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lankenau Medical Center Foundation | $6,094,314 | 8 | 9% |
| The Bryn Mawr Hospital Foundation | $2,581,878 | 6 | 9% |
| Jewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia | $2,260,495 | 6 | 5% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $1,210,100 | 9 | 0% |
| Friends of Israel Disabled Veterans Inc | $562,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Main Line Health Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Zoological Society of Philadelphia | $130,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Franklin Institute | $35,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Marks Colorectal Surgical Foundation | $35,000 | 7 | 16% |
| Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 4% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lankenau Medical Center Foundation | $6,094,314 | 8 | 9% |
| The Bryn Mawr Hospital Foundation | $2,581,878 | 6 | 9% |
| Jewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia | $2,260,495 | 6 | 5% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $1,210,100 | 9 | 0% |
| Friends of Israel Disabled Veterans Inc | $562,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Main Line Health Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Zoological Society of Philadelphia | $130,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Franklin Institute | $35,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Marks Colorectal Surgical Foundation | $35,000 | 7 | 16% |
| Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Minding Your Mind | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Philabundance | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Golden Slipper Camp | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($181k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Barbara Brodsky 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: National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Barbara Brodsky Foundation
- How much does The Barbara Brodsky Foundation give?
- The Barbara Brodsky Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $1,000,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Barbara Brodsky Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (66%), Human Services (16%), International (13%).
- Who are The Barbara Brodsky Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lankenau Medical Center Foundation ($6.1M), The Bryn Mawr Hospital Foundation ($2.6M), Jewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia ($2.3M).
- Does The Barbara Brodsky Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Barbara Brodsky 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 The Barbara Brodsky Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Barbara Brodsky Foundation based?
- The Barbara Brodsky Foundation is based in PA.
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