Illinois · Private foundation
The Brackthorn 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.
- $21k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $151k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations The Brackthorn Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 17 | $21k | 59% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $9k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $4k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $14k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $10k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $5k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $25k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $19k | 69% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Institute for Justice | $24,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Poetry Society of America | $9,750 | 8 | 0% |
| Syracuse University | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Friends of the National Gallery London Inc | $6,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Francis W Parker School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Reason Foundation | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Graywolf Press | $3,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Paws Chicago | $2,550 | 3 | 0% |
| The Atlas Society Ltd | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Institute for Justice | $24,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Poetry Society of America | $9,750 | 8 | 0% |
| Syracuse University | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Friends of the National Gallery London Inc | $6,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Francis W Parker School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Reason Foundation | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Graywolf Press | $3,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Paws Chicago | $2,550 | 3 | 0% |
| The Atlas Society Ltd | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Woodland Pattern Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Illinois Policy Institute | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lookingglass Theatre Company | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| PING Providing Instruments For The Next Generation | $1,350 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Child and Family Services of Newport County | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Cps Lives Nfp | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Poets House Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Sarah's Inn | $370 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago Public Library Foundation | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Key West Womans Club | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| C21 Womens Ensemble | $200 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($54k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Brackthorn 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: The Chicago Community Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Brackthorn Foundation
- How much does The Brackthorn Foundation give?
- The Brackthorn Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $21,050 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Brackthorn Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (34%), Crime & Legal (17%), Education (14%).
- Who are The Brackthorn Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Institute for Justice ($24k), Poetry Society of America ($10k), Syracuse University ($8k).
- Does The Brackthorn Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Brackthorn 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 Brackthorn Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The Brackthorn Foundation based?
- The Brackthorn Foundation is based in IL.
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