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The Bradburd Family Foundation at a glance

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The Bradburd Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
70
Grants FY2025still arriving
13
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Civil Rights$447kArts & Culture$356kReligion$341kEducation$332kHealth$261kHousing & Shelter$150kRecreation & Sports$122kPublic Benefit$93kOther$0
02FY2025 · 70 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k56 grants · $875k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $710k
$10,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$36M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SERVICE COMMITTEE$150,000
MEADVILLE LOMBARD THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL$120,000
NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT$70,000
ARTIST TRUST$60,000
POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC OF LAS CRUCES NEW MEXICO$60,000
SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD$50,000
SEATTLE DERBY BRATS$50,000
COMMUNITY ROOTS HOUSING FOUNDATION$50,000
FACING HOMELESSNESS$50,000
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION$50,000
GENDER JUSTICE LEAGUE$40,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT NORTHWEST HAWAII ALASKA INDIANA & KY INC$40,000
ROOTS YOUNG ADULT SHELTER$30,000
DEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION$30,000
PEACEPLAYERS INTERNATIONAL$30,000
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 (FY17–25, $127k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 24% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $250 → 14%CRUCES CREATIVE: $20k → 23%FOULKEWAYS AT GWYNEDD: $10k → 7%FOULKEWAYS AT GWYNEDD: $8k → 7%FOULKEWAYS AT GWYNEDD: $3k → 7%COMMUNITY DAY CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 16%FOULKEWAYS AT GWYNEDD: $3k → 7%FOULKEWAYS AT GWYNEDD: $1k → 7%FOULKEWAYS AT GWYNEDD: $1k → 7%FACING HOMELESSNESS: $50k → 9%YOUTH CARE: $10k → 9%FOULKEWAYS AT GWYNEDD: $500 → 7%FOULKEWAYS AT GWYNEDD: $500 → 7%UNIVERSITY CHURCHES EMERGENCY FUND: $10k → 9%FOULKEWAYS AT GWYNEDD: $500 → 7%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

WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CA
MD
NM
NC
DC
TX
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.

47%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 23 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 61 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
11

Total granted

$1.1M
$32k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+11%

Still filing today

43%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentOther
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

  • UU
    Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Inc
    8× · 2017–2025 · $287k · revenue +27%
  • AH
    ABINGTON HEALTH FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2025 · $151k · revenue +150%
  • PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION
    7× · 2017–2023 · $50k · revenue +52%

Funded once

  • SF
    SACRED FIRE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
    one grant, 2017 · $15k
  • UC
    UU CHURCH OF ANNAPOLIS-AWAKE MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • UM
    UU MINISTERS ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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
Siff

Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.

Youth Development
2
Disability Rights Washington

Disability rights washington's mission is to advance the dignity, equality, and self determination of people with disabilities. we work to pursue justice on matters related to human and legal rights.

Human Services
3
Washington Filmworks

To build and enhance the competitiveness of Washington State's film and associated creative industry. We accomplish this by marketing and managing the state's production incentive program, representing the state in national and…

Community Improvement
4
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc

The oregon shakespeare festival creates world-class theater, revealing our collective humanity through illuminating interpretations of new and classic plays, and inspiring a love of our art form for current and future generations.

Arts & Culture
5
City Club of Portland

To inform its members and the community in public matters and to arouse in them the realization of the obligations of citizenship.

Community Improvement
6
Portland Public Library

Portland Public Library is a welcoming cultural center that brings people together and connects them with trusted resources, ideas, experiences, and information. We build a stronger community by inspiring learning, creativity, and…

Education
7
United States Artists Inc

To invest in america's finest artists and illuminate the value of artists to society.

Arts & Culture
8
American Civil Liberties Union of Washington

To protect and extend civil liberties and civil rights, and to take action to further those liberties and rights within the state of washington.

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9
Seattle Symphony Orchestra Inc

To present symphonic music of the highest quality in a distinctive way for the cultural enrichment, education, engagement and enjoyment of the people of our community.

Arts & Culture
10
On the Boards

On the Boards' mission is to invest in leading contemporary performing artists near and far and connect them to a diverse range of communities interested in forward-thinking art and ideas.

—
11
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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12
Friends of Kexp

Kexp's mission is to enrich your life by championing music and discovery.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northwest Immigrant Rights Project; the most unlike its peers is Southwest Environmental Center. 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

65 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. 65 of the 96 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
65/65
Grantees still filing
34/65
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION: $250,515 · OtherUNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATIONMEADVILLE THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL OF LOMBARD COLLEGE: $228,000 · OtherMEADVILLE THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL OF LOMBARD COLLEGENORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT: $70,000 · OtherNORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECTPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC OF LAS CRUCES NEW MEXICO: $60,000 · OtherCommunity Roots Housing Foundation: $50,000 · OtherSeattle Derby Brats: $50,000 · Other+52 more: $582,650 · Other+52 moreArtist Trust: $60,000 · Arts & CultureArtist TrustPHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $50,000 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHIA …Spectrum Dance Theater: $30,000 · Arts & CultureSpectrum Danc…SEATTLE JAZZ FELLOWSHIP: $25,000 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE JAZZ …DEMOCRACY NOW PRODUCTIONS INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureDEMOCRACY NOW…SHARING NOTES: $20,000 · Arts & CultureSHARING NOTESNORTHWEST FILM FORUM: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSeattle JazzED: $15,000 · Arts & CulturePRATT FINE ARTS CENTER: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCentral District Forum for Arts & Ideas: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMESILLA VALLEY FILM SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureIrish Music School of Chicago: $10,000 · Arts & CultureSTATES NEWSROOM: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $11,000 · Arts & CultureUnitarian Universalist Service Committee Inc: $287,000 · InternationalUnitarian Uni…ABINGTON HEALTH FOUNDATION: $151,000 · HealthABINGTON HEA…SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD: $50,000 · HealthSEATTLE INDI…PLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT NORTHWEST HAWAII ALASKA INDIANA AND KENTUCKY: $40,000 · HealthPLANNED PARE…Therapeutic Health Services: $20,000 · HealthTherapeutic …+1 more: $250 · HealthFACING HOMELESSNESS: $50,000 · Human ServicesFOULKEWAYS AT GWYNEDD: $26,650 · Human ServicesCRUCES CREATIVES: $20,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY DAY CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $10,000 · Human ServicesYOUTHCARE: $10,000 · Human ServicesUNIVERSITY CHURCHES EMERGENCY FUND: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $250 · Human ServicesTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $75,100 · EducationDR KAREN M TRUJILLO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationCOYOTE CENTRAL: $15,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Education+2 more: $3,550 · EducationGender Justice League: $40,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN OVERSIGHT INC: $30,000 · Civil Rights
Other$1,291,165Arts & Culture$296,000International$287,000Health$261,250Human Services$126,900Education$118,650Civil Rights$70,000

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 budgetUnitarian Universalist Service Committee Inc: $287,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetABINGTON HEALTH FOUNDATION: $151,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $75,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC OF LAS CRUCES NEW MEXICO: $60,000 over 1y, 53% of budgetArtist Trust: $60,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetPHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $50,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPEACEPLAYERS INTERNATIONAL: $30,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSpectrum Dance Theater: $30,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetFOULKEWAYS AT GWYNEDD: $26,650 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSHARING NOTES: $20,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LAS CRUCES: $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMURRAY GROVE ASSOCIATION: $18,500 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetCOYOTE CENTRAL: $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNORTHWEST FILM FORUM: $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSeattle JazzED: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCentral District Forum for Arts & Ideas: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetPRISON PET PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetURBAN ARTWORKS: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY DAY CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMaris Place: $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetLAS CRUCES COMMUNITY THEATER: $10,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetIrish Music School of Chicago: $10,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY CHURCHES EMERGENCY FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $2,550 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWissahickon Valley Watershed Association Inc: $2,150 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetART GOES TO SCHOOL OF DELAWARE VALLEY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY: $1,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATED ALUMNI OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFirst Unitarian Church Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY CHORALE AND ORCHESTRA: $1,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF PENNSYLVANIA INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $250 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.

Seattle FoundationArtsfundThe Norcliffe Foundat…Raynier Institute & F…Lucky Seven FoundationPuget Sound Energy Fo…Glassybaby White Ligh…Gates FoundationLorna Jordan Charitab…Raikes FoundationThe Satterberg Founda…United Way of King Co…
Seattle FoundationWA31.2× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Artsfund · The Norcliffe Foundation · Raynier Institute & Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Glassybaby White Light Fund · Gates Foundation · Lorna Jordan Charitable Organization AKA Lorna Jordan Foundation · Raikes Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · United Way of King County

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 The Bradburd Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bradburd Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    19report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.

    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 96 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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