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The Bradley Foundation at a glance

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The Bradley Foundation

Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$36k
Granted FY2017
39
Grants FY2017
12
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k38 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$500
Median grant
12
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JUDE'S HOSPITAL$10,000
SHRINERS HOSPITALS$5,000
HOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE$1,000
NORTHEAST OHIO SPCA$1,000
SS OF THE INCARNATE WORD$1,000
JESUIT RETREAT HOUSE$1,000
PAINESVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$1,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$1,000
BOYS TOWN$1,000
SALVATION ARMY$1,000
CULVER FUND$1,000
DICK GODDARD FOUNDATION$1,000
MERCY HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS$500
PROJECT 425$500
OHIO GUIDESTONE$500
02The need
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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 (FY17–17, $4k) 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%BOYS TOWN: $1k → 12%BLESSING HOUSE: $500 → 13%HOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE: $1k → 17%NORTHEAST OHIO SPCA: $1k → 17%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

MT
IL
NY
MA
SD
IN
OH
NE
AZ
TN
DC
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 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
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
2
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
3
Kansas City Hospice Inc

To bring expert care, peace of mind, comfort, guidance and hope to people who are affected by serious illness or by grief.

Human Services
4
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
5
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
6
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
7
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
8
Nationwide Childrens Hospital Group Return

Nationwide children's hospital's mission is committed to best outcomes and health equity for all children, ensuring every child has access to the best care regardless of their ability to pay. upon this fundamental belief, nch is committed…

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9
Mila's Miracle Foundation

The mission of mila's miracle foundation is to find and fund paths to a cure for batten and other life-threatening neurological disorders. families in this community have been pivotal in raising the necessary funds and awareness. together,…

Health
10
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return

Caring for life, researching for health and educating those who serve.

Health
11
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Caring for life, researching for health and educating those who serve.

Health
12
The Nebraska Medical Center

The Nebraska Medical Center (TNMC)'s mission is to lead the world in transforming lives to create a healthy future for individuals and communities through premier educational programs, innovative research, and extraordinary patient care.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of America; the most unlike its peers is Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

16 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. 16 of the 39 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
14/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SHRINERS HOSPITALS: $5,000 · OtherSHRINERS HOSPITALSCULVER FUND: $1,000 · OtherJESUIT RETREAT HOUSE OF CLEVELAND JESUIT RETREAT: $1,000 · OtherDICK GODDARD FOUNDATION: $1,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSS: $1,000 · OtherSS OF THE INCARNATE WORD: $1,000 · OtherPAINESVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $1,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY: $1,000 · Other+18 more: $7,500 · Other+18 moreST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPIT…OhioGuidestone: $500 · Health+2 more: $400 · HealthHOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF …NORTHEAST OHIO SPCA INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesNORTHEAST O…Father Flanagan's Boys' Home: $1,000 · Human ServicesFather Flan…BLESSING HOUSE: $500 · Human ServicesBLESSING HO…COVENANT HOUSE: $200 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HO…SHARE-A-VISION CO INC: $500 · Housing & ShelterGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $500 · Food & NutritionIsland Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary Inc: $500 · AnimalsCRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $200 · Arts & Culture
Other$19,500Health$10,900Human Services$3,700Housing & Shelter$500Food & Nutrition$500Animals$500Arts & Culture$200

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEAST OHIO SPCA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE-A-VISION CO INC: $500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMALACHI HOUSE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIsland Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOhioGuidestone: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLESSING HOUSE: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $200 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.

American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH8.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 The Bradley Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bradley Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.
    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Bradley Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Bradley Foundation 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 39 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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