How much does The Brainerd Foundation give?

The Brainerd Foundation reported 98 grants totaling $3,342,164 in its FY2020 IRS filing.

What does The Brainerd Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2020, its largest causes are Environment (60%), Philanthropy (37%), Education (2%).

Who are The Brainerd Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2020 to FY2020: Earthjustice ($182k), Central Oregon Landwatch ($160k), Social Venture Partners ($158k).

Does The Brainerd 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 Brainerd Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Patagoniaorg, The Bullitt Foundation, Wilburforce Foundation.

Where is The Brainerd Foundation based?

The Brainerd Foundation is based in WA.

Foundation Dossiers

Washington · Private foundation

The Brainerd Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$3.3M
Granted FY2020: 98
Grants FY2020: 71
Organizations funded FY2020

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Median grant, FY2020: $8,000
Largest grant, FY2020: $1,002,374
States reached, FY2020: 15
Total assets, FY2020: $1.6M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

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, FY2020 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Earthjustice	$181,500	1	0%
Central Oregon Landwatch	$160,000	1	15%
Social Venture Partners	$158,000	1	8%
The Alaska Center Education Fund	$150,500	1	5%
Trustees for Alaska	$75,000	1	4%
Montana Environmental Information Center	$70,000	1	7%
Washington Conservation Action Education Fund	$60,500	1	1%
Oregon Natural Desert Association	$60,000	1	3%
Soda Mountain Wilderness Council	$50,000	1	19%
The University of Montana Foundation	$50,000	1	0%

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All grantees of The Brainerd Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Earthjustice	$181,500	1	0%
Central Oregon Landwatch	$160,000	1	15%
Social Venture Partners	$158,000	1	8%
The Alaska Center Education Fund	$150,500	1	5%
Trustees for Alaska	$75,000	1	4%
Montana Environmental Information Center	$70,000	1	7%
Washington Conservation Action Education Fund	$60,500	1	1%
Oregon Natural Desert Association	$60,000	1	3%
Soda Mountain Wilderness Council	$50,000	1	19%
The University of Montana Foundation	$50,000	1	0%
Idaho Conservation League Inc	$45,000	1	2%
Trout Unlimited Inc	$42,000	1	0%
WaterWatch of Oregon	$30,000	1	4%
Environmental Integrity Project	$25,000	1	1%
The Partnership Project Inc	$25,000	1	0%
NEO Philanthropy Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Environmental Protection Network	$25,000	1	4%
State Leadership Project	$25,000	1	0%
Wild Hope Inc Sierra Treks/Littlefoot Expeditions	$17,000	1	9%
Deschutes Land Trust	$11,000	1	0%
American Rivers Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Crag Law Center	$10,000	1	1%
Renewable Energy Alaska Project	$10,000	1	1%
Advocates for the West Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Henrys Fork Wildlife Alliance Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
Yaak Valley Forest Council	$5,000	1	1%
Puget Sound Sage	$4,500	1	0%
Oregon Desert Land Trust	$1,000	1	0%
United States Fund for Unicef	$500	1	0%
Ballard Food Bank	$500	1	0%
The Trust for Public Land	$500	1	0%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc	$500	1	0%
Conservation Nw	$400	1	0%
Seattle Public Library Foundation	$400	1	0%
Great Old Broads for Wilderness	$250	1	0%
Oregon State University Foundation	$250	1	0%
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide	$200	1	0%
Maris Place	$100	1	0%
Team River Runner Incorporated	$100	1	0%
Westside Baby	$100	1	0%
Westside School	$100	1	0%
The Actors' Fund of America	$100	1	0%
New Beginnings	$100	1	0%
Emerald City Pet Rescue	$50	1	0%
Greater Good Charities	$50	1	0%

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($930k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Brainerd Foundation supplied at peak.

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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 44.

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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.

PatagoniaorgCA33.7× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 The Brainerd Foundation

How much does The Brainerd Foundation give?: The Brainerd Foundation reported 98 grants totaling $3,342,164 in its FY2020 IRS filing.
What does The Brainerd Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2020, its largest causes are Environment (60%), Philanthropy (37%), Education (2%).
Who are The Brainerd Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2020 to FY2020: Earthjustice ($182k), Central Oregon Landwatch ($160k), Social Venture Partners ($158k).
Does The Brainerd 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 Brainerd Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Patagoniaorg, The Bullitt Foundation, Wilburforce Foundation.
Where is The Brainerd Foundation based?: The Brainerd Foundation is based in WA.