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The Brandaw Family Foundation at a glance

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The Brandaw Family 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.

$58k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$19k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$331kYouth Development$144kHealth$142kHuman Services$81kRecreation & Sports$55kPhilanthropy$12kAnimals$7kCommunity Improvement$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $29k
$2,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$275k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION$18,750
CHILDRENS CANCER ASSOCIATION$10,000
SALEM HEALTH FOUNDATION$7,000
GAMMA PHI BETA FOUNDATION$5,000
SALEM LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION$5,000
SAXON SUCCESS FUND$3,000
ISAACS ROOM$2,500
ARIZONA HUMANE SOCIETY$2,000
VITAL LIFE - A MARQUIS AND CONSONUS FOUNDATION$1,500
ARIZONA HUMANE SOCIETY$1,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC$1,000
KATIE ADAMSON CONSERVATION FUND$1,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SALEM MARION & POLK COUNTIES$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FAMILY BUILDING BLOCKS INC: $3k → 14%FAMILY BUILDING BLOCKS INC: $1k → 14%FAMILY BUILDING BLOCKS INC: $1k → 14%SALEM LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%SALEM LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%SALEM LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%SALEM LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%SALEM LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%SALEM LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%SALEM LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%SALEM LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%CASA OF MARION COUNTY INC: $1k → 14%CASA OF MARION COUNTY INC: $1k → 14%CASA OF MARION COUNTY INC: $1k → 14%SALEM LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $250 → 14%SALEM LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $250 → 14%SALEM LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $250 → 14%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.
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$744k · 15 repeat orgs$31k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
11

Total granted

$744k
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+16%

Still filing today

93%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionAnimalsOther
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

  • UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $335k · revenue +182%
  • TF
    THE FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MARION AND POLK COUNTIES
    2× · 2019–2021 · $100k · revenue +51%
  • SL
    SALEM LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2025 · $47k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • SA
    SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +490%
  • BC
    BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue -9%
  • SS
    SALEM SCHOOLS FOUNDATION DBA SALEM-KEIZER EDUCATIO
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
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
Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics

To support salem health, salem health west valley and related organizations.

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2
University of Portland

The university of portland, an independently governed catholic university guided by the congregation of holy cross, addresses significant questions of human concern through interdisciplinary studies of the arts, sciences, and humanities…

Education
3
Portland State University Foundation

Portland state university foundation is responsible for raising and managing private resources to advance psu's priorities and mission to be a leading urban university.

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4
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
5
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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6
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
7
University Cooperative School

We take a joyful, community-oriented approach to raising engaged citizens, deep learners, and brave adventurers with the skills, creativity, and heart needed to better the world.

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8
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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9
San Francisco Friends School

At san francisco friends school, students learn in a community grounded in the quaker values of reflection, integrity, peaceful problem-solving and stewardship. our teachers challenge students with a dynamic curriculum that inspires…

Education
10
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
11
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
12
Sonoma Charter School

Sonoma charter school seeks to achieve academic excellence through engaged learning in a setting that involves students, teachers, and parents.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Oregon Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Salem Keizer Hs Sports Boosters. 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

29 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. 29 of the 31 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)
27/29
Grantees still filing
17/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $335,410 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATIONOCCIDENTAL COLLEGE: $35,000 · EducationOCCIDENTAL COLLEGE+5 more: $7,100 · EducationTHE FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MARION AND POLK COUNTIES: $100,000 · OtherTHE FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S …SALEM ROTARY FOUNDATION: $28,000 · OtherSALEM ROTARY FOUNDATIONVITAL LIFE A MARQUIS AND CONSONUS FOUNDATION: $6,500 · Other+10 more: $25,000 · Other+10 moreChildren's Cancer Association: $83,000 · Arts & CultureChildren's C…SALEM HEALTH FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthSALEM LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $47,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY BUILDING BLOCKS INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesCASA OF MARION COUNTY INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SALEM MARION & POLK COUNTIES: $36,000 · Youth DevelopmentISAAC'S ROOM: $4,500 · Youth DevelopmentArizona Humane Society: $7,000 · AnimalsKATIE ADAMSON CONSERVATION FUND: $1,000 · Animals
Education$377,510Other$159,500Arts & Culture$83,000Health$56,000Human Services$55,000Youth Development$40,500Animals$8,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $335,410 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MARION AND POLK COUNTIES: $100,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetChildren's Cancer Association: $83,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetSALEM HEALTH FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetSALEM LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $47,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SALEM MARION & POLK COUNTIES: $36,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetOCCIDENTAL COLLEGE: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSALEM ROTARY FOUNDATION: $28,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetArizona Humane Society: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVITAL LIFE A MARQUIS AND CONSONUS FOUNDATION: $6,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGAMMA PHI BETA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY BUILDING BLOCKS INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE MID-WILLAMETTE VALLEY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISAAC'S ROOM: $4,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCASA OF MARION COUNTY INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSALEM KEIZER HS SPORTS BOOSTERS: $2,000 over 2y, 10.0% of budgetMEDICAL FOUNDATION OF MARION & POLK COUNTIES: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMARION DOWNS CENTER: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKATIE ADAMSON CONSERVATION FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSALEM DREAM CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARCHBISHOP FRANCIS N BLANCHET SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATLIN GABEL SCHOOL: $100 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.

The Salem FoundationMaps Community Founda…The Oregon Community …United Way of the Mid…Salem HealthWillamette Health Cou…Pioneer Trust Bank Na…OCF Joseph E Weston P…Marie Lamfrom Charita…M J Murdock Charitabl…Lawrence E Tokarski C…W Walton Decd Charita…
The Salem FoundationOR30.4× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Salem Foundation · Maps Community Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley · Salem Health · Willamette Health Council · Pioneer Trust Bank Na Foundation · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Lawrence E Tokarski Charitable Trust · W Walton Decd Charitable Trust

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Family Building Blocks Inc: 68% of income from government
  • United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley: 6% of income from government
  • Isaac's Room: 5% of income from government
  • Salem Leadership Foundation: 3% of income from government
  • Casa of Marion County Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Salem Health Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Catlin Gabel School: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 31 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home