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The Brandsma Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$921k
Granted FY2024still arriving
198
Grants FY2024still arriving
23
States reached
$59k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Education$4.4MInternational$1.6MReligion$1.1MHealth$389kFood & Nutrition$129kYouth Development$78kHuman Services$61kRecreation & Sports$56kOther$0
02FY2024 · 198 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k163 grants · $184k
  • $10k–50k29 grants · $427k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $310k
$1,000
Median grant
23
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS$58,750
CHRIST CHURCH OF OAK BROOK$51,000
TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS$50,000
CHRIST CHURCH OF OAK BROOK$50,000
CHRIST CHURCH OF OAK BROOK$50,000
CHRIST CHURCH OF OAK BROOK$50,000
TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS$40,000
LOVE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES FOUNDATION$30,000
CHILDRENS HUNGER FUND$25,000
SOTA CONVOYS$25,000
LOVE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES FOUNDATION$20,000
CHILDRENS HUNGER FUND$20,000
CHICAGO WEST SIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION$20,000
ENDURING HEARTS INC$20,000
TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS$20,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $204k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%KIDS WISH NETWORK INC: $200 → 12%KIDS WISH NETWORK INC: $100 → 12%PARTNERS FOR LEARNING ACROSS CULTURES INC: $1k → 11%LIVING WITH HOPE: $25k → 15%LIVING WITH HOPE: $25k → 15%BENJAMINS HOPE: $5k → 8%PARTNERS FOR LEARNING ACROSS CULTURES INC: $1k → 11%LIVING WITH HOPE: $21k → 15%LIVING WITH HOPE: $21k → 15%PARTNERS FOR LEARNING ACROSS CULTURES INC: $1k → 11%LIVING WITH HOPE: $15k → 15%LIVING WITH HOPE: $15k → 15%PARTNERS FOR LEARNING ACROSS CULTURES INC: $1k → 11%LIVING WITH HOPE: $11k → 15%LIVING WITH HOPE: $10k → 15%LIVING WITH HOPE: $10k → 15%LIVING WITH HOPE: $5k → 15%LIVING WITH HOPE: $5k → 15%LIVING WITH HOPE: $5k → 15%LIVING WITH HOPE: $3k → 15%LIVING WITH HOPE: $3k → 15%LIVING WITH HOPE: $2k → 15%LIVING WITH HOPE: $1k → 15%LIVING WITH HOPE: $1k → 15%LIVING WITH HOPE: $1k → 15%LIVING WITH HOPE: $1k → 15%LIVING WITH HOPE: $1k → 15%LIVING WITH HOPE: $500 → 15%COMMUNITY HOUSE: $2k → 7%COMMUNITY HOUSE: $1k → 7%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $3k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $1k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $1k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $200 → 14%COMMUNITY HOUSE: $1k → 7%MISERICORDIA HOME: $1k → 14%FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $500 → 14%COMMUNITY HOUSE: $500 → 7%COMMUNITY HOUSE: $500 → 7%COMMUNITY HOUSE: $500 → 7%COMMUNITY HOUSE: $500 → 7%COMMUNITY HOUSE: $500 → 7%COMMUNITY HOUSE: $500 → 7%COMMUNITY HOUSE: $500 → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
NJ
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
MS
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$7.8M · 72 repeat orgs$116k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +39% since the first grant, against +5% for the ones you funded once.

72 repeat relationships — 52 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

72
33

Total granted

$7.8M
$92k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+5%

Still filing today

75%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationInternationalReligionYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TC
    TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
    7× · 2017–2024 · $3.8M · revenue +43%
  • LW
    LOVE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2024 · $419k · revenue +42%
  • EC
    ELIM CHRISTIAN SERVICES
    7× · 2017–2024 · $348k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • TP
    TURNING POINT USA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +107%
  • LF
    LIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +27%
  • GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY
    one grant, 2020 · $9k · revenue +17%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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2
Global Outreach International Inc

To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.

International
3
Christian Healthcare Ministries Inc

To glorify god, show christian love, and experience god's presence as christians share each other's medical bills.

Religion
4
Time of Grace Ministry

Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…

Religion
5
Christel House International Inc

Chi prepares graduates of the christel house schools operated by its affiliated entities, which chi funds and oversees, to achieve upward economic mobility, demonstrate good citizenship, and become empowered to identify and realize their…

International
6
Bibleproject

Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…

Religion
7
Blue Letter Bible

The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…

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8
World Christian Broadcasting Corporation

World christian broadcasting exists so that people in places best served by broadcast media become aware of the good news of jesus christ and want to know more. geographic areas that cannot be easily served by missionaries are a priority.

Arts & Culture
9
World Hope International Inc

The purpose of world hope international, inc. (whi) includes providing assistance to economically disadvantaged people through long-term social transformation projects, including anti-trafficking protection, clean water, economic…

International
10
World Orphans

World orphans vision is to empower the church to care for orphans and vulnerable families. we equip, inspire, and mobilize the church to care for orphans and vulnerable children. churches engaged. children restored. communities transformed…

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11
Corus International Inc

TO MANAGE AN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH, AND RELIEF FOCUSED FAMILY OF ORGANIZATIONS HELPING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES LIFT THEMSELVES OUT OF POVERTY, SUPPORT WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, AND PROVIDE…

Human Services
12
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of America and the most unlike its peers is Service Learning Development Nfp. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyFood Banks and PantriesChristian Youth CampsChristian Missionary Organi…Policy Research and AdvocacyHealth Access Advocacy and …Volunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Environmental Conservation …Youth Sports ProgramsFaith-Based Social ServicesAnimal Rescue and ShelterChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Domestic Violence ServicesCommunity FoundationsCancer Support ServicesIndependent K-12 Schools
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%5%<5yr13%3%5–10yr18%14%10–20yr15%26%20–35yr14%24%35–55yr22%28%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%3%<5yr13%3%5–10yr18%8%10–20yr15%11%20–35yr14%4%35–55yr22%72%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%1/99
the rest of the field
12%
8,890/72,260

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

84 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 84 of the 119 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
82/84
Grantees still filing
59/84
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS — $3,822,750 · OtherTIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLSCHRIST CHURCH OF OAK BROOK — $944,500 · OtherCHRIST CHURCH OF OAK BROOK+62 more — $620,440 · Other+62 moreSOTA CONVOYS — $200,000 · InternationalSOTA CONVOYSCHILDREN'S HUNGER FUND — $191,500 · InternationalCHILDREN'S H…MISSION TO HEAL — $156,000 · InternationalMISSION TO H…ASSOCIATION FOR A MORE JUST SOCIETY -US — $147,000 · InternationalASSOCIATION …WORLD VISION INC — $82,417 · InternationalWORLD VISION…WORLDHOPE US INC — $48,500 · InternationalWORLDHOPE US…+3 more — $20,200 · InternationalLOVE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES FOUNDATION — $419,366 · HealthLOVE WITHO…ENDURING HEARTS INC — $260,000 · HealthENDURING H…+13 more — $69,900 · Health+13 moreELIM CHRISTIAN SERVICES — $347,560 · EducationHOPE COLLEGE — $40,500 · Education+7 more — $54,300 · EducationGENEVA CAMP & RETREAT CENTER — $106,500 · ReligionPROGRACE INTERNATIONAL — $75,750 · ReligionMULTIPLICATION NETWORK MINISTRIES — $25,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $14,500 · ReligionChristianity Today International — $8,000 · Religion+2 more — $350 · ReligionLIVING WITH HOPE — $181,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $20,200 · Human Services+8 more — $23,441 · Human ServicesFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES — $30,500 · Youth DevelopmentNew Foundation of Hope — $23,625 · Youth DevelopmentCity on a Hill Youth Foundation INC — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE MAYFLY PROJECT — $7,000 · Youth Development+1 more — $2,000 · Youth Development
Other$5,387,690International$845,617Health$749,266Education$442,360Religion$230,100Human Services$224,641Youth Development$73,125

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS — $3,822,750 over 7y, 4.1% of budgetLOVE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES FOUNDATION — $419,366 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetELIM CHRISTIAN SERVICES — $347,560 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetENDURING HEARTS INC — $260,000 over 6y, 9.3% of budgetSOTA CONVOYS — $200,000 over 3y, 40% of budgetCHILDREN'S HUNGER FUND — $191,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLIVING WITH HOPE — $181,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR A MORE JUST SOCIETY -US — $147,000 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetGENEVA CAMP & RETREAT CENTER — $106,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetWORLD VISION INC — $82,417 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPROGRACE INTERNATIONAL — $75,750 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetSERVICE LEARNING DEVELOPMENT NFP — $75,000 over 2y, 100% of budgetWORLDHOPE US INC — $48,500 over 3y, 16% of budgetCHICAGO WEST SIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION — $41,500 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetHOPE COLLEGE — $40,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGoodCity NFP — $37,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES — $30,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK — $30,150 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMULTIPLICATION NETWORK MINISTRIES — $25,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWellness House — $23,750 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetNew Foundation of Hope — $23,625 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetWorld Renew — $23,010 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH URBAN MINISTRIES INC — $23,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $22,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN DUPAGE SRA FOUNDATION — $21,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $20,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHT PROMISE — $18,500 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetPRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES — $15,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISSIO INTERNATIONAL — $15,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetROSELAND CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES CENTER — $15,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetBy The Hand Club For Kids — $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $14,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — $12,500 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCALVIN UNIVERSITY — $12,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $11,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY — $11,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC — $10,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAGC LTD — $10,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCity on a Hill Youth Foundation INC — $10,000 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetLIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY — $8,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristianity Today International — $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCaringBridge — $7,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY HOUSE — $7,441 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MAYFLY PROJECT — $7,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetREST HAVEN ILLIANA CHRISTIAN CONVALESCENT HOME — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBENJAMIN'S HOPE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds LOVE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ELIM CHRISTIAN SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds ENDURING HEARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds SOTA CONVOYS ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HUNGER FUND ↗
  • Who funds LIVING WITH HOPE ↗
  • Who funds MISSION TO HEAL ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION FOR A MORE JUST SOCIETY -US ↗
  • Who funds GENEVA CAMP & RETREAT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
  • Who funds PROGRACE INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds SERVICE LEARNING DEVELOPMENT NFP ↗
  • Who funds WORLDHOPE US INC ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO WEST SIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds HOPE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds GoodCity NFP ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds MULTIPLICATION NETWORK MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds Wellness House ↗
  • Who funds New Foundation of Hope ↗
  • Who funds World Renew ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH URBAN MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN DUPAGE SRA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds BRIGHT PROMISE ↗
  • Who funds PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC ↗
  • Who funds MISSIO INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds ROSELAND CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES CENTER ↗
  • Who funds By The Hand Club For Kids ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Barnabas FoundationThe John and Phyllis …Van Dyke Family Chari…Arthur J Gallagher Fo…Edgar and Elsa Prince…Marvin G & Jerene L D…Raymond James Charita…The Dupage Community …Thomas M and Marilyn …James and Susan Bere …Nicholas Leep & Hilda…David and Karen Bere …
Barnabas FoundationIL50.3× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Barnabas Foundation · The John and Phyllis Groot Foundation · Van Dyke Family Charitable Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · Marvin G & Jerene L Dewitt Family Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Dupage Community Foundation · Thomas M and Marilyn J Dewitt Norman Family Foundation · James and Susan Bere Family Foundation · Nicholas Leep & Hilda Leep Foundation · David and Karen Bere Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Brandsma Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Brandsma Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Brandsma Family 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 119 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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