· Private foundation
The Brannan 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k15 grants · $18k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LOYOLA MARYMONT UNIVERSITY | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,500 |
| BOULDER COUNTY FIRE FIGHTERS ASSN | $2,000 |
| TORRANCE MEM MEDICAL CENTER | $1,661 |
| KURT CASELLI FNDN | $1,623 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,040 |
| DEAF WEST THEATER GROUP | $1,000 |
| THE BEAUTIFULLY FLAWED FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| DUCKS UNLIMITED | $1,000 |
| ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM | $1,000 |
| PALOS VERDES POLICE OFFICERS ASSN | $1,000 |
| BACK COUNTRY DISCOVERY ROUTES | $1,000 |
| VETERANS SURF ALLIANCE | $1,000 |
| LEUKEMA & LYMA SOCIETY | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LMLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY5× · 2017–2025 · $35k · revenue +68%
- JCJUSTIN CARR WANTS WORLD PEACE5× · 2018–2024 · $20k · revenue +89%
- BDBACKCOUNTRY DISCOVERY ROUTES4× · 2021–2025 · $14k · revenue +63%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $4k
- KFKCRW FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +9%
- PEPENINSULA EDUCATION FUNDone 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.
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.
The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…
The american lung association's mission is to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease. we do this through education, advocacy, and research.
Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.
Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…
Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…
The mission of the lung cancer research foundation is to improve lung cancer outcomes by funding research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of lung cancer.
The heart foundation (thf) was created to save lives from heart disease by increasing awareness, educating the public, and supporting innovative research at smidt heart institute at cedars-sinai medical center in los angeles, california.…
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
How this is measured
24 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. 24 of the 58 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds JUSTIN CARR WANTS WORLD PEACE ↗
- Who funds BACKCOUNTRY DISCOVERY ROUTES ↗
- Who funds CENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds PENINSULA HERITAGE SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
- Who funds THE KURT CASELLI FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FRACTURED ATLAS INC ↗
- Who funds BOULDER COUNTY FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds KCRW FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds LUNADA BAY LITTLE LEAGUE INC ↗
- Who funds Palos Verdes Police Officers Association ↗
- Who funds WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Unbound ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds WOMEN IN NEED INC ↗
- Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
- Who funds Torrance Memorial Medical Center ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Brannan Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Brannan Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
How this is measured
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