· Private foundation
The Breneman Jaech 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 $10k1 grant · $8k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $55k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE GARAGE A TEEN CAFE | $30,000 |
| TOWN HALL ASSOCIATION | $25,000 |
| HUMANITIES WASHINGTON | $7,500 |
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 (FY19–21, $60k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 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
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 +43% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down.
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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TGThe Garage A Teen Cafe5× · 2021–2025 · $160k · revenue +45%
- JFJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE2× · 2019–2021 · $60k · revenue +121%
- THTown Hall Association4× · 2022–2025 · $58k · revenue +9%
Funded once
- NFNORTHWEST FILM FORUMone grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue +8%
- SVST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCILone grant, 2019 · $10k
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 Seattle Athenaeum connects a dynamic literary community through a curated book collection, diverse programming, and opportunities for engaging conversations and transformative ideas.
The Seattle Architecture Foundation connects people to the architecture, design, and history of Seattle. We believe the more you engage with design, the more you feel connected to your changing city. As a volunteer driven organization, we…
Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.
To build and enhance the competitiveness of Washington State's film and associated creative industry. We accomplish this by marketing and managing the state's production incentive program, representing the state in national and…
Artist Trust supports the livelihoods of artists working in all disciplines to create a more vibrant and equitable Washington State.
IWWG empowers women writers with workshops events and community gatherings to encourage writing speaking and publishing
The Holocaust Center for Humanity teaches the lessons of the Holocaust, inspiring students of all ages to confront bigotry and indifference, promote human dignity, and take action.
Through Jazz education that liberates and inspires, Seattle JazzED increase access in the music room, celebrates student expression, and builds lasting connection rooted in community.
Writers Room provides emerging and established writers, working in any and all literary genres, with affordable and tranquil workspace in NYC.
The Friends of the Seattle Public Library's mission is to elevate the Library and inspire the love of reading in our communities.
On the Boards' mission is to invest in leading contemporary performing artists near and far and connect them to a diverse range of communities interested in forward-thinking art and ideas.
Literary Cleveland assists writers and readers at all stages of development, promotes new and existing literature of the highest quality, and advances Northeast Ohio as a vital center of diverse voices and visions.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 13 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 RICHARD HUGO HOUSE ↗
- Who funds The Garage A Teen Cafe ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF YOUTH ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ↗
- Who funds Town Hall Association ↗
- Who funds Clarion West ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HEDGEBROOK ↗
- Who funds NORTHWEST FILM FORUM ↗
- Who funds SEATTLE ARTS AND LECTURES ↗
- Who funds HUMANITIES WASHINGTON ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Artsfund · Seattle Foundation · Medina Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Breneman Jaech Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Breneman Jaech Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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