Maryland · Private foundation
The Bresler Foundation Inc
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.
- $325k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 61
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 70
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 61%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2024
- $291k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $47,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 63 to 76
- FY2018 to FY2022
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 61% of the organizations The Bresler Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $149k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 53 | $291k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 70 | $325k | 61% |
| FY2021 | 76 | $348k | 70% |
| FY2018 | 63 | $316k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Metropolitan Center for the Visual Arts Inc | $84,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Food & Friends Inc | $50,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Decatur Education Foundation Inc | $46,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Penland School Of Craft | $39,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Asheville Art Museum Association Inc | $36,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Center for Art in Wood Inc | $36,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Craft Emergency Relief Fund Inc | $34,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Wylde Center Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Morgan Arts Council Inc | $24,500 | 3 | 4% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 54 recipients with no EIN on record ($294k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Bresler Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Robert I Schattner Foundation Inc aka Schattner Foundation · Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc · Nora Roberts Foundation · John and Robyn Horn Foundation Inc · The Maxwellhanrahan Foundation · Galena-Yorktown Foundation · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Luluma Charitable Trust Xxxxx8009 · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Bresler Foundation Inc
- How much does The Bresler Foundation Inc give?
- The Bresler Foundation Inc reported 61 itemized grants totaling $291,000, out of $325,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 63 and 76 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2022.
- What does The Bresler Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (28%), Arts & Culture (15%), Education (4%).
- Who are The Bresler Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: The Metropolitan Center for the Visual Arts Inc ($84k), Food & Friends Inc ($51k), Decatur Education Foundation Inc ($46k).
- Does The Bresler Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 61% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bresler Foundation Inc 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 Bresler Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Robert I Schattner Foundation Inc aka Schattner Foundation, Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc, Nora Roberts Foundation.
- Where is The Bresler Foundation Inc based?
- The Bresler Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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