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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 FY2024still arriving
61
Grants FY2024still arriving
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States reached
$47k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Human Services$828kArts & Culture$459kEducation$122kFood & Nutrition$111kHealth$78kInternational$72kRecreation & Sports$57kEnvironment$46kOther$0
02FY2024 · 61 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 61 grants below total $291,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $325,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $34,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k55 grants · $192k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $99k
$4,000
Median grant
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States reached
$4.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Global Village Project$47,000
Downtown Giants Youth Football Inc$12,000
Food & Friends$10,000
WETA$10,000
The Center for Art in Wood$10,000
Museum of Craft and Design$10,000
Metropolitan Center for the Visual Arts$7,000
Holocaust Remembrance Association$7,000
Food & Friends$5,000
National Gallery of Art$5,000
Global Village Project$5,000
Kennedy Krieger Foundation$5,000
The Furniture Society$5,000
Asheville Art Museum$5,000
New York City Center$5,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

48%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$611k · 35 repeat orgs$669k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

35 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 35 since wound down; 53 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
124

Total granted

$611k
$378k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+29%

Still filing today

100%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $291k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’21’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’21’22’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • TM
    THE METROPOLITAN CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS INC
    3× · 2018–2022 · $84k · revenue +74%
  • FF
    FOOD & FRIENDS INC
    3× · 2018–2022 · $51k · revenue +158%
  • DE
    DECATUR EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2018–2021 · $46k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • KK
    KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $16k
  • TG
    THE GLOBAL VILLAGE PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +240%
  • DM
    DECATUR MAKERS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +59%
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.

03Its 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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
3
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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4
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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5
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
6
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
7
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
8
Museum of American Finance

Finance impacts everyone. as a socially relevant organization, the museum of american finance seeks to improve understanding of the influence of financial institutions and capital markets on the u.s. and global economies, and on…

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9
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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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
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
12
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Hillel at Texas a&M. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

109 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 109 of the 215 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)
27
Early backer (in before they grew)
107/109
Grantees still filing
89/109
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Global Village Project: $52,000 · OtherGlobal Village ProjectThe Center for Art in Wood Inc: $36,000 · OtherThe Center for Art in Wood IncMORGAN ARTS COUNCIL INC: $24,500 · Other+145 more: $557,083 · Other+145 moreTHE METROPOLITAN CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS INC: $84,000 · Arts & CultureTHE METROPOLITAN CENTER F…Penland School Of Craft: $39,500 · Arts & CulturePenland School Of CraftAsheville Art Museum Association Inc: $36,500 · Arts & CultureAsheville Art Museum Asso…WYLDE CENTER INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureWYLDE CENTER INCGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCAT…FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM INC: $15,500 · Arts & CultureHILLWOOD ESTATE MUSEUM & GARDENS: $10,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CENTER FOR CRAFT CREATIVITY & DESIGN INC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+9 more: $30,500 · Arts & Culture+9 moreDECATUR EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $46,000 · EducationDECATUR EDUC…UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $21,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY O…THE GLOBAL VILLAGE PROJECT INC: $15,000 · EducationTHE GLOBAL V…North Bennet Street School: $10,000 · EducationNorth Bennet…HOOD COLLEGE: $10,000 · EducationHOOD COLLEGETHE CAMPANILE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationTHE CAMPANIL…SPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationSPECIAL OPER…DEKALB LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationDEKALB LIBRA…+6 more: $11,500 · Education+6 moreFOOD & FRIENDS INC: $50,500 · HealthSHENANDOAH VALLEY MEDICAL SYSTEM I: $6,500 · HealthPOPULATION ACTION INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 · HealthJOSH'S HOPE FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · HealthTRELLIS HORTICULTURAL THERAPY ALLIANCE INC: $3,000 · HealthTIDALHEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · HealthVACCINE AMBASSADORS: $2,500 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthCRAFT EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND INC: $34,500 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE EASTERN PANHANDLE: $21,500 · PhilanthropyTHE EPIPHANY SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · PhilanthropyHOMELESS CHILDREN'S PLAYTIME PROJECT: $17,500 · Human ServicesTHE BLUE CARD INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesPUBLIC ALLIES INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesSML GOOD NEIGHBORS INC: $2,000 · Human Services+2 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $13,000 · Food & NutritionArlington Food Assistance Center: $2,500 · Food & Nutrition
Other$669,583Arts & Culture$291,000Education$143,500Health$75,000Philanthropy$62,000Human Services$30,500Food & Nutrition$15,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetTHE METROPOLITAN CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS INC: $84,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetFOOD & FRIENDS INC: $50,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDECATUR EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $46,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetPenland School Of Craft: $39,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAsheville Art Museum Association Inc: $36,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Center for Art in Wood Inc: $36,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetCRAFT EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND INC: $34,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetWYLDE CENTER INC: $30,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMORGAN ARTS COUNCIL INC: $24,500 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE EASTERN PANHANDLE: $21,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $21,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOMELESS CHILDREN'S PLAYTIME PROJECT: $17,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetFULLER CRAFT MUSEUM INC: $15,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHE GLOBAL VILLAGE PROJECT INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN INC: $11,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Bennet Street School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHILLWOOD ESTATE MUSEUM & GARDENS: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOOD COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CAMPANILE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDEKALB LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR CRAFT CREATIVITY & DESIGN INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF THE BACK BAY INC: $8,750 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $8,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDELAWARE HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSHENANDOAH VALLEY MEDICAL SYSTEM I: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetESPLANADE ASSOCIATION INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS THE RIVER INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EPIPHANY SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFJC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDIAN LAKE CHRISTIAN SERVICE CAMP: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSE OF RUTH: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Gallery of Art: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPOPULATION ACTION INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FURNITURE SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetGARRETT LAKES ARTS FESTIVAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetMISSIONFIT: $4,500 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetGuttmacher Institute Inc: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BLUE CARD INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens Association of Georgetown: $3,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FORTE FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 2y, 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.

Robert I Schattner Fo…Windgate Charitable F…Nora Roberts Foundati…John and Robyn Horn F…The Maxwellhanrahan F…Galena-Yorktown Found…The Community Foundat…Luluma Charitable Tru…Greater Washington Co…Boston Foundation IncCommunity Foundation …Eastern Bank Foundati…
Robert I Schattner Foundation Inc aka Schattner FoundationMD19.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Bresler Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Bresler Foundation Inc 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 215 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $444k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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