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The Breslow Foundation at a glance

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The Breslow 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.

$25k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$148kReligion$29kEducation$21kPhilanthropy$15kYouth Development$15kCivil Rights$5kHealth$5kCrime & Legal$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $4k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $21k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$176k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Renown Foundation$11,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Nevada$10,000
Los Angeles Conservancy$2,500
Washoe County Honorary Deputy Sheriff's Association$1,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 53% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%AACA MUSEUM INC: $2k → 12%NEW SOMALY MAM FUND VOICES FOR CHANGE (TOGETHER1HEART): $5k → 14%HONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART: $3k → 9%YPSILANTI AUTOMOTIVE HERITAGE MUSEUM: $40k → 14%Points of Light Foundation: $10k → 13%Washoe County Honorary Deputy Sheriff's Association: $2k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF THE AFTERMARKET FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%AACA MUSEUM INC: $2k → 12%VOS CENTER FOR JEWISH LIFE: $10k → 14%POINTS OF LIGHT: $5k → 13%NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM: $57k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF THE AFTERMARKET FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%Valley Outreach Synagogue: $10k → 14%Renown Foundation: $11k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF THE AFTERMARKET FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%VOS CENTER FOR JEWISH LIFE: $5k → 14%Renown Foundation: $10k → 10%VOS CENTER FOR JEWISH LIFE: $2k → 14%RENOWN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%VALLEY OUTREACH SYNAGOGUE: $3k → 14%Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Nevada: $10k → 10%LOS ANGELES CONSERVANCY: $3k → 14%Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Nevada: $5k → 10%LOS ANGELES CONSERVANCY: $3k → 14%Life is Worth It: $1k → 10%Los Angeles Conservancy: $3k → 14%Los Angeles Conservancy: $3k → 14%LOS ANGELES CONSERVANCY: $3k → 14%LOS ANGELES CONSERVANCY: $3k → 14%Los Angeles Conservancy: $3k → 14%PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM: $2k → 14%PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$149k · 9 repeat orgs$112k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +11% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
6

Total granted

$149k
$110k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
0%

Still filing today

67%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CulturePhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentEducationCrime & LegalOther
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

  • PA
    PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2022 · $28k · revenue +39%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF THE AFTERMARKET FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2020 · $20k · revenue +76%
  • LA
    LOS ANGELES CONSERVANCY
    7× · 2018–2025 · $18k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • TH
    THE HARRAH AUTOMOBILE FOUNDATION NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM
    one grant, 2022 · $57k · revenue -60%
  • YA
    YPSILANTI AUTO HERITAGE MUSEUM
    one grant, 2018 · $40k · revenue -51% · 41% of their budget
  • RH
    Renown Health Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +251%
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.

04Its 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
Museum of American Speed
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2
Moore Auto Classic Museum
Arts & Culture
3
Seal Cove Auto Museum
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4
Klairmont Kollections Automotive Museum
Arts & Culture
5
Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum
Arts & Culture
6
Auburn Automotive Heritage Inc

Auburn automotive heritage, inc., dba the auburn cord duesenberg automobile museum, an educational nonprofit 501(c)(3), is an art deco treasure, faithfully presenting its original 1930's grandeur - a place where landmark automotive…

Arts & Culture
7
The Lloyd Ganton Auto Museum Foundation
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8
Durant Motors Automobile Museum

It is our mission to preserve and display durant marquee automobiles and documents for the education and enjoyment of present and future generations. in addition, we intend to enhance the public knowledge of william c. durant and his…

Arts & Culture
9
American Airpower Museum Co Cockpit Cpt Usa Llc
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10
The Land Cruiser Heritage Museum
Arts & Culture
11
Automobile Driving Museum

The automobile driving museum exists to preserve automotive history, interpret the hisotrical significance, educate guests and provide them with the opportunity to take a ride in one of the museum's historic collector vehicles.

Arts & Culture
12
Automotive and Fire Engine Museum
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Life Is Worth It Org. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

12 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. 12 of the 16 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
8/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE HARRAH AUTOMOBILE FOUNDATION NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM: $56,858 · OtherTHE HARRAH AUTOMOBILE FOUNDATION NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE MUSEUMRenown Foundation: $21,000 · OtherRenown FoundationUNIVERSITY OF THE AFTERMARKET FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF THE AFTERMARKET FOUNDATIONVOS CENTER FOR JEWISH LIFE: $16,800 · OtherVOS CENTER FOR JEWISH LIFEVALLEY OUTREACH SYNAGOGUE: $12,500 · OtherVALLEY OUTREACH SYNAGOGUERenown Health Foundation: $5,000 · OtherNEW SOMALY MAM FUND VOICES FOR CHANGE (TOGETHER1HEART): $5,000 · OtherYPSILANTI AUTO HERITAGE MUSEUM: $40,000 · Arts & CultureYPSILANTI AUTO HERITAGE MUSEUMPETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $27,500 · Arts & CulturePETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATIONLOS ANGELES CONSERVANCY: $17,500 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELES CONSERVANCYAACA MUSEUM INC: $4,095 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $2,500 · Arts & CulturePOINTS OF LIGHT FOUNDATION: $15,000 · PhilanthropyBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NOTHERN NEVADA INC: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentWashoe County Honorary Deputy Sheriffs Association Inc: $1,500 · Crime & LegalLIFE IS WORTH IT ORG: $1,000 · Education
Other$137,158Arts & Culture$91,595Philanthropy$15,000Youth Development$15,000Crime & Legal$1,500Education$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE HARRAH AUTOMOBILE FOUNDATION NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM: $56,858 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetYPSILANTI AUTO HERITAGE MUSEUM: $40,000 over 1y, 41% of budgetPETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $27,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF THE AFTERMARKET FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetLOS ANGELES CONSERVANCY: $17,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPOINTS OF LIGHT FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NOTHERN NEVADA INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRenown Health Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAACA MUSEUM INC: $4,095 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWashoe County Honorary Deputy Sheriffs Association Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The E L Cord Foundati…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The E L Cord FoundationNV13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The E L Cord Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Breslow Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Breslow Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

    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 16 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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