Washington · Private foundation
The Brettler Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $3.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 48
- Grants FY2024
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 48%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $385,833
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 36
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $31M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 48% of the organizations The Brettler Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $237k 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 | 48 | $3.2M | 52% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $1.4M | 48% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $1.7M | 31% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $1.3M | 28% |
| FY2020 | 36 | $1.0M | 36% |
| FY2019 | 29 | $812k | 24% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $919k | 37% |
| FY2017 | 34 | $1.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries | $1,924,762 | 8 | 2% |
| Food Lifeline | $1,514,654 | 8 | 0% |
| Treehouse | $963,929 | 7 | 2% |
| Youthcare | $814,632 | 6 | 2% |
| United Way of King County | $485,348 | 4 | 0% |
| Seattle Children's Foundation | $427,500 | 4 | 0% |
| King County Sexual Assault Resource Center | $424,050 | 8 | 2% |
| African Community Housing & Development | $395,833 | 2 | 4% |
| College Success Foundation | $390,630 | 8 | 1% |
| Solid Ground Washington | $355,908 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 80 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Brettler Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Seattle Foundation · United Way of King County · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Gates Foundation · Medina Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · School's Out Washington · Umpqua Bank Charitable Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company
How this is measured
About The Brettler Family Foundation
- How much does The Brettler Family Foundation give?
- The Brettler Family Foundation reported 48 grants totaling $3,183,260 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 36 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Brettler Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (34%), Food & Nutrition (17%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are The Brettler Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Plymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries ($1.9M), Food Lifeline ($1.5M), Treehouse ($964k).
- Does The Brettler Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Brettler Family Foundation 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 Brettler Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, United Way of King County, Puget Sound Energy Foundation.
- Where is The Brettler Family Foundation based?
- The Brettler Family Foundation is based in WA.
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