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The Bretzlaff 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.

$2.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$600k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2025.

Arts & Culture$3.7MEducation$2.0MYouth Development$1.5MEnvironment$1.0MScience & Tech$1.0MRecreation & Sports$865kHealth$425kCrime & Legal$250kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $85k
  • $250k+8 grants · $2.7M
$250,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
First Tee of Northern Nevada$600,000
Desert Research Institute$500,000
Nevada Museum of Art$350,000
Artown$265,000
Hawaii Justice Foundation$250,000
Boys and Girls Club Truckee Meadows$250,000
The Nature Conservatory$250,000
Bishop Museum$250,000
Big Brother and Sisters of Northern Nevada$20,000
PBS Reno$20,000
Reno Dance Company$15,000
New Reno Little Theater$10,000
Northern Nevada Children's Cancer Foundation$10,000
Safe Talk For Teens$10,000
Assistance League of Reno-Sparks$5,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–25, $135k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%DRI Foundation: $5k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NORTHERN NEVADA: $50k → 10%Safe Talk For Teens: $20k → 10%Safe Talk For Teens: $15k → 10%Safe Talk For Teens: $10k → 10%SAFE TALK FOR TEENS: $10k → 10%Assistance League of Reno-Sparks: $10k → 10%Assistance League of Reno-Sparks: $10k → 10%Assistance League of Reno-Sparks: $5k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$7.9M · 26 repeat orgs$2.5M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +26% since the first grant, against +18% for the ones you funded once.

26 repeat relationships — 11 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
23

Total granted

$7.9M
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+18%

Still filing today

85%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $525k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesEducationFood & NutritionHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • UO
    University of Nevada Reno Foundation
    4× · 2020–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +35%
  • BM
    BISHOP MUSEUM
    3× · 2020–2025 · $750k · revenue +102%
  • TF
    THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN NEVADA
    3× · 2023–2025 · $625k · revenue +722%

Funded once

  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN NEVADA
    one grant, 2024 · $1.0M · revenue -76% · 52% of their budget
  • TM
    Truckee Meadows Community College
    one grant, 2024 · $510k
  • WF
    WESTERN FOLKLIFE CENTER INC
    one grant, 2024 · $200k · revenue -12%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Reno Chamber Orchestra Inc

To create intimate, inspirational musical experiences by engaging the community through vibrant music making by the chamber orchestra and chamber ensembles.

Arts & Culture
2
The Nevada Discovery Museum

Educating children and adults through interactive hands-on exhibits and educational programming.

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3
Nevada Public Radio

Nevada public radio will enhance the quality of life and foster civic engagement by informing, education and inspiring our growing audiences.

Arts & Culture
4
Northeastern Nevada Historical Soci

Northeastern nevada historcial society is dedicated to the preservation of the hertitage, culture, and natural history of northeastern nevada. our ongoing goals are to establish a western art center and nourish the western culture that…

Arts & Culture
5
Reno Sparks Chamber of Commerce

We advocate, we inform, and we connect

—
6
Rino Art District

Build a stronger community of creative individuals and businesses. Create an attractive area for people to live visit engage and shop. Spread awareness about Rino in Denver in Colorado and nationally. Provide education about the arts…

Community Improvement
7
Tahoe Community Foundation

The Foundation envisions a thriving community created through meaningful philanthropy, inclusive communication, and the willingness to explore possibilities together.

Education
8
Community Foundation of Northern Nevada

To strengthen our community through philanthropy and leadership by connecting people who care with causes that matter.

Philanthropy
9
University of Nevada Alumni Association

The Nevada Alumni Association is here to foster and cultivate a common bond of pride, affinity and connection among alumni, students, prospective students and friends of the University of Nevada, Reno through quality programs, services and…

—
10
Tahoe Institute for Natural Science

To advance the natural history, conservation and ecosystem knowledge of the Tahoe region through science, education and outreach.

Environment
11
Museum of Northwest Art

The museum of northwest art collects, preserves, interprets and exhibits art created in the pacific northwest, supports artists, and strives to integrate art into the lives of all people. the museum is free and open to the public seven…

Arts & Culture
12
Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce

A membership organization dedicated to developing, promoting, and serving your business and community. Our goal is to sustain a high quality of life by achieving economic vitality, with sensitivity and respect for the environment.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Arts for All Nevada and the most unlike its peers is Honolulu Museum of Art. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 34 years old; the field is 15. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%0%<5yr14%2%5–10yr18%19%10–20yr18%31%20–35yr12%36%35–55yr14%12%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr18%2%10–20yr18%25%20–35yr12%42%35–55yr14%31%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/46
the rest of the field
13%
1,005/7,773

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

44 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 44 of the 54 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/44
Grantees still filing
32/44
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN NEVADA — $1,000,000 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN NEVADADesert Research Institute — $1,000,000 · OtherDesert Research InstituteTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $750,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYTruckee Meadows Community College — $510,000 · OtherTruckee Meadows Community CollegeRenown Health Foundation — $350,000 · OtherRenown Health FoundationThe Nature Conservatory — $250,000 · OtherThe Nature Conservatory+20 more — $394,000 · Other+20 moreNevada Museum of Art — $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureNevada Museum of ArtHONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART — $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureHONOLULU MUSEUM OF ARTBISHOP MUSEUM — $750,000 · Arts & CultureBISHOP MUSEUMARTOWN — $325,000 · Arts & CultureARTOWNHAWAII THEATRE CENTER — $235,000 · Arts & CultureHAWAII THEATRE CENTERWESTERN FOLKLIFE CENTER INC — $200,000 · Arts & CultureWESTERN FOLKLIFE CENTER INC+10 more — $185,000 · Arts & CultureUniversity of Nevada Reno Foundation — $1,500,000 · EducationUniversity of N…+2 more — $40,000 · EducationTHE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN NEVADA — $625,000 · Recreation & SportsSky Tavern Inc — $215,000 · Recreation & SportsBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TRUCKEE MEADOWS — $305,000 · Youth DevelopmentSIERRA NEVADA JOURNEYS — $60,000 · Youth Development+2 more — $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentHAWAII JUSTICE FOUNDATION — $250,000 · Crime & LegalHAWAII FOODBANK INC — $150,000 · Food & NutritionFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc — $75,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$4,254,000Arts & Culture$3,695,000Education$1,540,000Recreation & Sports$840,000Youth Development$385,000Crime & Legal$250,000Food & Nutrition$225,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUniversity of Nevada Reno Foundation — $1,500,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetNevada Museum of Art — $1,000,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetHONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART — $1,000,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN NEVADA — $1,000,000 over 1y, 52% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $750,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBISHOP MUSEUM — $750,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetTHE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN NEVADA — $625,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetRenown Health Foundation — $350,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetARTOWN — $325,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TRUCKEE MEADOWS — $305,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHAWAII THEATRE CENTER — $235,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetSky Tavern Inc — $215,000 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetWESTERN FOLKLIFE CENTER INC — $200,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetHAWAII FOODBANK INC — $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc — $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWASHOE CASA FOUNDATION FKA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES — $60,000 over 3y, 21% of budgetSIERRA NEVADA JOURNEYS — $60,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSAFE TALK FOR TEENS — $55,000 over 4y, 9.2% of budgetCHANNEL 5 PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC — $55,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCatholic Charities of Northern Nevada — $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetChurchill Arts Council — $35,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetCenter for Adaptive Riding — $35,000 over 2y, 10.0% of budgetTRUCKEE MEADOWS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE 1701 GROUP FKA ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF RENO-SPARKS — $25,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetNORTHERN NEVADA CHILDREN'S CANCER FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetRENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHAWAII OPERA THEATRE — $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetVP DATA COMMONS — $20,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetCARE CHEST OF SIERRA NEVADA — $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNew Reno Little Theater — $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetDISCOVERY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN - SIERRAS — $10,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetBURNING MAN PROJECT — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NOTHERN NEVADA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHONOLULU THEATRE FOR YOUTH — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetChurchill Library Association — $10,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetARTS FOR ALL NEVADA — $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetRI Foundation — $5,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetSIERRA SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS — $5,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetUSA Shooting Inc — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR LEAGUE OF RENO INC — $2,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE MOONRIDGE FOUNDATION — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

NV Energy Charitable …Robert Z Hawkins Foun…The E L Cord Foundati…Community Foundation …Thelma B & Thomas P H…The Nell J Redfield F…John Ben Snow Memoria…Dermody Properties Fo…Renown HealthTahoe Community Found…Roxie and Azad Joseph…Robert S & Dorothy J …
NV Energy Charitable FoundationNV46.3× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: NV Energy Charitable Foundation · Robert Z Hawkins Foundation · The E L Cord Foundation · Community Foundation of Northern Nevada · Thelma B & Thomas P Hart Foundation · The Nell J Redfield Foundation · John Ben Snow Memorial Tr Uw #839158 · Dermody Properties Foundation · Renown Health · Tahoe Community Foundation · Roxie and Azad Joseph Foundation · Robert S & Dorothy J Keyser Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Bretzlaff Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%your share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    19report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Bretzlaff Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Bretzlaff 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 54 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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