California · Private foundation
The Brewster 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.
- $514k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $246,281
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $8.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations The Brewster Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 14 | $266k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $281k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $271k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $241k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $281k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $266k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $341k | 9% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $361k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $1,310,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $120,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Dennis Conservation Land Trust | $80,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Brewster Conservation Trust | $80,000 | 8 | 2% |
| The Urban Institute | $70,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Miller Center Foundation | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Rand Corporation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Brookings Institution | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cape Cod Museum of Natural History | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $1,310,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $120,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Dennis Conservation Land Trust | $80,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Brewster Conservation Trust | $80,000 | 8 | 2% |
| The Urban Institute | $70,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Miller Center Foundation | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Rand Corporation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Brookings Institution | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cape Cod Museum of Natural History | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts Inc | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Association to Preserve Cape Cod Inc | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($485k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Brewster Foundation 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: Bilezikian Family Foundation Inc · Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Trust · Mutual Bancorp Foundation Inc Fka Cape Cod 5 Foundation Inc · Cape Cod Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Brewster Foundation
- How much does The Brewster Foundation give?
- The Brewster Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $514,281 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Brewster Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (74%), Health (16%), Environment (5%).
- Who are The Brewster Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Trustees of Princeton University ($1.3M), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center ($120k), The Dennis Conservation Land Trust ($80k).
- Does The Brewster Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Brewster 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 Brewster Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bilezikian Family Foundation Inc, Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Trust, Mutual Bancorp Foundation Inc Fka Cape Cod 5 Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Brewster Foundation based?
- The Brewster Foundation is based in CA.
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