· Private foundation
The Brind Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k28 grants · $37k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $102k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| OPERA PHILADELPHIA | $41,600 |
| PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART | $30,500 |
| WISTAR | $20,000 |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILA | $10,000 |
| JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL | $5,000 |
| BARNES FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA | $3,500 |
| TANGLEWOOD | $3,000 |
| OCEAN REEF CHAPEL FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE | $2,200 |
| BEYOND CELIAC | $2,000 |
| TREVOR PROJECT | $2,000 |
| AACHS (ASSOCIATED ALUMNI OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL) | $1,836 |
| PHILADELPHIA FILM SOCIETY | $1,250 |
| ACLU | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $24k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.
69 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2024, 45 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PMPHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART5× · 2017–2024 · $275k · revenue +14%
- TJTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY5× · 2017–2022 · $149k · revenue +164%
OPERA PHILADELPHIA6× · 2017–2024 · $142k · revenue +31%
Funded once
- PAPHILADELPHIA ART MUSEUMone grant, 2020 · $28k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $20k
- JUJEFFERSON UNIVERSITYone grant, 2021 · $15k
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.
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.
We connect the people and places of philadelphia through art and partnership. the organization is a free-standing platform that endeavors to show forward-thinking, high-quality contemporary visual and performance art in the city. the…
Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…
Philadelphia theatre company is a vital civic institution dedicated to the creation of extraordinary theatrical experiences that reflect the essential issues and ideas of our time, and which foster connection, understanding, and…
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.
The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
Balletx expands the vocabulary of contemporary ballet for all audiences through innovative performances, world premiere choreography, dance education, and community programs.
The mission of artphilly is to amplify philadelphia's arts and culture by commissioning, presenting, producing, and promoting art of all kinds for local audiences and the world. its vision is to spotlight(continued on schedule o)the city…
To cultivate an enduring appreciation for dance through world-class performances, to inspire the next generation with exceptional education and professional training, and to connect with the community through meaningful and inclusive…
As philadelphia's jesuit catholic university, saint joseph's provides a rigorous, student-centered education rooted in the liberal arts. we prepare students for personal excellence, professional success, and engaged citizenship. striving…
Charter school providing students a content rich, adademically rigerous core knowledge education with a well-defined, sequential curriculum in a safe, orderly disiplined and caring environment.
How this is measured
77 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. 77 of the 140 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds OPERA PHILADELPHIA ↗
- Who funds YOUNG SCHOLARS CHARTER SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE BARNES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds THE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY ↗
- Who funds PROJECT HOME ↗
- Who funds BEYOND CELIAC ↗
- Who funds PHILADELPHIA MURAL ARTS ADVOCATES INC ↗
- Who funds FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC ↗
- Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS ↗
- Who funds TREVOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds COUNCIL FOR RELATIONSHIPS INC ↗
- Who funds CEASEFIRE PENNSYLVANIA ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF RITTENHOUSE SQUARE ↗
- Who funds THE CLAY STUDIO ↗
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: The William Penn Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · The Saramar Charitable Fund · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Independence Foundation · The Snider Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · The Honickman Foundation · The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc · Ludwick Fdn · The Neubauer Family Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Brind Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Brind Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Greenagers Inc: 7% of income from government
- Edith Wharton Restoration Inc: 1% of income from government
- Shakespeare & Company Inc: 1% of income from government
- Berkshire Theatre Group Inc: 1% of income from government
- Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc: 1% of income from government
- Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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