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The Brink Foundation at a glance

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The Brink Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$180k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$80k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$569kAnimals$260kHealth$250kPhilanthropy$239kRecreation & Sports$43kHuman Services$23kFood & Nutrition$6kHousing & Shelter$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $1k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $39k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $140k
$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC$80,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF TAMPA BAY$60,000
GONZAGA UNIVERSITY$15,000
SCHOOL DISTR-HILLSCTNY$13,500
BUDDY BASEBALL$10,000
USF FOUNDATION$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $5k → 13%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 6 repeat orgs$65k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +113% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
16

Total granted

$1.2M
$64k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+113%
+27%

Still filing today

67%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationAnimalsYouth DevelopmentSocial ScienceFood & NutritionOther
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

  • Humane Society of Tampa Bay Inc
    6× · 2017–2024 · $260k · revenue +156%
  • QL
    QUANTUM LEAP FARM INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $230k · revenue +79%
  • BB
    BUDDY BASEBALL INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $43k · revenue +113%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S HOME INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $23k · revenue +106%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +74%
  • CC
    CHILDREN'S CANCER CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $8k · revenue +143%
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.

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Hugo W Moser Research Institute At Kennedy Krieger Inc

The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…

Science & Tech
2
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
3
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
4
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
5
Orlando Health Foundation Inc

The mission of the orlando health foundation is to support the strategic priorities of orlando health through philanthropy. this is accomplished through special events and annual major and planned gift fundraising efforts.

Health
6
Food Allergy Science Initiative Inc

To accelerate the development of breakthrough discoveries that will transform the lives of people living with food allergies.

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7
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Hospital Inc

The primary purpose of the h. lee moffitt cancer center and research institute hospital, inc. ("hospital") is to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer.

Health
8
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
9
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
10
The Lieber Institute Inc

The mission of the institute is to translate basic genetic and molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia and related developmental brain disorders into clinical advances that change the lives of affected individuals. it is catalyzing a new…

Health
11
Mila's Miracle Foundation

The mission of mila's miracle foundation is to find and fund paths to a cure for batten and other life-threatening neurological disorders. families in this community have been pivotal in raising the necessary funds and awareness. together,…

Health
12
The Translational Genomics Research Institute

Please see schedule o

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc; the most unlike its peers is Sulphur Springs Museum. 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

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

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 24 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
13/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCHOOL DISTR-HILLSCTNY: $530,025 · OtherSCHOOL DISTR-HILLSCTNYCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $125,086 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC+10 more: $16,598 · OtherQUANTUM LEAP FARM INC: $230,000 · HealthQUANTUM LEAP FARM INCTHE CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $22,500 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOME IN…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 · Health+3 more: $9,500 · HealthHumane Society of Tampa Bay Inc: $260,000 · AnimalsHumane Society of Tam…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TAMPA BAY INC: $114,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY…BUDDY BASEBALL INC: $42,500 · Youth DevelopmentCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $35,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationMETROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 · Human Services
Other$671,709Health$272,000Animals$260,000Philanthropy$114,000Youth Development$42,500Education$36,000Human Services$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHumane Society of Tampa Bay Inc: $260,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetQUANTUM LEAP FARM INC: $230,000 over 7y, 4.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TAMPA BAY INC: $114,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBUDDY BASEBALL INC: $42,500 over 8y, 7.0% of budgetCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $22,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S CANCER CENTER INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVOLUTION INSTITUTE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetINCREDABLE ADAPTIVE MMA: $2,500 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetPROJECT ALS INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of South Florida Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAPS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE VOODOO CHEF FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSULPHUR SPRINGS MUSEUM: $500 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

Rays Baseball Foundat…Vinik Family Foundati…Suncoast Credit Union…Debartolo Family Foun…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Rays Baseball Foundation IncFL13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rays Baseball Foundation Inc · Vinik Family Foundation · Suncoast Credit Union Foundation · Debartolo Family Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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 Brink Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Brink Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • The Children's Home Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Metropolitan Ministries Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Brink Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Brink Foundation 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 24 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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