Missouri · Private foundation
The Brinklee Foundation
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.
- $63k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2024
- $63,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $63,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $812k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 50% of the organizations The Brinklee Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 1 | $63k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $30k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $45k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $120k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $210k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $79k | 75% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $137k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Louis Fashion Fund | $140,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Pedal the Cause | $105,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Curebound | $63,000 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Richmond | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Louis Childrens Hospital | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| El Dorado Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Community Cancer Fund | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Peace Initiatives | $35,000 | 2 | 23% |
| Pink Aid Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Louis Fashion Fund | $140,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Pedal the Cause | $105,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Curebound | $63,000 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Richmond | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Louis Childrens Hospital | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| El Dorado Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Community Cancer Fund | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Peace Initiatives | $35,000 | 2 | 23% |
| Pink Aid Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Jazz St Louis | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Forest Park Forever Inc | $5,250 | 1 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Louis Life | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Louis Art Museum Foundation | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($40k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Brinklee 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: St Louis Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Brinklee Foundation
- How much does The Brinklee Foundation give?
- The Brinklee Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $63,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does The Brinklee Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (50%), Community Improvement (20%), Education (13%).
- Who are The Brinklee Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Saint Louis Fashion Fund ($140k), Pedal the Cause ($105k), Curebound ($63k).
- Does The Brinklee Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Brinklee 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 Brinklee Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The Brinklee Foundation based?
- The Brinklee Foundation is based in MO.
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