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The Britton Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$265k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
45
Grants FY2024
44
Organizations funded FY2023
5%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$22,875
Organizations funded a year
40 to 44
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$2.8M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 5% of the organizations The Britton Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterRecreation & SportsEducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving45$265k2%
FY202344$243k5%
FY202244$243k2%
FY202142$252k7%
FY202041$250k7%
FY201941$251k5%
FY201840$376k13%
FY201740$166kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$660kHuman Services$295kArts & Culture$281kEducation$160kEnvironment$97kFood & Nutrition$65kAnimals$46kReligion$43kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 38 grantees
All grantees of The Britton Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Erie Art Museum$125,00054%
Hamot Health Foundation$116,00081%
Erie Maritime Foundation Bayfront Maritime Center$74,500822%
Sarah a Reed Children's Center$72,00080%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$72,00080%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$67,00080%
Achievement Center Inc$64,50080%
City Mission of the Evangelical Churches of Erie$64,50080%
Stairways Behavioral Health Inc$62,00070%
Erie County Historical Society$50,00041%
Flagship Niagara League$49,50082%
Erie Homes for Children & Adults Inc$48,50050%
Cathedral Preparatory School$47,0008n/a
Asbury Woods Partnership Inc$30,00031%
Emmaus Ministries$20,0008n/a
Parkinson Partners of Northwestern Pennsylvania$20,00084%
Mercy Center for Women Inc$20,00080%
Camp Notre Dame Inc$20,00082%
Safenet Inc$20,00080%
Emergycare Inc$20,00080%
St Jude the Apostle Church$19,0007n/a
Ehca Foundation$18,50031%
Perseus House Inc$18,00080%
Asbury Foundation$18,00032%
Mercy Hilltop Senior Center Inc$17,00081%
Community Shelter Services Inc$17,00080%
Anna Foundation Inc Assoc for Needy and Neglected Animals$17,00080%
Orphan Angels Cat Sanctuary$17,00082%
Early Connections Inc$17,00080%
Harborcreek Youth Services Inc$15,00060%
St Martin Center$11,00050%
Child Development Centers Inc$10,00010%
Fairview Fire and Rescue$7,00040%
Erie Yacht Club Foundation Inc$7,00072%
Blended Spirits Ranch$4,00021%
St Patrick's Haven Inc$4,00025%
Caring Foundation$1,0001n/a
Erie Yacht Club$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($764k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Britton Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetErie Art Museum: $125,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetHamot Health Foundation: $116,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetErie Maritime Foundation Bayfront Maritime Center: $74,500 over 8y, 22% of budgetSarah a Reed Children's Center: $72,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetShriners Hospitals for Children: $72,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $67,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAchievement Center Inc: $64,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCity Mission of the Evangelical Churches of Erie: $64,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetStairways Behavioral Health Inc: $62,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetErie County Historical Society: $50,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetFlagship Niagara League: $49,500 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetErie Homes for Children & Adults Inc: $48,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAsbury Woods Partnership Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetParkinson Partners of Northwestern Pennsylvania: $20,000 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetMercy Center for Women Inc: $20,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCamp Notre Dame Inc: $20,000 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetSafenet Inc: $20,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetEmergycare Inc: $20,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetEhca Foundation: $18,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPerseus House Inc: $18,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAsbury Foundation: $18,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetMercy Hilltop Senior Center Inc: $17,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetCommunity Shelter Services Inc: $17,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetAnna Foundation Inc Assoc for Needy and Neglected Animals: $17,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetOrphan Angels Cat Sanctuary: $17,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetEarly Connections Inc: $17,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHarborcreek Youth Services Inc: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSt Martin Center: $11,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetChild Development Centers Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFairview Fire and Rescue: $7,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetErie Yacht Club Foundation Inc: $7,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetBlended Spirits Ranch: $4,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetSt Patrick's Haven Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetErie Yacht Club: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 34.

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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.

Erie Community FoundationPA68.2× affinity31 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Erie Community Foundation · M J Surgala Tr · Wabtec Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Merwin Foundation · Northwest Charitable Foundation · Hamot Health Foundation · United Way of Erie County · The Henry A and Mary J MacDonald Foundation · John M & Gertrude E Petersen Foundation · McBrier Foundation · Vorsheck Family Foundation Inc

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.

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How do I get to The Britton Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Britton Family 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.

About The Britton Family Foundation

How much does The Britton Family Foundation give?
The Britton Family Foundation reported 45 grants totaling $265,375 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 40 and 44 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Britton Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (32%), Human Services (14%), Arts & Culture (14%).
Who are The Britton Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Erie Art Museum ($125k), Hamot Health Foundation ($116k), Erie Maritime Foundation Bayfront Maritime Center ($75k).
Does The Britton Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Britton Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Britton Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Erie Community Foundation, M J Surgala Tr, Wabtec Foundation.
Where is The Britton Family Foundation based?
The Britton Family Foundation is based in PA.

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 58 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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