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The Bromley Foundation Inc

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.

$357k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$100k
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.

Human Services$2.1MArts & Culture$455kEducation$145kHealth$120kInternational$85kCommunity Improvement$77kPhilanthropy$25kYouth Development$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $80k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $277k
$77,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$5.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LA PIETRA HAWAII SCHOOL FOR GIRLS$100,000
HOOLA NA PUA$100,000
TACHI AOI FOUNDATION$77,000
GOHO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$30,000
RYSE INC$25,000
THE HONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART$25,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $200k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JOYFUL HEAT FOUNDATION: $50k → 20%JOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION: $50k → 17%JOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION: $50k → 17%JOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION: $50k → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
MA
CT
CA
AZ
DC
HI
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 44% of The Bromley Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 7% of the giving stays in MA; by stated purpose, 2%.

The Bromley Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.5% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 7 repeat orgs$507k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
14

Total granted

$2.5M
$350k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+28%

Still filing today

100%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $157k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationOther
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

  • HN
    HO'OLA NA PUA
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +68%
  • TH
    THE HAWAII SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
    3× · 2017–2024 · $145k · revenue +13%
  • BM
    BISHOP MUSEUM
    5× · 2018–2022 · $110k · revenue +131%

Funded once

  • IP
    INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION FUND INC
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -1% · 68% of their budget
  • AC
    ART COUNCIL INCARTADIA
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • AI
    ARTCOUNCIL INC DBA ARTADIA
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue -46%
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.

1
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra

To present the highest-quality performances of great music, bringing national and international distinction to the orchestra and its community; to delight and educate audiences of all ages and backgrounds, and enhance the cultural vitality…

Arts & Culture
2
Hawaii Public Radio

The mission of hawai'i public radio is to serve the people of hawai'i by informing with essential news, inspiring through the power of music and the arts, and connecting through conversations and convenings.

—
3
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
4
Siff

Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.

Youth Development
5
San Francisco Film Society

SFFILM is a nonprofit organization whose mission ensures independent voices in film are welcomed, heard, and given the resources to thrive. SFFILM connects and inspires audiences, students and teachers, and filmmakers through our film…

—
6
The Friends of Iolani Palace

To preserve, restore, interpret, share, and celebrate the unique cultural, historical, and spiritual qualities of `iolani palace and its grounds for the benefit of native hawaiians, the people of hawai`i, and the world.

—
7
Hawaiian Humane Society

The hawaiian humane society works to improve the welfare of animals through animal care, education, legislation, and prevention on the island of oahu. its mission is to promote the human-animal bond and the humane treatment of all animals.

Animals
8
United States Artists Inc

To invest in america's finest artists and illuminate the value of artists to society.

Arts & Culture
9
Family Programs Hawaii

The mission of the organization is to strengthen youth and families through high quality prevention, support, and transition services.

Unclassified
10
Kukio Hoomana Fund

The kuki'o ho'omana fund seeks to uplift and enrich our hawai'i island community through intentional investments in curated local organizations focusing on youth empowerment, affordable housing, environmental preservation, cultural…

Philanthropy
11
Ho'ola Lahui Hawaii

To improve the health and well-being of our community.

Human Services
12
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hawaii Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Honolulu Museum of Art. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

18 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. 18 of the 26 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
10/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HO'OLA NA PUA: $1,925,000 · Human ServicesHO'OLA NA PUAJOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION: $200,000 · Human ServicesJOYFUL HEART FOUNDATIONTHE HAWAII SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: $145,000 · OtherTHE HAWAII SCHOOL FOR…INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION FUND INC: $100,000 · OtherINDEPENDENT PRODUCTIO…TACHI AOI FOUNDATION: $77,000 · OtherTACHI AOI FOUNDATIONThe ONE Campaign: $75,000 · OtherThe ONE CampaignART COUNCIL INCARTADIA: $50,000 · OtherART COUNCIL INCARTADI…GOHO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $30,000 · OtherGOHO FOUNDATION: $30,000 · OtherMASS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $20,000 · Other+6 more: $55,000 · Other+6 moreBISHOP MUSEUM: $110,000 · Arts & CultureBOSTON BALLET INC: $70,000 · Arts & CultureHONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART: $25,000 · Arts & CultureFrom The Heart Productions: $25,000 · Arts & CultureBOSTON YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureARTCOUNCIL INC DBA ARTADIA: $50,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyRYSE INC: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentFOUNDATION FOR SMFM: $20,000 · EducationHAWAII FOODBANK INC: $10,000 · Food & Nutrition
Human Services$2,125,000Other$582,000Arts & Culture$240,000Philanthropy$75,000Youth Development$25,000Education$20,000Food & Nutrition$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHO'OLA NA PUA: $1,925,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetJOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetTHE HAWAII SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: $145,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetBISHOP MUSEUM: $110,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetINDEPENDENT PRODUCTION FUND INC: $100,000 over 1y, 68% of budgetThe ONE Campaign: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBOSTON BALLET INC: $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetARTCOUNCIL INC DBA ARTADIA: $50,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetHONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRYSE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFrom The Heart Productions: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR SMFM: $20,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetTHE CELEBRITY SERIES OF BOSTON INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAWAII FOODBANK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSOCIETY FOR MATERNAL-FETAL MEDICINE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Gs Donor Advised Phil…Silicon Valley Commun…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncNY14× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Bromley Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bromley Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • The Celebrity Series of Boston Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Boston Ballet Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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
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.
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How do I get to The Bromley Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Bromley Foundation Inc 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 26 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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