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The Brunnemer Family Foundation at a glance

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The Brunnemer Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$33k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Human Services$374kReligion$212kEducation$148kFood & Nutrition$141kHealth$108kInternational$25kRecreation & Sports$20kYouth Development$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$265k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY$25,000
REELIN FOR RESEARCH$5,000
HCEXCELL HAMBLEN COUNTY FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATONAL EXCELLENCE AND ACHIEVEME$2,500
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 (FY17–25, $460k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%FEED MY LAMBS INC: $5k → 22%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $260k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $25k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $10k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $10k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $10k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $10k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $10k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $10k → 10%LOAVES & FISHES: $100k → 10%NOURISH UP: $5k → 10%LOAVES & FISHES: $5k → 10%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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$876k · 13 repeat orgs$154k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
13

Total granted

$876k
$152k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+85%

Still filing today

46%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionInternationalEducationRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • Crisis Assistance Ministry
    8× · 2017–2025 · $345k · revenue +27%
  • DUKE UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2020–2022 · $120k · revenue +49%
  • NU
    Nourish Up
    3× · 2020–2024 · $110k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • FP
    FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • LW
    LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +33%
  • MG
    MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
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
Feeding the Carolinas

The mission of the Organization is to coordinate, support, and advocate for member Food Banks across the Carolinas to create lasting solutions to address hunger.

Food & Nutrition
2
NourishNC Inc

NourishNC, Inc.'s goal is to provide healthy food to hungry children, empowering them to succeed in the classroom and in their community

Food & Nutrition
3
HealthReach Community Clinic

To provide free medical care and free medications to low-income, uninsured residents of Iredell County, NC.

Health
4
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc

Nourish people. build solutions. empower communities. no one goes hungry.

Food & Nutrition
5
Western Fairfax Christian Ministries

To provide food and financial support for persons at risk of hunger and homelessness living in western Fairfax County Virginia.

Human Services
6
Wnc Health Network Inc

WNC Health Network, Inc supports people and organizations to improve community health and wellbeing across Western North Carolina.

Health
7
Interfaith Assistance Ministry Inc

To assist members of our community experiencing crisis with basic needs, in an atmosphere of compassion and respect.

Human Services
8
Haywood Pathways Center Inc

Guided by faith, love, and respect, we provide food, shelter, and individualized supportive services for Haywood County residents.

Housing & Shelter
9
Carolina Human Reinvestment

Carolina Human Reinvestment mission is to "Identify and serve the need of the youth and their families in our community "

Crime & Legal
10
Wnc Lighthouse Inc

The mission of WNC Lighthouse Inc is Changing lives, by being a light for Christ our Lord. Our vision is To be fully devoted to Jesus Christ, by opening our arms and providing Christian services to the underseved children, adults and…

Human Services
11
MemoryCare Inc

MemoryCares mission is three-fold: to provide specialized medical care to older adults with cognitive impairment; to support caregivers with education, counseling, and improved access to services; and to provide community education.

Health
12
Christian Community Caring Center Inc

The mission of the Christian Community Caring Center, aka 4Cs Food Pantry, is to serve Christ by providing healthy, nutritious food to our neighbors in need in Eastern Pender County, NC.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nourish Up; the most unlike its peers is Reelin' for Research Inc. 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

13 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. 13 of the 27 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
12/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Crisis Assistance Ministry: $345,000 · Human ServicesCrisis Assistance MinistryNourish Up: $110,000 · Human ServicesNourish Up+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesEVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA: $80,000 · OtherEVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AME…HOLY CROSS FAITH MEMORIAL CHURCH: $70,000 · OtherHOLY CROSS FAITH MEMORIAL CHURCHFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $50,000 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHMYERS PARK HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherMYERS PARK HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI FOUN…MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $25,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALTHE SALVATION ARMY CENTER OF HOPE: $15,000 · Other+11 more: $51,100 · Other+11 moreDUKE UNIVERSITY: $120,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSI…Reelin' for Research Inc: $43,000 · HealthAll Souls Counseling Center: $10,000 · HealthHopeWay Foundation: $10,000 · HealthSecond Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc: $26,470 · Food & NutritionLUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC: $25,000 · InternationalTHE GOOD FELLOWS CLUB INC: $20,000 · Recreation & Sports
Human Services$460,000Other$316,100Education$120,000Health$63,000Food & Nutrition$26,470International$25,000Recreation & Sports$20,000

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 budgetCrisis Assistance Ministry: $345,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $120,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNourish Up: $110,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetReelin' for Research Inc: $43,000 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc: $26,470 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GOOD FELLOWS CLUB INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAll Souls Counseling Center: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetHopeWay Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAMBLEN COUNTY FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE & ACHIEVEMENT: $2,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSMITH MEDICAL CLINIC INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetI AM 247: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds Crisis Assistance Ministry ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Nourish Up ↗
  • Who funds Reelin' for Research Inc ↗
  • Who funds Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GOOD FELLOWS CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds All Souls Counseling Center ↗
  • Who funds HopeWay Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FEED MY LAMBS INC ↗
  • Who funds HAMBLEN COUNTY FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE & ACHIEVEMENT ↗
  • Who funds SMITH MEDICAL CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds I AM 247 ↗

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.

Duke Energy FoundationNational Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Duke Energy FoundationNC14.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Brunnemer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Brunnemer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 47%
  • Lutheran World Relief Inc: 47% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.

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 27 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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