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The Brunswick Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$472k
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$85k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0195% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2025.

Education$1.3MEnvironment$282kPhilanthropy$265kHealth$115kAnimals$75kYouth Development$40kArts & Culture$30kEmployment$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 24 grants below total $280,350 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $471,850 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $191,500 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $135k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $135k
$750
Median grant
13
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Fond du Lac Area United Way$85,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens$50,000
Billion Oyster Project$30,000
Perry Institute for Marine Science$25,000
FishAmerica Foundation$25,000
National Fish & Wildlife Foundation$25,000
The American Ireland Fund$10,000
Friends of the Chicago River$10,000
Girls Inc. of Chicago$10,000
CTA Foundation$5,000
Alliance for the Great Lakes$1,500
Operation Gratitude Inc.$750
Northern Illinois Food Bank$750
Fort Sanders Foundation$750
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$375
02Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$683k · 11 repeat orgs$302k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +34% since the first grant, against +15% for the ones you funded once.

11 repeat relationships — 9 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
70

Total granted

$683k
$248k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+15%

Still filing today

73%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $54k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’23’24
EducationAnimalsYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • BO
    BILLION OYSTER PROJECT INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $80k · revenue +175%
  • FF
    FISHAMERICA FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2024 · $75k · revenue +2%
  • PI
    PERRY INSTITUTE FOR MARINE SCIENCE
    3× · 2021–2024 · $75k · revenue +80%

Funded once

  • CM
    CHICAGO MARITIME ARTS CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue +923%
  • RF
    RIMTA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue 0% · 49% of their budget
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +5%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
3
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
4
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
6
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

—
7
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
8
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
9
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

—
10
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
11
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
12
Marietta College

Marietta college (mc) provides a strong foundation for a lifetime of leadership, critical thinking, and problem solving. we achieve this mission by offering undergraduates a contemporary liberal arts education and graduate students an…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feed My Starving Children Inc and the most unlike its peers is The May Youth Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyEnvironmental Advocacy and …United Way AffiliatesGirls Stem Education Progra…Food Pantries and AssistanceVeteran Support ServicesCommunity Hospital SystemsChildhood Cancer SupportAnimal Rescue and ShelterChristian Outreach Ministri…Charter and Independent Sch…Christian Youth CampsYouth Development CentersFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 48 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%0%<5yr13%16%5–10yr18%9%10–20yr15%9%20–35yr14%19%35–55yr22%47%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr13%7%5–10yr18%12%10–20yr15%13%20–35yr14%8%35–55yr22%61%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/56
the rest of the field
12%
8,890/72,303

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 48 of the 98 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/48
Grantees still filing
32/48
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens — $105,000 · OtherAnn & Robert H Lurie ChildrensPERRY INSTITUTE FOR MARINE SCIENCE — $75,000 · OtherPERRY INSTITUTE FOR MARINE SCIENCEALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES — $71,500 · OtherALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKESCHICAGO MARITIME ARTS CENTER — $30,000 · OtherCHICAGO MARITIME ARTS CENTER+67 more — $146,050 · Other+67 moreFOND DU LAC AREA UNITED WAY INC — $255,000 · PhilanthropyFOND DU LAC AREA UNITED WAY I…+1 more — $5,000 · PhilanthropyBILLION OYSTER PROJECT INC — $80,000 · EducationBILLION OYSTE…Marquette University — $6,000 · EducationMARIAN UNIVERSITY INC — $5,000 · Education+13 more — $30,600 · Education+13 moreFISHAMERICA FOUNDATION — $75,000 · AnimalsFISHAMERICA…NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION — $25,000 · AnimalsNATIONAL FI…+1 more — $175 · AnimalsBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA — $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INC OF CHICAGO — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentRole Model Movement Inc (NFP) — $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentRIMTA FOUNDATION — $25,000 · Community Improvement+1 more — $100 · Community ImprovementFRIENDS OF THE CHICAGO RIVER — $20,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$427,550Philanthropy$260,000Education$121,600Animals$100,175Youth Development$35,000Community Improvement$25,100Arts & Culture$20,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetFOND DU LAC AREA UNITED WAY INC — $255,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetBILLION OYSTER PROJECT INC — $80,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFISHAMERICA FOUNDATION — $75,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetPERRY INSTITUTE FOR MARINE SCIENCE — $75,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES — $71,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetNATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIMTA FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 49% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHICAGO RIVER — $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS INC OF CHICAGO — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMarquette University — $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARIAN UNIVERSITY INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOSHKOSH AREA UNITED WAY INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF PAYNE COUNTY INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRole Model Movement Inc (NFP) — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROCKHURST UNIVERSITY — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIPON COLLEGE — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEAN COLLEGE — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWISCONSIN LUTHERAN COLLEGE INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Jamestown — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan — $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWHEATON COLLEGE — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION GRATITUDE INC — $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK — $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC — $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant Health Foundation — $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOND DU LAC CONCERT ASSOCIATION INC — $400 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY — $375 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD NEIGHBORS OF BLOUNT COUNTY — $350 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHESTER HOSE COMPANY INCORPORATED — $175 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetOshkosh Area Youth Hockey Association LTD — $175 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUSTIN WYNN MEMORIAL FUND — $175 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SAGINAW COUNTY INCORPORATED — $175 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARKLE FISH AND GAME CLUB PARK INC — $175 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FUND INC — $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP WATCHA WANNA DO LTD — $125 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorth Metro Flex Academy — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWISCONSIN LIONS FOUNDATION INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

AbbVie FoundationAlliant Energy Founda…Church Mutual Insuran…Herbert H Kohl Charit…Baird Foundation IncThe Blackbaud Giving …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Online Givin…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Network for Good
AbbVie FoundationIL15.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: AbbVie Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Church Mutual Insurance Company Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

04Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Brunswick Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Brunswick 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 98 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $391k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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