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The Bryant Foundation at a glance

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The Bryant 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.

$192k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$113k
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.

Recreation & Sports$362kEducation$229kAnimals$60kHealth$25kCommunity Improvement$10kHuman Services$10kReligion$7kYouth Development$3k
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $59k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $113k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VIRGINIA ATHLETICS FOUNDATION$112,500
RICHMOND SPCA$20,000
CHRISTCHURCH SCHOOL$17,629
WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL$10,600
EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL$10,400
COLLEGIATE SCHOOL$5,000
PEAVEY PROJECT$5,000
SPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION$5,000
RIVERSIDE FOUNDATION$2,500
LITTLE HANDS VIRGINIA$1,000
WORLD PEDIATRIC PROJECT$1,000
ST JOSEPH'S VILLA$1,000
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 (FY23–25, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%ST JOSEPH'S VILLA: $1k → 9%LITTLE HANDS VIRGINIA: $1k → 9%LITTLE HANDS VIRGINIA: $5k → 22%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.
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 16% of The Bryant Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 99% of the giving stays in VA; by stated purpose, 81%.

The Bryant Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 11% 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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$829k · 10 repeat orgs$68k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
8

Total granted

$829k
$41k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+36%

Still filing today

90%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesHealthPublic BenefitAnimalsOther
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

  • VIRGINIA STUDENT AID FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $470k · revenue +22%
  • TC
    THE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL
    3× · 2023–2025 · $105k · revenue +1%
  • WF
    WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL
    5× · 2021–2025 · $87k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • NA
    NORTHSTAR ACADEMY INC
    one grant, 2024 · $8k · revenue +1%
  • RO
    REACH OUT FOR LIFEgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +36%
  • PT
    PGA TOUR CHARITIES INC
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue 0%
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
Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine

The mission of the edward via college of osteopathic medicine (vcom) is to prepare globally-minded, community-focused physicians to meet the needs of rural and medically underserved populations and promote research to improve human health.

Education
2
Phillips Exeter Academy

Unite goodness and knowledge and inspire youth from every quarter to lead purposeful lives. [text in quotations is taken from the academy's deed of gift, drafted in 1781] knowledge and goodness "above all, it is expected that the attention…

Education
3
Great Aspirations Scholarship Program Inc

To provide resources to students and families in need to access financial aid, scholarships, private financial support and counseling to encourage and maximize each student's educational opportunities. grasp's focus is on increasing…

Education
4
Ingenuity Prep

Ingenuity prep public charter school was formed to prepare students to succeed in college and beyond as impactful civiic leaders.

Education
5
Emory & Henry University

Emory & henry university is a learning community in pursuit of excellence, engaging a diverse group of well-qualified men and women in educational experiences in which students confront historical and contemporary ideas and issues, and…

Education
6
Portersville Christian School

The mission of portersville christian school is to glorify god by preparing students to serve christ and instilling high standards spiritually, academically, socially, and physically. the school provides a high-quality academic program, a…

Education
7
The Miller School of Albemarle

We create opportunities for discovery and reflection by engaging the minds, hands, and hearts of our students.

Education
8
Hunter Classical Christian School

Provide an education to children in lower and middle school using classical christian methodology.

Education
9
Youth Sailing Virginia Inc

Youth sailing virginia's mission is to teach life skills to high school, middle school youth and their families in the commonwealth of virginia through safe, fun and competitive, recreational and educational community sailing programs with…

Recreation & Sports
10
Pembroke Hill School

A preschool through 12th grade, private, college preparatory school. the school's mission statement is "together, cultivating the best in each for the benefit of all."

Education
11
The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc

The virginia foundation for community college education (vfcce) mission is building student success and the commonwealth's future by supporting virginia's community colleges. vfcce provides statewide leadership in raising funds for…

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12
The Winsor School

Our mission: the winsor school prepares young women to pursue their aspirations and contribute to the world.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; the most unlike its peers is St Mary's Episcopal School. 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 23 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VIRGINIA STUDENT AID FOUNDATION INC: $469,600 · EducationVIRGINIA STUDENT AID FOUNDATION INCTHE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL: $105,000 · EducationTHE COLLEGIATE SCHOOLWOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL: $86,600 · EducationWOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOLTHE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA: $31,400 · Education+4 more: $36,590 · EducationRICHMOND SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $80,000 · AnimalsRICHMOND S…CHRISTCHURCH SCHOOL: $17,629 · OtherST MARYS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $5,000 · OtherTABERNACLE CHILDCARE CENTER: $5,000 · OtherRIVERSIDE FOUNDATION: $2,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,400 · OtherLITTLE HANDS VIRGINIA INC: $6,000 · Other+2 more: $2,000 · OtherTHE PEAVEY PROJECT: $19,500 · Public BenefitVENTURE RICHMOND INC: $10,000 · Community ImprovementREACH OUT FOR LIFE: $5,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $5,000 · HealthPGA TOUR CHARITIES INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA: $2,500 · Youth Development
Education$729,190Animals$80,000Other$40,529Public Benefit$19,500Community Improvement$10,000Health$10,000Youth Development$7,500

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 budgetVIRGINIA STUDENT AID FOUNDATION INC: $469,600 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTHE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL: $105,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL: $86,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRICHMOND SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $80,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA: $31,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PEAVEY PROJECT: $19,500 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetUP RVA: $18,590 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetVENTURE RICHMOND INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHSTAR ACADEMY INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLITTLE HANDS VIRGINIA INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetREACH OUT FOR LIFE: $5,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetPGA TOUR CHARITIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD PEDIATRICS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JOSEPH'S VILLA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

The Community Foundat…Carmax FoundationSaunders Family Found…The Snow FoundationCommonwealth Foundati…Townebank Richmond Fo…Richard S Reynolds Fo…Townebank FoundationDominion Energy Chari…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…
The Community Foundation IncVA21.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation Inc · Carmax Foundation · Saunders Family Foundation · The Snow Foundation · Commonwealth Foundations · Townebank Richmond Foundation · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · Townebank Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment 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 Bryant Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bryant Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Bryant Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Bryant 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.

    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 23 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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