Missouri · Private foundation
The C Robert Brenton and Babette C Bre
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.
- $13k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $211k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations The C Robert Brenton and Babette C Bre funded were first-time grantees, receiving 62% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $106k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $13k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $171k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $85k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $30k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $19k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $20k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $214k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $50k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa State University Foundation | $125,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Living History Farms Foundation | $110,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Edmundson Art Foundation Inc | $49,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Des Moines Metro Opera Inc | $37,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Vanburen County Trails Association Inc | $16,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Food Bank of Iowa | $11,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Brenton Arboretum Inc | $11,500 | 5 | 1% |
| St Marys Episcopal Church | $8,300 | 3 | n/a |
| The Gow School | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa State University Foundation | $125,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Living History Farms Foundation | $110,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Edmundson Art Foundation Inc | $49,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Des Moines Metro Opera Inc | $37,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Vanburen County Trails Association Inc | $16,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Food Bank of Iowa | $11,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Brenton Arboretum Inc | $11,500 | 5 | 1% |
| St Marys Episcopal Church | $8,300 | 3 | n/a |
| The Gow School | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Spurgeon Manor Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Van Buren County Historical Society | $4,000 | 1 | 4% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $2,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Wesleylife Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Taft School Corporation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Garden Club of America | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($156k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The C Robert Brenton and Babette C Bre supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Brenton Foundation · Meredith Corporation Foundation · The Levitt Foundation · Gartner Family Foundation % Michael G Gartner · Mary K and Daniel M Kelly Family Foundation C/O Dan Kelly · Weathertop Foundation F/K/A Thomas Nelson Urban Jr · Fred Maytag Family Foundation · EMC Insurance Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About The C Robert Brenton and Babette C Bre
- How much does The C Robert Brenton and Babette C Bre give?
- The C Robert Brenton and Babette C Bre reported 2 grants totaling $13,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The C Robert Brenton and Babette C Bre fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (33%), Religion (25%), Education (23%).
- Who are The C Robert Brenton and Babette C Bre's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Iowa State University Foundation ($125k), Living History Farms Foundation ($110k), Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation ($55k).
- Does The C Robert Brenton and Babette C Bre fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The C Robert Brenton and Babette C Bre accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The C Robert Brenton and Babette C Bre?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Brenton Foundation, Meredith Corporation Foundation, The Levitt Foundation.
- Where is The C Robert Brenton and Babette C Bre based?
- The C Robert Brenton and Babette C Bre is based in MO.
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