Minnesota · Private foundation
The Douglass Brandenborg Family Fdn
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.
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2024
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $275,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 25
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $53M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations The Douglass Brandenborg Family Fdn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $214k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 21 | $1.9M | 14% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $1.8M | 26% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $1.4M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $1.4M | 19% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $1.6M | 29% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $1.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Mn Schools | $1,225,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Project for Pride in Living Inc | $675,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Jeremiah Program | $655,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Way to Grow | $625,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Aeon | $620,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Commonbond Communities | $600,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative | $450,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Housing in Action Inc | $340,000 | 6 | 2% |
| The Family Partnership | $285,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Breakthrough Twin Cities | $280,000 | 6 | 4% |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Douglass Brandenborg Family Fdn supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 30 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · The Sauer Family Foundation · Mortenson Family Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Wem Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Minnesota Community Foundation · Frey Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Douglass Brandenborg Family Fdn with peer funders
About The Douglass Brandenborg Family Fdn
- How much does The Douglass Brandenborg Family Fdn give?
- The Douglass Brandenborg Family Fdn reported 23 grants totaling $2,107,668 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 25 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Douglass Brandenborg Family Fdn fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (31%), Philanthropy (27%), Housing & Shelter (23%).
- Who are The Douglass Brandenborg Family Fdn's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Great Mn Schools ($1.2M), Project for Pride in Living Inc ($675k), Jeremiah Program ($655k).
- Does The Douglass Brandenborg Family Fdn fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Douglass Brandenborg Family Fdn 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 Douglass Brandenborg Family Fdn?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust.
- Where is The Douglass Brandenborg Family Fdn based?
- The Douglass Brandenborg Family Fdn is based in MN.
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