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The John M Bryan Family Fund

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.

$247k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
33
Grants FY2025
36
Organizations funded FY2024
14%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$500
Largest grant, FY2025
$200,600
Organizations funded a year
36 to 42
FY2022 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$2.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 14% of the organizations The John M Bryan Family Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving31$243k0%
FY202436$244k14%
FY202338$247k8%
FY202242$246kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$810kEducation$72kAnimals$20kFood & Nutrition$20kYouth Development$19kEnvironment$18kHealth$17kHuman Services$9kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
MI
NY
NV
CA
MO
MD
NM
SC
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
San Francisco Opera Association$802,60040%
San Domenico School$31,00040%
Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund$20,00040%
League to Save Lake Tahoe$14,55040%
Circle Program$11,50040%
Breakthrough T1d$9,00020%
Sacred Heart Schools Atherton$7,0004n/a
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$6,55030%
Mayhew$6,50040%
Gentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue Society Ltd$4,55040%
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All grantees of The John M Bryan Family Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
San Francisco Opera Association$802,60040%
San Domenico School$31,00040%
Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund$20,00040%
League to Save Lake Tahoe$14,55040%
Circle Program$11,50040%
Breakthrough T1d$9,00020%
Sacred Heart Schools Atherton$7,0004n/a
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$6,55030%
Mayhew$6,50040%
Gentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue Society Ltd$4,55040%
The Marine Mammal Center$4,55040%
Bristol Recreation Advisory Council$4,25030%
Bring Back the Trades Inc$4,00020%
Lebanon Opera House Improvement Corp$3,00040%
Menlo Charity Horse Show Inc$2,00011%
Benedictine Fathers of the Priory$2,0004n/a
Newfound Lake Region Association$2,00040%
The Webb Schools$2,00040%
Hillsborough Schools Foundation$1,60040%
Glenbrook Fireworks Inc$1,50040%
Mills College$1,5001n/a
Society of California Pioneers$1,00040%
California Academy of Sciences$1,00040%
Voices Against Violence$1,00020%
Four Winds$1,00010%
Kqed Inc$80040%
French Heritage Society Inc$75030%
Piedmont Beautification Foundation$50040%
Santa Catalina School$40040%
Hillsborough Beautification Foundation$40040%
The Head Royce School$40040%
Piedmont Garden Club$30030%
Oakland Museum of California$17920%
Peninsula Volunteers Inc$10010%
California Waterfowl Association$10010%
Navy Supply Corps Foundation Inc$10010%
California Historical Society$10010%
Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc$10010%
The Santa Fe Opera$10010%
Queen of the Valley Medical Center Foundation$10010%
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art$10010%
Piedmont Education Foundation$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($30k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The John M Bryan Family Fund supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSan Francisco Opera Association: $802,600 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSan Domenico School: $31,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChronicle Season of Sharing Fund: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLeague to Save Lake Tahoe: $14,550 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCircle Program: $11,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $6,550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMayhew: $6,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue Society Ltd: $4,550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Marine Mammal Center: $4,550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBristol Recreation Advisory Council: $4,250 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBring Back the Trades Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLebanon Opera House Improvement Corp: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMenlo Charity Horse Show Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNewfound Lake Region Association: $2,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe Webb Schools: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHillsborough Schools Foundation: $1,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGlenbrook Fireworks Inc: $1,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSociety of California Pioneers: $1,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCalifornia Academy of Sciences: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVoices Against Violence: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFour Winds: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKqed Inc: $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFrench Heritage Society Inc: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPiedmont Beautification Foundation: $500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSanta Catalina School: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHillsborough Beautification Foundation: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Head Royce School: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPiedmont Garden Club: $300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOakland Museum of California: $179 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPeninsula Volunteers Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Waterfowl Association: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNavy Supply Corps Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Historical Society: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGuide Dogs for the Blind Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Santa Fe Opera: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQueen of the Valley Medical Center Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPiedmont Education Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 39.

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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 San Francisco FoundationCA23.7× affinity11 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Ramsay Family Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · United Way Worldwide · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Daniel P Hagerman Foundation Corp · Speramus 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.

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About The John M Bryan Family Fund

How much does The John M Bryan Family Fund give?
The John M Bryan Family Fund reported 33 grants totaling $246,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 36 and 42 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
What does The John M Bryan Family Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (44%), Education (4%), Animals (1%).
Who are The John M Bryan Family Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: San Francisco Opera Association ($803k), San Domenico School ($31k), Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund ($20k).
Does The John M Bryan Family Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The John M Bryan Family Fund 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 John M Bryan Family Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Francisco Foundation, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.
Where is The John M Bryan Family Fund based?
The John M Bryan Family Fund is based in CA.

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 52 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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