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The Joseph S Bruno Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$550k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
40
Grants FY2024
38
Organizations funded FY2023
32%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
29 to 45
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$18M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 32% of the organizations The Joseph S Bruno Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $142k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionOther
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
FY2024still arriving40$550k18%
FY202338$465k32%
FY202245$665k42%
FY202129$418k38%
FY202034$355k41%
FY201930$348k47%
FY201834$351k65%
FY201730$331kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$786kEducation$600kHuman Services$440kYouth Development$423kArts & Culture$341kFood & Nutrition$214kHousing & Shelter$126kInternational$113kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of The Joseph S Bruno Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Bell Center for Early Intervention Programs$350,00064%
Youthserve Inc$200,000810%
Auburn University Foundation$140,00020%
The Children's Hospital of Alabama$100,00010%
M-POWER Ministries$81,70072%
Better Basics Inc$60,50051%
Community Food Bank of Central Alabama$60,00030%
Stair of Birmingham$60,00054%
A G Gaston Boys and Girls Club$59,00041%
Railroad Park Foundation$50,00041%
Kid One Transport System Inc$49,58051%
Meals on Wheels of Central Alabama Inc$43,00043%
Collat Jewish Family Services of Birmingham$42,00041%
Southeastern Diabetes Education Services Inc$40,00051%
Teach for America Inc$40,00030%
Literacy Council of Central Alabama$40,00041%
The Breakthrough Collaborative$40,00040%
Space One Eleven Inc$40,00043%
McWane Science Center$35,50040%
Foundations Early Learning and Family Center Inc$35,00022%
Birmingham Zoo Inc$35,00040%
Small Magic$35,00021%
Cahaba River Society Inc$35,00042%
Young Womens Christian Assn of Birmingham$34,20040%
Smile-A-Mile$32,50041%
Alabama Holocaust Education Center$32,50022%
Oasis Inc$32,5003n/a
The Wellhouse Inc$31,00030%
Childrens Dance Foundation$30,00031%
Red Mountain Theatre Company Inc$30,00030%
The State of Alabama Ballet Inc$30,00041%
Preschool Partners$30,00031%
The Society of St Andrew Inc$28,50030%
Gateway$28,40030%
Junior Achievement of Alabama Inc$25,00010%
First Light Inc$25,00030%
East Lake Initiative$25,000212%
Bridgeways Inc$25,00041%
Mitchell's Place Inc$25,00030%
Holy Family Cristo Rey Catholic High School Inc$25,00020%
Community Care Development Network$25,00022%
Legacy Schools$25,00011%
The Foundry Ministries Inc$25,00020%
Pathways Inc$23,00031%
Sight Savers of America Inc$22,50020%
Grace House Ministries Inc$20,90030%
Hispanic and Immigrant Center of Alabama$20,50020%
United Ability Inc$20,00020%
Birmingham Children's Theatre Inc$20,00021%
Growing Kings Inc$20,00022%
Changed Lives Christian Center Inc$20,00022%
Studio by the Tracks Inc$20,00011%
Oasis Counseling for Women and Children$17,50021%
Trinity Counseling Inc$17,00012%
Girls on the Run Birmingham$17,00034%
Freshwater Land Trust$16,50021%
Lakeshore Foundation$15,00010%
Hand in Paw Inc$15,00021%
Children's Harbor Inc$15,00030%
National Society of Black Engineers$15,00010%
The Exceptional Foundation$15,00020%
Build Up$15,00011%
American Heart Association Inc$13,00010%
Desert Island Supply Co$12,50016%
Crisis Center Inc$12,0001n/a
Public Affairs Research Council of Al$10,00011%
Childcare Resources$10,00010%
Kings Home Inc$10,00010%
Alaquest Collaborative for Education$10,0001n/a
VOICES for Alabama's Children$10,00013%
The Woolley Institute for Spoken-Language Education$10,00011%
Grace Klein Community Inc$10,00010%
Alabama Casa Network Inc$10,00020%
Vulcan Park Foundation$10,00010%
Christian Service Mission Inc$10,00020%
AIDS Alabama Inc$10,00010%
Girls on the Run International Inc$10,00020%
Girlspring Inc$10,00023%
Birmingham Kiwanis Foundation$10,00011%
Peer Inc$9,00015%
Magic City Harvest Inc$8,00011%
Gsbc Community Development Corp$8,00012%
The Smartplay$7,60013%
Birmingham Education Foundation$7,50020%
Alabama Humanities Alliance$7,50010%
Workfaith Birmingham$7,50013%
Special Equestrians Inc$7,50013%
Alabama Association of Nonprofits$7,50013%
Impact Family Counseling$7,00010%
Norwood Resource Center$7,0001n/a
Hub Worldwide Inc$6,00014%
Cahaba Valley Health Care Inc$5,72011%
Alabama Kidney Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Red Mountain Park Foundation$5,00011%
Cooperative Downtown Ministries Inc$5,0001n/a
Ateam Ministries$5,00011%
Alabama Lions Sight Association Inc$5,00010%
College Admissions Made Possible$5,00011%
The Young Men's Christian Association of Birmingham Inc$5,00010%
Rotaract Club of Birmingham Inc$5,00015%
University of Alabama at Birmingham$5,0001n/a
The a Education Partnership$5,00010%
Create Birmingham$5,00010%
Birmingham AIDS Outreach Inc$3,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($569k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Joseph S Bruno Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Bell Center for Early Intervention Programs: $350,000 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetYouthserve Inc: $200,000 over 8y, 10% of budgetAuburn University Foundation: $140,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Alabama: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetM-POWER Ministries: $81,700 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetBetter Basics Inc: $60,500 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetCommunity Food Bank of Central Alabama: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetStair of Birmingham: $60,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetA G Gaston Boys and Girls Club: $59,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetRailroad Park Foundation: $50,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetKid One Transport System Inc: $49,580 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Central Alabama Inc: $43,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetCollat Jewish Family Services of Birmingham: $42,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetSoutheastern Diabetes Education Services Inc: $40,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLiteracy Council of Central Alabama: $40,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetThe Breakthrough Collaborative: $40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSpace One Eleven Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetMcWane Science Center: $35,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFoundations Early Learning and Family Center Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetBirmingham Zoo Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSmall Magic: $35,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCahaba River Society Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetYoung Womens Christian Assn of Birmingham: $34,200 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSmile-A-Mile: $32,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetAlabama Holocaust Education Center: $32,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetThe Wellhouse Inc: $31,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetChildrens Dance Foundation: $30,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetRed Mountain Theatre Company Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe State of Alabama Ballet Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetPreschool Partners: $30,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetThe Society of St Andrew Inc: $28,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGateway: $28,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJunior Achievement of Alabama Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFirst Light Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetEast Lake Initiative: $25,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetBridgeways Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetMitchell's Place Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHoly Family Cristo Rey Catholic High School Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCommunity Care Development Network: $25,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetLegacy Schools: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Foundry Ministries Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPathways Inc: $23,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSight Savers of America Inc: $22,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGrace House Ministries Inc: $20,900 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHispanic and Immigrant Center of Alabama: $20,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Ability Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBirmingham Children's Theatre Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% 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 97.

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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 Daniel Foundation of AlabamaAL145.6× affinity76 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Protective Life Foundation · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation · Robert R Meyer Foundation · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund · Altecstyslinger Foundation · The Hugh Kaul Foundation · Junior League of Birmingham Inc

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 Joseph S Bruno Charitable Foundation

How much does The Joseph S Bruno Charitable Foundation give?
The Joseph S Bruno Charitable Foundation reported 40 grants totaling $549,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 45 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Joseph S Bruno Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (23%), Education (17%), Human Services (13%).
Who are The Joseph S Bruno Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Bell Center for Early Intervention Programs ($350k), Youthserve Inc ($200k), Auburn University Foundation ($140k).
Does The Joseph S Bruno Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Joseph S Bruno Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Joseph S Bruno Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Daniel Foundation of Alabama, Protective Life Foundation, The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham.
Where is The Joseph S Bruno Charitable Foundation based?
The Joseph S Bruno Charitable Foundation is based in AL.

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 129 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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