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The Julian a and Lois G Brodsky Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Julian a and Lois G Brodsky 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.

$2.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
105
Grants FY2025still arriving
18
States reached
$499k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$5.5MPhilanthropy$1.6MEducation$1.4MHealth$867kHuman Services$827kHousing & Shelter$543kInternational$444kFood & Nutrition$300kOther$0
02FY2025 · 105 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k18 grants · $63k
  • $10k–50k81 grants · $1.6M
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $252k
  • $250k+1 grant · $499k
$15,000
Median grant
18
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BARNES FOUNDATION$499,270
PHILADELPHIA CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY$51,500
PROJECT HOME$50,000
SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL$50,000
JEWISH FEDERATION - SOUTHERN NJ$50,000
CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC$50,000
Individual grant recipient$40,000
MANNA$35,000
MOORE COLLEGE OF ARTS & DESIGN$35,000
BIG BROTHER-SISTER INDEPENDENCE$35,000
BEADS OF COURAGE$30,000
CLARKE SCHOOLS FOR HEARING & SPEECH$30,000
HYDE SQUARE TASK FORCE$30,000
WOMEN IN TRANSITION$30,000
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION$30,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 78% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES DELAWARE: $15k → 10%THE LILY HOUSE: $10k → 8%RADNOR A BETTER CHANCE: $5k → 6%WOMEN IN TRANSITION: $55k → 11%EMPOWER HER NETWORK INC: $55k → 9%LEARNING ALLY: $10k → 11%THE LILY HOUSE: $5k → 8%RADNOR A BETTER CHANCE: $5k → 6%WOMEN IN TRANSITION: $30k → 11%EMPOWER HER NETWORK INC: $30k → 9%LEARNING ALLY: $10k → 11%THE LILY HOUSE: $5k → 8%RADNOR A BETTER CHANCE: $5k → 6%WOMEN IN TRANSITION: $30k → 11%EMPOWER HER NETWORK INC: $30k → 9%THE PRUNO FUND: $50k → 14%LEARNING ALLY: $10k → 11%RADNOR A BETTER CHANCE: $5k → 6%WOMEN IN TRANSITION: $30k → 11%EMPOWER HER NETWORK INC: $30k → 9%THE PRUNO FUND: $30k → 14%LEARNING ALLY: $5k → 11%WOMEN IN TRANSITION: $30k → 11%EMPOWER HER NETWORK: $30k → 9%THE PRUNO FUND: $25k → 14%LEARNING ALLY: $5k → 11%LA COLABORATIVA: $13k → 16%SEEING EYE: $5k → 4%LA COLABORATIVA: $13k → 16%ONE SIMPLE WISH: $20k → 11%LA COLABORATIVA: $13k → 16%ONE SIMPLE WISH: $20k → 11%LA COLABORATIVA: $8k → 16%ONE SIMPLE WISH: $10k → 11%LA COLABORATIVA: $8k → 16%PEOPLE'S EMERGENCY CENTER: $30k → 22%HOPEPHL: $30k → 22%HOPEPHL: $30k → 22%PEOPLE'S EMERGENCY CENTER: $30k → 22%HOPEPHL: $30k → 22%PEOPLE'S EMERGENCY CENTER: $25k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $50k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $50k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $50k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $40k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $35k → 22%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $10k → 22%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $10k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
TN
NC
DC
LA
GA
TX
FL
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$13M · 144 repeat orgs$330k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

144 repeat relationships: 96 still active in FY2025, 48 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

144
29

Total granted

$13M
$199k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+28%

Still filing today

70%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $131k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthInternationalEnvironmentOther
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

  • PM
    PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +14%
  • TB
    THE BARNES FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +59%
  • SM
    SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA
    6× · 2020–2025 · $250k · revenue +58%

Funded once

  • CITY YEAR INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +3%
  • AP
    AMERICAN PS MEMBERS EMERG FD (THE PHILADELPHIA CITY FUND)
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • TR
    THE ROWAN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
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
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
2
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

—
3
Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation

Visit philadelphia is our name and our mission. as the region's official tourism marketing agency, we build greater philadelphia's image, drive visitation and boost the economy.

Community Improvement
4
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
5
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
6
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
7
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
8
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
9
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

—
10
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
11
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

Founded in 1827, the pennsylvania horticultural society (phs) uses horticulture to advance the health and well-being of the greater philadelphia region. (continued in sch o)phs's work focuses on four impact priorities: creating healthy…

Environment
12
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Center for Loss and Bereavement; the most unlike its peers is The National World War Ii Museum Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

119 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. 119 of the 183 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
116/119
Grantees still filing
88/119
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART: $1,222,500 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ARTTHE BARNES FOUNDATION: $1,013,702 · Arts & CultureTHE BARNES FOUNDATIONSETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA: $250,000 · Arts & CulturePhiladelphia Chamber Music Society: $238,500 · Arts & CultureCURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC: $235,000 · Arts & CultureKIMMEL CENTER INC: $181,500 · Arts & CultureWHYY INC: $175,000 · Arts & CultureARDEN THEATRE COMPANY: $171,000 · Arts & Culture+21 more: $1,267,500 · Arts & Culture+21 moreCLARKE SCHOOLS FOR HEARING & SPEECH: $180,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $175,000 · OtherTHE CAREER WARDROBE: $175,000 · Other+100 more: $4,090,550 · Other+100 moreTHE LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA: $237,500 · EducationTHE LIBRARY…MOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN: $222,500 · EducationMOORE COLLE…Teach for America Inc: $160,000 · EducationTeach for A…Elevate 215: $125,000 · EducationElevate 215FIRST BOOK: $120,000 · EducationFIRST BOOKTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $92,500 · EducationTemple Univ…THE CABLE CENTER: $80,000 · EducationTHE CABLE C…PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS: $55,000 · EducationMUHLENBERG COLLEGE: $55,000 · EducationNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $47,500 · Education+6 more: $131,500 · Education+6 morePROJECT HOME: $230,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT H…EMPOWER HER NETWORK INC DBA EMPOWERED NETWORK: $175,000 · Human ServicesEMPOWER H…WOMEN IN TRANSITION: $175,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN IN …HOPEPHL: $175,000 · Human ServicesHOPEPHLThe Pruno Fund Inc: $105,000 · Human ServicesThe Pruno…ONE SIMPLE WISH INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesLA COLABORATIVA INC: $57,500 · Human ServicesLearning Ally Inc: $42,500 · Human Services+7 more: $131,000 · Human Services+7 moreBEADS OF COURAGE INC DBA CENTER FOR ARTS IN NURSING: $175,000 · HealthCAMP DREAMCATCHER: $175,000 · HealthMOTHERS2MOTHERS UNITED STATES INC: $65,000 · HealthVICTORY PROGRAMS INC: $65,000 · HealthJEFFERSON HEALTH CORPORATION F/K/A ALBERT EINSTEIN HEALTHCARE NETWORK: $45,000 · HealthCOVENANT HOUSE INC: $40,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $36,000 · Health+5 more: $10,000 · HealthMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $165,000 · InternationalREFUGEE IMMIGRATION MINISTRY INC: $120,000 · InternationalHIAS INC: $75,000 · InternationalAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $57,500 · InternationalLA LECHE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL INC: $25,000 · InternationalMETROPOLITAN AREA NEIGHBORHOOD NUTRITION ALLIANCE: $178,000 · Food & NutritionPhilabundance: $47,600 · Food & NutritionFOOD FOR FREE COMMITTEE INC: $30,000 · Food & Nutrition
Arts & Culture$4,754,702Other$4,620,550Education$1,326,500Human Services$1,151,000Health$611,000International$442,500Food & Nutrition$255,600

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 budgetPHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART: $1,222,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BARNES FOUNDATION: $1,013,702 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetSETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA: $250,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPhiladelphia Chamber Music Society: $238,500 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetTHE LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA: $237,500 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetCURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC: $235,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT HOME: $230,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN: $222,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetKIMMEL CENTER INC: $181,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMETROPOLITAN AREA NEIGHBORHOOD NUTRITION ALLIANCE: $178,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetEMPOWER HER NETWORK INC DBA EMPOWERED NETWORK: $175,000 over 5y, 7.5% of budgetWOMEN IN TRANSITION: $175,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetBEADS OF COURAGE INC DBA CENTER FOR ARTS IN NURSING: $175,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetCAMP DREAMCATCHER: $175,000 over 6y, 8.8% of budgetTHE CAREER WARDROBE: $175,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetHOPEPHL: $175,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetWHYY INC: $175,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetARDEN THEATRE COMPANY: $171,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $165,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $160,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES INC: $150,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA: $150,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetWOODMERE ART MUSEUM: $147,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetTHE THEATER OFFENSIVE INC: $146,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetSAMUEL S FLEISHER ART MEMORIAL INC: $145,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetAMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY: $145,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetElevate 215: $125,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetFIRST BOOK: $120,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetREFUGEE IMMIGRATION MINISTRY INC: $120,000 over 6y, 8.2% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $120,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $117,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $116,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $110,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTILT INSTITUTE FOR THE CONTEMPORARY IMAGE: $108,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetHistorical Society of Pennsylvania: $107,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetThe Pruno Fund Inc: $105,000 over 3y, 77% of budgetNATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER: $93,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $92,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HYDE SQUARE TASK FORCE INC: $90,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC: $90,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CABLE CENTER: $80,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetGROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE INC: $80,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $77,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPOLITZ HEBREW ACADEMY OF NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA: $75,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHIAS INC: $75,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHALEY HOUSE INC & AFFILIATES: $67,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $65,000 over 6y, 7.3% of budgetMOTHERS2MOTHERS UNITED STATES INC: $65,000 over 6y, 0.3% 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.

  • Who funds PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds THE BARNES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds Philadelphia Chamber Music Society ↗
  • Who funds THE LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HOME ↗
  • Who funds MOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN ↗
  • Who funds KIMMEL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN AREA NEIGHBORHOOD NUTRITION ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds EMPOWER HER NETWORK INC DBA EMPOWERED NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN IN TRANSITION ↗
  • Who funds BEADS OF COURAGE INC DBA CENTER FOR ARTS IN NURSING ↗
  • Who funds CAMP DREAMCATCHER ↗
  • Who funds THE CAREER WARDROBE ↗
  • Who funds HOPEPHL ↗
  • Who funds WHYY INC ↗
  • Who funds ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds GREATER BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds WOODMERE ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds THE THEATER OFFENSIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMUEL S FLEISHER ART MEMORIAL INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Elevate 215 ↗
  • Who funds FIRST BOOK ↗
  • Who funds REFUGEE IMMIGRATION MINISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ↗

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 William Penn Foun…The Philadelphia Foun…Henry Dolfinger 2 Tru…Connelly FoundationThe Philadelphia Cult…United Way of Greater…Lindback Cr & Mf Foun…The Honickman Foundat…The University of the…The Neubauer Family F…Hamilton Family Found…Chubb Charitable Foun…
The William Penn FoundationPA44.3× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The William Penn Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Connelly Foundation · The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · The Honickman Foundation · The University of the Arts · The Neubauer Family Foundation · Hamilton Family Foundation · Chubb Charitable 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 Julian a and Lois G Brodsky Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Julian a and Lois G Brodsky Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • The Hyde Square Task Force Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Victory Programs Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Empower Her Network Inc Dba Empowered Network: 47% of income from government
  • La Colaborativa Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Food Bank of South Jersey Inc: 30% of income from government
  • The Lily House Inc: 13% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Learning Ally Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Legal Services Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Food for Free Committee Inc: 3% of income from government
  • The Theater Offensive Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Grounds for Sculpture Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
27report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
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.
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How do I get to The Julian a and Lois G Brodsky Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Julian a and Lois G Brodsky 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 183 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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