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The Kelly S Brush Foundation Inc

To inspire and empower people with spinal cord injuries to lead active and engaged lives.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$24k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Recreation & Sports$284kHealth$79kEducation$8kHuman Services$7k
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $104,553, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,124,376 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,019,823 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $85k
$18,275
Median grant
6
States reached
$3.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CRAIG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$23,579
OREGON ADAPTIVE SPORTS$22,700
VERMONT ADAPTIVE SKI AND SPORTS$19,999
VERMONT MOUNTAIN BIKE ADVOCATE (VMBA)$18,275
NEW YORK SKI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$8,000
CHINA PEAK RACE TEAM$6,000
PATS PEAK EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$6,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Sportable: $7k → 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

AK
VT
NH
WA
NY
MA
OR
OH
CA
UT
CO
VA
NM
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.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$215k · 4 repeat orgs$163k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
13

Total granted

$215k
$143k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+14%

Still filing today

100%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’23’24
Recreation & SportsHealthEducationHuman ServicesOther
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

  • CH
    Craig Hospital Foundation
    2× · 2023–2024 · $74k · revenue +30%
  • OREGON ADAPTIVE SPORTS
    4× · 2019–2024 · $57k · revenue +175%
  • VERMONT ADAPTIVE SKI AND SPORTS
    3× · 2019–2024 · $51k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • KP
    Killington Pico Ski Resort
    one grant, 2017 · $40k
  • FO
    Friends of Therapeutic Recreation
    one grant, 2019 · $16k
  • GO
    Global Opportunities Unlimited Incgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue +197%
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
Mount Snow Adaptive Sports Inc

Adaptive Sports at Mount Snow is a volunteer-driven non-profit that provides adaptive sports, recreational opportunities and educational experiences to the Mount Snow community and its visitors throughout the year. Adaptive Sports at Mount…

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2
Stevens Pass Alpine Club

The Organization is a competitive alpine sports club, fostering the development of alpine athletes of every age, with each athlete representing the highest level of sportsmanship, teamwork, leadership, and personal responsibility.

Recreation & Sports
3
Big Sky Ski Education Foundation

Big Sky Ski Education Foundation offers competitive Alpine, Freeride, and Nordic skiing programs.

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4
Summit Adaptive Sports Inc

The organization's goal is to foster a healthy lifestyle through outdoor sports for individuals with disabilities in a fun, accessible, and inclusive environment.

Human Services
5
Alpental-Snoqualmie Ski Foundation

Educate and train future ski racing champions. we help alpine ski racers achieve their racing potential through the highest level of physical conditioning, race training and professional coaching.

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6
Colorado Discover Ability

Provide adaptive sports for the disabled.

Recreation & Sports
7
Far West Skiing Inc

Far West Skiing promotes participation and enthusiasm in alpine ski racing from entry level to elite level by encouraging and supporting Far West clubs, athletes, coaches and officials to become passionate lifelong skiers.

Recreation & Sports
8
Mt Washington Valley Alpine Education Foundation

To provide education instruction to boys and girls in the sport of skiing, physical fitness, leadership and sportsmanship. formal skiing instruction is provided and students participate in skiing related races and events.

Education
9
New York State Ski Racing Association Alpine Inc

Under the auspices of united states ski and snowboard, nyssra fosters well developed programs and athletes by providing the structure, direction, resources and support required for athletes to reach their individual potential without…

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10
The International Water Ski Racing Association Inc
Recreation & Sports
11
Vermont Alpine Racing Association Inc

To create programs that are athletically and educationally based, which will facilitate the development of vermont skiers into world-class medalists and life long enthusiasts of the sport.

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12
Silverfork Skimo Foundation

None

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports; the most unlike its peers is Mount Mansfield Ski Educational Foundation 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

27 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
20/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OREGON ADAPTIVE SPORTS: $57,060 · Recreation & SportsOREGON ADAPTIVE SPORTSVERMONT ADAPTIVE SKI AND SPORTS: $50,955 · Recreation & SportsVERMONT ADAPTIVE SKI AND SPORTSVERMONT MOUNTAIN BIKE ADVOCATES: $33,275 · Recreation & SportsVERMONT MOUNTAIN BIKE ADVOCATESALYESKA SKI CLUB INC: $8,000 · Recreation & SportsPACIFIC NORTHWEST SKI ASSN: $7,500 · Recreation & SportsSteamboat Adaptive Recreational Sports: $7,000 · Recreation & SportsADAPTIVE SPORTS FOUNDATION INC: $6,325 · Recreation & Sports+2 more: $12,000 · Recreation & Sports+2 moreKillington Pico Ski Resort: $40,000 · OtherKillington Pico Ski ResortFriends of Therapeutic Recreation: $16,146 · OtherFriends of Therapeutic Recr…Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program: $10,000 · OtherBay Area Outreach and Recre…NEW YORK SKI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 · OtherNEW YORK SKI EDUCATIONAL FO…BLUEWOOD ALPINE RACE TEAM: $6,500 · OtherBLUEWOOD ALPINE RACE TEAMCHINA PEAK RACE TEAM: $6,000 · OtherCHINA PEAK RACE TEAMMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $5,700 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORP…Craig Hospital Foundation: $73,579 · HealthCraig Hospital FoundationGlobal Opportunities Unlimited Inc: $15,000 · HealthGlobal Opportunities Unlim…PROCTOR ACADEMY: $7,500 · EducationSPORTABLE RICHMOND ADAPTIVE SPORTS AND RECREATION INC: $7,400 · Human Services
Recreation & Sports$182,115Other$92,346Health$88,579Education$7,500Human Services$7,400

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCraig Hospital Foundation: $73,579 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetOREGON ADAPTIVE SPORTS: $57,060 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetVERMONT ADAPTIVE SKI AND SPORTS: $50,955 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetVERMONT MOUNTAIN BIKE ADVOCATES: $33,275 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetGlobal Opportunities Unlimited Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetBay Area Outreach and Recreation Program: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetALYESKA SKI CLUB INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNEW YORK SKI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPACIFIC NORTHWEST SKI ASSN: $7,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetPROCTOR ACADEMY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSteamboat Adaptive Recreational Sports: $7,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBLUEWOOD ALPINE RACE TEAM: $6,500 over 1y, 11% of budgetADAPTIVE SPORTS FOUNDATION INC: $6,325 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPATS PEAK EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetUTAH ATHLETIC FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Move UnitedChristopher Reeve Fou…Lintilhac Foundation …The Vermont Community…The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…
Move UnitedMD24× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Move United · Christopher Reeve Foundation · Lintilhac Foundation Inc · The Vermont Community Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Kelly S Brush Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kelly S Brush Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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.

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 20 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 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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