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The Van Brimer Family 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.

$21k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
11
Grants FY2025
14
Organizations funded FY2024
64%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$4,500
Organizations funded a year
13 to 17
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$396k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 64% of the organizations The Van Brimer Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationAnimalsArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentOther
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 arriving11$21k45%
FY202414$23k64%
FY202315$25k7%
FY202213$23k46%
FY202117$20k47%
FY202013$19k46%
FY201915$19k33%
FY201813$18k46%
89% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$56kEducation$22kArts & Culture$21kAnimals$20kEnvironment$13kHuman Services$9kCivil Rights$7kRecreation & Sports$5kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
ME
IL
MI
NY
OR
SD
IA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
AR
NC
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 39 grantees
All grantees of The Van Brimer Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation$26,14550%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$11,00030%
Pratt Institute$9,58840%
Dogs for the Deaf Inc Dba Dogs for Better Lives$9,50050%
Acadia Center$8,00030%
American Indian College Fund$6,87030%
Arkansas Repertory Theatre$6,00040%
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy$4,00040%
The Seeing Eye Inc$3,61040%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$3,42010%
Freedom Service Dogs Inc$3,42010%
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation$3,00030%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$3,00010%
Friends of Casco Bay$3,00020%
Jacobs Ride for Hearing$2,5001n/a
Wreaths Across America$2,29040%
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts$2,0002n/a
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep$2,00020%
Humane Society of Pulaski County$2,00020%
Charlottesville Free Clinic$2,00040%
Arkansas Children's Foundation$1,90030%
Save the Manatee Club Inc$1,75020%
Cochlear Implant Awareness Foundation Inc$1,5001n/a
Miracle League of Arkansas Inc$1,50011%
Hospice of the Piedmont Inc$1,43630%
National Park Foundation$1,00020%
The Fountain Fund$1,00010%
The Lakota Fund Incorporated$1,00010%
The Paramount Theater Foundation in F/K/A the Paramount Theater Inc$79420%
World Central Kitchen Inc$75010%
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc$75010%
Hospice House Inc$61010%
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Inc$50010%
Tivoli Free Library$50010%
Island Institute$50010%
Heritage Humane Society Inc$31010%
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts$29410%
United Animal Nations Dba Redrover$25010%
Virginia Capital Trail Foundation$21010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($55k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Van Brimer Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMarc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation: $26,145 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPratt Institute: $9,588 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDogs for the Deaf Inc Dba Dogs for Better Lives: $9,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAcadia Center: $8,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Indian College Fund: $6,870 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetArkansas Repertory Theatre: $6,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetVirginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Seeing Eye Inc: $3,610 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,420 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFreedom Service Dogs Inc: $3,420 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Casco Bay: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWreaths Across America: $2,290 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNow I Lay Me Down to Sleep: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHumane Society of Pulaski County: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCharlottesville Free Clinic: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetArkansas Children's Foundation: $1,900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSave the Manatee Club Inc: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMiracle League of Arkansas Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHospice of the Piedmont Inc: $1,436 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fountain Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Lakota Fund Incorporated: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Paramount Theater Foundation in F/K/A the Paramount Theater Inc: $794 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGuide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHospice House Inc: $610 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBlue Ridge Area Food Bank Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTivoli Free Library: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetIsland Institute: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHeritage Humane Society Inc: $310 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHaystack Mountain School of Crafts: $294 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Animal Nations Dba Redrover: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVirginia Capital Trail Foundation: $210 over 1y, 0.1% 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 36.

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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.

Carmax FoundationVA14.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Carmax Foundation · Oakwood Foundation Charitable Trust · Westwind Foundation · Perry Foundation Inc · The Genan Foundation · Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Van Brimer Family Foundation

How much does The Van Brimer Family Foundation give?
The Van Brimer Family Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $21,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Van Brimer Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (30%), Education (12%), Arts & Culture (11%).
Who are The Van Brimer Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation ($26k), Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc ($11k), Pratt Institute ($10k).
Does The Van Brimer Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Van Brimer Family Foundation 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 Van Brimer Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Carmax Foundation, Oakwood Foundation Charitable Trust, Westwind Foundation.
Where is The Van Brimer Family Foundation based?
The Van Brimer Family Foundation is based in VA.

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 62 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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