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Theodore Brickman Ud 122794 Brickman Foundation at a glance

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Theodore Brickman Ud 122794 Brickman 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.

$255k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$90k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$8.1MArts & Culture$1.6MHealth$534kPublic Benefit$210kEducation$165kHuman Services$148kRecreation & Sports$66kEnvironment$66kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $80k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $165k
$30,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW CHURCH LIVE$90,000
NEW CHRISTIAN BIBLE STUDY CORP$75,000
BRYN ATHYN CHURCH$30,000
GETTYSBURG COLLEGE$30,000
SOUTH HAVEN DOG PARK INC$10,000
SOUTH HAVEN SPEAKERS SERIES$10,000
SOUTH HAVEN PERFORMANCE SERIES$5,000
SWEDENBORG FOUNDATION$5,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–20, $98k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%UPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION: $5k → 10%US TOGETHER: $3k → 18%CHILDCARE RESOURCES OF INDIAN RIVER: $90k → 12%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

MI
NY
OH
PA
CA
VA
AZ
TN
SC
DC
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 39% of Theodore Brickman Ud 122794 Brickman Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 81% of the giving stays in PA; by stated purpose, 48%.

Theodore Brickman Ud 122794 Brickman Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.5M · 15 repeat orgs$709k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
16

Total granted

$4.5M
$684k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+134%

Still filing today

60%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureReligionEnvironmentEducationOther
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

  • Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
    5× · 2017–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +17%
  • SF
    SWEDENBORG FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $640k · revenue +206%
  • NC
    NEW CHRISTIAN BIBLE STUDY CORP
    8× · 2017–2025 · $575k · revenue +105% · 32% of their budget

Funded once

  • TB
    THE BIRTH CENTER
    one grant, 2024 · $300k · revenue 0%
  • VB
    VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +916%
  • CR
    CHILDCARE RESOURCES OF INDIAN RIVER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $90k · 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.

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Wilson College

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

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

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

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3
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
4
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
5
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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6
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
7
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
8
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
9
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
10
Westminster College

The mission of westminster college is to help students develop competencies, commitments, and characteristics which have distinguished human beings at their best. see continuation on schedule o.the liberal arts tradition is the foundation…

Education
11
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
12
Barton College

Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership Corporation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 36 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
17/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ACADEMY OF THE NEW CHURCH: $5,715,448 · EducationTHE ACADEMY OF THE NEW CHURCH+2 more: $165,000 · EducationNEW CHURCH LIVE: $866,200 · OtherNEW CHURCH LIVETHE BIRTH CENTER: $300,000 · OtherTHE BIRTH CENTERBRYN ATHYN CHURCH: $240,000 · OtherBRYN ATHYN CHURCHPENNYPACK ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION TRUST: $65,700 · Other+18 more: $263,632 · Other+18 moreColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $1,500,000 · Arts & CultureColonial William…VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureVERO BEACH MUSEU…SWEDENBORG FOUNDATION INC: $640,000 · ReligionSWEDENBORG F…NEW CHRISTIAN BIBLE STUDY CORP: $575,000 · ReligionNEW CHRISTIA…ABINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: $200,000 · HealthABINGTON HEALTH FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $200,000 · Public BenefitCHILDCARE RESOURCES OF INDIAN RIVER INC: $90,000 · Human ServicesUPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION INC: $5,000 · Human Services+1 more: $2,500 · Human Services
Education$5,880,448Other$1,735,532Arts & Culture$1,600,000Religion$1,215,000Health$226,000Public Benefit$200,000Human Services$97,500

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 budgetTHE ACADEMY OF THE NEW CHURCH: $5,715,448 over 7y, 11% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $1,500,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetSWEDENBORG FOUNDATION INC: $640,000 over 8y, 7.1% of budgetNEW CHRISTIAN BIBLE STUDY CORP: $575,000 over 8y, 32% of budgetTHE BIRTH CENTER: $300,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetABINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGETTYSBURG COLLEGE: $160,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCHILDCARE RESOURCES OF INDIAN RIVER INC: $90,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetPENNYPACK ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION TRUST: $65,700 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetBERRIEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $42,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetABINGTON HEALTH FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHARLEM LACROSSE AND LEADERSHIP CORPORATION: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE LEARNING ALLIANCE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF PHILADELPHIA DELAWARE AND SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Lands Trust Inc: $400 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds THE ACADEMY OF THE NEW CHURCH ↗
  • Who funds Colonial Williamsburg Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SWEDENBORG FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW CHRISTIAN BIBLE STUDY CORP ↗
  • Who funds THE BIRTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ABINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GETTYSBURG COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDCARE RESOURCES OF INDIAN RIVER INC ↗
  • Who funds PENNYPACK ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION TRUST ↗
  • Who funds BERRIEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ABINGTON HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC ↗
  • Who funds HARLEM LACROSSE AND LEADERSHIP CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds UPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LEARNING ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds US TOGETHER INC ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF PHILADELPHIA DELAWARE AND SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds Natural Lands Trust Inc ↗

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.

Asplundh FoundationChubb Charitable Foun…Linlundh FoundationPennsylvania Automoti…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…The Pfizer Foundation…American Endowment Fo…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Natl Christian Charit…Fidelity Investments …
Asplundh FoundationPA20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Asplundh Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Linlundh Foundation · Pennsylvania Automotive Association Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Theodore Brickman Ud 122794 Brickman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Theodore Brickman Ud 122794 Brickman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • The Learning Alliance Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 36 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home