South Dakota · Private foundation
Tom and Marion Braum 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.
- $16k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 22
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $253k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 12% of the organizations Tom and Marion Braum Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $16k | 19% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $13k | 12% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $11k | 23% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $11k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $12k | 28% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $10k | 19% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $11,700 | 7 | n/a |
| Doctors to the World | $9,800 | 7 | 4% |
| Serra Catholic High School Inc | $4,150 | 7 | n/a |
| United States Catholic Conference | $2,200 | 7 | 0% |
| The Shack | $1,850 | 4 | 1% |
| Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the USA | $1,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Summit in Honduras Inc | $1,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Marriage Missionaries | $1,150 | 4 | 0% |
| Judi's House Inc | $1,150 | 4 | 0% |
| The Dynamic Catholic Institute | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $11,700 | 7 | n/a |
| Doctors to the World | $9,800 | 7 | 4% |
| Serra Catholic High School Inc | $4,150 | 7 | n/a |
| United States Catholic Conference | $2,200 | 7 | 0% |
| The Shack | $1,850 | 4 | 1% |
| Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the USA | $1,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Summit in Honduras Inc | $1,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Marriage Missionaries | $1,150 | 4 | 0% |
| Judi's House Inc | $1,150 | 4 | 0% |
| The Dynamic Catholic Institute | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint John Institute | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Womens Resource Center in Durango | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Real Presence Radio | $300 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($45k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Tom and Marion Braum Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Tom and Marion Braum Foundation
- How much does Tom and Marion Braum Foundation give?
- Tom and Marion Braum Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $16,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 22 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Tom and Marion Braum Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (39%), International (15%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are Tom and Marion Braum Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Fellowship of Catholic University Students ($12k), Doctors to the World ($10k), Serra Catholic High School Inc ($4k).
- Does Tom and Marion Braum Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Tom and Marion Braum 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 Tom and Marion Braum Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Tom and Marion Braum Foundation based?
- Tom and Marion Braum Foundation is based in SD.
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