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Wagner-Braunsberg Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$354k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$103k
Largest
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 2024.

Science & Tech$710kInternational$525kHuman Services$306kCivil Rights$280kReligion$228kArts & Culture$120kEducation$20kHealth$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $1k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $95k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $258k
$35,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE$102,500
AMERICAN FRIEND OF MAGEN D ADOM$55,000
AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FNDTN$50,000
JEWISH WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL$50,000
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE$35,000
JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES$25,000
JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY$25,000
AMERICAN TECHNION SOCIETY$10,000
CHILDREN'S INN AT NIH$1,000
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 (FY17–24, $346k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES: $25k → 8%JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES: $25k → 8%JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES: $25k → 8%JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES: $20k → 8%JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES: $20k → 8%JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES: $20k → 8%JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES: $20k → 8%BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $10k → 8%BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $10k → 8%BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $10k → 8%BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $10k → 8%JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES: $1k → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY: $25k → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY: $25k → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY: $25k → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY: $25k → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY: $25k → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY: $25k → 8%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.
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 13 repeat orgs$36k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
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Total granted

$2.1M
$36k

Still filing today

54%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesInternationalArts & CultureHealthOther
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

  • JF
    JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $156k · revenue +148%
  • JS
    JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY
    6× · 2019–2024 · $150k · revenue +78%
  • TU
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    4× · 2017–2020 · $120k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • JW
    JAMES W BARTLING ENDOWED SCH FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
  • TB
    TEMPLE BETH EL OF ORANGE COUNTY
    one grant, 2018 · $15k
  • BF
    BREM FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $1k
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
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History

The weitzman national museum of american jewish history, on independence mall in philadelphia, presents educational programs and experiences that preserve, explore, and celebrate the history of jews in america. its purpose is to connect…

Arts & Culture
2
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
3
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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4
Eastern European Jewish Heritage Foundation
Philanthropy
5
Hadassah the Women's Zionist Org of America Inc

Hadassah, the women's zionist organization of america, inc., a new york not-for-profit corporation ("hwzoa") enhances the health and lives of people in israel, the united states and worldwide through education, advocacy, women's…

Community Improvement
6
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…

Education
7
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
8
National Council of Jewish Women Inc Jersey Hills Section
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9
The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Inc

The jewish federation of greater washington (federation) envisions a connected and vibrant jewish community that cares for each other, fosters jewish learning and journeys, embraces jewish peoplehood and israel, and acts as a force for…

Philanthropy
10
Tucson Jewish Community Center Inc

The mission of the tucson jewish community center (tucson j) is to cultivate and enrich jewish identity, ensure jewish continuity, foster wellness, and broaden communal harmony. the vision is to strive to be an outstanding jewish community…

Human Services
11
Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston

To advance the aspirations of families and individuals to enrich their lives, bodies and spirits, by providing the best in contemporary programs and experiences, informed by jewish values for today's jews and the people in their lives.

Human Services
12
Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayemeth Leisrael) Inc

Jewish national fund gives all generations of jews a unique voice in building a prosperous future for the land of israel and its people.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Foundation for Group Homes Inc; the most unlike its peers is The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 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

8 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. 8 of the 17 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
6/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE: $630,000 · OtherTHE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCEANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $280,000 · OtherANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUEJewish Women International: $250,000 · OtherJewish Women InternationalAMERICAN FRIEND OF MAGEN D ADOM: $115,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIEND OF MAGEN D ADOM+6 more: $134,225 · Other+6 moreJEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES INC: $156,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FOUNDATION…JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $150,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH SOCIAL SER…BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $40,000 · Human ServicesBENDER JCC OF GRE…AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $275,000 · InternationalAMERICAN ISRAEL …AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $40,000 · InternationalAMERICAN SOCIETY…The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $120,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC: $8,000 · Health
Other$1,409,225Human Services$346,000International$315,000Arts & Culture$120,000Health$8,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $275,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Women International: $250,000 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetJEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES INC: $156,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $150,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $120,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC: $8,000 over 8y, 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 AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Women International ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC ↗
  • Who funds BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S INN AT NIH 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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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 Wagner-Braunsberg Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wagner-Braunsberg Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Children's Inn at Nih Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Bender Jcc of Greater Washington: 1% of income from government
  • Jewish Social Service Agency: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report 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.
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Find your warmest path to Wagner-Braunsberg Family Foundation Inc 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 17 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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