Minnesota · Private foundation
Will Bracken Family Foundation
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.
- $139k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 43
- Grants FY2024
- 32
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $250
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $40,150
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 35
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $419k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations Will Bracken Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 42 | $139k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 32 | $159k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $166k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $87k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 33 | $36k | 48% |
| FY2017 | 35 | $93k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Orchestral Association | $201,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Macphail Center for Music | $177,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Carleton College | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Plymouth Congregational Church | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Wild and Free Foundation | $35,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Vocalessence | $22,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Guthrie Theater Foundation | $15,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Minnesota Opera | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Rise Incorporated | $11,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Fishtown Preservation Society Inc | $10,900 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 49 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($56k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Will Bracken Family 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.
Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Longview Foundation · The Crosswols Foundation · Lenfestey Family Foundation Inc · Mortenson Family Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Hrk Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation
How this is measured
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About Will Bracken Family Foundation
- How much does Will Bracken Family Foundation give?
- Will Bracken Family Foundation reported 43 grants totaling $139,150 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Will Bracken Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (66%), Education (9%), Religion (6%).
- Who are Will Bracken Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Minnesota Orchestral Association ($201k), Macphail Center for Music ($177k), Carleton College ($60k).
- Does Will Bracken Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Will Bracken 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 Will Bracken Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation, Mightycause Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Will Bracken Family Foundation based?
- Will Bracken Family Foundation is based in MN.
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