Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION
BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 129 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,046,715 to it, the largest being EDEN HALL FOUNDATION ($910,000). 68 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $108M
- Funders on record
- 129
- Grants received
- $7.0M
- Net assets
- $22M
What Brother's Brother Foundation does
Mission
Brother's Brother Foundation helps bridge the gap between aid and sustainability by supporting localized programs and providing essential resources in the areas of healthcare, infrastructure, disaster response, and education (h.I.d.e.).
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Healthcare program: working with domestic and international relief organizations, bbf's healthcare program provides pharmaceuticals, medical supplies and equipment to promote better healthcare outcomes. Bbf receives donations from pharmaceutical manufacturers, wholesalers and suppliers, medical facilities, other organizations, and individuals throughout the united states.in 2025, bbf sent 100 shipments of requested pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, and equipment. Bbf provided supplies for 19 hand-carried medical and humanitarian med-surg trips at no cost to the physician teams. These trips allow bbf to serve and reach additional populations in need. The shipments and med-surg trips went to 25 countries around the world.
$87,602,963 spentof which $85,658,915 as grants$365,736 earned by the program81% of program spendingEducation program: Brother's Brother Foundation (bbf) receives donated new and used textbooks and educational material from a number of large u.s. - based publishers. Bbf works with trusted partner organizations to ensure that all donated educational material will improve the access and quality of education for disadvantaged children and school age youth in recipient countries. In 2025, bbf supported 11 educational programs in 6 different countries through providing grants and supplies. Most of bbf's donations are distributed outside the united states but also include projects within the country in local underserved communities and other recipients such as native american schools.
$19,048,657 spentof which $18,785,330 as grants18% of program spendingDisaster response program: bbf receives a variety of humanitarian donations including disaster response supplies from u.s. Manufacturers and individuals. Bbf responds to natural and other disasters both domestically in the us and throughout the world. These responses include providing needed humanitarian supplies and equipment, along with support for medical facility related programs. This support is generally provided in collaboration with in-country partners on the ground. In 2025, bbf responded to 12 disasters by providing grants, medication, healthcare equipment, and humanitarian supplies for relief and recovery efforts.
$1,797,163 spentof which $1,405,123 as grants$19,792 earned by the program2% of program spendingInfrastructure program: the infrastructure program focuses on the areas of solar power and wash (water, sanitation, and hygiene). In 2025, bbf supported infrastructure projects in ghana, liberia, and india.1. Solar: bbf has been working with partners to help install solar panel systems since early 2013. The program began with supplying batteries to six hospitals in liberia and since then has grown in size and scope. The rural health clinics that receive these solar power systems often did not previously have access to a reliable power source. These installations have now enabled the clinics to also refrigerate medicines and provide services such as attending to expectant mothers during non-daylight hours. The program has equipped more than 90 clinics and hospitals in sub-saharan africa, india, and puerto rico in collaboration with partners.2. Wash: access to wash (water, sanitation, and hygiene) has been identified as a key humanitarian issue and an international public health priority. These initiatives have been associated with improving health, life expectancy, student learning, and gender equality. Additionally, studies have shown that they are instrumental in reducing illness…
$275,954 spentof which $183,775 as grants0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $108,724,737.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $50M to $24M (−52%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Eric Saks
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 28 funders to 54 funders, grant income rose $287k → $1.2M.
20 of 129 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 129 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
42% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 21% · 2018 13% · 2019 17% · 2020 23% · 2021 29% · 2022 23% · 2023 25% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
39% of BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
75% of BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION's funding base is broadening — from 28 funders to 54 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 59 international nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $107k on record.
- Agency for International Development$107k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
33%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 27 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION?
- BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 129 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,046,715 to it, the largest being EDEN HALL FOUNDATION ($910,000). 68 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 129 organizations giving $7,046,715 in grants to BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION, 68 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION?
- EDEN HALL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $910,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 129 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing