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THE FINEST & BRAVEST FOUNDATION OF SUGAR LAND

THE FINEST & BRAVEST FOUNDATION OF SUGAR LAND (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $304,227 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($251,227). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$482k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$304k
Net assets
$310k
2/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 24%
01What it does

What The Finest & Bravest Foundation of Sugar Land does

Mission

Our mission is to unite the community and work hand in hand with businesses and individuals who share our passion for supporting our first responders. We strive to champion their efforts by raising funds for life-saving equipment, providing educational scholarships, and addressing the urgent needs of our finest & bravest families which include fire, ems, and police.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. The Finest & Bravest Foundation of Sugar Land aims to raise awareness and support all of Sugar Land's First Responders which include Fire, EMS, and Police.

    $233,368 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $233,368.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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.

100 = 20232023 Revenue 100 ($452k) Expenses 100 ($196k) Net assets 100 ($256k)2024 Revenue 107 ($482k) Expenses 218 ($428k) Net assets 121 ($310k)
20232024
Revenue (107)Expenses (218)Net assets (121)Peer revenue range

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 $256k to $310k (+21%).

$256k
$310k
20232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of THE FINEST & BRAVEST FOUNDATION OF SUGAR LAND’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,561 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

$256k
’23
$54k
’24
8.7
months of
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.

20232024
Listed1715
Joined·+4
No longer listed·6
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 90% 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 THE FINEST & BRAVEST FOUNDATION OF SUGAR LAND’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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

THE FINEST & BRAVEST FOUNDATION OF SUGAR LAND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

100% 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 THE FINEST & BRAVEST FOUNDATION OF SUGAR LAND.

83%
largest funder
94%
top three
~1
effective funders

“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.

Where its funders are

90% of THE FINEST & BRAVEST FOUNDATION OF SUGAR LAND's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $30k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Texas funders.

TX

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $274k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE FINEST & BRAVEST FOUNDATION OF SUGAR LAND runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,130 public benefit nonprofits its size.

Operating margin11% · above the median
Months of reserve8.7mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,130 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

55% of spending goes to programs.

Program 55%Management 13%Fundraising 33%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

0%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE FINEST & BRAVEST FOUNDATION OF SUGAR LAND?
THE FINEST & BRAVEST FOUNDATION OF SUGAR LAND (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $304,227 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($251,227). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE FINEST & BRAVEST FOUNDATION OF SUGAR LAND have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $304,227 in grants to THE FINEST & BRAVEST FOUNDATION OF SUGAR LAND, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE FINEST & BRAVEST FOUNDATION OF SUGAR LAND?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $251,227 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE FINEST & BRAVEST FOUNDATION OF SUGAR LAND find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2023–2024), and the filings of 5 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing