Ada Brandon Charitable Foundation Inc
Randolph Ctr, VT · EIN 13-3468798. Reported 112 grants totalling $17,370 to 74 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Ada Brandon Charitable Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $100. Half of everything it gave fell between $36 and $200; the smallest was $10 and the largest $950. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opera North | Lebanon, NH | $2,430 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Committee of 100 | New York, NY | $1,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival | Cresskill, NJ | $1,150 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation | Washington, DC | $1,150 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Argentine Tango Society | Somerville, MA | $1,014 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| George Washington University School of Law | Washington, DC | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Sharon Academy | Sharon, VT | $651 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tregaron Conservancy | Washington, DC | $600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alabama Interfaith Refugee Partnership | Vestavia, AL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Archytas Education Corp | Bethel, VT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cleveland Park Historical Society | Washington, DC | $500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Randolph Area Food Shelf | Randolph, VT | $500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Flight Experience for Youth | Warren, VT | $415 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rosedale Conservancy | Washington, DC | $400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Public Citizen Foundation | Washington, DC | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vermont Philharmonic | Montpelier, VT | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Vermont Institue of Natural Sciences | Quechee, VT | $296 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Nature Conservncy | Montpelier, VT | $278 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Paypal Giving Fund | Washington, DC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Randolph Rotary | Randolph, VT | $250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Chelsea Funnery Inc | Bethel, VT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Midwest Academy | Carmel, IN | $225 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Civil Liberties Union | New York, NY | $195 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cleveland Park Citizens Association | Washington, DC | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Actblue Civics | Somerville, MA | $127 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| DC Bar Pro Bono Center | Washington, DC | $125 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $125 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Racdc | Randolph, VT | $125 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Razom | New York, NY | $125 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United States Association for Unhcr | Washington, DC | $120 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | Cambridge, MA | $110 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| World Central Kitchen | Philadelphia, PA | $105 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wikemedia Foundation Inc | San Francisco, CA | $102 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Flight Experience for Youth-Sugarbush Soaring Association | Warren, VT | $101 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Capital City Concerts | Montpelier, VT | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Flynn Center for the Performing Arts | Burlington, VT | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hopkins Center of the Arts | Hanover, NH | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sunflower of Peace Foundation | Newton, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Umana Foundation | Chicago, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Acm Inc | New York, NY | $99 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hope Young Center for Music Therapy | Austin, TX | $90 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Direct Relief | Santa Barbara, CA | $75 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Flynn Center | Burlington, VT | $75 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kennedy Center | Washington, DC | $75 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alzheimers Association | Washington, DC | $55 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| NAMI | Williston, VT | $52 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Wildlife Federation Fund | Merrifield, VA | $52 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Scrag Mountain Music | Marshfield, VT | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Dressage Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Barre Opera House | Barre, VT | $45 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Freedom From Religion Foundation | Madison, WI | $40 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Curiosity Stream | Silver Spring, MD | $37 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation | Austin, TX | $31 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $26 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Johnston Family Charitable Foundation | Wilson, WV | $26 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Audubon Society Inc | Huntington, VT | $26 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vermont Journalism Trust | Montpelier, VT | $26 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Actblue | Somerville, MA | $25 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Humane | Washington, DC | $25 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Death Penalty Focus | Sacramento, CA | $25 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Guardian News & Media | New York, NY | $25 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA | New York, NY | $25 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund | New York, NY | $25 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rocky Mountain Institute | Basalt, CO | $25 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Amateur Radio Safety Foundation Inc | Rockledge, FL | $24 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pancreatic Cancer Foundation | Bethesda, MD | $21 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vox Media LLC | Washington, DC | $21 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mad River Valley Rotary | Warren, VT | $20 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Radio Amateuirs of Northern Vt | S Burlington, VT | $20 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arts Bus | Randolph, VT | $10 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Draft Animal Power Network | Greenwich, NY | $10 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Furry Friends Animal Rescue | Plano, TX | $10 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Keep Guns Off | Croton Falls, NY | $10 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
19 of 74 (26%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 37%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 47 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28 | $4,505 | $105 |
| 2022 | 35 | $5,327 | $100 |
| 2023 | 28 | $4,850 | $105 |
| 2024 | 21 | $2,688 | $100 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 27% of this one's giving went to organizations in District of Columbia. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $100. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in District of Columbia.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Ada Brandon Charitable Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 3071 S Randolph Rd, Randolph Ctr, VT, 05061. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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