Brabson Library & Educational
Eagle River, AK · EIN 59-3021777. Reported 76 grants totalling $776,320 to 70 organizations across tax years 2022-2024. 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. Brabson Library & Educational 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 $7,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $18,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $30,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Conservation Law Center Inc | Bloomington, IN | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wam Theatre | Lenox, MA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Outreach & Transform Lives | Federal Way, WA | $28,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bhg Foundation Dba Blackgirls Hack | Fredricksburg, VA | $27,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sky Island Alliance | Tucson, AZ | $25,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Exploring By the Seat of Your Pants | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pheonix Conservancy | Pullman, WA | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Flying Deer Nature Center | East Chatham, NY | $21,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Indiana Forest Alliance | Indianapolis, IN | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Black Women in Aviation | Germantown, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| California Botanical Garden | Claremont, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wonderlab Museum of Science | Bloomington, IN | $19,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Working Dogs for Conservation | Bozeman, MT | $19,650 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chugach Mountain Bike Riders | Chugiak, AK | $19,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Reunity Resources | Santa Fe, NM | $19,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lighthouse Repertory Theatre Compan | Lake Grove, NY | $18,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Scienceworks Hands on Museum | Ashland, OR | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Playing for Change Founation | Santa Monica, CA | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Golden Schools Foundation | Golden, CO | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kansas Aviation Museum Inc | Witchita, KS | $16,650 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Nobska Light | Falmouth, MA | $16,490 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Firebird Music Ensembles | Wakefield, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lyric of the Opera | Duluth, MN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Opera Modesto Inc | Modesto, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Unitarian Universalist Church | Albuquerque, NM | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wade Institute for Science Edu | Quincy, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Moving Arts Espanola | Espanola, NM | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hawkwatch International | Salt Lake City, UT | $12,450 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| A Rosie Place | South Bend, IN | $11,632 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Mus | Livingston Manor, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chicago Maritime Arts Center | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Heartworkers Union | San Jose, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Creative Living Community of Connec | Coventry, CT | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Institute of Heartmath | Boulder Creek, CA | $7,190 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Indiana Audubon Society | Connersville, IN | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Milwood Impact | Spokane Valley, WA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Solarbuddy Inc | San Francisco, CA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wonderscope Children's Museum | Kansas City, MO | $6,950 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Museum of Wildlife Art | Jackson, WY | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| San Miguel Academy of Newburgh | Newburgh, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unm Music Prep | Albuquerque, NM | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wheelhouse Creative | Arca, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Animal Humane New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Conner Prairie Museum Inc | Fishers, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girls Incorporated of Tennessee Valley | Oak Ridge, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Historic Highfield Inc | Falmouth, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Journeys in Education | Peterborough, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Immigrant Defenders Law Center | Los Angeles, CA | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Inland Choral Music Education Inc | Redlands, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Eskenazi Museum of Art | Bloomington, IN | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Falmouth Educational Foundation | Falmouth, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pac Rim PTA | Carlsbad, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Peninsula SPCA | Newport News, VA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pidgeonwing Dance | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Right Whale Emergency Initative | Provincetown, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Women's Voices Now | Rolling Hills Estates, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fly Fish Nm | Albuquerque, NM | $2,963 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kregel Windmill Factory Museum | Nebraska City, NE | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sacramento Guitar Society | Folsom, CA | $2,400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Village a Community Musical Art | Colorado Spring, CO | $2,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northkingstown School Department | North Kingstown, RI | $1,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boysville Inc | Converse, TX | $1,670 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| South Dennis Free Public Library | South Dennis, MA | $1,575 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Childrens Lunch Box | Anchorage, AK | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nordic Skiing Association | Anchorage, AK | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Retriever Rescue of Las Vegas | Las Vegas, NV | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sounds of Indiana Barbershop Acapel | Bloomington, IN | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Childrens Lunchbox | Anchorage, AK | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trinity Episcopal Church Bloomingto | Bloomington, IN | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 505 Master's Water Polo Club | Albuquerque, NM | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
6 of 70 (9%) received money in more than one year over the 2 years we hold.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 44 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 39 | $368,118 | $7,000 |
| 2024 | 37 | $408,202 | $8,000 |
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. 16% of this one's giving went to organizations in Indiana. 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 $7,000. 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 Indiana.
- 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 Brabson Library & Educational's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: C/O a Brabson 10425 Stewart Dr, Eagle River, AK, 99577. 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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