Brandt Foundation Inc
Springfield, IL · EIN 46-1812700. Reported 51 grants totalling $567,508 to 34 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. Brandt 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $102,701. 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 American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $102,701 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Llcc Foundation | Springfield, IL | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Illinois Foundation | Champaign, IL | $40,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Progressive Agriculture Foundation | Birmingham, AL | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Central California Food Bank | Fresno, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Illinois Amish Heritage Center | Arthur, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Humane Society of Tampa Bay | Tampa, FL | $21,585 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan Ministries | Tampa, FL | $21,585 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Feeding America | Chicago, IL | $21,449 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lincoln Land Community College Foundation | Springfield, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Illinois 4-H Foundation | Urbana, IL | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Iaa Foundation | Bloomington, IL | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| United Food Bank and Services of Plant City Inc | Plant City, FL | $15,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Land Based Learning | Woodland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ifye Association of the USA Inc | Minier, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mercy Communities Inc | Springfield, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Porta Community Unit School District Foundation | Petersburg, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Springfield Sparc | Springfield, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Kind Mouse Productions Inc | St Petersburg, FL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Abudant Life Ranch | Reedley, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Abundant Life Ranch | Sanger, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA | Tampa, FL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Taylorville FFA Alumni | Taylorville, IL | $5,688 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Illinois FFA Alumni Association | Springfield, IL | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mini O'beirne Crisis Nursery | Springfield, IL | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Livingston County | Pontiac, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bethlehem Center | Chattanooga, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Grace Lutheren Church | Springfield, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kumler UMC Outreach Ministries | Springfield, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Agriculture in the Classroom | Palm Coast, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St John the Evangelist Catholic Church | Streamwood, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Washington Street Mission | Springfield, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Jude | Memphis, TN | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Illinois FFA Foundation | Springfield, IL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
9 of 34 (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 33%, 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Illinois Amish Heritage Center
DONATION TO DISCOVERY GARDEN - Metropolitan Ministries
DONATION TO AID THOSE AFFECTED BY HURRICANES MILTON AND HELENE - Feeding America
DONATION TO CHARITABLE CAUSE TO FEED THE HUNGRY - Llcc Foundation
DONATION TO FUND SCHOLARSHIPS - Lincoln Land Community College Foundation
GRANTS TO U.S. BASED ORGANIZATION - Progressive Agriculture Foundation
DONATION TO SAFETY DAY PROGRAM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 31 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | $136,449 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 13 | $204,701 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 11 | $84,688 | $5,688 |
| 2024 | 16 | $141,670 | $6,250 |
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. 50% of this one's giving went to organizations in Illinois. 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 $10,000. 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 Illinois.
- 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 Brandt 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: 2935 S Koke Mill Rd, Springfield, IL, 62711. 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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