FundersArizona

The Breslow Foundation

Phoenix, AZ · EIN 47-0805066. Reported 53 grants totalling $223,590 to 33 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$3,280median grant
$223,590granted, 2020-2024
33organizations funded
39%of grantees funded again the next year
$514,992assets, latest filing

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. The Breslow Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $3,280. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,640 and $6,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $14,800. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
3 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
33 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
12 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
5 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
The Cedars Home for ChildrenLincoln, NE$26,565332024
Malone Community CenterLincoln, NE$22,355332024
Teammates Mentoring ProgramLincoln, NE$21,453332024
Center for Jewish Philanthropy of Greater PhoenixScottsdale, AZ$16,400222022
Center for Jewish Philanthropy PhoenixScottsdale, AZ$14,800112023
Big Brothers Big Sisters LincolnLincoln, NE$14,355332024
Lincoln Youth Football LeagueLincoln, NE$10,762332024
We're Moving ForwardGilbert, AZ$9,300112020
Animal League Defense Fund IncCotati, CA$8,700222024
Brain Injury Alliance of ArizonaPhoenix, AZ$8,200112021
Towards FreedomVan Nuys, CA$6,000112022
Jewish Federation of Greater PhoenixScottsdale, AZ$5,300112020
Arizona Jewish Historical SocietyPhoenix, AZ$5,000112024
Southwest Autism Research & Resource CenterPhoenix, AZ$4,340112024
First Place AzPhoenix, AZ$4,335112024
Compassionworks InternationalHenderson, NV$4,200332022
Hospice of the ValleyPhoenix, AZ$4,100112022
Southwest Autism Research and Resource CenterPhoenix, AZ$4,100112022
Disclosurefest FoundationWinnetka, CA$4,000222021
Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater PhoenixScottsdale, AZ$3,650112024
Beagle Freedom ProjectValley Village, CA$3,300222021
Animal EqualityLos Angeles, CA$3,100222022
Congregation Bnai BrithSanta Barbara, CA$3,000112024
Kindred Spirits Care FarmChatsworth, CA$3,000222021
Reversed RescueLeona Valley, CA$2,100112020
Minkoff Center for Jewish GeneticsScottsdale, AZ$2,000112020
Sea Shepherd Conservation SocietyAlexandria, VA$2,000112023
Southeast Community CollegeLincoln, NE$2,000222024
Glacier Jewish Community CenterKalispell, MT$1,675112024
African Wildlife Foundation IncWashington, DC$1,000112020
American Occupational Therapy FoundationBethesda, MD$1,000222023
Kehillat Israel Reconstructionist CongregationPacific Palisades, CA$1,000112024
University of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA$500112020

14 of 33 (42%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 39%, across 4 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 29 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Animal Welfare
9 grants
Human Services
9 grants
Medical Research
3 grants
Youth Development
3 grants
Religion
2 grants
Environment
2 grants
Housing & Shelter
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202012$27,900$1,500
20216$24,600$2,500
202211$55,360$4,100
202310$56,260$6,434
202414$59,470$3,778

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. 44% of this one's giving went to organizations in Nebraska. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Nebraska
$97K
Arizona
$82K
California
$34K
Nevada
$4K
Virginia
$2K
Montana
$2K
Maryland
$1K
District of Columbia
$1K

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund16 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc12 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc12 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust10 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program9 shared recipientsThe Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc9 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,280. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Nebraska.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 The Breslow Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 3219 E Camelback Road 798, Phoenix, AZ, 85018. 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.

EIN 47-0805066 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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