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The Brotman Foundation Inc

Naples, FL · EIN 46-3805229. Reported 80 grants totalling $120,455 to 62 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,000median grant
$120,455granted, 2021-2024
62organizations funded
46%of grantees funded again the next year
$938,509assets, 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 Brotman 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.

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 $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $1,800; the smallest was $35 and the largest $12,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
33 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
40 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
6 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
1 grant

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
Philadelphia Museum of ArtPhiladelphia, PA$22,500332023
Washington UniversitySt Louis, MO$15,000222022
Friends of Jcc KrakowSuffern, NY$7,100332024
American School of Classical StudiesPrinceton, NJ$6,656112022
Boys and Girls Club of AmericaAtlanta, GA$5,000112021
Pmoa MembershipPhiladelphia, PA$5,000112024
ChabadSt Louis, MO$4,766442024
Rethink Food NycBrooklyn, NY$3,550222023
Funtime Early Childhood AcademyNaples, FL$3,090222024
Holocaust MuseumWashington, DC$3,047222024
Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PA$2,750222024
Friends of Israel Defence ForcesNew York, NY$2,000222024
Jewish Federation of Greater NaplesNaples, FL$2,000112024
National Museum of American Jewish HistoryPhiladelphia, PA$2,000112024
Friends at Chabad CampPhiladelphia, PA$1,854112024
United HatzalahNew York, NY$1,638222024
David Lawrence CentersNaples, FL$1,600222023
South Florida PgaWest Palm Beach, FL$1,597112024
Magen David AdomNew York, NY$1,500112023
Pma Women CommitteePhiladelphia, PA$1,500112024
The Philadelphia ShowPhiladelphia, PA$1,500112024
AjcPhiladelphia, PA$1,250112024
Barnes FoundationPhiladelphia, PA$1,250112024
Penn HillelPittsburgh, PA$1,030112024
University of Pa- HillelPhiladelphia, PA$1,030112023
Verti Community PartnershipPhiladelphia, PA$1,030112024
Pancreatic Cancer OrganizationManhattan Beach, CA$1,015222023
Jewish SstSan Francisco, CA$1,010112023
Naples Holocausty MeseumNaples, FL$1,010112024
Alex's Lemonade StandWynnewood, PA$1,000112022
Bonita Springs Center for the ArtsBonita Springs, FL$1,000112022
Chevra HatzalahBrooklyn, NY$1,000112024
Children's Crisis Treatment CenterPhiladelphia, PA$1,000112024
Leukemia and Lymphoma SocietyRye Brook, NY$1,000112024
Main Line Art CenterHaverford, PA$1,000222023
MainlineartHarverford, PA$1,000112024
Py Choc FoundationOrange, CA$1,000112024
St Jude's Children HospitalMemphis, TN$1,000112024
Turkey Relief FundAlexandria, VA$1,000112023
Adam Spector FoundationGladwynne, PA$800222024
Beron Jewish Older Adult ServicesAtlantic City, NJ$750112023
Blessing in a BackpackLouisville, KY$500112022
Habitat for HumanityAtlanta, GA$500112022
Jewish National FundBala Cynwyd, PA$500112023
Kowiachobee Animal PreserveNaples, FL$500112023
LeketTeaneck, NJ$500112023
PancanorgManhatten Beach, PA$500112024
Jewish Heritage ConnectionScranton, PA$250112024
University of BuffaloBuffalo, NY$250112023
Ssp Jfcs PhillyPhiladelphia, PA$185112024
Hebrew Free BurialNew York, NY$120112024
Shriners HospitalPhiladelphia, PA$120112024
St Jude InternetChalfont, PA$120112024
Wwwjnf OrgNew York, NY$110112024
AfmdaNew York, NY$100112024
Henry Botanic GardGladwyne, PA$100112024
American Heart AssocDallas, TX$53112023
Vetri PartnershipPhiladelphia, PA$52112023
Orchestra LaLos Angeles, CA$51112023
Penn FundPhiladelphia, PA$50112023
Congregation Rodeph ShalomPhiladelphia, PA$36112023
Alzheimers AssocPhiladelphia, PA$35112023

14 of 62 (23%) 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 46%, 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 29 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Arts & Culture
10 grants
Education
5 grants
Religion
4 grants
Mental Health
3 grants
International Affairs
2 grants
Diseases & Disorders
1 grant
Animal Welfare
1 grant
Health Care
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
20215$28,556$5,000
202213$29,071$1,000
202327$26,379$750
202435$36,449$1,000

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. 41% of this one's giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Pennsylvania
$49K
Missouri
$20K
New York
$18K
Florida
$11K
New Jersey
$8K
Georgia
$6K
California
$3K
District of Columbia
$3K

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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 Fund14 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc14 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program12 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust11 shared recipientsGs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund9 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation8 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. 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 Pennsylvania.
  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 Brotman 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: 1436 Gormican Ln, Naples, FL, 34110. 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 46-3805229 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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