Funding search · EIN 223826033 · Philadelphia, PA

The Brinkman Family Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

115
grants reported
$135,279
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Top recipients

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  • Freire Charter School Foundation1 grant · $10,000
  • Friere Foundation1 grant · $10,000
  • Academy of St Louis3 grants · $8,000
  • American Philosophical Society4 grants · $7,500
  • Ballet X2 grants · $7,150
  • Hilton Head Humane Association4 grants · $5,500
  • V Foundation for Cancer Research4 grants · $5,000
  • Alzheimer'S Research Foundation Fisher Center4 grants · $5,000
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center4 grants · $5,000
  • Pockets Full of Sunshine4 grants · $4,250

Giving over time

$36,748
2022
$32,113
2023
$25,042
2024
$41,376
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 115 grants.

  • $10,000

    Freire Charter School Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Education

  • $10,000

    Friere Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Education

  • $7,000

    Ballet X · Philadelphia, PA · 2025

    Community

  • $3,000

    Academy of St Louis · Chesterfield, MO · 2023

    Education

  • $3,000

    American Philosophical Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Education

  • $3,000

    Academy of St Louis · Chesterfield, MO · 2022

    Education

  • $3,000

    American Philosophical Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Education

  • $2,500

    Community House · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025

    Community

  • $2,500

    Lowcountry Foundation for Wounded Military Heroes · Bluffton, SC · 2025

    Veterans support

  • $2,500

    Stag Vets (Comfort Farms) · Milledgeville, GA · 2022

    Community

  • $2,000

    Academy of St Louis · Chesterfield, MO · 2025

    Education

  • $2,000

    American Physical Society · College Park, MD · 2025

    Education

  • $2,000

    Congregation Mikveh Israel · Philadelphia, PA · 2025

    Religious

  • $2,000

    Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2025

    Community

  • $2,000

    Livewell Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2025

    Community and mental health

  • $1,500

    Alzheimer'S Research Foundation Fisher Center · New York, NY · 2025

    Medical and scientific

  • $1,500

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2025

    Medical and scientific

  • $1,500

    V Foundation for Cancer Research · Cary, NC · 2025

    Medical and scientific

  • $1,500

    Alzheimer'S Research Foundation Fisher Center · New York, NY · 2024

    Medical and scientific

  • $1,500

    College of Wooster · Wooster, OH · 2024

    Athletics fundraiser

  • $1,500

    Hilton Head Humane Association · Hilton Head, SC · 2024

    Community

  • $1,500

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2024

    Medical and scientific

  • $1,500

    Pockets Full of Sunshine · Hilton Head, SC · 2024

    Community

  • $1,500

    Urban Promise Ministies · Pennsauken, NJ · 2024

    Community

  • $1,500

    V Foundation for Cancer Research · Cary, NC · 2024

    Medical and scientific

  • $1,500

    Hilton Head Humane Association · Hilton Head, SC · 2023

    Community

  • $1,500

    Pockets Full of Sunshine · Hilton Head, SC · 2023

    Community

  • $1,500

    Hilton Head Humane Association · Hilton Head, SC · 2022

    Community

  • $1,500

    K9s for Warriors · Ponte Vedra, FL · 2022

    Community

  • $1,337

    McF Helping Mamas · Norcross, GA · 2024

    Community

  • $1,300

    American Institute of Physics · College Park, MD · 2022

    Education

  • $1,125

    Barnes Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2025

    Art and horticulture

  • $1,103

    Philabundance · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Community

  • $1,046

    Seal Kids · Dublin, OH · 2025

    Education

  • $1,044

    Stag Veterans (Comfort Farms) · Milledgeville, GA · 2025

    Veterans support

  • $1,041

    Stag Veterans (Comfort Farms) · Milledgeville, GA · 2024

    Veterans support

  • $1,036

    Houses for Warriors · Evergreen, CO · 2024

    Veterans support

  • $1,000

    American Institute of Physics (Aip) Foundation · College Park, MD · 2025

    Education

  • $1,000

    Hilton Head Humane Association · Hilton Head, SC · 2025

    Community

  • $1,000

    K9s for Warriors · Ponte Vedra, FL · 2025

    Veterans support

  • $1,000

    Pockets Full of Sunshine · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2025

    Community

  • $1,000

    Wounded Warriors Family Support · Omaha, NE · 2025

    Veterans support

  • $1,000

    American Institute of Physics (Aip) · College Park, MD · 2024

    Education

  • $1,000

    American Philosophical Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Education

  • $1,000

    Equal Justice Initiative (Eji) · Montogomery, AL · 2024

    Community

  • $1,000

    Metavivor · Middleton, WI · 2024

    Medical

  • $1,000

    National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2024

    Education

  • $1,000

    Wounded Warrior Project · Jacksonville, FL · 2024

    Community

  • $1,000

    Alzheimer'S Research Foundation Fisher Center · New York, NY · 2023

    Medical and scientific

  • $1,000

    American Institute of Physics · College Park, MD · 2023

    Education

  • $1,000

    Equal Justice Initiative · Montogomery, AL · 2023

    Community

  • $1,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2023

    Medical and scientific

  • $1,000

    Moorestown Community House · Moorestown, NJ · 2023

    Community

  • $1,000

    Stag Vets (Comfort Farms) · Milledgeville, GA · 2023

    Community

  • $1,000

    V Foundation for Cancer Research · Cary, NC · 2023

    Medical and scientific

  • $1,000

    Alzheimer'S Research Foundation Fisher Center · New York, NY · 2022

    Medical and scientific

  • $1,000

    Covenant House of Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Community

  • $1,000

    Equal Justice Initiative · Montogomery, AL · 2022

    Community

  • $1,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2022

    Medical and scientific

  • $1,000

    Moorestown Community House · Moorestown, NJ · 2022

    Community

  • $1,000

    V Foundation for Cancer Research · Cary, NC · 2022

    Medical and scientific

  • $1,000

    Wounded Warrior Project · Jacksonville, FL · 2022

    Community

  • $833

    Houses for Warriors · Evergreen, CO · 2025

    Veterans support

  • $750

    Easterseals North Georgia · Clarkston, GA · 2025

    Community

  • $750

    Georgia Casa · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    Community

  • $750

    Healing for Heroes · Peach Tree City, GA · 2024

    Veterans support

  • $750

    Sandalwood Community Foodbank · Hilton Head, SC · 2024

    Community

  • $750

    Urban Promise Ministies · Pennsauken, NJ · 2023

    Community

  • $750

    Wounded Warrior Project · Jacksonville, FL · 2023

    Community

  • $750

    The Clay Studio · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Community

  • $600

    Freedom Service Dogs · Englewood, CO · 2025

    Veterans support

  • $528

    McF Helping Mamas · Norcross, GA · 2025

    Community

  • $525

    Freedom Service Dogs · Englewood, CO · 2024

    Veterans support

  • $515

    Urban Promise Ministies · Pennsauken, NJ · 2022

    Community

  • $500

    American Fund for London School of Economics · New York, NY · 2025

    Community

  • $500

    American Philosophical Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2025

    Education

  • $500

    Boston University (Friends of Boston University Rugby) · Boston, MA · 2025

    Education

  • $500

    Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2025

    Community

  • $500

    Obama Presidential Center · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Library

  • $500

    Alice Paul Institute · Mount Laurel, NJ · 2024

    Charitable

  • $500

    Atlanta Humane Org · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Animal rescue

  • $500

    Boston University (Friends of Boston University Rugby) · Boston, MA · 2024

    Education

  • $500

    K9s for Warriors · Ponte Vedra, FL · 2024

    Veterans support

  • $500

    Alice Paul Institute · Mount Laurel, NJ · 2023

    Charitable

  • $500

    Boston University · Boston, MA · 2023

    Education

  • $500

    Community Food Bank of New Jersey · Hillside, NJ · 2023

    Community

  • $500

    Freedom Service Dogs · Englewood, CO · 2023

    Community

  • $500

    Houses for Warriors · Evergreen, CO · 2023

    Community

  • $500

    K9s for Warriors · Ponte Vedra, FL · 2023

    Community

  • $500

    Pan-Mass Challange · Needham, MA · 2023

    Medical

  • $500

    Philabundance · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Community

  • $500

    Alice Paul Institute · Mount Laurel, NJ · 2022

    Charitable

  • $500

    American Fund for London School of Economics · New York, NY · 2022

    Community

  • $500

    Boston University · Boston, MA · 2022

    Education

  • $500

    Community Food Bank of New Jersey · Hillside, NJ · 2022

    Community

  • $500

    Hilton Head Deep Well Project · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2022

    Community

  • $500

    Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    Medical and scintific

  • $400

    Boys and Girls Club · Clifton, NJ · 2022

    Community

  • $300

    American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2022

    Community

  • $300

    Barnegat Light Rescue Squad · Barnegat, NJ · 2022

    Community

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.