Brandt Foundation
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About Brandt Foundation
The Brandt Foundation appears to blend responsive disaster relief with steady support for local education, food security and community-based services. They fund a mix of local Springfield-area institutions (community college scholarships, community gardens, food pantries) and larger emergency-response or regional nonprofits when crises occur. Repeat grants to educational and agricultural-safety organizations suggest ongoing priorities in scholarships, youth/agriculture programming, and basic needs.
Focus Areas
Disaster relief and emergency response (e.g., Hurricane relief via Red Cross and regional relief groups)Community college scholarships and higher-education support in Illinois (e.g., LLCC Foundation, University of Illinois Foundation)Food security and local food banks/food pantries (e.g., Central California Food Bank, United Food Bank, Mercy Communities)Agricultural youth safety and education programs (e.g., Progressive Agriculture Foundation, IFYE educational exchange)Local community development and urban gardening in Springfield (e.g., Springfield SPARC community gardens)
Who They Fund
children and youth (including 4‑H and FFA participants)
About Brandt Foundation
Brandt Foundation Inc. shows a clear pattern of pairing agricultural education with practical food-security work and disaster relief. One of the clearest signals is the $102,701 grant to The American Red Cross for Hurricane Ian relief, which sits alongside smaller but repeated grants for hurricane response, food pantries, and youth agriculture programming. That mix suggests a funder that moves between emergency need and ongoing community support rather than staying in a single niche. Their recent grants also point to a strong Illinois presence. Springfield-area organizations such as LLCC Foundation, Mercy Communities Inc, Springfield Sparc, Mini O'Beirne Crisis Nursery, and Kumler Umc Outreach Ministries appear in the record, alongside university-linked support and agriculture-focused awards. The foundation also backs farm and youth development work through groups like Progressive Agriculture Foundation, Illinois 4-H Foundation, and IFYE Association of the USA Inc. In addition, food access grants reach beyond Illinois to recipients in Florida, California, and Tennessee. The result is a grantmaking profile built around education, basic needs, and agriculture, with special attention to programs that can show direct community use.
What Brandt Foundation Funds
Agricultural education is a consistent thread. The foundation gave $10,000 to Progressive Agriculture Foundation for the Safety Day program and another $8,000 to Illinois 4-H Foundation for Food Advocacy Grants and the National 4-H Agri-Science Summit. It also supported Taylorville FFA Alumni with $5,688 for the Tower Field project. Food access and hunger relief are another major area. Grants include $15,000 to Central California Food Bank for Groceries2Go and $10,000 to United Food Bank and Services of Plant City Inc for Feeding Our Future. In a similar vein, Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA received $7,500 for the Veggie Van program, while Kind Mouse Productions received $5,000 for child hunger relief. The foundation also backs local community infrastructure and education. Springfield Sparc received $10,000 for community gardens, and Kumler Umc Outreach Ministries received $5,000 for building greenhouses in the community. On the education side, LLCC Foundation received repeated support for scholarships.
How Brandt Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster tightly around small-to-mid-sized awards: the 25th percentile is $5,000, the median is $9,000, and the 75th percentile is $10,000. That pattern fits a semi-annual grantmaker with a narrow operating range and occasional larger special-purpose awards. The record also shows repeat support for some recipients across multiple years, including LLCC Foundation, Progressive Agriculture Foundation, United Food Bank and Services of Plant City Inc, and University of Illinois Foundation. Program descriptions indicate a mix of general grantmaking, semi-annual grants, and a prize program. The foundation accepts unsolicited applications in at least some of its grant programs, with a Letter of Inquiry and invitation process noted for one general grant track.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$142K
Total Assets
$234K
Total Revenue
$144K
Total Expenses
$149K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $5K and $10K, with a median of $9K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$9K
75th Percentile
$10K
Geographic Reach
National6 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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