Brant Foundation C/O Perelson Weiner Llp
ActiveMutual & Membership Benefit
About Brant Foundation C/O Perelson Weiner Llp
The Brant Foundation appears to concentrate its giving on progressive civic power-building, environmental legal advocacy, social entrepreneurship, and select higher-education support, with several large unrestricted gifts. Grants are often structured as stock gifts (Berkshire Hathaway shares) and directed as general support to national organizations and a small number of repeated grantees. The foundation favors organizations that advance systemic change—policy and movement infrastructure—over project-level funding.
Focus Areas
Progressive power-building and civic engagement organizations (e.g., Common Power)Environmental legal advocacy and litigation (e.g., Earthjustice)Social entrepreneurship and systems-change networks (e.g., Ashoka)Selective support for liberal arts higher education, notably women's colleges (e.g., Scripps College)Philanthropic capacity or meta-philanthropy initiatives (e.g., Re‑Evaluation Foundation)
Giving Approach
Concentrated, large gifts to a small set of national organizations; multiple repeat grants to the same grantees; many grants made via in-kind stock transfers and given as general/unrestricted support.
Funding Style
About Brant Foundation C/O Perelson Weiner Llp
A $750,000 grant to Common Power Future stands out in the Brant Foundation C/o Perelson Weiner LLP’s recent giving, because it sits alongside repeated support for civic power-building groups, environmental legal advocacy, and selected higher-education institutions. The foundation’s grants are often unrestricted or general support, and several of the largest awards were made through Berkshire Hathaway share gifts. Across the recent record, the foundation backs organizations working on systemic change rather than narrow project work, with Common Power, Earthjustice, and Scripps College among the clearest examples of that pattern. The portfolio also shows a strong preference for repeat support. Common Power appears multiple times across 2023, 2024, and 2025, and Earthjustice appears in both share-based and cash grants. Scripps College also receives more than one award. That mix points to a funder that returns to a small set of grantees over time while still making occasional grants to other aligned nonprofits. The named recipients also suggest a broad but selective agenda: progressive civic engagement, environmental advocacy, social entrepreneurship, women’s higher education, and related infrastructure organizations.
What Brant Foundation C/O Perelson Weiner Llp Funds
Progressive civic engagement is a major thread in the foundation’s recent giving. It awarded $750,000 to Common Power Future for general support in 2025, following earlier grants to Common Power Future, Common Power, and Common Power Futures in 2024 and 2023. Environmental legal advocacy is another clear area. Earthjustice received both a $252,837 Berkshire Hathaway Class B share gift in 2023 and a $250,000 general-support grant in 2025, plus a $50,000 grant in 2024. Higher education appears selectively, especially at women’s colleges. Scripps College received a $246,744 share gift in 2024, then a $100,000 general-support grant in 2025, and a smaller $13,000 grant in 2023. The foundation also supports a few civic and cultural organizations outside those core themes, including a $75,000 grant to Black Progressive Action Coalition and a $25,000 grant to Northwest Film Forum.
How Brant Foundation C/O Perelson Weiner Llp Gives
Typical grant size is modest compared with the largest awards: the distribution runs from a p25 of $1,500 to a median of $5,000 and a p75 of $15,000. The recent record also includes much larger outliers, including several six-figure awards and share-based gifts of Berkshire Hathaway Class B stock. Giving is recurring rather than one-off: Common Power-related grantees, Earthjustice, and Scripps College all appear more than once across 2023 through 2025. The foundation is a private foundation rather than a donor-advised fund, and it does not make program-related investments. Public-facing programs accept unsolicited participation, but the grant data itself shows general support and unrestricted support as the dominant pattern.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$979K
Total Assets
$8.1M
Total Revenue
$1.5M
Total Expenses
$1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $2K and $15K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$15K
Geographic Reach
National10 states funded
About 2% of grants go to recipients in WA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Unlock Deep Analysis
Sign up for a free Kindora account to access AI-generated insights into this funder's giving patterns, decision-makers, and fit signals.
Get Started FreeSee Similar Funders
Free Kindora accounts unlock side-by-side comparisons with foundations that share this funder's focus areas and giving profile.
Get Started FreeExplore related grant guides
Want a Personalized Pitch for Brant Foundation C/O Perelson Weiner Llp?
Sign up free to see how well your nonprofit fits this funder, get an AI-generated pitch, and unlock similar foundations.
Free plan available
No contracts
Cancel anytime