The Brunckhorst Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The filing says the foundation does not accept unsolicited requests, so an organisation that has not been invited should not send one.
- Its grant record leans towards environmental and conservation organisations, with animal-welfare and reproductive-health groups also funded, and the filing states no priorities of its own, so judge fit against what it has actually funded.
- If an invitation comes, a request near the median grant of $200,000 sits within the range where about 8 in 10 of its 86 grants fall ($100,000 to $405,000), though that band is typical rather than a ceiling, since its largest grant was about $1,150,000.
- Most of its grant dollars in the latest filing (95%) went to organisations it had funded in the two earlier filings, so a first contact is likely to be less competitive than a relationship already in place.
- The filing gives no geographic focus, so location alone should not decide whether to approach it.
Overview
The Brunckhorst Foundation is a US private foundation based in Melville, NY.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The grants are described as general purpose unless otherwise stated. The recipient pattern is led by environmental and conservation organisations: the grants shown include organisations working on forests, rivers, wildlife, oceans and land protection. Other recipients include animal-welfare groups and reproductive-health and rights organisations. This describes the kinds of organisations in the grant record, rather than a set of stated funding priorities or an open application programme. The filing identifies contributions as going to preselected charitable organisations and says unsolicited requests are not accepted; it gives no further application steps in the available information.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in District of Columbia, Virginia, California, New York and Florida.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 95% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 86 grants to organisations were $200,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
2 other states: 5%
- The largest single recipient received 10% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 95% of grant dollars went to organisations The Brunckhorst Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 14% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 30 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $200k (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Sierra Club Foundation · General Purpose unless otherwise stated$1,160,0002024 tax year
- Southern Environmental Law Center · General Purpose unless otherwise stated$480,0002024 tax year
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation · General Purpose unless otherwise stated$425,0002024 tax year
- Earthjustice · General Purpose unless otherwise stated$405,0002024 tax year
- Conservation Fund · General Purpose unless otherwise stated$400,0002024 tax year
- Nature Conservancy · General Purpose unless otherwise stated$400,0002024 tax year
- Environmental Defense Fund · General Purpose unless otherwise stated$350,0002024 tax year
- Center for Reproductive Rights · General Purpose unless otherwise stated$300,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Richard Todd Stravitz — President & CEO
- Susan S Kemp — Secretary
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $8,954,446 | $7,500,000 | $140,645,208 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $9,088,350 | $7,445,000 | $156,687,836 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $8,869,403 | $7,445,000 | $184,648,070 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
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Contact
- Melville, NY