Economic Development Foundation of Brenh

501(c)(6) organization Brenham, TX EIN: 74-6047908

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Economic Development Foundation of Brenh at a glance

Total assets
$327,891
-1.9% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$1,030
+18.3% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$1,030
+18.3% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$1,460
-69.8% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Economic Development Foundation of Brenh funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

1 grant across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M1$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $1–5M range: 1 grant of 1 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

Brenham

How Economic Development Foundation of Brenh gives

  • Giving grew 4638% from 2020 to 2023. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$500K$1M$1.5M$2M1 grant2020 0 grants2021 0 grants2022 1 grant2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2020 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $40K (2020) to $1.9M (2023). In 2023 it made 1 grant totaling $1.9M.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Blinn College Brenham, TXDonated the building and land in the brenham business center to blinn college to further the expansion of the technical education center. This center is to be used by blinn college to help meet the needs of the current and future workforce of washington and surrounding counties. The building is used to help employees further develop skills or gain additional skills which helps further the development of brenham.$1,895,140
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$327,891$1,030$1,460——$1,030
2024$334,107$871$4,828——$871
2023$338,063$260$1,899,509$1,895,1401$260
2022$2,237,312$79,561$6,620——$77,283
2021$2,164,371$138$5,267——$32
2020$2,169,450$838$47,898$40,0001$838

About Economic Development Foundation of Brenh

Based on IRS filings

Economic Development Foundation of Brenh is a public charity, based in Brenham, TX. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $328K in total assets. Net investment income was $1K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Economic Development Foundation of Brenh is led by Blake Brannon, Chair since 2021 (on filings since 2020); none of the 16 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Blake Brannon

    Chair

    Vice Chair → Chair, 2021

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chad Gerke

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Darren Huckert

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jim Kolkhorst

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Melissa McCune

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Trey Hardy

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kyle Merten

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brice Milliorn

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Clayton Collier

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cyndee Smith

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Randy Weidemann

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Andy Hefferly

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jimmy Lawhorn

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Randy Hodde

    Vice Chair

    Director → Vice Chair, 2021

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tieman H. Dippel III

    Past Chair

    Chair → Past Chair, 2021

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amanda Stolz

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2023

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (7)
  • Former: Chris Cangelosi (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Barney Loesch (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Catherine Kenjura (2020–2022) — Secretary
  • Former: Mike Hopkins Jr. (2020–2022) — Treasurer
  • Former: Jarvis Van Dyke (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Matt Bentke (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Billy Holle (2020) — Past Chair

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Economic Development Foundation of Brenh

How large is Economic Development Foundation of Brenh?

Economic Development Foundation of Brenh reported $328K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1K.

Where does Economic Development Foundation of Brenh operate?

Economic Development Foundation of Brenh has awarded grants in Texas.

What is Economic Development Foundation of Brenh's EIN?

Economic Development Foundation of Brenh's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 74-6047908. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(4)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 29, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS August 8, 2024)
  3. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 13, 2026)
  4. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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