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Abbott L Brown Foundation at a glance

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Abbott L Brown Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$124k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$64k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$220kArts & Culture$159kPublic Safety & Disaster$155kHealth$56kPhilanthropy$25kHousing & Shelter$17kHuman Services$11kYouth Development$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $114k
$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Coast Guard foundation INC$64,000
LEHIGH University$50,000
Homeboy Industries$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 44% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%ALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $5k → 8%LEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $150k → 11%ST BARTHS MUSIC FESTIVAL INC: $1k → 11%ST GREGORY A & M HOVSEPIAN SCHOOL: $3k → 14%APPEAR INDIA: $5k → 12%Coast Guard foundation INC: $64k → 9%LEHIGH University: $50k → 11%HEALGRIEF: $5k → 14%THE COAST GUARD FOUNDATION: $50k → 9%LEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $5k → 11%ST GREGORY A & M HOVSEPIAN SCHOOL: $3k → 14%Coast Guard foundation INC: $41k → 9%LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE: $88k → 14%LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE: $30k → 14%LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE: $12k → 14%Homeboy Industries: $10k → 14%LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE Association: $10k → 14%THE MUSIC CENTER: $800 → 14%HARMONY PROJECT: $5k → 14%LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE: $281 → 14%WISE AND HEALTHY AGING: $1k → 14%MORTIMER AND MIMI LEVITT FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%LOS ANGELES JEWISH HOME: $10k → 14%FRIENDS OF RESIDENTIAL TREASURES LOS ANGELES: $17k → 14%FRIENDS OF ROBINSON GARDENS: $5k → 14%CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE: $10k → 14%SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $35k → 14%SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE: $5k → 14%SAINT JOHN'S HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%Constitutional Rights Foundation: $1k → 14%LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: $5k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$546k · 5 repeat orgs$112k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +79% since the first grant, against +39% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
16

Total granted

$546k
$102k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+79%
+39%

Still filing today

80%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
HealthArts & CultureEducationPublic BenefitEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • LU
    LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2017–2025 · $205k · revenue +69%
  • CG
    COAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2019–2025 · $155k · revenue +79%
  • LA
    LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE ASSOCIATION
    5× · 2017–2024 · $140k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • MA
    MORTIMER AND MIMI LEVITT FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue -95%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF RESIDENTIAL TREASURES LOS ANGELES
    one grant, 2020 · $17k
  • CM
    Claremont McKenna Collegegraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +86%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Los Angeles Opera Company

To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…

Arts & Culture
2
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
3
Occidental College

See schedule othe mission of occidental college is to provide a gifted and diverse group of students with a total educational experience of the highest quality - one that prepares them for leadership in an increasingly complex,…

Education
4
Harvey Mudd College

HMC seeks to educate engineers, scientists, and mathematicians well versed in all of these areas and in the humanities, social sciences and the arts so that they may assume leadership in their fields with a clear understanding of the…

Education
5
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
6
Los Angeles County Medical Association

To enhance the professionalism and clinical autonomy of physicians to allow them to advocate for their patients and the health of the community of los angeles.

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7
Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc

The hammer museum at ucla believes in the promise of art and ideas to illuminate our lives and build a more just world.

Arts & Culture
8
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

—
9
Claremont Graduate University

Claremont Graduate University prepares individuals to be leaders for positive change in the world. Unique in its transdisciplinary approach, the University is dedicated to the creation, dissemination, and application of new knowledge and…

Education
10
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

At la jolla institute for immunology, our scientists focus on understanding how the immune system works in order to promote human health and prevent disease. our discoveries apply to many diseases, ranging from diabetes to heart disease,…

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11
The Scripps Research Institute

The scripps research institute ("tsri") performs high impact basic biomedical research, improves the human condition by fostering translation of its discoveries into useful products and engages in the highest quality graduate scientific…

Health
12
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Promotion and advancement of children's health through patient care, research, and education.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Saint John's Health Center Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Mortimer and Mimi Levitt Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 22 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
13/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $205,000 · EducationLEHIGH UNIVERSITY+1 more: $5,000 · EducationCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $154,500 · Public BenefitCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INCLOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE ASSOCIATION: $140,378 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELES MASTER CHORAL…THE LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,500 · Arts & CultureMORTIMER AND MIMI LEVITT FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · OtherMORTIMER AND…FRIENDS OF RESIDENTIAL TREASURES LOS ANGELES: $16,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF R…Claremont McKenna College: $10,000 · OtherClaremont Mc…LOS ANGELES JEWISH HOME: $10,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES …ST GREGORY A & M HOVSEPIAN SCHOOL: $5,000 · OtherST GREGORY A…Individual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual g…+3 more: $2,800 · OtherSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $41,125 · HealthSAINT JOH…SAINT JOHN'S CANCER INSTITUTE: $5,000 · HealthSAINT JOH…HEALGRIEF: $5,000 · HealthHEALGRIEFALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · HealthALS THERA…+1 more: $1,000 · HealthHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF ROBINSON GARDENS INC: $5,000 · Environment
Education$210,000Public Benefit$154,500Arts & Culture$146,878Other$74,300Health$57,125Youth Development$10,000Environment$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $205,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $154,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetLOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE ASSOCIATION: $140,378 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $41,125 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetClaremont McKenna College: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHarmony Project: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAINT JOHN'S CANCER INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEALGRIEF: $5,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF ROBINSON GARDENS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SANTA FE OPERA: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeach Democracy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWISE AND HEALTHY AGING: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

California Community …The Ralph M Parsons F…Jewish Community Foun…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
California Community FoundationCA14.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Abbott L Brown Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Abbott L Brown Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 22 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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