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Ann K & Doug S Brown Family Foundation at a glance

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Ann K & Doug S Brown Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$201k
Granted FY2024still arriving
56
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$28k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$299kHealth$170kEducation$138kEnvironment$129kArts & Culture$126kCommunity Improvement$32kAnimals$22kReligion$19kOther$0
02FY2024 · 56 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k50 grants · $76k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $126k
$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HABITAT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS$28,000
JUPITER MEDICAL FOUNDATION$25,000
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN$25,000
MALTZ JUPITER THEATER$20,000
HEALTHYME FORMERLY MY CLINIC$16,000
ARMORY ART CENTER$11,825
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$7,500
PEDAL THE CAUSE$5,500
STUDENT DIPLOMACY CORP$5,000
ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY$5,000
STEVEN N FRANK FAMILY AWARD$5,000
JOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL$3,000
WAGS AND WHISKERS$2,500
LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY$2,500
ST LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO$2,500
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:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 23% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%KIDS IN DISTRESS: $250 → 13%HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%KIDS IN DISTRESS: $250 → 13%HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $500 → 17%HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $500 → 17%HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $500 → 17%CARING SOLUTIONS: $200 → 11%PEDAL THE CAUSE: $6k → 11%PEDAL THE CAUSE: $6k → 11%PEDAL THE CAUSE: $1k → 11%PEDAL THE CAUSE: $500 → 11%PEDAL THE CAUSE: $500 → 11%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
NY
OH
PA
CT
CA
MO
VA
MD
KS
DC
FL
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$907k · 55 repeat orgs$92k to everyone else

55 repeat relationships: 36 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

55
42

Total granted

$907k
$59k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+24%

Still filing today

56%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureAnimalsHealthHuman ServicesCivil RightsOther
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

  • MB
    MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES
    5× · 2020–2024 · $127k · revenue +14%
  • TA
    THE ARMORY ART CENTER INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $57k · revenue +29%
  • MJ
    MALTZ JUPITER THEATRE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $44k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • CG
    CARDINAL GLENNON CHILDRENS HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • TR
    TOGETHER RISING
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -77%
  • AT
    ADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE USA
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -4%
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
South Shore Charter School

The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…

Education
2
The Saint Louis Zoo Association

The saint louis zoo association was established to support and enhance the saint louis zoo by providing facilities, funds, and advice. the association provides direct financial support to the zoo for renovations, new facilities, programs,…

Animals
3
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
4
Thomas Jefferson School

Thomas jefferson school engages its students in the education necessary to live as responsible citizens of the world. through the strongest possible college-prepatory program and within a nurturing community, students develop a…

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5
Louisville Collegiate School

Louisville collegiate school inspires academic excellence, extraordinary character and global citizenship.

Education
6
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
7
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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8
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
9
St Louis Jewish Light

The st. louis jewish light is a non-profit, independent news source whose mission is to inform, inspire, educate, and connect the st. louis jewish community.

—
10
The Waldorf School Inc

The waldorf school of lexington nurtures each child's curiosity, ingenuity, and love of learning so that they can meet the future with wonder, confidence, and resilience.

Education
11
Lincoln Children's Museum

The lincoln children's museum invites children to create, discover and learn through the power of play.

Arts & Culture
12
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kids in Distress Inc; the most unlike its peers is Boys Girls Club. 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

58 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. 58 of the 117 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
58/58
Grantees still filing
38/58
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ADMIRALS COVE CARES: $291,600 · OtherADMIRALS COVE CARESJUPITER MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $27,250 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $25,000 · OtherSTUDENT DIPLOMACY CORP: $24,500 · OtherMO BAPTIST MED CTR: $22,500 · Other+83 more: $193,465 · Other+83 moreMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES: $126,500 · EnvironmentMISSOURI BOTAN…+1 more: $1,050 · EnvironmentTHE ARMORY ART CENTER INC: $57,365 · Arts & CultureTHE ARMORY AR…MALTZ JUPITER THEATRE INC: $43,900 · Arts & CultureMALTZ JUPITER…CRAFT ALLIANCE: $8,540 · Arts & CultureCRAFT ALLIANC…+3 more: $5,050 · Arts & CultureST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $40,000 · EducationST LOUIS UNI…JOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL: $36,000 · EducationJOHN BURROUG…READY READERS: $7,500 · EducationREADY READER…Ladue Education Foundation: $7,000 · EducationLadue Educat…BIOSTL: $5,000 · EducationLOGOS INC: $4,000 · Education+5 more: $6,550 · Education+5 moreHABITAT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS: $32,000 · Community ImprovementDOGWOOD FARM SANCTUARY: $11,250 · AnimalsWAGS & WHISKERS: $4,500 · AnimalsTHE BUSCH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC: $2,000 · Animals+2 more: $500 · AnimalsPEDAL THE CAUSE: $13,500 · Human ServicesHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 · Human Services+2 more: $700 · Human Services
Other$584,315Environment$127,550Arts & Culture$114,855Education$106,050Community Improvement$32,000Animals$18,250Human Services$17,700

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES: $126,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARMORY ART CENTER INC: $57,365 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetMALTZ JUPITER THEATRE INC: $43,900 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL: $36,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS: $32,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetPEDAL THE CAUSE: $13,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDOGWOOD FARM SANCTUARY: $11,250 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCRAFT ALLIANCE: $8,540 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetREADY READERS: $7,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLadue Education Foundation: $7,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTOGETHER RISING: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE USA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBIOSTL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $4,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCORNERSTONE JAMAICA INC: $4,500 over 4y, 12% of budgetWAGS & WHISKERS: $4,500 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetLOGOS INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAlive Inc: $3,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe New City School Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLUNGEVITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInnsbrook Historical Society: $2,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $2,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BUSCH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC: $2,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetST ANDREWS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCONWAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetVITERBO UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPRINGBOARD TO LEARNING INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGIRLS IN THE KNOW: $2,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Federation of St Louis: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC: $1,240 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetForest Park Forever Inc: $1,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD OUTREACH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMyClinic Inc dba HealthyMe: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF ST LOUIS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUPITER TEQUESTA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION I: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWHOLE KIDS OUTREACH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARAQUAD INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlmost Home: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEXTRA MILE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS IN DISTRESS INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY CITY CHILDREN'S CENTER: $500 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.

  • Who funds MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES ↗
  • Who funds THE ARMORY ART CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MALTZ JUPITER THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds JOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS ↗
  • Who funds PEDAL THE CAUSE ↗
  • Who funds DOGWOOD FARM SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE ↗
  • Who funds CRAFT ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds READY READERS ↗
  • Who funds Ladue Education Foundation ↗
  • Who funds TOGETHER RISING ↗
  • Who funds ADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE USA ↗
  • Who funds BIOSTL ↗
  • Who funds AUTISM SPEAKS INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds CORNERSTONE JAMAICA INC ↗
  • Who funds WAGS & WHISKERS ↗
  • Who funds LOGOS INC ↗
  • Who funds Alive Inc ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC ↗

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.

St Louis Community Fo…St Louis Community Fo…United Way of Greater…Pott FoundationEmployees Community F…Commerce Bancshares F…Edward Jones Foundati…World Wide Technology…Jordan Mary R & Ettie…St Louis Philanthropi…Pershing Charitable T…Youthbridge Community…
St Louis Community Foundation IncMO44.6× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · St Louis Community Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Pott Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · Jordan Mary R & Ettie a Charitable · St Louis Philanthropic Organization · Pershing Charitable Trust · Youthbridge Community 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 Ann K & Doug S Brown Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ann K & Doug S Brown Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Neighborhood Studios of Fairfield County Inc: 3% of income from government
  • The Armory Art Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Kids in Distress Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Mt Washington Pediatric Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
21report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 117 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home