Texas · Private foundation
Billy Brown Charitable 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.
- $533k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $480,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 75% of the organizations Billy Brown Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 97% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $476k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $533k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $493k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $436k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $60k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $26k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $172k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $13k | 75% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $519k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Christian High School | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ft Bend County Child Advocates Inc | $38,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pastors Army | $33,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Fort Bend Cares Foundation | $23,700 | 2 | 7% |
| Colorado River Land Trust Inc | $23,420 | 3 | 1% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Alabama | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Turtle Wing Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Art Guild of Fayetteville Texas | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Christian High School | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ft Bend County Child Advocates Inc | $38,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pastors Army | $33,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Fort Bend Cares Foundation | $23,700 | 2 | 7% |
| Colorado River Land Trust Inc | $23,420 | 3 | 1% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Alabama | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Turtle Wing Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Art Guild of Fayetteville Texas | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Rock Island Volunteer Fire Department | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Harmon Family Foundation (Fka the Claude Harmon Foundation) | $300 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Billy Brown Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Billy Brown Charitable Foundation
- How much does Billy Brown Charitable Foundation give?
- Billy Brown Charitable Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $532,820 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Billy Brown Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (65%), Education (23%), Crime & Legal (2%).
- Who are Billy Brown Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Houston Christian High School ($500k), Ft Bend County Child Advocates Inc ($38k), Pastors Army ($33k).
- Does Billy Brown Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Billy Brown Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Billy Brown Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Shell USA Company Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Billy Brown Charitable Foundation based?
- Billy Brown Charitable Foundation is based in TX.
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