Washington · Private foundation
Brown Dog 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.
- $21k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 14
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $18k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Brown Dog Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $21k | 63% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $7k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $12k | 93% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mose & Garrison Siskin Memorial Fdn Inc D/B/A Siskin Children's Institute | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation Inc | $5,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Maine Needs Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Orcas Island Food Bank | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Preble Street | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Good Shepherd Food Bank | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Orcas Animal Protection Society | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Opal Community Land Trust | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish Community Alliance Southern Maine | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mose & Garrison Siskin Memorial Fdn Inc D/B/A Siskin Children's Institute | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation Inc | $5,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Maine Needs Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Orcas Island Food Bank | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Preble Street | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Good Shepherd Food Bank | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Orcas Animal Protection Society | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Opal Community Land Trust | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish Community Alliance Southern Maine | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Orcas Community Resource Center | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Maine | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwest Harvest Emm | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rainier Valley Food Bank | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Queen Anne Helpline | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ballard Food Bank | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The McCallie School | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Whale Research | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Orcas Island Childrens House | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Old Dog Haven | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Orcas Island Education Foundati On | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Orcas Aviation Association | $500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($100), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Brown Dog 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: The GreerSolien Fund · Seattle Foundation · Orcas Island Community Foundation · Donald Family Foundation · Daniel and Margaret Carper Foundation · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Brown Dog Foundation
- How much does Brown Dog Foundation give?
- Brown Dog Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $21,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 14 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Brown Dog Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (23%), Human Services (17%), Food & Nutrition (16%).
- Who are Brown Dog Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Mose & Garrison Siskin Memorial Fdn Inc D/B/A Siskin Children's Institute ($6k), Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation Inc ($6k), Maine Needs Inc ($5k).
- Does Brown Dog Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brown Dog 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 Brown Dog Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The GreerSolien Fund, Seattle Foundation, Orcas Island Community Foundation.
- Where is Brown Dog Foundation based?
- Brown Dog Foundation is based in WA.
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