Wisconsin · Private foundation
Brown Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $146k
- Granted FY2022
- 33
- Grants FY2022
- 32
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 53%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
98% of Brown Family Foundation Inc’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Brown Family Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 29 organizations, $146k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2022
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 38
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 12
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 53% of the organizations Brown Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 32 | $136k | 53% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $138k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 38 | $182k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feed My People Inc | $56,650 | 4 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Heartland | $37,950 | 3 | 0% |
| The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc | $37,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Center for Victims of Torture | $22,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $20,700 | 3 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $19,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc | $17,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Common Hope | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation | $11,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Sierra Club Foundation | $11,400 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 52 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($48k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Brown Family Foundation Inc 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: Mortenson Family Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Hrk Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · The K Foundation · Minnesota Community Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
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About Brown Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Brown Family Foundation Inc give?
- Brown Family Foundation Inc reported 33 grants totaling $146,400 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 38 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does Brown Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (90%), Food & Nutrition (3%), Civil Rights (2%).
- Who are Brown Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Feed My People Inc ($57k), Second Harvest Heartland ($38k), The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc ($37k).
- Does Brown Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brown Family Foundation Inc 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 Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mortenson Family Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Mightycause Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Brown Family Foundation Inc based?
- Brown Family Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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