Maryland · Private foundation
Brown Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $358k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $724k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations Brown Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 24 | $358k | 4% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $366k | 4% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $257k | 4% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $262k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $256k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $221k | 12% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $227k | 8% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $152k | 13% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | $300,000 | 9 | n/a |
| First Fruits Farm Inc | $267,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc | $222,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Kipp Baltimore Inc | $191,000 | 9 | 0% |
| B'More Clubhouse Inc | $125,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Saint Ignatius Loyola Academy | $120,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Healthy Peninsula | $95,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Baltimore Educational Scholarship Trust | $83,000 | 9 | 1% |
| The Valleys Planning Council Inc | $75,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Irvine Natural Science Center Inc | $73,000 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 26 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($297k), 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: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · James S and Gail P Riepe Charitable Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · The Thomas F & Clementine L Mullan Foundation Inc · Thomas Wilson Sanitarium for Children of Baltimore City · The Marion I & Henry J Knott Foundation Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Clayton Baker Trust
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 24 grants totaling $358,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Brown Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (34%), Environment (19%), Food & Nutrition (18%).
- Who are Brown Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cristo Rey Jesuit High School ($300k), First Fruits Farm Inc ($267k), Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc ($222k).
- Does Brown Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 4% 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 Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, James S and Gail P Riepe Charitable Foundation, T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Brown Family Foundation Inc based?
- Brown Family Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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