New Hampshire · Private foundation
Brown Monson 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.
- $176k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $62,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 24
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Brown Monson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 18 | $176k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $174k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $177k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $216k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $113k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $183k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $148k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $167k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Valley Summer Symphony Inc | $416,188 | 8 | 2% |
| St Luke's Wood River Foundation Inc | $175,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Natural Dharma Fellowship | $90,500 | 8 | 3% |
| Conservation Force Inc | $75,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Safari Club International Foundation | $70,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Catalyst Schools | $26,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Carleton College | $22,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Sawtooth Sports Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $9,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 28 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($367k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Brown Monson 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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Brown Monson Foundation
- How much does Brown Monson Foundation give?
- Brown Monson Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $175,875 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Brown Monson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (38%), Animals (23%), Health (16%).
- Who are Brown Monson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Sun Valley Summer Symphony Inc ($416k), St Luke's Wood River Foundation Inc ($175k), Natural Dharma Fellowship ($91k).
- Does Brown Monson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brown Monson 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 Monson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Brown Monson Foundation based?
- Brown Monson Foundation is based in NH.
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