California · Private foundation
Brown Science Foundation
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.
- $5.2M
- Granted FY2023
- 9
- Grants FY2023
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $500,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $1,014,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 7
- Total assets, FY2023
- $6.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Brown Science Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 6 | $3.3M | 33% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $1.4M | 75% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $1.1M | 33% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $75k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $2.8M | 75% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $600k | 75% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $500k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | $1,750,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Washington | $1,184,850 | 2 | n/a |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $1,173,111 | 2 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $910,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $850,000 | 2 | 0% |
| California Institute of Technology | $650,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Regents Univ of California | $403,625 | 2 | n/a |
| Northwestern University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.9M), not named here.
About Brown Science Foundation
- How much does Brown Science Foundation give?
- Brown Science Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $5,234,832 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Brown Science Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (58%), Science & Tech (27%), Philanthropy (15%).
- Who are Brown Science Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: The David and Lucile Packard Foundation ($1.8M), University of Washington ($1.2M), The Trustees of Princeton University ($1.2M).
- Does Brown Science Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brown Science 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.
- Where is Brown Science Foundation based?
- Brown Science Foundation is based in CA.
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