Iowa · Private foundation
Brownell Family 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.
- $427k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $102,309
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 19
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
- 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 Brownell Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $82k 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 | 20 | $422k | 35% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $452k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $438k | 58% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $752k | 84% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $1.0M | 89% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $190k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $139k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Des Moines Metro Opera Inc | $550,000 | 6 | 3% |
| SOWW Corp | $422,945 | 4 | 16% |
| Fpc Action Foundation | $207,222 | 2 | 13% |
| Indelible Housing Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Second Amendment Foundation | $161,486 | 4 | 1% |
| Gun Owners of America Inc | $156,354 | 3 | 0% |
| Grinnell School of Music Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 12% |
| American Suppressor Association | $100,000 | 1 | 10% |
| The Double D Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 6% |
| 1791 Alliance | $100,000 | 1 | 33% |
Show all 32 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($844k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Brownell Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 27 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 Trustees of Grinnell College · Grinnell Mutual Group Foundation · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · Pella Rolscreen Foundation · National Rifle Association of America · Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
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About Brownell Family Foundation
- How much does Brownell Family Foundation give?
- Brownell Family Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $426,981 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 19 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Brownell Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (24%), Civil Rights (22%), Human Services (17%).
- Who are Brownell Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Des Moines Metro Opera Inc ($550k), SOWW Corp ($423k), Fpc Action Foundation ($207k).
- Does Brownell Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brownell Family 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 Brownell Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Trustees of Grinnell College, Grinnell Mutual Group Foundation, Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn.
- Where is Brownell Family Foundation based?
- Brownell Family Foundation is based in IA.
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