New Jersey · Private foundation
Brownington 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.
- $770k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 122
- Grants FY2025
- 107
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 76 to 114
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 16
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Brownington Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 120 | $770k | 18% |
| FY2024 | 107 | $616k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 114 | $655k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 102 | $658k | 15% |
| FY2021 | 93 | $493k | 16% |
| FY2020 | 83 | $485k | 16% |
| FY2019 | 76 | $498k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New England Science & Sailing Foundation Inc | $330,000 | 7 | 2% |
| The Quebec-Labrador Foundation Inc | $112,500 | 6 | 5% |
| The Brearley School | $97,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Asia Society | $90,000 | 7 | 0% |
| St Edmunds Retreat Inc | $80,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Episcopal Relief and Development | $67,500 | 7 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $65,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $56,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Pbc | $55,000 | 7 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 106 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 65 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Brownington 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: Chelsea Groton Foundation · The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · The Edward and Mary Lord Foundation · Dime Bank Foundation Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · United Way of Southeastern Connecticut Inc
How this is measured
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About Brownington Foundation Inc
- How much does Brownington Foundation Inc give?
- Brownington Foundation Inc reported 122 grants totaling $770,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 76 and 114 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Brownington Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (23%), Recreation & Sports (12%), Health (12%).
- Who are Brownington Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: New England Science & Sailing Foundation Inc ($330k), The Quebec-Labrador Foundation Inc ($113k), The Brearley School ($97k).
- Does Brownington Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brownington 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 Brownington Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Chelsea Groton Foundation, The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc, Liberty Bank Foundation Inc.
- Where is Brownington Foundation Inc based?
- Brownington Foundation Inc is based in NJ.
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