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Brownstein 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.

$38k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
17
Grants FY2025
21
Organizations funded FY2024
52%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$5,000
Organizations funded a year
6 to 21
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$493k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 52% of the organizations Brownstein Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsCivil RightsEnvironmentHuman ServicesEducationHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving16$33k13%
FY202421$36k52%
FY202318$24k44%
FY20226$4k67%
FY202112$31k8%
FY202015$38k27%
FY201921$60k33%
FY201817$52k29%
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$56kCivil Rights$54kEnvironment$48kPhilanthropy$45kAnimals$29kHousing & Shelter$27kEducation$25kArts & Culture$13kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
MA
OR
RI
CA
VA
MD
NC
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DC
AL
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 48 grantees
All grantees of Brownstein Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Washington Progress Fund$40,00080%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$32,50060%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$13,00040%
Friends of Island Free Library$13,0004n/a
Health and Hope Foundation$11,00051%
Pbs Foundation$10,50060%
Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation$10,00021%
Sierra Club Foundation$9,50020%
The South Carolina Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$7,00040%
Bread for the City Inc$7,00050%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$7,00010%
Montgomery County Humane Society Inc$6,50070%
Sierra Club$5,00010%
Endocrine Society$5,00010%
Ahimsa Haven Animal Rescue Inc$4,00031%
Some Inc$4,00020%
Dysautonomia Foundation Inc Dba Familial Dysautonomia Foundation$4,00020%
Newhouse Wildlife Rescue Corporation$4,00020%
Friends of Lopez Island Pool$3,50040%
Choose 180$3,25040%
US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Inc$3,00020%
Summer Search$3,00030%
Julie Valentine Center$3,00020%
Campbell University$2,50010%
George Mason University Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund$2,00010%
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press$2,0001n/a
Common Power Future$1,50010%
Jeff's Place Children's Bereavement Center Inc$1,50010%
Northwest Abortion Access Fund$1,50020%
Helping Hands of Block Island Inc$1,50022%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$1,50020%
Capital of Texas Media Foundation$1,5001n/a
The San Juan Preservation Trust$1,50030%
Abortion Freedom Fund$1,5001n/a
Nami Block Island Inc$1,5002n/a
Cradles to Crayons Inc$1,00010%
Ocean Conservancy$1,00010%
Orca Conservancy$1,00010%
Children's Inn at Nih Inc$1,00010%
Christopher's Haven Inc$1,00010%
Big Life Foundation USA$1,00010%
Humane World for Animals Inc$1,00010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$1,00010%
Center for Whale Research$75020%
Anne Arundel County Casa Inc$50010%
Reach Out and Read Inc$50010%
Cats R US Inc$50011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($89k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Brownstein Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWashington Progress Fund: $40,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $32,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHealth and Hope Foundation: $11,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetPbs Foundation: $10,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRestless Legs Syndrome Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $9,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe South Carolina Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBread for the City Inc: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam J Brennan Center for Justice Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMontgomery County Humane Society Inc: $6,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSierra Club: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEndocrine Society: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAhimsa Haven Animal Rescue Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSome Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDysautonomia Foundation Inc Dba Familial Dysautonomia Foundation: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNewhouse Wildlife Rescue Corporation: $4,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of Lopez Island Pool: $3,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetChoose 180: $3,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUS Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSummer Search: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJulie Valentine Center: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCampbell University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGeorge Mason University Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommon Power Future: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJeff's Place Children's Bereavement Center Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNorthwest Abortion Access Fund: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHelping Hands of Block Island Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe San Juan Preservation Trust: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCradles to Crayons Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOcean Conservancy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOrca Conservancy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChildren's Inn at Nih Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristopher's Haven Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBig Life Foundation USA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Whale Research: $750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAnne Arundel County Casa Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetReach Out and Read Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCats R US Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.8% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 43.

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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.

Seattle FoundationWA16.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Brownstein Family Foundation

How much does Brownstein Family Foundation give?
Brownstein Family Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $37,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Brownstein Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (16%), Civil Rights (15%), Environment (13%).
Who are Brownstein Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Washington Progress Fund ($40k), Southern Poverty Law Center Inc ($33k), American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc ($13k).
Does Brownstein Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 52% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Brownstein 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 Brownstein Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Impactassetsinc, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
Where is Brownstein Family Foundation based?
Brownstein Family Foundation is based in MD.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 66 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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