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Brownstone 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.

$773k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
85
Grants FY2025
84
Organizations funded FY2024
29%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$153,670
Organizations funded a year
75 to 96
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
16
Total assets, FY2025
$9.8M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Brownstone Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $316k 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
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesCrime & LegalInternationalEnvironmentOther
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 arriving83$768k18%
FY202484$749k29%
FY202396$843k14%
FY202288$662k6%
FY202192$621k20%
FY202084$575k15%
FY201984$561k30%
FY201875$508k35%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$2.1MHealth$753kCrime & Legal$708kEnvironment$538kArts & Culture$485kAnimals$329kEmployment$310kReligion$154kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
MT
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
TX
FL

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 108 grantees
All grantees of Brownstone Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Careers Through Culinary Arts Program Dba Culinary Careers Program$310,00081%
The Educational Alliance Inc$255,00090%
Ackerman Institute for the Family$238,65191%
Lewisboro Library$120,75094%
The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association$105,50090%
New York City Police Foundation Inc$105,00020%
Children of Bellevue Inc$60,00027%
The Toby Project Inc$57,500817%
Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation$56,50091%
Visiting Nurse Service of New York$56,00090%
The Mount Sinai Hospital$53,00020%
Robin Hood Foundation$50,00050%
Siddhartha School Partnership$45,000211%
Temple Emanu-El$43,8809n/a
Swiss Institute$42,00090%
Community Center of Northern Westchester Inc$35,00040%
Uc Santa Cruz Foundation$33,50090%
Weill Medical College of Cornell Univers$30,0003n/a
Kansas City Public Library$28,5007n/a
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$27,00090%
Association to Benefit Children$26,83080%
World Central Kitchen Inc$25,00010%
The Ironman Foundation Inc$21,00060%
Elizabeth Street Garden Inc$20,00033%
Museum of Modern Art$19,80080%
Whitney Museum of American Art$19,80090%
New York Public Radio$19,50060%
Residency Unlimited Inc$17,50080%
Little Essentials$16,83871%
Primary Information Inc$16,25091%
First Book$16,03930%
The Drawing Center Inc$16,00090%
The Health & Housing Consortiuminc$16,00051%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$15,00030%
Lenox Hill Hospital$15,00030%
The Innocence Project Inc$14,00080%
The Conversation US Inc$13,00050%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$12,60060%
Union Square Partnership Inc$12,00054%
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion$11,0002n/a
Art into Acres$10,00020%
Gateway Mountain Center Inc$10,00010%
Apopo US Inc$10,00010%
Metropolitan Maltese Rescue$9,00093%
350org$9,00070%
New Museum of Contemporary Art$8,80080%
White Columns Inc$8,50050%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$8,00080%
Avenues for Justice Inc$8,00040%
Mighty Mutts Inc$8,00080%
Judd Foundation$8,00080%
National Public Radio Inc$7,75060%
Artists Space Inc$7,50020%
Patriot Paws Service Dogs$6,50030%
The Rabbit Hole Kc$6,00020%
American Museum of Natural History$6,00030%
Northern Westchester Hospital Association$6,00020%
International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc$6,00030%
Lewisboro Volunteer Ambulance Corps Inc$5,50070%
Freedom From Religion Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Smile Train Inc$5,00010%
Together Helping Others Inc$5,00021%
La Animal Rescue$5,0001n/a
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$5,00010%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Art Omi Inc$5,00050%
Stand Up to Cancer$5,0001n/a
White Stork - United States Ltd$5,00010%
South Salem Fire Department Inc$4,25061%
The Corporation of Yaddo$4,00040%
Bicycle Messenger Emergency Fund Inc$3,5001n/a
If Innovation Foundation$3,50013%
Country Roads Foundation Inc$3,50013%
Warrior Canine Connection Inc$3,00010%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$3,00010%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$3,00030%
Center for International Policy Inc$3,00020%
RHIZOME COMMUNICATIONS INC co NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART$3,00030%
Justin J Watt Foundation Inc$2,50012%
Locust Projects Inc$2,50010%
American Friends of the Jewish Museum of Greece$2,50010%
New Yorkers for Children Inc$2,00010%
The Sundari Foundation Inc$2,00010%
City Harvest Inc$2,00010%
Center for Open Science Inc$2,00020%
Mothers Against Drunk Driving$2,00020%
Fight for Sight Inc$1,50010%
Dystonia Medical Research Foundation$1,50020%
The Kitchen Inc$1,50010%
The Sculpture Center Inc$1,50010%
Democracy Now Productions Inc$1,5001n/a
Yonkers Public Library$1,2191n/a
Mercy Corps$1,00010%
Fund for Park Avenue New York Inc$1,00020%
Art in General Inc$1,00010%
Karam Foundation$1,00010%
The Neue Galerie New York$1,00010%
Dorot Inc$1,00010%
Printed Matter Inc$1,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,00020%
A song for You$1,0001n/a
Love Them All$1,00011%
Jupiter Symphony of New York Inc$50010%
Indiana Jewish Historical Society Inc$50011%
Donorschooseorg$42110%
Creative Time Inc$30010%
OSA Wildlife Sanctuary Foundation Inc$25010%
Caring Health Center Inc$19110%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 102 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCareers Through Culinary Arts Program Dba Culinary Careers Program: $310,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetThe Educational Alliance Inc: $255,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetAckerman Institute for the Family: $238,651 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetLewisboro Library: $120,750 over 9y, 3.8% of budgetThe Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association: $105,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetNew York City Police Foundation Inc: $105,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetChildren of Bellevue Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetThe Toby Project Inc: $57,500 over 8y, 17% of budgetGreenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation: $56,500 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetVisiting Nurse Service of New York: $56,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Mount Sinai Hospital: $53,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRobin Hood Foundation: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSiddhartha School Partnership: $45,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetSwiss Institute: $42,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Center of Northern Westchester Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUc Santa Cruz Foundation: $33,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $27,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAssociation to Benefit Children: $26,830 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ironman Foundation Inc: $21,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetElizabeth Street Garden Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $19,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWhitney Museum of American Art: $19,800 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Public Radio: $19,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetResidency Unlimited Inc: $17,500 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetLittle Essentials: $16,838 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetPrimary Information Inc: $16,250 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetFirst Book: $16,039 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Drawing Center Inc: $16,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetThe Health & Housing Consortiuminc: $16,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLenox Hill Hospital: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Innocence Project Inc: $14,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Conversation US Inc: $13,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $12,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnion Square Partnership Inc: $12,000 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetArt into Acres: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGateway Mountain Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetApopo US Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMetropolitan Maltese Rescue: $9,000 over 9y, 2.9% of budget350org: $9,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNew Museum of Contemporary Art: $8,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWhite Columns Inc: $8,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAvenues for Justice Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMighty Mutts Inc: $8,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetJudd Foundation: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNational Public Radio Inc: $7,750 over 6y, 0.0% 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 98.

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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.

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts IncNY25.5× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc · Daniel M Neidich & Brooke Garber Foundation · The Cowles Charitable Trust · The Ford Foundation · Arison Arts Foundation · Ag Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The New York Community Trust · Via Art Fund Inc · Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation · Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Inc · The Greenwich Collection Ltd

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 Brownstone Family Foundation

How much does Brownstone Family Foundation give?
Brownstone Family Foundation reported 85 grants totaling $772,902 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 75 and 96 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Brownstone Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (35%), Health (13%), Crime & Legal (12%).
Who are Brownstone Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Careers Through Culinary Arts Program Dba Culinary Careers Program ($310k), The Educational Alliance Inc ($255k), Ackerman Institute for the Family ($239k).
Does Brownstone Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Brownstone 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 Brownstone Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc, Daniel M Neidich & Brooke Garber Foundation, The Cowles Charitable Trust.
Where is Brownstone Family Foundation based?
Brownstone Family Foundation is based in NY.

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 211 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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