Colorado · Private foundation
Brownstone Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $40k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $900k
- 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 Brownstone Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $40k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $40k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $90k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $41k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $61k | 71% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $33k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $36k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $36k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer Commons | $165,000 | 7 | 2% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $55,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Americares Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kuumbwa Jazz Society | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Homeless Garden Project | $18,540 | 3 | 1% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bill Wilson Center | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Adaptive Adventures | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer Commons | $165,000 | 7 | 2% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $55,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Americares Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kuumbwa Jazz Society | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Homeless Garden Project | $18,540 | 3 | 1% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bill Wilson Center | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Adaptive Adventures | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| First Nations Development Institute | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| No More Broken Hearts | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Peninsula College Fund | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Food Bank for Larimer County | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($500), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Brownstone Foundation 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: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Monterey Peninsula Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Brownstone Foundation
- How much does Brownstone Foundation give?
- Brownstone Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $40,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Brownstone Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (45%), Public Safety & Disaster (19%), Crime & Legal (6%).
- Who are Brownstone Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Cancer Commons ($165k), World Central Kitchen Inc ($55k), Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc ($25k).
- Does Brownstone Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brownstone 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 Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Monterey Peninsula Foundation, Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation.
- Where is Brownstone Foundation based?
- Brownstone Foundation is based in CO.
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