Colorado · Public charity
Cary Brown Family Foundation
Support the purposes of christian community foundation, inc. D/b/a waterstone.
- $963k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $362,339
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $17M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 23% of the organizations Cary Brown Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $237k 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 | 12 | $930k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $4.5M | 23% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $1.1M | 25% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $922k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $572k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $1.1M | 6% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $956k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moriah Foundation | $4,774,908 | 5 | 52% |
| First Priority of America Inc | $1,485,589 | 7 | 26% |
| Kwo Ministries | $688,800 | 6 | 19% |
| Oklahoma Christian University | $523,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Midland Christian School | $450,532 | 7 | 1% |
| Midland Fair Havens | $180,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Unlock Ministries Inc Dba Opportunity Tribe | $177,200 | 6 | 5% |
| Marble Falls Church of Christ | $175,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Waterstone Supporting Organization Trust 1 | $151,944 | 4 | 0% |
| First Liberty Institute | $125,000 | 5 | 0% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Cary Brown Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 30 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Moriah Foundation · Permian Basin Area Foundation · Warren Charitable Foundation · Abell-Hanger Foundation · Scharbauer Foundation Inc · The Henry Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Fasken Foundation · Helen Greathouse Charitable Trust · Pevehouse Family Foundation · Je and le Mabee Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Cary Brown Family Foundation
- How much does Cary Brown Family Foundation give?
- Cary Brown Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $963,284 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Cary Brown Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (61%), Education (22%), International (5%).
- Who are Cary Brown Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Moriah Foundation ($4.8M), First Priority of America Inc ($1.5M), Kwo Ministries ($689k).
- Does Cary Brown Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Cary Brown Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation Inc, Moriah Foundation, Permian Basin Area Foundation.
- Where is Cary Brown Family Foundation based?
- Cary Brown Family Foundation is based in CO.
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