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DC Brown Char Fdn-Delaware at a glance

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DC Brown Char Fdn-Delaware

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 FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$135kEducation$112kHealth$34kAnimals$23kHuman Services$15kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kCommunity Improvement$5kPublic Benefit$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$411k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MCCALLUM THEATRE$10,000
BLAINE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION$10,000
PASADENA HUMANE$5,000
ANIMALS AS NATURAL THERAPY$5,000
CWGC FOUNDATION$3,000
VEHICLES FOR CHANGE SAN DIEGO INC$2,500
LOVEJOY FOUNDATION$2,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%OPEN BOOKS: $3k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%ANIMALS AS NATURAL THERAPY: $2k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MI
NY
MA
OR
CA
AL
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$267k · 14 repeat orgs$77k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
18

Total granted

$267k
$70k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+28%

Still filing today

64%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEducationHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION
    3× · 2020–2022 · $25k · revenue +7%
  • ANIMALS AS NATURAL THERAPY
    2× · 2017–2025 · $7k · revenue +13%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    3× · 2017–2019 · $6k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • UC
    UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY CHILDRENS' FDN
    one grant, 2020 · $6k
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue 0%
  • GL
    GREATER LOS ANGELES ALZHEIMER'S ASS
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Adoptable Dog
Animals
2
Street Dog Hero

Serving dogs in need around the world and their communities through rescue, adoption, wellness, spay/neuter, and education. street dog hero envisions a world where all dogs are healthy, safe, cared for, and wanted.

Animals
3
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
4
Gone-to-the-Dogs Rescue Inc

To rescue pets in danger of euthanization at the highest kill shelters in kern, san bernardino, los angeles, orange, and riverside counties. by promoting adoption, we hope to reduce the pet overpopulation in southern california.

Animals
5
Animal Rescue Mission

To rescue and rehabilitate dogs and cats and place them in forever homes.

Animals
6
Seattle Area Feline Rescue Fka Animal Talk Rescue

Safe rescue saves feline lives by taking in homeless cats, giving them the care they need, finding them loving homes, and supporting their human companions. we do this because we believe each cat has inherent value and that humans and…

Animals
7
Amazing Dogs

Our mission is to save dogs in distressing conditions on both sides of the California/Mexican border. We provide them with essential medical treatment and care to help them regain their health, and ultimately match them with loving homes…

Animals
8
I Heart Dogs Rescue and Animal Haven

Lead the no-kill movement by rescuing, rehabilitating, re-homing and providing a place of refuge for homeless dogs, while also providing a haven for the pets belonging to domestic violence victims.

Animals
9
Happy Tails Dog Rescue Inc

The Organization's mission is to rescue dogs from high-kill animal shelters and place them in loving forever homes. All dogs rescued are given necessary medical care prior to adoption, including required vaccinations. Dogs are placed in…

Animals
10
Amsterdog

We are dedicated to the plight of abandoned animals, finding loving, responsible foster and adoptive homes, with special focus on abused animals, all of whom find themselves at-risk in city shelters through no fault of their own.

Animals
11
Sun Valley Animal Shelter Inc

To provide housing and care for companion animals until adoption or other placement is secured.

Animals
12
Washington Humane Society

The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Loving All Animals Inc; the most unlike its peers is Open Books. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 34 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/21
Grantees still filing
12/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MCCALLUM THEATRE: $60,000 · OtherMCCALLUM THEATREMCCALLUM THEATER: $30,000 · OtherMCCALLUM THEATERLA COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART: $25,000 · OtherLA COUNTY MUSEUM OF ARTCWGC FOUNDATION: $13,000 · OtherCWGC FOUNDATIONUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY: $12,000 · OtherUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY+11 more: $46,000 · Other+11 moreBLAINE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $67,000 · EducationBLAINE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATI…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationVEHICLES FOR CHANGE SAN DIEGO INC: $5,000 · EducationPASADENA HUMANE: $5,000 · AnimalsTHE LOVEJOY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · AnimalsHAPPY TAILS HAPPY HOMES: $2,000 · AnimalsBRIGADOON SERVICE DOGS: $2,000 · AnimalsLUKE'S LEGACY FOUNDATION: $2,000 · AnimalsFROSTED FACES FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · AnimalsTHE PUPPY RESCUE MISSION INC: $2,000 · AnimalsANIMALS AS NATURAL THERAPY: $7,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 · Human ServicesOPEN BOOKS: $2,500 · Human ServicesAmerican Heart Association Inc: $6,000 · HealthMYOTONIC DYSTROPHY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · HealthNORTH ATLANTIC BALLET THEATRE: $7,000 · Arts & CultureLOVING ALL ANIMALS INC: $6,000 · Philanthropy
Other$186,000Education$102,000Animals$17,000Human Services$14,500Health$11,000Arts & Culture$7,000Philanthropy$6,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBLAINE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $67,000 over 8y, 13% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANIMALS AS NATURAL THERAPY: $7,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNORTH ATLANTIC BALLET THEATRE: $7,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLOVING ALL ANIMALS INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUMS-WRIGHT CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGrowtown Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetMYOTONIC DYSTROPHY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVEHICLES FOR CHANGE SAN DIEGO INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTOWN HALL LOS ANGELES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOPEN BOOKS: $2,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTHE LOVEJOY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBRIGADOON SERVICE DOGS: $2,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetLUKE'S LEGACY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFROSTED FACES FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PUPPY RESCUE MISSION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Arthur J Gallagher Fo…Shell USA Company Fou…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…Network for GoodPaypal Charitable Giv…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
Arthur J Gallagher FoundationIL11.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization DC Brown Char Fdn-Delaware funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from DC Brown Char Fdn-Delaware. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 34 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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