Oklahoma · Private foundation
George L and Wanda a Brown 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.
- $89k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $26,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations George L and Wanda a Brown Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $89k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $104k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $73k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $78k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $95k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $68k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $100k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $80k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Philbrook Museum of Art Inc | $347,094 | 9 | 1% |
| Monte Cassino School Inc | $170,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Bixby Educational Endowment Foundation | $110,500 | 9 | 5% |
| Tulsa Dream Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Attic Conversations Yoga Foundation Dba Humble Warrior Collective Ltd | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Meals on Wheels of Norman Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Pause4paws Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oklahoma Alliance for Manufacturing Excellence Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Philbrook Museum of Art Inc | $347,094 | 9 | 1% |
| Monte Cassino School Inc | $170,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Bixby Educational Endowment Foundation | $110,500 | 9 | 5% |
| Tulsa Dream Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Attic Conversations Yoga Foundation Dba Humble Warrior Collective Ltd | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Meals on Wheels of Norman Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Pause4paws Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oklahoma Alliance for Manufacturing Excellence Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Joy in the Cause Company | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tulsa Garden Center | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($97k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget George L and Wanda a Brown 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.
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How this is measured
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About George L and Wanda a Brown Foundation
- How much does George L and Wanda a Brown Foundation give?
- George L and Wanda a Brown Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $89,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does George L and Wanda a Brown Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (50%), Education (44%), Human Services (1%).
- Who are George L and Wanda a Brown Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Philbrook Museum of Art Inc ($347k), Monte Cassino School Inc ($170k), Bixby Educational Endowment Foundation ($111k).
- Does George L and Wanda a Brown Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does George L and Wanda a Brown 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 George L and Wanda a Brown Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tulsa Community Foundation, The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc, The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation.
- Where is George L and Wanda a Brown Foundation based?
- George L and Wanda a Brown Foundation is based in OK.
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