· Private foundation
H L & Elizabeth M Brown Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k1 grant · $5k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $155k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $331k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TEXAS BALLET THEATER INC | $180,717 |
| PERMIAN BASIN BEHAVIOR HEALTH CENTER | $100,000 |
| TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY | $50,000 |
| TARRANT AREA FOOD BANK | $40,000 |
| LENA POPE HOME | $30,000 |
| ANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTER | $25,000 |
| BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS | $20,000 |
| GILL CHILDREN'S SERVICES | $20,000 |
| SIXTY AND BETTER | $20,000 |
| UNION GOSPEL MISSION OF TARRANT COUNTY | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 8% of H L & Elizabeth M Brown Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2023, 0 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $235k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TBTEXAS BALLET THEATER INC6× · 2017–2023 · $226k · revenue +160%
- TCTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY5× · 2017–2023 · $130k · revenue +60%
- ARANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTER3× · 2020–2023 · $56k · revenue +67%
Funded once
- SAST ANN'S CATHOLIC CHURCHone grant, 2020 · $50k
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.
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.
To improve the health and quality of life for the people of texas and beyond through excellence in education, research, clinical care, community engagement and to provide national leadership in primary care.
The mission of Texas Public Radio is to engage, inspire and inform, bringing people together to better understand their community and world.
To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…
Texas wesleyan university, guided by its deep methodist heritage, provides transformational learning experiences and research opportunities to a diverse group of students to develop their full potential as individuals and as members of the…
With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…
The mission of baylor university is to educate men and women for worldwide leadership and service by integrating academic excellence and christian commitment within a caring community.
Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.
To improve the care and well being of our community, nationally and internationally, through innovative clinically relevant research that is consistent with the mission, vision and values of Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH).
Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.
Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 11 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds TEXAS BALLET THEATER INC ↗
- Who funds TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds PERMIAN BASIN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER ↗
- Who funds ANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTER ↗
- Who funds Tarrant Area Food Bank ↗
- Who funds LENA POPE HOME INC ↗
- Who funds SIXTY AND BETTER INC ↗
- Who funds BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS INC ↗
- Who funds GILL CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County ↗
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: The Alcon Foundation Inc · Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Robert D and Catherine R Alexander Foundation · Crystelle Waggoner Charitable Trust · The Roach Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Leo Potishman Foundation Xxxxx3002 · Amon G Carter-Star Tele Emply Fund · McCallum Family Foundation · The Morris Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization H L & Elizabeth M Brown Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from H L & Elizabeth M Brown Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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