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Harold and Colene Brown Family Foundation at a glance

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Harold and Colene Brown Family 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.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$3.0MArts & Culture$1.6MScience & Tech$1.3MSocial Science$1.0MPhilanthropy$588kRecreation & Sports$350kInternational$260kHealth$21kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $851k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$50,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$26M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$250,000
RAND CORPORATION$200,000
SOUTHERN CA PUBLIC RADIO$126,056
OCCIDENTIAL COLLEGE$100,000
ARLINGTON GARDEN OF PASADENA$100,000
PRX$75,000
POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL$50,000
BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY$50,000
GREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMM ASSOC$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES$50,000
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY$25,000
MINGEI INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM$25,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 84% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%QUESTBRIDGE: $150k → 8%CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $300k → 14%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $75k → 11%QUESTBRIDGE: $150k → 8%CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $250k → 14%BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $123k → 20%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $75k → 11%QUESTBRIDGE: $150k → 8%MINGEI MUSEUM: $150k → 11%CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $200k → 14%BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $114k → 20%QUESTBRIDGE: $130k → 8%MINGEI MUSEUM: $100k → 11%CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $150k → 14%MINGEI MUSEUM: $100k → 11%CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $100k → 14%CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $100k → 14%CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $100k → 14%CENTER FOR STRATEGIC & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: $188k → 14%KPCC - SOUTHERN CA PUBLIC RADIO: $132k → 14%BRIC ARTS MEDIA BROOKLYN INC: $135k → 20%SOUTHERN CA PUBLIC RADIO: $126k → 14%BRIC ARTS MEDIA: $110k → 20%SOUTHERN CA PUBLIC RADIO: $122k → 14%BRIC ARTS MEDIA: $100k → 20%SOUTHERN CA PUBLIC RADIO: $119k → 14%SOUTHERN CA PUBLIC RADIO: $115k → 14%KPCC - SOUTHERN CA PUBLIC RADIO: $100k → 14%ARLINGTON GARDEN OF PASADENA: $100k → 14%ARLINGTON GARDEN OF PASADENA: $100k → 14%ARLINGTON GARDEN OF PASADENA: $100k → 14%RAND CORPORATION: $200k → 14%RAND CORPORATION: $200k → 14%THE RAND CORPORATION: $125k → 14%RAND CORPORATION: $100k → 14%RAND CORPORATION: $100k → 14%RAND CORPORATION: $100k → 14%PARDEE RAND GRADUATE SCHOOL: $100k → 14%RAND CORPORATION: $100k → 14%POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL: $150k → 14%PASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $145k → 14%PASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $100k → 14%PASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $100k → 14%OCCIDENTIAL COLLEGE: $125k → 14%OCCIDENTIAL COLLEGE: $116k → 14%OCCIDENTIAL COLLEGE: $100k → 14%OCCIDENTIAL COLLEGE: $100k → 14%OCCIDENTIAL COLLEGE: $100k → 14%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

NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
DC
GA
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.4M · 32 repeat orgs$372k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
16

Total granted

$8.4M
$322k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+18%

Still filing today

63%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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
EducationInternationalArts & CultureEnvironmentPublic BenefitHealthOther
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

  • CI
    CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.3M · revenue +14%
  • The Rand Corporation
    8× · 2017–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +34%
  • OC
    OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE
    5× · 2021–2025 · $541k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • PR
    PARDEE RAND GRADUATE SCHOOL
    one grant, 2019 · $100k
  • US
    UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $56k · revenue +28%
  • Metropolitan Opera Association Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +3%
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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
4
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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5
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
6
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
7
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
8
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
9
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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10
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
11
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art

See schedule ovision: the cooper union for the advancement of science and art is dedicated to peter cooper's radical commitment to diversity and his founding vision that fair access to an inspiring free education and forums for courageous…

Education
12
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Trustees of Princeton University; the most unlike its peers is Scripps Health. 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

29 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. 29 of the 50 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
22/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $1,320,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYOCCIDENTAL COLLEGE: $541,000 · EducationOCCIDENTAL COLLEGEBROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $460,000 · EducationBROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARYPOLYTECHNIC SCHOOL: $406,000 · EducationPOLYTECHNIC SCHOOLTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $350,000 · EducationTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELESCRISTO REY NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOL: $215,244 · EducationCRISTO REY NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOLThe Trustees of Princeton University: $150,000 · Education+7 more: $175,500 · EducationQUESTBRIDGE: $580,000 · OtherQUESTBRIDGESOUTHERN CA PUBLIC RADIO: $482,621 · OtherSOUTHERN CA PUBLIC RADIOARLINGTON GARDEN OF PASADENA: $350,000 · OtherARLINGTON GARDEN OF PASADENAMINGEI MUSEUM: $350,000 · OtherMINGEI MUSEUMIndividual grant recipient: $325,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBRIC ARTS MEDIA: $270,000 · OtherBRIC ARTS MEDIAKPCC - SOUTHERN CA PUBLIC RADIO: $232,000 · OtherKPCC - SOUTHERN CA PUBLIC RADIOPRX: $150,000 · Other+16 more: $550,502 · Other+16 moreThe Rand Corporation: $1,000,000 · Public BenefitThe Rand Cor…PASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $345,150 · PhilanthropyCENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: $238,000 · InternationalTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $10,000 · International+3 more: $7,000 · InternationalBRIC ARTS MEDIA BKLYN INC: $145,000 · Arts & CultureMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $50,000 · Arts & CulturePASADENA ART ALLIANCE: $20,000 · Arts & CultureMADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentResources for the Future Inc: $2,000 · Environment
Education$3,617,744Other$3,290,123Public Benefit$1,000,000Philanthropy$345,150International$255,000Arts & Culture$215,000Environment$12,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $1,320,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rand Corporation: $1,000,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOCCIDENTAL COLLEGE: $541,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $460,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPOLYTECHNIC SCHOOL: $406,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $350,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetPASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $345,150 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetCENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: $238,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCRISTO REY NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOL: $215,244 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $150,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRIC ARTS MEDIA BKLYN INC: $145,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNew York University: $100,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $56,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPASADENA ART ALLIANCE: $20,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCRIPPS HEALTH: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPREP FOR PREP: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetResources for the Future Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUS FRIENDS OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES: $2,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGILLEN BREWER SCHOOL: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGETTYSBURG COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds The Rand Corporation ↗
  • Who funds OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds PASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ↗
  • Who funds CRISTO REY NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
  • Who funds BRIC ARTS MEDIA BKLYN INC ↗
  • Who funds New York University ↗
  • Who funds UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Metropolitan Opera Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds PASADENA ART ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds Massachusetts Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds SCRIPPS HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds MADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CARTER CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds PREP FOR PREP ↗

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.

The Ayco Charitable F…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Jewish Communal FundJpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Ayco Charitable FoundationNY12.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Harold and Colene Brown Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harold and Colene Brown Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • American Academy of Arts & Sciences: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report 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 50 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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