California · Private foundation
Harry And Thelma 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.
- $33k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $9,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $54k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Harry And Thelma Brown Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $840 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 | 10 | $33k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $6k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $7k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $10k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $8k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $6k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $5k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $6k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, 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 Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $21,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Skirball Cultural Center | $18,500 | 4 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $3,500 | 5 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $2,650 | 6 | 0% |
| Coast Guard Foundation Inc | $2,400 | 2 | 0% |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Monica Bay Sailing Foundation | $1,625 | 2 | 1% |
| Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery | $710 | 3 | 0% |
| Museum Associates | $630 | 3 | n/a |
| Barlow Respiratory Hospital | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $21,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Skirball Cultural Center | $18,500 | 4 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $3,500 | 5 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $2,650 | 6 | 0% |
| Coast Guard Foundation Inc | $2,400 | 2 | 0% |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Monica Bay Sailing Foundation | $1,625 | 2 | 1% |
| Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery | $710 | 3 | 0% |
| Museum Associates | $630 | 3 | n/a |
| Barlow Respiratory Hospital | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Conservancy | $500 | 4 | 0% |
| Parkinson's Foundation Inc | $350 | 2 | 0% |
| MuseIque | $340 | 1 | 0% |
| Lupus la Co Emerge | $315 | 1 | n/a |
| Parkinson's Resource Organization Inc | $250 | 3 | 0% |
| Assistance League of San Pedro-South Bay | $200 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($29k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Harry And Thelma 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
About Harry And Thelma Brown Foundation
- How much does Harry And Thelma Brown Foundation give?
- Harry And Thelma Brown Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $33,330 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Harry And Thelma Brown Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (35%), Arts & Culture (26%), Community Improvement (21%).
- Who are Harry And Thelma Brown Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research ($22k), Skirball Cultural Center ($19k), American Heart Association Inc ($4k).
- Does Harry And Thelma Brown Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Harry And Thelma 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 Harry And Thelma Brown Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Harry And Thelma Brown Foundation based?
- Harry And Thelma Brown Foundation is based in CA.
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