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Hl Brown Jr Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
37
Grants FY2024
37
Organizations funded FY2023
27%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$550,000
Organizations funded a year
37 to 65
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$35M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 27% of the organizations Hl Brown Jr Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $408k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
AnimalsRecreation & SportsEducationHealthHuman ServicesCivil RightsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving34$2.0M35%
FY202337$1.9M27%
FY202265$1.9M62%
FY202147$1.5M74%
FY202041$1.4Mn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$2.6MArts & Culture$2.0MHealth$1.4MAnimals$790kHuman Services$528kEnvironment$462kRecreation & Sports$344kScience & Tech$140kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Nantucket Historical Association$631,00034%
Midland Isd Education Foundation$225,00034%
Safe Place of the Permian Basin$205,00051%
Museum of the Southwest$200,00026%
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art$160,00040%
High Sky Childrens Ranch Inc$150,00031%
The University of Texas Foundation Inc$150,00010%
Midland Memorial Foundation$145,0002n/a
Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc$140,00050%
School Year Abroad Inc$125,00030%
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All grantees of Hl Brown Jr Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Nantucket Historical Association$631,00034%
Midland Isd Education Foundation$225,00034%
Safe Place of the Permian Basin$205,00051%
Museum of the Southwest$200,00026%
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art$160,00040%
High Sky Childrens Ranch Inc$150,00031%
The University of Texas Foundation Inc$150,00010%
Midland Memorial Foundation$145,0002n/a
Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc$140,00050%
School Year Abroad Inc$125,00030%
St Paul's School$110,00050%
Permian Basin Animal Advocates$100,000128%
Permian Basin Behavioral Health Center$100,00011%
The Spence School$100,00020%
Buckner Children & Family Services Inc$90,00020%
Child Mind Institute Inc$75,00040%
West Texas Food Bank$70,00030%
Sibley Environmental Learning Center Foundation Inc$62,00043%
San Antonio River Foundation$50,00014%
City of Midland Aquatics Inc$50,00011%
West Texas Youth Development Inc$45,00022%
The Squared Network$41,66717%
Sankaty Head Foundation Inc$40,00051%
Fort Worth Country Day School Inc$30,00020%
Duke University$30,00020%
Casa of West Texas$30,00031%
Midland Energy Library Inc$30,00018%
Nantucket Community Sailing Inc$29,00041%
Bush Tennis Center$25,00011%
Midland Childrens Rehabilitation Center Inc$20,00010%
Nantucket Yacht Club Foundation Inc$20,000210%
Nantucket Yacht Club$20,00020%
Buckner Foundation Inc$20,00020%
Bynum School$15,00010%
Trinity School of Midland Texas$15,00010%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$15,00020%
Museum of the City of New York$15,00010%
Midland Cat Wranglers$10,0002n/a
The Food Group Inc$10,00011%
New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc$10,00010%
Senior Life Midland Inc$10,00010%
Hospice of Midland Inc$8,00010%
Rqha Inc$7,50036%
The Boys' Club of New York$5,0001n/a
National Sailing Hall of Fame & Museum Inc$5,00010%
The Ballroom Cultural Arts Foundation$5,0001n/a
CancerFree KIDS$5,00010%
Hillcrest School Inc$5,00010%
Primarily Primates Inc$5,00010%
West Texas Geology Foundation$5,00015%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 88 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Hl Brown Jr Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 46 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNantucket Historical Association: $631,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetMidland Isd Education Foundation: $225,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetSafe Place of the Permian Basin: $205,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetMuseum of the Southwest: $200,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetAmon Carter Museum of Western Art: $160,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHigh Sky Childrens Ranch Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetThe University of Texas Foundation Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNantucket Conservation Foundation Inc: $140,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSchool Year Abroad Inc: $125,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSt Paul's School: $110,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPermian Basin Animal Advocates: $100,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetPermian Basin Behavioral Health Center: $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Spence School: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBuckner Children & Family Services Inc: $90,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetChild Mind Institute Inc: $75,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWest Texas Food Bank: $70,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSibley Environmental Learning Center Foundation Inc: $62,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetSan Antonio River Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetCity of Midland Aquatics Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWest Texas Youth Development Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetThe Squared Network: $41,667 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetSankaty Head Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetFort Worth Country Day School Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDuke University: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCasa of West Texas: $30,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetMidland Energy Library Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetNantucket Community Sailing Inc: $29,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetBush Tennis Center: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMidland Childrens Rehabilitation Center Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNantucket Yacht Club Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetNantucket Yacht Club: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBuckner Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBynum School: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTrinity School of Midland Texas: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of the City of New York: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Food Group Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNew York-Presbyterian Fund Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSenior Life Midland Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHospice of Midland Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRqha Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 6.4% of budgetNational Sailing Hall of Fame & Museum Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCancerFree KIDS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHillcrest School Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPrimarily Primates Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWest Texas Geology Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 46.

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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.

Abell-Hanger FoundationTX40.5× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Abell-Hanger Foundation · Permian Basin Area Foundation · Beal Foundation · Scharbauer Foundation Inc · Yarborough Foundation · Helen Greathouse Charitable Trust · Pevehouse Family Foundation · The Henry Foundation · Paul and Katherine Morrow Family Foundation · Warren Charitable Foundation · Hahl Proctor Charitable Trust · Walter & Jere Hubbard Family 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.

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About Hl Brown Jr Family Foundation

How much does Hl Brown Jr Family Foundation give?
Hl Brown Jr Family Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $2,127,167 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 65 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Hl Brown Jr Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (30%), Arts & Culture (22%), Health (16%).
Who are Hl Brown Jr Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Nantucket Historical Association ($631k), Midland Isd Education Foundation ($225k), Safe Place of the Permian Basin ($205k).
Does Hl Brown Jr Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Hl Brown Jr Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Hl Brown Jr Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Abell-Hanger Foundation, Permian Basin Area Foundation, Beal Foundation.
Where is Hl Brown Jr Family Foundation based?
Hl Brown Jr Family Foundation is based in TX.

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 141 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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