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Ike and Candy Brown Family Foundation at a glance

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Ike and Candy Brown Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$943k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$275k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$1.1MArts & Culture$755kInternational$651kHuman Services$353kPublic Benefit$275kEducation$221kCommunity Improvement$153kFood & Nutrition$70kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
  • $250k+3 grants · $783k
$100,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOUNDATION FOR DEFENCE OF DEMOCRACIES$275,000
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES$258,000
NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH$250,000
MAYO CLINIC$100,000
TREE OF LIFE INC$25,000
DALLAS HOLOCAUST & HUMAN RIGHTS MUSEUM$25,000
PROVIDENCE ST PATRICK HOSPITAL$10,000
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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MAYO CLINIC: $100k → 11%BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $175k → 16%PROVIDENCE ST PATRICK HOSPITAL: $10k → 9%TREE OF LIFE INC: $25k → 11%CHILD MIND INSTITUTE: $10k → 17%NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $50k → 5%DALLAS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM: $300k → 14%THE INDEPENDENCE FUND: $3k → 10%NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $250k → 12%BERNARD & SHIRLEY GREENBLATT ALLIANCE HERITAGE CANCER RESEARCH ENDOWMENT: $25k → 11%HEALTHWELL FOUNDATION: $3k → 8%JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $25k → 19%MAYO CLINIC: $100k → 11%Trustees of Boston University: $18k → 16%MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $25k → 17%North Texas Food Bank: $20k → 5%Dallas Holocaust Museum: $300k → 14%MAYO CLINIC: $100k → 11%Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: $10k → 17%DALLAS HOLOCAUST & HUMAN RIGHTS MUSEUM: $38k → 14%Mayo Clinic: $50k → 11%BRAZIL FOUNDATION: $3k → 17%DALLAS HOLOCAUST & HUMAN RIGHTS MUSEUM: $37k → 14%MAYO CLINIC: $50k → 11%DALLAS HOLOCAUST & HUMAN RIGHTS MUSEUM: $25k → 14%DALLAS HOLOCAUST & HUMAN RIGHTS MUSEUM: $25k → 14%DALLAS HOLOCAUST & HUMAN RIGHTS MUSEUM: $25k → 14%DALLAS HOLOCAUST & HUMAN RIGHTS MUSEUM: $5k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER DALLAS: $250k → 14%THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $100k → 14%SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS: $60k → 14%Social Venture Partners: $55k → 14%SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS: $15k → 14%SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS: $13k → 14%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS: $10k → 14%DALLAS AFTERSCHOOL: $3k → 14%UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER: $100k → 14%UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER: $71k → 14%University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center: $15k → 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

MT
NY
MA
NJ
CO
MD
AZ
NC
DC
TX
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 9 repeat orgs$747k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
10

Total granted

$2.9M
$437k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+23%

Still filing today

67%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $310k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationInternationalArts & CulturePhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES
    4× · 2021–2024 · $648k · revenue +113%
  • NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH
    3× · 2018–2024 · $450k · revenue +35%
  • TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2017–2020 · $193k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER DALLAS
    one grant, 2023 · $250k
  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF DALLASgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue +47%
  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +64%
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.

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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
2
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
3
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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4
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
5
Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas Foundation

The Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas Foundation is operated to support Jewish Family Service of Dallas, Inc. (JFS). The Foundation provides general and restricted support to assist JFS in fulfilling its mission to provide…

Human Services
6
University of Judaism Foundation
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7
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
8
Henry M Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine

Hjf partners to advance military medicine for our nations warfighters. as a global nonprofit organization authorized by congress, hjf provides scientific, administrative and program management services to researchers and clinicians. hjf…

Health
9
Dallas Jewish Community Foundation

To be your partner and trusted expert in charitable giving and effective philanthropy by empowering our community's charitable vision, safeguarding our community's resources and building enduring legacies.

Philanthropy
10
Jewish War Veterans of the Usa National Memorial Inc

The mission of the Jewish War Veterans of the USA National Memorial, Inc., doing business as the National Museum of American Jewish Military History, is to preserve, interpret, and share the history of Jewish Americans who have served in…

Arts & Culture
11
Jaeb Center for Health Research Foundation Inc

Our mission is to expand scientific knowledge and improve public health by designing and conducting world-class clinical trials and epidemiologic research.

Unclassified
12
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago

Juf provides critical resources that bring food, refuge, health care, education and emergency assistance to over 500,000 chicagoans of all faiths and millions of jews in israel and around the world, funding a network of 100+ agencies,…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas; the most unlike its peers is National Jewish 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

14 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. 14 of the 23 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAYO CLINIC: $400,000 · OtherMAYO CLINICFOUNDATION FOR DEFENCE OF DEMOCRACIES: $275,000 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR DEFENCE OF DEMOCRACIESJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER DALLAS: $250,000 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER DALLASTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $193,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYUT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER: $170,833 · OtherUT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTERNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $70,000 · Other+5 more: $110,000 · Other+5 moreDallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum: $754,771 · Arts & CultureDallas Holocaust and Hu…FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $648,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAE…+1 more: $3,333 · InternationalNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $450,000 · HealthNATIONAL JEWIS…+2 more: $13,333 · HealthDALLAS SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS: $152,500 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS: $10,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF DALLAS: $100,000 · Recreation & SportsJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationDALLAS AFTERSCHOOL: $2,500 · EducationThe Independence Fund Inc: $3,333 · Public Benefit
Other$1,468,833Arts & Culture$754,771International$651,333Health$463,333Philanthropy$162,500Recreation & Sports$100,000Education$27,500Public Benefit$3,333

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum: $754,771 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $648,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $450,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $193,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS: $152,500 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF DALLAS: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRAZIL FOUNDATION: $3,333 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Independence Fund Inc: $3,333 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHealthwell Foundation: $3,333 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS AFTERSCHOOL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF DALLAS ↗
  • Who funds NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS ↗
  • Who funds CHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds BRAZIL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Independence Fund Inc ↗
  • Who funds Healthwell Foundation ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS AFTERSCHOOL ↗

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.

Texas Instruments Fou…Raymond James Charita…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Texas Instruments FoundationTX14.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Texas Instruments Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Ike and Candy Brown Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ike and Candy Brown Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–20%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Ike and Candy Brown Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 23 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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